Petrov's Elemental Bow Ranger Build(s) (0.10)

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TheBigNasty wrote:

Forgive my ignorance, but what's the reasoning for LA and Split arrow? Ele resistant mobs?

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Lawrence_Lilarcor wrote:

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TheBigNasty wrote:

Forgive my ignorance, but what's the reasoning for LA and Split arrow? Ele resistant mobs?

They are both AoE? That what you mean?

Or do you mean why use them?

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mlvnk83 wrote:

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Hellmode wrote:

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mlvnk83 wrote:

I just got my 6L tri ele thicket bow recently. I have been thinking of slotting blood magic as the 6th gem and remove the blood magic key stone.

Considering also use my old 5L as the weapon swap for single target hit and utilize my chest 5L for more auras since i'm now with mana again.

anyone ever tried this combination whether its workable?

Not experienced in this area, but theory wise, I favor (if compare apple to apple) Quality Faster Attack over Quality Added Lightning Damage. Reason:

Lv 20 Quality Faster Attack:
54% Faster Attacks (100% DPS becomes 154%)
100 Health gain becomes 154 Health gain
115% Mana Multiplier

Lv 20 Added Lightning Damage:
5-101 Lightning Damage (Scales with WED)
10% Chance to Shock

Personally I think 5-101 Lightning Damage is neglectable considering that you can get this from gears. As for 10% chance, you already get 20% Chance from current build (2 in 10 hits). Would you want to sacrifice all the benefits of Quality Faster Attack over achieving 30% Shock Chance (3 in 10 hits)?

As for your new bow question. You may have to do the math on how much mana you have and which aura you want to use on mana and which on health. I think it could be doable (there are other builds that make use of BM this way) but swapping weapon wise, I find that a hassle. You prob will be using only 3 auras (flat numbers cost) on hp and 2 auras (% cost) on mana.

Some auras choice I am think of for Mana are:
1) Determination 40% (More Armor)
2) Haste 40% (Faster Attacks)
3) Hatred 30% (More Elemental Damage)
4) Purity 40% (Elemental Resistance)
5) Clarity (Mana Regen. Flat number, maybe on HP if your HP pool is high)
6) Vitality 40% (HP Regen)

One other gem you can look at now is Reduced Mana Cost.

Food for thoughts =)

wonder if some genius mathematician could plot the uptime of static blow assuming the speed of thicket bow. My feeling is as long as the uptime (&stackability) is decent then there is no need for quality added lightning.

the reason im thinking of getting more auras is due to the map mods. Elemental weakness, monster +ele dmg, monster increased dmg and player -max resist are the few deadly combination. Able to swap these auras could be better for overall survivability.