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

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DonkeyMunch wrote:

Thanks a lot for some useful info! I have a few questions though, that I hope someone here can help me with. First of my build. This is what it looks like now and this is my endgame plan. Any comments would be greatly appreciated!

Next I was wondering about skill gems. I got my hands on a 10 quality lightning pen. Would that be to prefer over any of the other supports on LA (only have access to 4 link atm).

I also had these

drop for me, and they seemed to fit this build rather nicely, especially since i snagged a quality Conductivity and Projectile Weakness.

Any help and comments would be appreciated, and thanks again for all your hard work!

You can save two skill points by connecting the area to the north of Resolute Technique and removing the three nodes to the south of discipline and training. I'm currently working on more or less the same build, only duelist instead of Ranger.. 100/111

Just my 2c.

Is Diamond Skin and Heart of the Gladiator not worth 5 points? It would add 55 base health, some extra damage (through Iron Grip) and 15% elemental resists.

Assuming a character had no additional base health through skills (and bandit choice) how much would a max level have with decent rare gear? I read 644 base without gear. Hard to crunch these numbers when you don't know what a good health pool is =/

Also has anyone done some testing with Iron Grip in OB?

is GMP worth getting for the build or is LMP better?

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kakal92 wrote:

damm, dunno what to do now, around level 40, invested all my points in to the original build, which now seems pretty useless, dont have enough refund points to fix it, dunno if i should just start a new character or try to buy the refund gems to fix it.... :/

I was 59 when I was following the original build, just decided to reroll last night, already 37, seems like a good plan to just start over you can get back really fast just power your way through normal asap instead of taking your time clearing all the maps. seems to catch up fast.

nice guide there, im thinking whether to choose all out dps or tankier one. what u guys recommend? btw, regarding skill gems, what are most rangers using now? my right click is currenly lightning arrow.

about to get off,

but Petrov, do you think you could make a video demo for people going with your build!

AND could you suggest one of the builds for a 66 ranger, i have 39 respec points and i'm getting ready to shape into this - do you have a good choice for someone who wants "good dps-and a fair bit of defense"

I like the elemental idea of a build, it's a cool build

I really like this build, but i have a question regarding the skill choices.
Is it good to use life leech gem instead of culling, or trying to 5L elemental arrow so it can have life leech as well, because i find it a really strong 1 target form of dps.

Great builds, in particular your two tanky builds, very close to my modified nugiyen build.

I have a question as I approach end game, the tanky builds branch off into either getting static blows, or not. How important and powerful is shock stacking? Would you say it is worth it for a mainly lightning arrow user?

Petrov,

It is such a nice thing you did by making this thread to help all of us new rangers. And on top of that, I see you constantly answering questions and updating the build. You answered my questions almost instantly. Just wanted to sincerely thank you.

Now that the butt kissing is done ;)
Does anyone out there have any tips, or strategies for leveling a ranger during the stupid auto attack phase? I restarted my ranger and I am extremely bored of running out of mana after 7 attacks and having to auto shot 75% of the time. I thought since I barely get to use my mana, why not stack auras with it and continue to shoot plain old arrows until I fall asleep. Does anyone out there have some suggestions on how to quickly level until the build begins to come together and can actually spam attacks?

Greatly appreciate any tips.

Thanks,

Dragon

Just startet new like you. Shadow with the dps build. Low-Level dmg is kinda low/boring until you can spam your skills. try poison arrown + fire trap+ autoattack, works fine for me. ;)

Edit: I was like level 50 with my Ele-Ranger, i rush iron reflexes+bloodmagic and use a life on hit gem with LA. Workes fine for me, with LA+LMP, you leech everytime +15hp for one hit and you can hit up do 9 targets with it. SO i guess Life on Hit is stronger then Life Leech for leveling, until you get some good dps-passiv points. just look that your hp is not to low. i take mostly after Bloodmagic directly some hp notes. when im at around 700-800 hp, i go for dps. hf:)