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

apologies in advance if this has already been asked and answered, but sifting through 64 pages without any real "search" function is, well, dont know what to call it, anyway

what armor should i be looking at? do i got pure evasion, ev/armor, es/ev or es/arm?

currently at lvl 4x and not entirely sure if i should be spending on equips atm, i do have a dagger shadow which i could borrow gear off, except most of the colors wouldnt match, already borrowing his maligaros which seems like the single highest boost a crit dependent class could get :D

Just wanted to say thanks for posting this build. I used it as a guideline for my current build and even tho it's not perfect you've def helped me build my most successful character yet.im also curious to know why you took crit nodes. I read in another thread where someone crunched the numbers that crit isn't really much more effective than taking damage nodes unless you make a point of heavily investing in crit and crit damage as a whole. I intend to put some points in to Crit if for no other reason than to use of some of the random crit stats I have on my gear but I was wondering if you had considered putting those points elsewhere. Also, is it even possible to make both arrows of the death harp hit the same target? Because I haven't been able to do it at all.

I have wondered if its any idea to take a node or 2 of the "8% increased physical damage with bows" on a LA shadow?
I know LA is elemental but it start calculating it's damage based on its phys damage.
Will i get better DPS taking a node or 2 with this or should i go for the elemental damage nodes?

Hey tyr, first off wanted to say thxs for the build, i have been following it and it has worked out for me thus far. Level 57 now.

I am new to this game, been playing for about 3 weeks or so and my shadow with this build has been very fun. I do have a question for you. Let say i find a piece of gear that on my character sheet give me a minimal dps increase but my current equipped item has lighting dmg on it, should i keep the piece that has lighting dmg? In other words is solely focusing on + lighting better than say a piece that has cold dmg/fire dmg/ or even all elemental dmg even if it is a tiny upgrade? It has me confused as to what i should keep/use/discard/trade.

Once again thxs for the build, very strong, very fun, hopefully you get a chance to respond to my question. Take it easy...

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Crom12 wrote:

Hey tyr, first off wanted to say thxs for the build, i have been following it and it has worked out for me thus far. Level 57 now.

I am new to this game, been playing for about 3 weeks or so and my shadow with this build has been very fun. I do have a question for you. Let say i find a piece of gear that on my character sheet give me a minimal dps increase but my current equipped item has lighting dmg on it, should i keep the piece that has lighting dmg? In other words is solely focusing on + lighting better than say a piece that has cold dmg/fire dmg/ or even all elemental dmg even if it is a tiny upgrade? It has me confused as to what i should keep/use/discard/trade.

Once again thxs for the build, very strong, very fun, hopefully you get a chance to respond to my question. Take it easy...

At level 57 any +lightning damage should make a noticeable difference. When you test gear, make sure to do it outside of town with auras up. Go with whatever provides the best dps however, you dont have to only use lightning gear. You will get the highest dps return from it.

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swizzleigh wrote:

apologies in advance if this has already been asked and answered, but sifting through 64 pages without any real "search" function is, well, dont know what to call it, anyway

what armor should i be looking at? do i got pure evasion, ev/armor, es/ev or es/arm?

currently at lvl 4x and not entirely sure if i should be spending on equips atm, i do have a dagger shadow which i could borrow gear off, except most of the colors wouldnt match, already borrowing his maligaros which seems like the single highest boost a crit dependent class could get :D

Whatever provides you with the most life & resistances. Ideally some ES but dont limit yourself to just es gear.

Level 57 BM Shadow

I've farmed up my 67 ele bowrauder now that my shadow is dead from greed in HC at lvl 54. So I'm using the Covenant for BM with 1200 life. In merci, using a +2 minions helm with zombies/raise spectre. The most powerful tool is a quality ranged attack totem in a 5link with a quality explosive arrow. This thing....hahah ill make a vid showing my new strategies I picked up in HC. Explosive Arrow totem wrecks.

Someone was asking about crit... EA has a base 6% chance to crit. EA has 2 attack rolls. The initial contact and then the explosion. If you are stacking crit, test ea out.

Regarding Chain... you might notice I dont have one linked. This is because on HC they go for a ridiculous 1 exalted for a non %....right. In testing, I love the pop Fork gives ice shot. Sure it doesnt give the amazing coverage chain does, but it has more bite for less mana. Good stuff. My Chain is lvl req 61 so I can test them side by side soon enough.

Ill post my gear since the last few pages contains questions relevant to my lvl range.

Bow & Quiver


Rings & Ammys


Armor

Hey Guys wath do u Think about this Build´s for a Ele Shadow?

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYA_5MeGtIZ1tEqW7VIbXtVSyaVtDj79eUZbWxTNTZ7y0Fyu5u1GYotg5cGxKIV8PljGtvuDk7INZLTflb6_MVnoId2Sn10QRR1Dq3B2CmlBflDnBjbdPGeuSFgQKAFLWBLeu907e9OKLVgiGFSMglWBIZgOlIOPBRxpzAUIFBHQar46_cycql82ayqWfPAGpBVp4QaOOw4V-IyiXflBLMUTfAfogBmnvrSHRSPRtDQm6Fnvc9lVcbdRvxOY6c26eNq378CcQ==

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYB_5MeGtIZ1tG0OOUZ-_UqW7VIbWxTNTZ7y0Fyu5u1GYotg5cGxKIF-RXw-WMa2-4OTsg1ktN-VvrdRmOn_E50QRR1Dq0ppcHY_MVnoId2Sn3dDSzpFSAqTT8nbqoyfq6Tplc64YjxbPaC5JARiq9z4feIX6q18qlueA1YrzboOlLfvxRxQar46_cycql82ayqWfPAGmaekFWnhBo47DhX4jKJd-UEsxRN8B-iAPrSHRSPRtDQz2VVxpuhZ73aYpSgaHTYTQJxbXtVSyaVDjw=

Both of these builds should work fine.

NEED AN EXPERT!

Anybody here try a spinoff of this build that is more of a phys-emphasized ele build? I'm a huge noob and I tried making a different build using what was already here. How could you make a phys emphasized tri-ele build? I'm probably just dumb.

Thanks!

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYA_5MeGtIZ1tEqW7VIbXtVSyaVjDZtbFM1NnvLQXK7m7UPq-d0YeKH2xa_8-pwUsM6ykpvnhEPRnGVICj66-7FzAU6hK-4kwx9EH_GnqcIj0aBSbI4Zk_Q0M9lVcYWb9gkNsU22PFs7FUfAn6vdhGeoa-bnC2HZc36fINirKFt1p1f4ZXpm6Fnve5v_c_e9ujW6xTN6gW1sTCGznfU-VaNv974pHjB1VFHqriqf4cZMwz-KxnV_95v8jnUoJ8=