[1.1] Davos Seaworth's Elemental Split Arrow Build - Solo every map with ease!

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Thorien_Kell wrote:

Y, I thought about that too, (I have mara with UW stance too) and in theory you shouldn't allow yourself to become melee class (ie. enemies humping you up close), too much/often. I guess it depends on your gear, funds and skill. In theory. However, this game is full of nasty quick and/or tough monsters that can spoil your plans very easily. If you're manage to stay out of range 100% of time then I guess you're right. I don't :)

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DavosTheOnionKnight wrote:

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Edzilla wrote:

So i'm doing a ranger version of this build - here is my current skill tree: 91 points.

Here's my current gear:

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Links are :

SA+LGoH+Faster Attacks+WED+Chain

Frenzy+WED+Faster Attacks+LL

Elemental Weakness is my curse.

Tooltip SA is 1k and frenzy is 2k.

I'm just not doing the damage I want, and really not enough to solo maps. I'm forced to do catacombs and docks - and even there it isn't going very fast.

I know i'm missing 3 WED nodes, and my gear doesn't have any WED on it, but, kind if figured I could clear 66 maps and do docks/cata at a decent rate at level 73.

Any suggestions?

Edit: here's my plan to follow in my build, to level 90: 108 points

Check Andaval's response. I agree with him, except I'm not sure why he picked Heart of Oak since he also Picked Unwavering Stance. Two passive points for 1% regen and 4% life seems weak. You can get 20% life for 3 points next to where Lava Lash and Blood Drinker are.

Still, I'm not at all surprised that your damage is so low. The elemental damage on your bow is pretty low, and you have almost no other flat elemental damage anywhere else on your gear. You're using a Heavy Quiver with no WED or flat elemental damage. Your belt has no WED. Your amulet and one of your rings has no elemental damage, and the other ring has 11-22 fire damage which is okay, but still low. Try to get rings and amulet with 40+ lightning damage. You can get a Conductive Quiver with 30% WED, 60 life and a 20% resist for really cheap. I can't express how important it is to get more flat elemental damage though. That shit multiplies like crazy through the WED gem and the WED from your quiver, belt and passives.

In the meantime, get rid of Iron Grip. At the absolute most, it's giving you 50 dps. One of those 8% projectile damage nodes or 8% WED nodes that you passed up will give you more than that. I would recommend getting the 8% projectile damage nodes before getting the 8% WED nodes. But in the end, you need to get all of them. Your damage will also improve as your auras level up.

If I had better gear I could easily hit 4.5k dps with my SA. I have a friend who followed my build and his dps is up 6k. Granted he has practically the best gear you could possibly fathom and is running a somewhat different setup, though the passives build and gem setup remains almost identical. Instead of a tri-ele thicket, he is using a Lioneye's Glare. He is using a Blackgleam quiver to convert 50% of physical damage into fire. He is also running Hatred off of his life pool, and instead of using the Added Lightning gem he is using Added Fire. The only place where his passives differ is that he goes up to grab Iron Grip (which is worth it because he has a pure physical bow). Anyways, make the adjustments and get more elemental damage on your gear. It's almost as crucial as having flat physical damage for a Facebreaker build. If you don't have any flat elemental damage, then there is nothing for your WED to multiply.

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DavosTheOnionKnight wrote:

First thing's first, you need a new chest piece and bow. Next, you need to replace basically all of your gear with pieces that have life on them. The currency will come, but I can't say when you'll get it. One of these days you'll find an exalted/eternal orb or some really valuable item and that will allow you access a higher level of gear through trading. I play in standard league where Chain is only worth 1 chaos. But I would still recommend getting it asap, as well as a tri-ele bow, even if it's only 4L. But you could get a decent 5L chest for a decent price I would think.

As it says in my guide, the passives don't give you enough intelligence to use all the intelligence skills at higher levels. So I would consider getting a turquoise amulet or the int/str one.

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DavosTheOnionKnight wrote:

I see Projectile Weakness in your gear. I really hope you're not using it. It's not compatible with fork or chain. A projectile that pierces can't chain/fork. And this is honestly the first time I've ever seen someone with Punishment in their gear :P A curse that requires you to take damage to receive its benefit is usually a bad idea. Just get a tri-ele thicket bow and use Elemental Weakness once. The dps increase will do a lot more for you than damage reflect.

I'd recommend a leather belt instead of a rustic sash. With a tri-ele bow you'll be doing almost no physical damage and you need more life.

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DavosTheOnionKnight wrote:

It should go without saying, but make sure your resists are all at least 77% before taking Elemental Adaptation. If they aren't, pick up Elementalist in the templar tree and the 6% life node below Static Blows.

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Edzilla wrote:

Unwavering stance is a waste of point for life based builds, unless you're melee.

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WiZCoke wrote:

How about adding Frenzy Charge Duration and Savagery at the bottom?

At least now while leveling I think it would be a nice dps increase to have the Frenzy charges up 18% more of the time, less problems to keep it up.