Tyr's **0.11.1** Pure Elemental Bow Spec

Support Gems

1. Weapon Elemental Damage

WED is the most important support gem for this build. You will see a significant dps increase with it maxed to 20% & leveled. Max it without question. Include WED in every link that you expect dps output.

2. Culling Strike

Leveled and maxed, Culling Strike is a beast. It increases attack speed and damage and insta-kills everydamnthing sub 10% hp. Yes, even bosses. So this works quite well with attacks that hit many targets at once. Lightning Arrow, Split Arrow, Rain of Arrows, Explosive Arrow & Ice Shot will all benefit greatly.

3. Chain

I haven't found Chain yet in OB. They didn't nerf the one aspect that made it so hax! It still hits targets 100% of the time every time. So it hits 1 less (2 for DHarp), big deal! That AoE cone from Ice Shot expands with the AoE passives... There is no max amount of targets for this :P

Will I be fine with Lightning Arrow or should I aim to obtain Explosive Arrow as my main damage skill?

I mostly play in a group of friends. Is sacrificing some of the life nodes to get Arcing Blows viable?

What auras do you run with this build?

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Tyranthal wrote:

Support Gems

1. Weapon Elemental Damage

WED is the most important support gem for this build. You will see a significant dps increase with it maxed to 20% & leveled. Max it without question. Include WED in every link that you expect dps output.

2. Culling Strike

Leveled and maxed, Culling Strike is a beast. It increases attack speed and damage and insta-kills everydamnthing sub 10% hp. Yes, even bosses. So this works quite well with attacks that hit many targets at once. Lightning Arrow, Split Arrow, Rain of Arrows, Explosive Arrow & Ice Shot will all benefit greatly.

Thanks!!

Does a projectile still fork if it pierces a target? (I'm trying Ice Shot/LMP/Pierce/Fork)

no

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WhisperByte wrote:

Will I be fine with Lightning Arrow or should I aim to obtain Explosive Arrow as my main damage skill?

EA is fun. It can be mana intensive tho, so be mindful of that while leveling it. The concept of taking the increased aoe passives came from wanting EA's radius to improve. I suggest testing the added burn damage passives & taking Blaze if EA is going to be your primary attack.

Use LA as a detonator of sorts. If the mob hasnt exploded on first impact (which is the goal), quickly follow up with a LA. Link Culling Strike to that LA & things start blowing up real quick.

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Dropdeadfred wrote:

I mostly play in a group of friends. Is sacrificing some of the life nodes to get Arcing Blows viable?

Yes! Derp on my end, of course Arcing Blows is very important. Thx for the catch.

This is from a PM asking if Lightning Arrow & Chain were still a good option after their recent changes.

I dont like linking any damage reducing gems to lightning arrow. Quite the opposite. Because of the proximity AoE on LA, I like linking it with Culling Strike once culling is leveled & some quality is put into it. With this build the idea is to use a Death's Harp for more coverage & that extra arrow. You will not need any of the multi projectiles then. Especially when you start taking the increased AoE size & dmg passives.

Anger, Wrath, Hatred, Discipline all linked to Reduced Mana. I havent tested Discipline yet so I dont know if its changes are worth it. Probably tho.