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

I tried this build and it is really good.

The creator of this is really awesome.

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MadnessFreddy wrote:

I tried this build and it is really good.

The creator of this is really awesome.

I didn't create this build, people before me were running ele bow builds in 2011 - I just put pen to paper and tried to refine it. Nonetheless, thanks a lot!

P.

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Hellmode wrote:

Hi guys, I have seen pple commenting not to use chain to boost damage. But I do not understand why.

Because Chain though reduced damage by 50%, it hits 3 times. Bringing damage to 150%. And by Lv61 (Gem16), damage reduction penalty will be only 20%. This means u deal 240% damage.

Compare this to any other damage gem, I cannot think of any that brings damage to 100% more.
Not to mention if you have the chance to shock, you will be diversifying your chance to shock more monsters. 3 groups of 3 instead of 1 group of 3. Amplifies Life on Hit as well.

I agree 100%. Chain is far and away better than LMP.

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LordXenu wrote:

why does everyone treat LA like a spell? The lightning damage comes from 50% of your PHYSICAL DAMAGE. Sure you can stack ele damage but you only benefit from it on the lightning side, where with physical damage you not only gain base damage on any bow skill but it continues on toward your lightning damage. Granted if you took a 10% increase on physical, it would only be 5% extra boost to elemental. If one were to use fork I definitely think physical would be the best choice to spec into. I just think its ridiculous to go all the way across the passives map for small 10-30% elemental damage nodes when you could more than likely pick up the same in physical damage much closer and save points

I'd like to see a response to this as well.

I'm currently at the crossroads between going upwards to get static blows, or turning right and get the life+elemental damage...which way should I go first? I'm considering Body and Soul if I go right, is that a bad choice?

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breno2342 wrote:

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LordXenu wrote:

why does everyone treat LA like a spell? The lightning damage comes from 50% of your PHYSICAL DAMAGE. Sure you can stack ele damage but you only benefit from it on the lightning side, where with physical damage you not only gain base damage on any bow skill but it continues on toward your lightning damage. Granted if you took a 10% increase on physical, it would only be 5% extra boost to elemental. If one were to use fork I definitely think physical would be the best choice to spec into. I just think its ridiculous to go all the way across the passives map for small 10-30% elemental damage nodes when you could more than likely pick up the same in physical damage much closer and save points

I'd like to see a response to this as well.

It's simple, really. Physical damage scales at 50% efficiency with LA, while Ele damage scales at 100%. You also want to gear with as much +elemental as possible.

Here's a test I did some 20 levels ago. I spent about 11 respec points to see the impact of physical damage on LA. I went up the tree up to 18% extra phsyical damage with bows. Before I specced it, my LA dps with LMP was 925. After I picked it up, it went up to 945. I shit you not.

Can anyone explain to me why he took Split Arrow?
It isn't an elemental attack like LA, Burning Arrow or Ice Shot.
How can it benefit from Weapon Elemental Damage nodes and support gem?

Some tips:

- get a fast bow ( ur goal is a thicket bow with inc. attack speed and some eledmg, no need for the suepr high-end since u gotta pay a lot for em, mediocre ones r even tradeable for the casual player ) theres nothin that scales better with ur build than fast attackspeed
here is mine:

- get quiver, belt with incresed ele dmg and on ur other gear u want as much eledmg as possible, maybe watch out for attackspeed on gloves/quiver. Again, mediocre ones r tradeable after u did some farming, which is really easy with this build.

- get a spell totem with skells. some ppl add faster casting to it, i dont even use it since i dont think theres a need. rather get something like added cold dmg, or blind. Im still lookin out for other options, but tbh its not that importan. Might even try some totem with gmp faster casting and icespear. Looking good on paper, still to test out for me.

- rings, amu can have good eledmg too! I currently use some selffound stuff wo any hp, since i dont need it:

- use elemental weakness and elemental hit!!! cant stress this enough. elemental weakness is like ur best friend, decresin the time u need to kill for some special mod monsters and bosses from like 10 to 2.

