[0.11.2] Lightning Arrow Duelist - 1.0.0 updated!

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Edzilla wrote:

You can run 3 auras if you use alpha's howl and mana reserve reduced passives, otherwise you will only be able to run 2.

Which Reduced Passives nodes do you recommend and also when in the leveling process?

Also, if there's no way to get more than 3 auras at the same time, why did you classify 5 auras per level of importance?

Noob questions again, sorry :p

for the blood magic gem to work, how much life do you need you think? I currently don't have it but my LA flies through my mana in no time, so I wonder if BM gem will work, I have about 1200 life, just finishing Act 3 in Normal.

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Jotabe wrote:

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Edzilla wrote:

You can run 3 auras if you use alpha's howl and mana reserve reduced passives, otherwise you will only be able to run 2.

Which Reduced Passives nodes do you recommend and also when in the leveling process?

Also, if there's no way to get more than 3 auras at the same time, why did you classify 5 auras per level of importance?

Noob questions again, sorry :p

I made a 3 aura tree and adjusted the level 100 build as well. That should help.

As for when in leveling - you really will not be using any auras while leveling. I highly recommend going BM keystone while leveling, or you will have a really hard time. You will need a 6 link, before you even consider using auras.

As for Auras, the "/" represent "and or." So, all of those auras are personal preference. If you want to be more tanky, stack 3 tanky auras. If you need resists for a minus-max map, or elemental weakness map, run purity. It's all options that you have. Best dps options for us would probably be Wrath, Anger, Haste. I haven't test any of them, so I am not 100% sure, but i am just going by the numbers and how each aura effects the LA user for a guestament.

Hope that answers all your questions :)

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Euroclear wrote:

for the blood magic gem to work, how much life do you need you think? I currently don't have it but my LA flies through my mana in no time, so I wonder if BM gem will work, I have about 1200 life, just finishing Act 3 in Normal.

The gem is not an option until you get a 6L. I would suggest following my leveling trees and going for BM keystone. Using mana until then. It may even be easier to level with Split arrow or Rain of arrows until that point. It all depends on your gear and playstyle.

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Edzilla wrote:

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Euroclear wrote:

for the blood magic gem to work, how much life do you need you think? I currently don't have it but my LA flies through my mana in no time, so I wonder if BM gem will work, I have about 1200 life, just finishing Act 3 in Normal.

The gem is not an option until you get a 6L. I would suggest following my leveling trees and going for BM keystone. Using mana until then. It may even be easier to level with Split arrow or Rain of arrows until that point. It all depends on your gear and playstyle.

Agreed on the 6L, 71 on nemesis currently. A "cheap" option is Tabula Rasa. Yeah it has no stats but it is a good temporary choice i think, for me personally a 6 link was a huge upgrade in dps AND survivability, it allowed me to run 2 auras, sometimes grace/determination, usually grace/hatred. My resistances were still capped with no chest so it all worked out!

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Hypnoticc wrote:

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Edzilla wrote:

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Euroclear wrote:

for the blood magic gem to work, how much life do you need you think? I currently don't have it but my LA flies through my mana in no time, so I wonder if BM gem will work, I have about 1200 life, just finishing Act 3 in Normal.

The gem is not an option until you get a 6L. I would suggest following my leveling trees and going for BM keystone. Using mana until then. It may even be easier to level with Split arrow or Rain of arrows until that point. It all depends on your gear and playstyle.

Agreed on the 6L, 71 on nemesis currently. A "cheap" option is Tabula Rasa. Yeah it has no stats but it is a good temporary choice i think, for me personally a 6 link was a huge upgrade in dps AND survivability, it allowed me to run 2 auras, sometimes grace/determination, usually grace/hatred. My resistances were still capped with no chest so it all worked out!

Curious.. do you get more DPS with Hatred, compared to Anger/wrath? Are you using a Lioneye's glare?

I get more dps with hatred than anger. I don't have wrath so i don't know, No im using a rare citadel bow.

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Hypnoticc wrote:

I get more dps with hatred than anger. I don't have wrath so i don't know, No im using a rare citadel bow.

That's odd. Is your bow high physical DMG? On an elemental hybrid bow, anger should be more DPS.

Question: Why do LA-Builds never take Iron Grip?

Even if you fokus on Elemental Damage most of the time, there is always a physical damage part in your damage. Depending on the bow its up to 30% of your DPS.

Since you take a shitload of STR-nodes you will usually end up with 400+ STR, which means that Iron Grip should increase your physical dmg by about 160%, which is quite a lot actually.

If you run Blood Magic anyway, its a mere 4 Skillpoint investment. Even without Blood Magic its not that expensive.

Am i making an error of thinking here?

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st0nemender wrote:

Question: Why do LA-Builds never take Iron Grip?

Even if you fokus on Elemental Damage most of the time, there is always a physical damage part in your damage. Depending on the bow its up to 30% of your DPS.

Since you take a shitload of STR-nodes you will usually end up with 400+ STR, which means that Iron Grip should increase your physical dmg by about 160%, which is quite a lot actually.

If you run Blood Magic anyway, its a mere 4 Skillpoint investment. Even without Blood Magic its not that expensive.

Am i making an error of thinking here?

Before the tree change in the release - LA builds used to get Iron Grip all the time - but now that BM keystone is pretty worthless, the route to get to static blows has changed and it is out of the way. Even the leveling build that takes BM keystone would still have to waste 4 points just to get it. It isn't that big of a DPS increase while leveling, unless you have a Lioneye's Glare. But at that point you should be working on a 6L, and the keystone will be even further since you will drop blood magic keystone for BM gem.