Love the build was wondering what kind of armor I should go with my ranger. I just made one and got it to 55 without dying the 1st time. Then died to final boss in act3 cruel :(.
At the time I was doing ar/ev armor. so had like no es. Although also I didnt know she was going to do cold dmg and only had cold res at 48% and I did die to 3 cold spears. so just wondering if having es would of helped or I could of been with my ar/ev but with 75% res and I would of lived ?
it was so close I almost made it to a pillar so she couldnt hit me anymore :( then it would of been to a tp. but oh well. that ranger is gone now :(.
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)
Lets just really simplify this for you, very simple. Ignore elements, and ignore the passive tree. Your current bow does 36-107 damage. If you get a bow, with 62-214 damage (not too hard if you get bonus phys% and bonus phs), you will deal 2x the damage you are doing roughly.
Now yes, if you add in elemental bonuses from the passive tree you will get bonus damage, lets say you have 30% elemental damage right now. That 30% bonus you get from your passive tree isn't even close the 100% bonus you would get just from upgrading your bow. I hope this helps you understand a little bit why just upgrading your bow damage would cause you to do more damage. If you get a tri-element bow that's higher level (like mine), then you would get probably even more than 200% benefit! Like if you had my bow, you might be dealing 2.5x the damage you're doing now. The specifics aren't very important because we're not doing very precise build optimization, but if what I'm saying helps you get an idea of what I mean, I hope that helps you out! :)
Finally got myself a 5L chest, that was probably the biggest DPS boost I could ask for.
Quick question, what are you guys pairing Bear Trap with? I have mine with Iron Grip at the moment, in the process of trying to get Added Fire Damage as well, heard it's really good.
Finally got myself a 5L chest, that was probably the biggest DPS boost I could ask for.
Quick question, what are you guys pairing Bear Trap with? I have mine with Iron Grip at the moment, in the process of trying to get Added Fire Damage as well, heard it's really good.
Probably one of the best "combos" imo is a 4 socket piece of gear with dual bear trap + added fire damage + culling strike. With this combination you can use 6 traps with a really nice damage (reduced attack and cast speed from culling strike does not apply to bear trap, so you will benefit from extra damage and early mob kill without any disadvantages).
As soon as i get some fusings i will put that combination on this boots, Nugiyen recomends it too.
Finally got myself a 5L chest, that was probably the biggest DPS boost I could ask for.
Quick question, what are you guys pairing Bear Trap with? I have mine with Iron Grip at the moment, in the process of trying to get Added Fire Damage as well, heard it's really good.
Probably one of the best "combos" imo is a 4 socket piece of gear with dual bear trap + added fire damage + culling strike. With this combination you can use 6 traps with a really nice damage (reduced attack and cast speed from culling strike does not apply to bear trap, so you will benefit from extra damage and early mob kill without any disadvantages).
As soon as i get some fusings i will put that combination on this boots, Nugiyen recomends it too.
Didn't know you could use 2 bear trap gems to increase the number of uses. Would you mind to explain more on how that works?
Do you need the 2 bear trap gems to be the same level?
Would it also work with 3 or more gems or is there a cap to the number of uses you can get?
I assume the gems need to be linked for this to work right?
Also it is safe to assume that this is how it works with all trap skills?
And would putting 2 of the trap support gem also increase the number of uses for the supported skills?
Also are there any other skills apart from traps that benefit from linking 2 of the same spell?
Finally got myself a 5L chest, that was probably the biggest DPS boost I could ask for.
Quick question, what are you guys pairing Bear Trap with? I have mine with Iron Grip at the moment, in the process of trying to get Added Fire Damage as well, heard it's really good.
Probably one of the best "combos" imo is a 4 socket piece of gear with dual bear trap + added fire damage + culling strike. With this combination you can use 6 traps with a really nice damage (reduced attack and cast speed from culling strike does not apply to bear trap, so you will benefit from extra damage and early mob kill without any disadvantages).
As soon as i get some fusings i will put that combination on this boots, Nugiyen recomends it too.
Didn't know you could use 2 bear trap gems to increase the number of uses. Would you mind to explain more on how that works?
Do you need the 2 bear trap gems to be the same level?
Would it also work with 3 or more gems or is there a cap to the number of uses you can get?
I assume the gems need to be linked for this to work right?
Also it is safe to assume that this is how it works with all trap skills?
And would putting 2 of the trap support gem also increase the number of uses for the supported skills?
Also are there any other skills apart from traps that benefit from linking 2 of the same spell?
You will get 2 separate bear trap spells on the skill bar, and they behave like 2 unique instances.
Pretty much all skills can share support gems, the main benefit is obviously to save sockets since you want quite a bit of them. You do ofc lose the opportunity to link more support gems which is the only drawback.
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)
Lets just really simplify this for you, very simple. Ignore elements, and ignore the passive tree. Your current bow does 36-107 damage. If you get a bow, with 62-214 damage (not too hard if you get bonus phys% and bonus phs), you will deal 2x the damage you are doing roughly.
I'm not quite sure what u mean, So this would be better than a triple ele bow without physical damage and equal APS?
I always thought ele dmg would boost your dps/damage a lot more :o
(I'm a lightning arrow ranger build btw)
Last edited by charlyy#3377 on Feb 15, 2013, 8:18:25 AM
