[1.2.0] Omjak’s guide: Maximizing Dps - MAJOR UPDATE 3. REFINED TREES:NEW PERMA FREEZE TOTEM VARIANT

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VernoInferno wrote:

Couple of questions...
1. When did you move to blood magic?
2. When did you start running auras?

I'm level 44 with 1200 HP and 240 Mana. I'm actually using ice shot and frenzy because the dps is much higher than LA right now. Mana has been an issue since level 1. I can spec into mana nodes very easily and maybe that is what I should do.

Death's Harp is providing nice DPS and my resists are nearly maxed (not chaos, obv). The build is tanky as hell, and with LOH, I haven't had one near death experience yet.

I will say though, I am scared to death of reflect and how to treat it in the future. My crits are ridiculous and I'm sure I will 1 shot myself at some point.

Thanks for taking an active role in your thread, it's appreciated.

Mana is a problem for archers which is why i reccomend you do take mana nodes as needed. Also using hybrid flasks can alleviate most mana issues. However, I do not reccomend you take clarity, but if u do want to take it do not level it past 3 or 4. The mana reserve from this ability can actually do more bad than good.

as for blood magic and auras, do it around act 2 of cruel or when you feel you can handle them. The games starts to get difficult around act 2, and theres a big power spike going into merciless which can also make transition harder. Plan accordingly.

As for reflect, immortal call can save you from physical reflect but nothing can save your from elemental reflect. This is why i recommend ice shot on a totem. From what i have heard so far, most of those who i have talked to love this aspect of the build and agree thats it is a great totem ability.

Hi there Omjak (and others who feel like commenting)

I love archers and have been trying a few different setups, including yours (well sort off. Dont have a 6L). I would like to hear your thoughts on a build, that is pretty similar to yours in some ways.

The goal is to keep up good damage without blood magic gem (so a 5L puts out good dmg).



Bandits: HP, Phys dmg and Power charge.

My thought process is the following. I only have a 2 x 5L, but no 6L and as you mention a 6L is kind of needed to make this build really shine through.

I took Iron reflexes and eldritch battery, because I think in this way I can run grace (good armor), discipline (higher mana pool -> higher mana regen and faster mana from mind drinker) and hatred. Think i need a high quality reduced mana gem for this to work, without charisma.


LA + Pierce + GMP (maybe LMP) + Power Charge + Life on Hit
Frenzy + Added Fire Damage + Crit Multiplier + faster attacks

I am not sure if I like your totem setup yet x) its low dmg, but sometimes handy for the cc.


Any thoughts on this :)?

Could i get some input/critique on my current gear? I seems to be doing ok in Cruel but mana is slowly starting to become an issue, i dont see any nodes that are close enuff to grab them without wasting too many points. I also have a mana leech gem but socketing it to LA means i lose about 200dps. My two skills LA/IS is on bow and helm, i just have the other ones socketed to level them.

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Frankenberry wrote:

Hi there Omjak (and others who feel like commenting)

I love archers and have been trying a few different setups, including yours (well sort off. Dont have a 6L). I would like to hear your thoughts on a build, that is pretty similar to yours in some ways.

The goal is to keep up good damage without blood magic gem (so a 5L puts out good dmg).

Spoiler

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIBAF4B0QR-BbUILgzyDkgPqxEvEZYV8BmOGdcZ_hsBIXYj9iQ8JJ0k_SaVJ6kppTB8Mfo2PTnUOlg-z0lRSn1OKlFHVUtW-loaWkhabVuvX-Fh4mJaY0NnoGskbWxte2_ycFJwu3DVdvd31HfXfyt_xoIehs6HGYd2iGuMNo2_lQWV6ZuNnaOgn6EioaSiQKKjpcunNKdcp9Sv67EwtUi2Qbb3vebAUcHzxKLKqdN-2wvcFd0N4dvjhOdU53Ttg-4O73rv8PBC9Pj5Vvlj_Kv8xf7I

Bandits: HP, Phys dmg and Power charge.

My thought process is the following. I only have a 2 x 5L, but no 6L and as you mention a 6L is kind of needed to make this build really shine through.

I took Iron reflexes and eldritch battery, because I think in this way I can run grace (good armor), discipline (higher mana pool -> higher mana regen and faster mana from mind drinker) and hatred. Think i need a high quality reduced mana gem for this to work, without charisma.


LA + Pierce + GMP (maybe LMP) + Power Charge + Life on Hit
Frenzy + Added Fire Damage + Crit Multiplier + faster attacks

I am not sure if I like your totem setup yet x) its low dmg, but sometimes handy for the cc.


Any thoughts on this :)?

lol your build is interesting, but you will definetely need to spec into much more health for iron reflexes inorder to make it work better to prevent stuns.

