Petrov's Ranger Build: Lightning Strike or Reave+Abyssus+Lightning Coil+EB+MoM+VP

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CephalicKarnage wrote:

I went to EB first, grabbing a lot of the dps nodes. MoM I didn't grab until just recently(lvl 75). After EB I made my way down to MoM and Vaal, didn't put points in them though, just wanted to have them available when I needed them without respec points. Waiting on Vaal until around 80, like the op suggested.

Will rework to that, got Mind Drinker and then headed to MoM. Got to Dominus and found I lacked the dps @40 to down his ascendant form before the environmental damage took me out. He is nearly immune to the Lightning, and the DS Dagger, while decent against trash, barely hurts him.

is dream fragments necessary for the lightning strike version or would i benefit more from a rare ring? thx

edit: what would be ideal rings for the LS version? tyvm

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Basement wrote:

is dream fragments necessary for the lightning strike version or would i benefit more from a rare ring? thx

edit: what would be ideal rings for the LS version? tyvm

It all depends on the stats of your other gear.

I personally use 2x resist rings since I wouldn't be capped with a dream frag.

I have a lightning stacked shield which helps to offset the coil.


My gear, again, if you want to see (rares):

streaming again

Hi petrov,in first place i would like to say i have a lot of fun with your build, i was playing a CI/VP/reave shadow in beta (wich is th most fun and powerfull build i've played :D) and this one gave me the same amount of fun.

I'm lvl 75 now and i have a tree based on yours (just few different things obviously)
here you can check my tree:


I didnt found the need of vaal pact at the moment because reflect dont hurt me at the moment, but when my dps reach 12-15K i think i have to take it.

My actual Gear, lots of self found and some good deal (lightning coil was one, baught 4 chaos and 5 Linked with less than 40 fuse :D)


so here come the number now:
2K8 HP
1K5 mana, 380 unreserved with clarity/purity of light/hatred
8K5 DPS buffed
19% phys dmg reduction
24% chance to evade
30% block chance (34% soon with next node)
Perma run arctic armour lvl 14
75/75/78/-28 for my res (not caped light res without purity of light)


This is the actual situation, and i start to have few doubt about the endgame maps, do you run maps 75+ ? have you got trouble inside ? i found a lot of no go map mods like slow regen/no regen, chaos dmg , and some dimple conbination with vulnerability are a pain.

The biggest problem come from spick damage from boss, we can tank a crowd of zombi or wathever really easy, but defense are not enought high for all high dmg hit. do you have this problem ?
i think a bit more HP and a bigger mana pool unreserved is the solution but how ? my next node in passive is 4% block/30% shield defense, so with my 300 ES shield i should have a lot more mana.

Opened to critics maybe some of my nodes are not good investment. Also did you tryed iron reflex/unwavering stance ? or full evade ? i was wondering whats the result of both way.

Ps: sorry for my pretty bad english and thanks for this pretty good build :)

I typically kite bosses beyond level 70 maps

they still die pretty quick

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psykodjo wrote:

This is the actual situation, and i start to have few doubt about the endgame maps, do you run maps 75+ ? have you got trouble inside ? i found a lot of no go map mods like slow regen/no regen, chaos dmg , and some dimple conbination with vulnerability are a pain.

The biggest problem come from spick damage from boss, we can tank a crowd of zombi or wathever really easy, but defense are not enought high for all high dmg hit. do you have this problem ?
i think a bit more HP and a bigger mana pool unreserved is the solution but how ? my next node in passive is 4% block/30% shield defense, so with my 300 ES shield i should have a lot more mana.

Opened to critics maybe some of my nodes are not good investment. Also did you tryed iron reflex/unwavering stance ? or full evade ? i was wondering whats the result of both way.

Ps: sorry for my pretty bad english and thanks for this pretty good build :)

Yup, I run all sorts of maps. I am actually properly shit at this game, so I try to make builds that are relatively fool proof (relatively being the key proviso).

I find the most difficult situations to deal with are big chaos mobs, as MoM doesn't protect you against degen, which is annoying. So you still need enough of a life pool to get through the degen and start leeching.

Big boss spike hits of course can be deadly, but they're deadly on almost any build. Obviously your gear is still pretty modest, so I wouldn't expect you to be able to face tank map bosses with anything like your gear yet. Your unreserved mana pool is especially low.

Again, if you want the most "bang for buck" from MoM as a spike damage mitigation strategy, you want to aim for your unreserved mana pool being 43% of your life pool. If you have 2.8k life and only 300 unreserved mana, then MoM is not operating anywhere near peak efficiency.

That might lead you to concluding you need to drop Purity of Lightning in some circumstances and, as a result, trying to find better res gear.

Hope that helps!

P.

By the way, I've got this on Standard if anyone wants to buy it off me:

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PM me with offers (not in this thread please), it's not going for less than 7 ex given base crit chance mod.

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hey loving this build - close to level 80 atm my dps seems a bit low, any tips?

current gear


Current passives
no Vaal pact as of right now

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Viris wrote:

hey loving this build - close to level 80 atm my dps seems a bit low, any tips?

current gear

Spoiler

Current passives
no Vaal pact as of right now

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIBAdEEfgSxBS0FfQX5DkgRlhXwFr8Y2xmKGdcajxrbIWAj9iQ8JP0mlSepKLUtgy9vOJY6WECgSVFKfUxgUzVVS1YtVupW-lpIWm1br2BLYeJirGegbWxte3BScLt07XTxeu9-WX_Ggh6FMocZh3aH24hCiGuMNpAblWaXBpu1naOdqp65oSKiQKZ_pzSnXKx_r-uxs7VItxfAUcHFwzrEotN-1QDWndkT2wvdDeOE51TtQe4O707veu_w8-r0-Pba-wn8q_zF

sub out melee phys for faster attacks, and you're missing nightstalker/flaying nodes, those add alot of dmg