Saint Vitus: Physical crit ranger guide[Always Updated]

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Volkarrr wrote:

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VictorDoom wrote:

You can always replace conc effect with crit muli and keep the aoe if you want more area, i did quite well without any conc effect or area gems, just the 5l links (crit,dmg crit chance etc) with a bow similar to yours. Mind you physical damage was shit back then, no one did physical rangers, and RoA was MUCH slower so you needed a lot of projectile speed mods.

So you are basically saying phys range was the worst build ever CBT and now after they buffed it it still sucks... but hey here is a guide let everyone make an inferior build?

either the next 15 skillpoints will boost me from no dmg to woohooo or i wasted alot of time.

Its good now. and i did specify it was inferor to ele in CB, as everyone knows.

And it was not the worst build ever,i made physical work while no one bothered to because it was hard to do it, you can ask quite a few people about that if you must :)

I've spent quite a lot of time doing this build and finding the optimal point investment for physical rangers, and it is not inferior to any of the other builds in any way, if you noticed almost every single mob has a resist while extremely few have physical resist.

Also i cant play your ranger for you so i cant help you do good, i shared my build with everyone because i wanted to help everyone, this build has been up since october and many people did very well with it including me.

Maybe its just not your play style, go LA if you like it.

And about your dps i can caluclate something for you: the highest damage physical bow you can get is at 261-429 physical with a base of 1.2 aps (thats better than most MAULS), ill stick with my physical :)

Can I play this build with Split Arrow + chain ? And will this build have effects with critical strike ? Like Ice explosions ? BTW, how much DPS with this build and good gear ? 12 k maybe ?
PS: I know I am a DPS freak...

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GameNorber wrote:

Can I play this build with Split Arrow + chain ? And will this build have effects with critical strike ? Like Ice explosions ? BTW, how much DPS with this build and good gear ? 12 k maybe ?
PS: I know I am a DPS freak...

yep you can, mana cost will be a bit higher but you can compensate with mana leech gem and you miht not even need to use one if you have enough mana leech on gear.

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VictorDoom wrote:

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wafflemaster wrote:

Thanks for the guide once I first tried rain of arrows I fell in love with it. Then I saw your guide and it helped me out a lot. I have a question though my build slightly differs from yours so far because I planned on going straight evasion. Although I'm not so sure now. I'm curious if Iron Reflexes is much better then going straight evasion (with phase acro/acro/arrow dodge). Because lately I've heard about how good or even op Iron Reflexes is. Just wanted someones opinion on it because I'm only level 29 right now on my ranger so I'm not sure which way I should go or what is the "better choice".

Evasion is good for the first 30 levels but then you need iron reflexes, monsters just do too much damage so even if you evade youre lucky to survive mobs, Iron Reflexes is very good especialyl for rangers because you can get over 10k armor with some decent gear and this build.

Evasion works best for melees that have high life, regen, and high block chance.

Alright makes sense thanks.

So I bought 6L evasion armor to link RoA with concentrated effect and I found out it is not such a good idea as I expected. I gotta agree damage is awesome and I probably could work with 30% reduced area but 51mana each skill - considering I'm using Thicket bow with 1.55 aps and I have 250mana +6% mana leech - RUINS ME! Without concentrated effect I can stand in the middle of monsters group and my hp is not even moving with just 4% leech life. So I think I'll give up using this support gem, and I would like to ask you if you have any other ideas of what I could fill my 6th socket with.

Hey. I'm wondering.
In the guide you say, bow's speed doesn't matter that much. But as i see looking trough forums - close to no players choose bows other than thicket or ones with 1.40+ speed.

So, is this speed important on physical ranger or not? I guess, you can get higher dmg rolls on those slower bows - what to choose then : hard hits, or faster ones.

Id be grateful for some more explanation.

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Durso wrote:

Hey. I'm wondering.
In the guide you say, bow's speed doesn't matter that much. But as i see looking trough forums - close to no players choose bows other than thicket or ones with 1.40+ speed.

So, is this speed important on physical ranger or not? I guess, you can get higher dmg rolls on those slower bows - what to choose then : hard hits, or faster ones.

Id be grateful for some more explanation.

Hard hits, you get a lot of attack speed from 7 frenzy charges anyway, so you dont have much use for low damage bows with high attack speed.

Hi guys, just wondering what orbs to use to make this bow better if any.

How should I be getting mana/mana regen using this build? I go OMM very quickly.

You should use Mana Leech with Frenzy. Without Mana Leech gem I'm struggling too. I use Mana Leech with Frenzy and RoA.