[S]Explosive Arrow Marauder by Slaydemkidz (lvl 96 HC) - For EXPERIENCED Players! (1.2.0)!

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Cinemaz wrote:

What do you think about getting the -40% mana reservation right next to the blood magic keystone node and using a 40% aura on it? since that would effectively make a 40% mana reserved aura cost nothing ever decide to play with it a little? maybe add a purity of fire to it?

I use Vitality with -40% mana reservation,combo with reduce mana gems, more survivability. You should try this one.

yea it should solve the fact that I actually lose HP pool whenever I cast EA!

I prefer not running auras at all. I don't want to use them in their current state in combination with blood magic, and i do not want an aura on mana because i would have to use BM gem on my main attacks.

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yea it should solve the fact that I actually lose HP pool whenever I cast EA!

If you loose HP like crazy when you shoot you should get more life / switch later to EA / don't go for 6L if you can't afford it / go for the regen nodes. You will still degen a bit with a 6L without a Kaom's but split arrow is going to fill up your HP very quick.

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Will this build work for a shadow/witch/ Templar?

You would loose a lot of points. I would not do it with those classes.

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I took a PoE break pre-launch and recently got back in. Spectral Throw is very interesting, for leveling and purposes should I stick an LMP on it? I saw you only said +Firedmg/WepEleDMG/FasterAttacks. Is it because there isnt enough dex at lower levels to support LMP?

I forgot about LMP that's all, works great with ST and should not be much of a dex problem

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Is it a bad plan to just level your gems to 20 for the 20% quality? Or does it take too long.

It takes long, and if you make your Explosive arrow gem from lvl 20 to lvl 1 + 20% you're going to have a bad time

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On a side note, I'm lvl 75 with 5.5k life, 5k armor (with 5 endurance charges), and 77 all res, but still get chunked for 2k+ by many lvl 66 / 67 map bosses. Why is this and what should I focus on to mitigate this damage? This also happens with most exiles. I usually just port in and out until it's dead.

This build works great with kiting you just stack 5 arrows when you gained enough range from the boss and run around while he burns. - No damage taken at all. At some point you will be able to facetank most of the bosses, by now I can even facetank Precinct. It also depends on how many monsters there are to gain life from.

My update on the build:

Almost 84 on nemesis as Scion (i differ 4 points from this original build, but i dont feel they're a waste because they include 1,2% life regen in total).
Got a 5Link with all 20% gems at level 18 atm and saved up 4,5 ex again. I'm planning a 6Link lottery when i get to 9-10 ex.

Every investment in my character feels worth it.

It looks amazing and plays amazing.

I still lack armour (no evasion rings yet) but i am feeling comfortable in 70-73 maps so that is good for now. Priority for me is the 6Link.

Let's hope i get lucky and make another 5ex fast

Ive one question, about projectile damage increase. Does they increase explosion damage? Becouse when i took them, dmg on skill didnt change at all

Projectile damage, fire damage, and area damage are the three things that directly increase the explosion damage. EA's tooltip tells you the damage of the initial hit of the arrow. It never tells you the explosion damage. This is because there's no accurate way for the server to predict the explosion damage (because there's no way to keep track of the fuses on the front end).

The chaos damage from viper strike and poison arrow as well as the ele damage of ele hit also work this way.

I tried this EA shit for a sec and it fucking sucks!! I only had like 100 dps and this kid is telling me he carries groups and deals dps (total bullshit) EK still remains the skill of choice for top tier experienced players like Kripparrian and I.

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FloatingNipples wrote:

I tried this EA shit for a sec and it fucking sucks!! I only had like 100 dps and this kid is telling me he carries groups and deals dps (total bullshit) EK still remains the skill of choice for top tier experienced players like Kripparrian and I.

+1 <3

>>I calculated my dps with this build and that's around 33k.

How did u do that? I am curious 'bout my dps atm, feels kinda bad with 5 link 18lvlgems without quality, especially at single target bosses. I wonder if 6link with conc effect and quality would solve that problem. I am playing at softcore so my build have a few more nodes for projectile dmg.

Calculate how fast you shoot, how much dmg the initial Explosion does and then take a look at this Thread to calculate the Burning http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/55947 You have to calculate in Fire penetration / Elemental Equilbrium aswell. It's a bit complicated and the dps you get is not 100% representative. Also you have to know that fire pen only works on the explosion itself, not on the bunrning. Ele equilibrium works on both because it's an actual Resistance reduce. Meaning it double dips the damage of the burning.

(there might be some changes to burning in 1.0.2 so this might change)

btw ... conc effect gives you a 69% damage boost ... so you should REALLY have conc effect in a 5L ... more important than fire pen / increased burning damage