- use LA with: LMP + WED + FA ( u can add LoH for elemental reflect or harder maps, IIQ or IIR for farming, sth like added lightning damage with quality and stuff like that. be creative, i dont testet a lot, still have tof igure things out. there r a lot of possibilities. ) But LA - LMP - WED - FA is ur maincomp. Theres no single need for chain. I tested it a bit and sold it... simply not worth to add it to LA. It only seems viable if u have a rlyrly slow bow. But the solution is simply... get a goddam new bow :P

- farming spots r as usual: Ledge, Fellshrine, Docks, Lunaris, even Pyramide is nice so can can add Vaal to ur run ( dies kidna fast with elemental hit ) but u gotta be some lvls over it. So far Fellshrine might be one of the best spots for guys who just finished merci 13, since monsters r rly easy, drops r okay, loads of rare monsters.

Might add sth later, gotta go now.

I've been using this build with Ice Arrow, and I like it a lot, but I'm debating getting Blood Magic because as of right now I have 0% Life Leech and I'm wondering if it's worth getting prior to having that. Anybody have any tips?

Okay I am level 71 with some pretty decent stats following build #2 for reference. I just specced into the inner force and acctualy lost 100 dps off my ele hit so I may spec back to proj dmg not sure yet.


2.6k life before auras

Edit: as you can see i have alot of attk speed, my APS on each attk is 3.13

Stats Buffed:
With Old build using Proj dmg
LA 2882k dps
Ele Hit 4446k Dps

Speccing into inner force
LA 2889k dps
Ele hit 4364k dps

With that being said, keeping inner force here is my current build (although like I said I may spec back into projectile dmg and use those two extra passives for HP as I feel that would be more useful)

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIAAdECcQSzBS0ILgx9DjwOrRB_FE0UcRjbGS4Zjho4HRQhYCftKLUpTymlMgkyiTWSOlJAoEGqQ5xKfU7IVElVxlYEVvpX4lnzW69fP2BLYIhhUmOnZp5noGe9cql07XTxd-V673zZgpuGYId2j0aQCpBVm42boZ65ogCnCKeErKqv67iTud3AGsaez2XQ0NN-1I_dDd1G37_nUuw47YPuDu5v7w7vTvIv9kj3Mvjr-tL8TvzF

Gear, this build is gear dependent like it or not if you want to get into the damage, you can see what my ele hit and La are linked with if you check the gear. I am temped to remove faster attks out of LA for chain though. If your damage is low you need more ele dmg most likely on ur gear, don't skimp on your bow if you have only physical of course your ele ranger will be weak lol

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celbii wrote:

Okay I am level 71 with some pretty decent stats following build #2 for reference. I just specced into the inner force and acctualy lost 100 dps off my ele hit so I may spec back to proj dmg not sure yet.


2.6k life before auras

Edit: as you can see i have alot of attk speed, my APS on each attk is 3.13

Stats Buffed:
With Old build using Proj dmg
LA 2882k dps
Ele Hit 4446k Dps

Speccing into inner force
LA 2889k dps
Ele hit 4364k dps

With that being said, keeping inner force here is my current build (although like I said I may spec back into projectile dmg and use those two extra passives for HP as I feel that would be more useful)

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIAAdECcQSzBS0ILgx9DjwOrRB_FE0UcRjbGS4Zjho4HRQhYCftKLUpTymlMgkyiTWSOlJAoEGqQ5xKfU7IVElVxlYEVvpX4lnzW69fP2BLYIhhUmOnZp5noGe9cql07XTxd-V673zZgpuGYId2j0aQCpBVm42boZ65ogCnCKeErKqv67iTud3AGsaez2XQ0NN-1I_dDd1G37_nUuw47YPuDu5v7w7vTvIv9kj3Mvjr-tL8TvzF

Gear, this build is gear dependent like it or not if you want to get into the damage, you can see what my ele hit and La are linked with if you check the gear. I am temped to remove faster attks out of LA for chain though. If your damage is low you need more ele dmg most likely on ur gear, don't skimp on your bow if you have only physical of course your ele ranger will be weak lol

thank you for sharing, im about to almost max out on most of the hp nodes i wanted to get and was thinking what else should i be going. Inner force might be one, im also considering atk speed near the beginning of the ranger tree.

From what i learned, inner force really helps when lv20, according to nugi's stream. His dmg boosted more than atk speed, when he specc'ed into inner. Not too sure abt projectile dmg, as imo that is core dmg which adds to the phys dmg conversion for LA. Cant be sure abt this tho.