Saint Vitus: Physical crit ranger guide[Always Updated]

How do you get the 33 Int to level up the Inc crit dmg gem? If you are suppose to that is, I can only spot 30 in the tree.

Also , do you level up your auras to full too?

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ozten wrote:

How do you get the 33 Int to level up the Inc crit dmg gem? If you are suppose to that is, I can only spot 30 in the tree.

Also , do you level up your auras to full too?

that mostly depends on gear, get some 30 int nodes if you need them, i had quite a lot of int and str on gear luckly that saved me some points, but if you need them just take them and take them out when you have enough from gear.

yep level auras to max, along with curses, level everything, nothing in this build is worth keeping at a certain level.

Pardon me if this is a dumb question as I'm just getting back into PoE.

How would you deal with reflect mobs in HC?

If you had a big crit on a reflect mob, wouldn't that hurt a lot? Hit a few of them together with a few crits and couldn't that potentially kill you on the spot?

Need some expert advice here:

Would you consider using Divine/Exalted on this:



Or maybe an Exalted on this:



Also, how good is this bow? Im 71 and still can't really own any area in Act 3.
Takes me atlest 4-5 RoA hits to kill groups with Projectile weakness.

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Glekisobran wrote:

Need some expert advice here:

Would you consider using Divine/Exalted on this:

Or maybe an Exalted on this:

Also, how good is this bow? Im 71 and still can't really own any area in Act 3.
Takes me atlest 4-5 RoA hits to kill groups with Projectile weakness.

No on both questions.

Best place to get the leech is rings,amulet and quiver. Get high eva + rez and life on gloves first.

That bow is really weak for 71 just try to buy a higher physical one from someone, attack speed isnt that important in this build since frenzy charges will give a lot of attack speed anyway.
With an exalt you can buy a MUCH better one

Thank you for the quick answer. :)

Here's another question:
So considering that bow as weak, what am i looking for?
I will more than likely be able to figure it all out on my own,
but if you could give some expert advice would be awesome. Also,
just a few guidelines for the newer players as well. :)


Thanks a lot ^^

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Glekisobran wrote:

Thank you for the quick answer. :)

Here's another question:
So considering that bow as weak, what am i looking for?
I will more than likely be able to figure it all out on my own,
but if you could give some expert advice would be awesome. Also,
just a few guidelines for the newer players as well. :)


Thanks a lot ^^

Youre lookking for any of the bows that have high physical base damage and that have a % physical mod(tyrannical is the best one) a flat physical mod(flaring would be the best one) and if youre luck the % mod can stack with a accuracy and phys % hybrid mod (empereos would be the ebst one here) and then you will the the best physical setup, around 249% increased physical damage with a flat of 25-45.

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RoA(or split arrow)-Inc crit dmg-inc crit strikes-faster proj-faster attacks works well.

Frenzy:Faster attacks-mana leech(if needed)-inc crit dmg-inc crit chance-faster attacks

I have a question. I've mostly been running split arrow as my aoe, but wouldn't using faster strikes, faster attacks and such be inferior to fork and pierce? if not, you'll just hit the frontline. I get that it works wonders with RoA, seeing as you hit a circle, rather than shooting a wall of arrows.

Is it your opinion that RoA is better than split arrow, because you have to "sacrifice" passives to get an optimal AoE effect with split arrow?

And another question, what about puncture? I know it's not a very popular skill, but I've been having fun with it, especially when kiting fast moving unique mobs. Although I'm unsure how puncture interacts with say Life Leech and Mana Leech. I'm guessing the dot wont proc LoH.

And thx for a great guide. I've just found it, and after checking your passives, I'm on the exact same track.

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shadowbeast82 wrote:

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RoA(or split arrow)-Inc crit dmg-inc crit strikes-faster proj-faster attacks works well.

Frenzy:Faster attacks-mana leech(if needed)-inc crit dmg-inc crit chance-faster attacks

I have a question. I've mostly been running split arrow as my aoe, but wouldn't using faster strikes, faster attacks and such be inferior to fork and pierce? if not, you'll just hit the frontline. I get that it works wonders with RoA, seeing as you hit a circle, rather than shooting a wall of arrows.

Is it your opinion that RoA is better than split arrow, because you have to "sacrifice" passives to get an optimal AoE effect with split arrow?

And another question, what about puncture? I know it's not a very popular skill, but I've been having fun with it, especially when kiting fast moving unique mobs. Although I'm unsure how puncture interacts with say Life Leech and Mana Leech. I'm guessing the dot wont proc LoH.

And thx for a great guide. I've just found it, and after checking your passives, I'm on the exact same track.

Usually if you use split its better to get a pierce passive for this build, to be honest ive never been a fan of these new supports (fork, chain) so i just dont use them, but those are of course suggested passives, you can change them however you want, i would just get piercing for split.

Yep, id rather always use RoA because i really liked the skill in CB and now since it has been buffed its even nicer, it eliminates the idea of surprise off screen reflect, which can be a problem with skills like split arrow, it also has a very cool effect and when its leveled you can get quite a large area with quality too without using gems like "increased area of effect" it covers a good part of the screen.

It's personal preference mostly and on the other hand its also the fact that i wanted to make a build in CB to show people that physical damage can work and that RoA can work, that was the main point of this build.

I had an idea with puncture in CB, never got to doing it though, i noticed some unique have a "chance to flee mod", of course puncture does way more damage if enemies move, or flee :) (you see where im going).
Using a quality support "chance to flee" and 2 blackheart rings + chance to flee support (preferably at 20% quality for eve more chance) you can make enemies run almost at every shot while they are punctured, i reckon this would be VERY fun and it would do pretty massive damage.

But yes, you can use puncture with this build as a third attack for the laughs, it is a really fun skill!

Victor, I would be interested to know your DPS of Frenzy.

I'm currently using Frenzy (linked with Added fire damage-Increased crit. chance-Mana leech) that gives me 2.5k DPS at 7 stacks. I'm pure physical damage build intending to go for crit in late game.

Even-though I feel I have decent gear, the damage output is not the greatest and the game is reasonable challenging.

My signature gear (weapon & build-enabling items):