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

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Sarriss wrote:

Just curious on when is a good time to get Iron Reflexes. Is that a "get right away" type deal or does it make sense to get in Cruel or Merciless acts? I suppose the same goes for Unwavering Stance, as if you can't dodge, you need armor for the damage reduction, but could you just avoid both until A2-A3 Cruel?

I wouldn't get IR until you can get US at the same time, I got them as early as I can since the mobs hit pretty hard and stun without em, dodging 3/4 of the attacks doesn't help when I die in 2 hits.

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geoolympics wrote:

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Sarriss wrote:

Just curious on when is a good time to get Iron Reflexes. Is that a "get right away" type deal or does it make sense to get in Cruel or Merciless acts? I suppose the same goes for Unwavering Stance, as if you can't dodge, you need armor for the damage reduction, but could you just avoid both until A2-A3 Cruel?

I wouldn't get IR until you can get US at the same time, I got them as early as I can since the mobs hit pretty hard and stun without em, dodging 3/4 of the attacks doesn't help when I die in 2 hits.

Thanks, that's good advice, just get the surrounding nodes and save up 2 points and dump them consecutively.

Hey all, been following this build and it's working out pretty decently. Got a couple of questions.

1. If i have a bow with fire elemental damage on it, it'll still add dps to lightning arrow ? Regardless if it's fire or ice ele dmg?
2. Why doesn't this build take the add extra frenzy node? Wouldn't having frenzy on LA make
it attack faster giving more DPS?
3. I'm currently level 49.. with 248 DPS, should it be alot higher?
4. Does it matter if i'm wearing a full Eva chest ? Or Armor/Eva ?

Thanks.

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BChizzzle wrote:

Hey all, been following this build and it's working out pretty decently. Got a couple of questions.

1. If i have a bow with fire elemental damage on it, it'll still add dps to lightning arrow ? Regardless if it's fire or ice ele dmg?
2. Why doesn't this build take the add extra frenzy node? Wouldn't having frenzy on LA make
it attack faster giving more DPS?
3. I'm currently level 49.. with 248 DPS, should it be alot higher?
4. Does it matter if i'm wearing a full Eva chest ? Or Armor/Eva ?

Thanks.

1.yes your lighting arrow would also deal some fire dmg. You can also see that if u hover over skill in the character sheet too.
2. That is cause this build doesnt always use the frenzy skill so it doesnt always generate frenzy charges. Frenzy is one of the 2 suggested single dps spells along with elemental hit. If you actually use frenzy you could always get it.
4.Full eva chest should give you more armor due to that +48% evasion nodes at the start of the build. Still you can use an armor/eva chest if you cant find a good eva chest.

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BChizzzle wrote:

Hey all, been following this build and it's working out pretty decently. Got a couple of questions.

1. If i have a bow with fire elemental damage on it, it'll still add dps to lightning arrow ? Regardless if it's fire or ice ele dmg?
2. Why doesn't this build take the add extra frenzy node? Wouldn't having frenzy on LA make
it attack faster giving more DPS?
3. I'm currently level 49.. with 248 DPS, should it be alot higher?
4. Does it matter if i'm wearing a full Eva chest ? Or Armor/Eva ?

Thanks.

3. It sounds fine if that's Lightning Arrow. I was using Chain with Lightning arrow until level 50 or so and had to switch because it was too much of a dps hit. I'm still only doing 486 dps on Lightning Arrow with LMP at level 54. it's pretty frustrating.

Yeah, my LA is only at 234. I'm on act 3 Cruel, and it takes me at least 2-3 mins to drop a yellow boss :(

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BChizzzle wrote:

Yeah, my LA is only at 234. I'm on act 3 Cruel, and it takes me at least 2-3 mins to drop a yellow boss :(

What bow are you using?

level 49, using this atm.

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Thanks, that was actually my bow. I'm really confused about comparing bows. When finding a good ele bow, do i totally disregard the Phys damage it does? and which bow would be better?

1. with Lightning damage 5-55
2. Ice 2-25 , Fire 3-14 , Lightning 5-24

(Just random examples)