Even with a full quality 20/20 reduced mana gem, I don't think you will be able to run 3 auras, even if u just take that 5% reduced mana node. The total mana reserved is 104%. Also, if u decide to just take grace and hatred with only a reduced mana gem, u will still get around 70% mana reserved. If u decide to only run 2 auras, you will have to manage to get an insane amount of ES to overcome this inorder to have a decent amount of mana to use. the new aura changes have really made it difficult to have a ton of auras and such.

If you still want to use blood magic and LA, what u could do is have LA on bloodmagic and get powercharge on crit with Frenzy on a 5L. move the iceshot/totem to a 4 link with lmp, ele prolif. In this way u can maintain everything you want, it will just be a bit of a chore to get power charges going. This totem combo is essentially works the same as the 5L because of prolifs sort of "chaining" of cc.

soul siphon is also great once u have a significant amount of dps and can maintain your fight momentum lol.

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Lucid wrote:

Could i get some input/critique on my current gear? I seems to be doing ok in Cruel but mana is slowly starting to become an issue, i dont see any nodes that are close enuff to grab them without wasting too many points. I also have a mana leech gem but socketing it to LA means i lose about 200dps. My two skills LA/IS is on bow and helm, i just have the other ones socketed to level them.

Hmm, those flask are ok but try not get instant ones for mana. When u use a mana flask, it will maintain its regen until either ur mana fills up completely or it has regenerated the amount listed on the flask keep this in mind ;).

as for your gear, you will definetely need to focus a bit more on it and do some grind/leveling. It will definetely start becoming a bit more rough when u getting closer to merciless.

also show ur tree, maybe i can help

thanks for the input Omjak, what do you recommend i focus on when looking for gear upgrades? Should i focus on higher dps weapon or armor parts? Here is my build as it stands. Also what is a good spot to grind in Cruel?

My gem setup

LA + FA + LMP + Weapon Ele dmg
IceShot + Faster projectile + Ice dmg and mana leech


http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIAAF4EfgW1CC4V8BmOIXYk_TBxMHwx-jIBOdQ6QjpYPs9LeFFHYetv8nb3d9d9dX8rhxmNfY2_lQWbJpuNoJ-hIqGkokCn1Kp_qriv67IZu-O95sSixqLKqc3qz3rTftQj1orcFd2o4dvnVOjW7YP0-Plj_rr-yA==

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Lucid wrote:

thanks for the input Omjak, what do you recommend i focus on when looking for gear upgrades? Should i focus on higher dps weapon or armor parts? Here is my build as it stands. Also what is a good spot to grind in Cruel?

My gem setup

LA + FA + LMP + Weapon Ele dmg
IceShot + Faster projectile + Ice dmg and mana leech


http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIAAF4EfgW1CC4V8BmOIXYk_TBxMHwx-jIBOdQ6QjpYPs9LeFFHYetv8nb3d9d9dX8rhxmNfY2_lQWbJpuNoJ-hIqGkokCn1Kp_qriv67IZu-O95sSixqLKqc3qz3rTftQj1orcFd2o4dvnVOjW7YP0-Plj_rr-yA==

sorry for the late response.

Ur gem setups are decent, but u'll def have to update them going into merci. As for your tree, leveling up and investing into mana as u invest into crit will help you later on.

as for gear, read over some of the responses on this thread. Some immediate upgrades should be to your chest, gloves, rings, and boots. However, don't really buy anything unless its either really, really good or until ur level 60+.

good places to grind in A2 are: dread thicket, wetlands, felshrine ruins, etc

duplicate post whoops

I was linked to one of your builds after having not previously seen it while asking for advice on a Phase Acrobatics build. I think it looks very much like something I'm looking for and I modified your ranger build a bit to better suit my taste. But you seem to know what you're doing and I'm sure you've already tried very many options here so I'd appreciate your input on my changes.

1. I reduced the total amount of points a bit (I just feel builds with ~100p are more attainable), I tried to remove as little damage as possible, and also took a few more convenient health nodes below Soul Siphon instead of going up for "Written in Blood"
2. Auras. I really want to attempt running Grace with Hatred so I chose Influence and Charisma.
3. I'm considering running LA or Cold Shot (haven't decided yet, I like both) with a Blood Magic gem so I thought I might not need Mind Drinker and Soul Siphon.
4. "Pressure points". Why did you not take this? With the high crit chance you get from this build, wouldn't 30% crit multiplier be better than 25% crit chance?

Anyway, here's my build and here's the breakdown

I run a similar build to omjak's and a few others in this topic.

spent the first month with full acrobatics.

Second month with only 1 point put towards acrobatics, so i could get more health nodes isntead.

Have always been full evasion without IR. That did not change.

And now i have this to say:

Acrobatics NEVER fucking again