Saint Vitus: Physical crit ranger guide[Always Updated]

I decided to play with this build since its not mainstream - as my first character in path of exile.. on Hardcore

After dieing at first to exploding minions in near Murvail at 17, deleted the char, named second one the same and went for another try... I was too reluctant on the passive skill tree spending points and was only assigning them every 10 levels... died to Vaal being 2 shotted by that lightning charge/bolt... on 31 level char.

Now for the third time level 26 currently - have optimized my build, decided to use alchemist orb on a normal bow and stop playing with the long bow from level 11 so currently I have this... no need to post the skill build tree cause its a duplicate from the one by SaintVitus... but in any case ...

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIAAdEILg6tFHUZjiP2NZJKfU7IVvpaSGegdEGHdpuNokCn1KvSr-vEotN-3BXtg-4O7_D0-PzF

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Any tips on how to deal with Vaal or any other tips are welcome... and I decided to post screenshots every 20 levels and ask for guidance and corrections so 46/66/86 and so on - if I don't die that is or if I don't get stuck earlier...

is it possible to run grace, hatred, purity and haste auras at the same time (even with reduced mana gem)?

that's over 100% of you mana used?

Hello!
Just read thru this whole thread and i couldnt find any information on how u manage to sustain mana w/o running away to regen the leeched amount.
I have 4% passive leech and 4% on gem, still i shoot my mana to zero and have to "pause" inbetween bursts.
i took some more crit nodes then you - only difference - alltho i end up on 650% crit and 25% critchance with my gear.
Just as an example:

(switching quiver if i need the manaleech)
I get 5.5k on frenzy and 3.5k on split arrow. but i get 2k on iceshoot and it gives me alot of utility/survivability.

But as stated above, how do you keep your mana flowing?
i have 3 manapotions that recharge on crit, and i have to cycle them to keep mana from hitting bottom (it still does, have to take 2-10 seconds breaks sometimes). No auras what so ever as my mana is just 500. my shoots cost me 30-60 each (cept frenzy)

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hitem wrote:

Hello!
Just read thru this whole thread and i couldnt find any information on how u manage to sustain mana w/o running away to regen the leeched amount.
I have 4% passive leech and 4% on gem, still i shoot my mana to zero and have to "pause" inbetween bursts.
i took some more crit nodes then you - only difference - alltho i end up on 650% crit and 25% critchance with my gear.
Just as an example:

(switching quiver if i need the manaleech)
I get 5.5k on frenzy and 3.5k on split arrow. but i get 2k on iceshoot and it gives me alot of utility/survivability.

But as stated above, how do you keep your mana flowing?
i have 3 manapotions that recharge on crit, and i have to cycle them to keep mana from hitting bottom (it still does, have to take 2-10 seconds breaks sometimes). No auras what so ever as my mana is just 500. my shoots cost me 30-60 each (cept frenzy)

I've got 4% mana leech ( 2% passive, 2% ring, no mana flasks ), and its enough. Your setup looks fine, however, I don't know how it works with split arrow, maybe you should try RoA, the attack itself is more accurate so you will hit more and leech more.

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hitem wrote:

But as stated above, how do you keep your mana flowing?
i have 3 manapotions that recharge on crit, and i have to cycle them to keep mana from hitting bottom (it still does, have to take 2-10 seconds breaks sometimes). No auras what so ever as my mana is just 500. my shoots cost me 30-60 each (cept frenzy)

The issue is your attack speed. I have only 4% mana leech on my Frenzy, heavy mana usage, but I can sustain myself just fine. I guess with a lot higher base attack speed on your bow (1.55 on your bow vs mine Citadel at 1.2), you simply dish out too many Frenzy shots that cost a lot.

You must start being more careful, do short bursts and re-aim at new target. What kills my mana is when I blow target with a crit on first hit but send its way 2 or 3 more shots, which do not draw back any mana. You can also invest into quality Mana Leech, which is very helpful since very 1% of quality improves the leech rate.
You can also get mana flasks with increased charge recovery rate and reduce recovery speed. This flask will refill its charges fast and the mana will be returned to you slower, which is good because rangers tend to have small mana pools so each flask use is giving you only bit of mana but if it recovers slower you can use some of that gained mana for skills.

Hi. Do you think its better to help Kraityn in Merciless for the +1 Frenzy or killing her?

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Remilieve wrote:

Hi. Do you think its better to help Kraityn in Merciless for the +1 Frenzy or killing her?

Help Kraityn, extra Frenzy charge is absolute beast compared to single passive point.

In the build, why are you taking critical strike nodes over health?
Isnt that glass cannon territory?

Here's my build where i took more +life including Golems Blood health ring to the left of Diamond skin. I didnt take the heavy Draw phys dmg ring.



Critique?

Hey guys just want to show a little bit about my physical ranger farming at Merciless Fellshrine, running Auras: Grace, Purity, Hatred
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOcIbaC4BcY

Currently sitting at 2.7k dps with full frenzy charges with frenzy, and 4.76 attack speed. Although my equips are not the best (not even average to say the least, RoA is only linked with faster attacks), I'm enjoying this build and my character very much.

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Veny wrote:

Hey guys just want to show a little bit about my physical ranger farming at Merciless Fellshrine, running Auras: Grace, Purity, Hatred
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOcIbaC4BcY

Currently sitting at 2.7k dps with full frenzy charges with frenzy, and 4.76 attack speed. Although my equips are not the best (not even average to say the least, RoA is only linked with faster attacks), I'm enjoying this build and my character very much.

i want to run the same 3 auras.

even with the reduced mana gem, how do you keep from running out of mana when using RoA/Frenzy?

and what are you cursing them with?