Petrov's Elemental Bow Ranger Build(s) (0.10)
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hmm i reached act 3 cruel tonight with my lvl 51 ele ranger and am really struggeling.
currently i'm wondering if i'm forced to by me a spell totem support gem and build a skelli brotem to have someone to tank for me. i tried farming act 2 felshrine and dread thicket for gear upgrades for a few hours, but nothing dropped. |
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" I think it depends on your bow. I bought Blackgleam in CB and had the same problem, my dps dropped when I put it on. Later I switched to a bow with high physical damage. Blackgleam converted some of the physical damage to fire, which was modified by all my elemental bonuses and suddenly my dps went through the roof. |
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" I run with LOH for Lightning Arrow (the AOE hits multiple targets) and Life Leech for Frenzy. |
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I can't decide if I should go full DPS or tanky DPS... What is the main stat difference between the builds when approaching end-game (~90 skill points)?
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Crit bowazon
Crit = Shock, right? Why go to the other side of skill tree when there are nice crit nodes near ranger and shadow start points? Last edited by Blah#3119 on Feb 4, 2013, 8:57:02 AM
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" The base crit chance of bows is very low (5% or 6%, I don't recall which). So let's say you stack 200% crit chance passives from the skill tree - that means your crit chance is still only 15-18%, and you don't always hit (whereas with Resoltue Technique you do always hit). If diamond flasks were still in the game, in their old formulation, I still like a crit dmg stacking build. But they're not - so relying on base crit chance is likely to be a less rewarding exercise going forward. P. Last edited by mrpetrov#7089 on Feb 4, 2013, 9:15:50 AM
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So I have a lvl 51 char and have been following the original beta build until now. Going through the middle to pick up Iron Grip and now on my way down to Blood Magic. Is this still a viable build or should I reroll? I don't see such a huge difference in those builds except resolute techniques..... any advice would be awesome!
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Question:
Is it possible to make a mana-based build along the same lines if you want to be an Elemental Ranger? I know this focuses more on Blood Magic, but what if you want to run one of the %-based auras that would obviously eat into your health globe too much to be worth it? Been playing around with the tree but can't seem to come up with something decent and then not sure how much mana one would need. |
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" Don't forget crit chance gem + gear. I think 20-30% crit chance can be attained with reasonable gear. In addition to this, Shock node near shadow gives 5% chance to shock. My build in that link still needs some refining, I will be experiementing it so I'll tell someday if it is viable in merciless. Updated build About attack rating, 7 points can be spent to get +92% ar and +40 dex. Last edited by Blah#3119 on Feb 4, 2013, 10:58:20 AM
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Is RoA viable for this Build also instead of Lightning Arrow?
Please read my posts twice before you answer, you are probably not smart enough to get the meaning of it but hey its still free2play.
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