Best farming ranger build?

Hello,

I've decided to create a farming character since my main(dueler) is a good killer but cannot get any IIR/IIQ since he is melee and need a lots of Hp/armor.

So what build should i go to maximize farming potential? and also if you have any advise or farming strategy for me to start.

(should i just keep my dueler and farm high level map) or having a farming char with high IIQ/IIR is really usefull?

Try to make a ranger with physical attack (split arrow / frenzy) because most mobs in the new areas in act 3 resist elements. After patch 1.0, IIR/IIQ now suffer from dimishing returns, so you don't need to stack 200 IIR anymore. I find unique items with just 50 iir and 10 iiq on my ranger. Focus on clearing speed, not iir/iiq now. You might also want to do a build that specializes in killing bosses (Piety, Vaal and Dominus).

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Rudraksh wrote:

Try to make a ranger with physical attack (split arrow / frenzy) because most mobs in the new areas in act 3 resist elements. After patch 1.0, IIR/IIQ now suffer from dimishing returns, so you don't need to stack 200 IIR anymore. I find unique items with just 50 iir and 10 iiq on my ranger. Focus on clearing speed, not iir/iiq now. You might also want to do a build that specializes in killing bosses (Piety, Vaal and Dominus).

and would a physical ranger be able to run those bosses?
some one told me that clearing speed is now more important than MF is this true? and otherwise woudl u still sugest this build?

My question :

Could some one make my a quick PRO/CON of a

LA archer VS Physical/crit archer?

I just can't see which one seems better for a first charater? unfund?

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xenochaos1 wrote:

My question :

Could some one make my a quick PRO/CON of a

LA archer VS Physical/crit archer?

I just can't see which one seems better for a first charater? unfund?

In my experience, LA is generally harder to gear for and play effectively. It requires several gems that you'll likely need to trade for (e.g. Chain) and linked armor. You'll probably need to level with something else like Rain of Arrows early on, until you can sustain LA. And since LA converts your bow's physical damage, you'll need to find good physical rolls on your bow to maintain your damage.

LA tends to have amazing mob pack clear speed - depending on your gear and enemy resists, a few shots can completely obliterate an entire screen of enemies. This is a double-edged sword, however; since LA depends so heavily on enemies to chain to for stacking damage, its single-target/boss damage drops substantially. For this reason, I see LA builds more often play in parties, where the buffed health of enemies can be abused to get more out of its chain effect. For single-target, LA builds usually run Frenzy, and I've heard of Elemental Hit being used as well.

On the other hand, crit Rangers tend to be much more straightforward and flexible in their build and passive choices. But even a juiced-up crit Rain of Arrows won't be able to rival Lightning Arrow's clear speed, and to even get close you have to invest in many passive damage nodes, whereas LA builds tend to have more liberty to pick up health and utility for auras.

If all you're interested in is endgame clear speed, imo LA is the way to go. But a crit build would likely be more consistent across all enemy types, single and multitarget, and solo/party play.

P.S. If you're going to be starting a new character, consider the Duelist and (maybe) Marauder for LA builds. Their positioning might fit your playstyle better, since the Ranger tree, whilst helpful, doesn't have anything particularly impressive.