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

@hacksaw

It is a bit hard to run two auras. u'd have to do investment in the tree, and even some serious investment into gear. But it is doable. If you want to, i say why not.

I defentely do think you should invest into some mana nodes. they do help. as for which is best, it depends on ur playstyle and other factors. with a high dps build, where ur completely destroying monsters mana on kill can act like loh in a way and sustain u completely. also, having the right potions can help alot. i added some information on potions at the very bottom of the mechanics section from a prvious post. Also, consider other archer's oppinions on the matter.

as for cwdt, a level 4 gem should be suffecient. any higher and i personally don't think its worth it.

Question about the ranger build: what about taking Eldritch Battery? its only 4 spots out from where the tree is set currently, and converts the nerfed ES into hugely useful mana, giving more flexibility with auras and general skill spam.

I had an idea to run an archer that way, alongside MoM as a way to make the char tankier and mitigate the times evade/dodge can't do their thing.

thoughts?

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Peripherally wrote:

Question about the ranger build: what about taking Eldritch Battery? its only 4 spots out from where the tree is set currently, and converts the nerfed ES into hugely useful mana, giving more flexibility with auras and general skill spam.

I had an idea to run an archer that way, alongside MoM as a way to make the char tankier and mitigate the times evade/dodge can't do their thing.

thoughts?

there are several problems with it that u have to weigh for your own preferences.

things to consider:

nodal efficiency
what do u want to sacrifice? dps? health? dodge? 4 nodes can be 34%-36% in health, and much more in terms of dps. Additionally, it is incredibly hard to go into the duelist tree without sacrificing ur dps/health. grabbing immediate increases is more efficient. If u really want to be tankier, just take out physical damage and fill out the remaining health nodes around the area imo. If u want to try it out, just don't spec into projectile damage and go physical is my recommendation. u gain more dps from physical nodes anyway.

gear dependancy/the acrobatics penalty/aura % reserve.
ES gear is not cheap, like at all. It is already semi-difficult to gear an archer so that defenses are adequate. Dodge is a great, non item dependant way of gaining instant survivability. aside from this, if u take acrobatics you will only gain half of the ES ur stacking as mana since the penalty is calculated before the conversion. Aside from this, if ur stacking auras, u will only be able to use a fraction of the already "halved" mana anyway since they reserve % mana. The mana that you would truly gain would be very low.

But all of these are my theoretical oppinions and why i never bothered to get it (i have considered it, but then i remembered i'm no-where near rich enough to try it xD). If you have the resources and burning want to try this out, i say by all means do it and report the results here xD.

I added a minor change to the guide utilizing 2 5ls and a 4l to get all the stats of this build. it is under the original setup, in the mechanics section under "winterstorm"

edit: also, idk if i mentioned this but i added some info we have talked about at the end of the mechanics section as well

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Panini_aux_olives wrote:

You can use http://imgur.com/ for your images.

worked like a charm, thank you. finally got around to it.

pics have been fixed and re-added to original guide.

part 1 of leveling guide done, will add too it as i go along and finish part 2 some other time (this won't be for awhile tho, school is becoming very heavy).

edit: my gawd so much text, i feel the carpal tunnel building up on the inside.

Hey omjak,

i was lucky getting so i switched power charge on critical off


For now i have a free socket for my LA linked build. What would u do?, would u add added lightning dmg into it, increased critical dmg or something other to boost the LA ? What about empower if all gems are max?






and another question:

i was simply having isssues with the ranged attack totem, sometimes it seem's that it does not the dmg it should do. i sometimes expect that the game engine drops the fire rate. so i switched over to the explosive arrow. but there's a reported bug online when switching weapons the game will crash when explosive arrow is shooting.

the ice shot does nearly 0 dmg when attacking discharger. does anyone has tested other helpful ranged attack totem combinations?


i'd like to switch frenzy 4L with the totem combination to gain one more socket. so what kind of green gem would u add to frenzy?
something like that?


it's maybe wiser to push frenzy because of the unsustain shoot mechanics of the ranged attack.

@heimlichHELD

Unfortunately, i have found the same thing over time. The problem may be due to the fact that certain monsters have HIGH elemental resistances, or even just high cold elemental resistances. Sometimes the totem will completely smash through mobs like its nobodys business, other times it will take a bit longer.

This is due to the fact that ALL of your physical damage is converted to aoe elemental damage on impact, and you are essentially doing 60% of your physical damage as elemental damage behind the target. As such, resists and ele reflect affect iceshot more than the other ranger abilities. People who use Voltaxic find the same thing against chaos resist monsters using LA, the trade off is they are immune to elemental reflect completely.

What makes iceshot worth it is its high cc. If you want more iceshot dps, try taking frostbite instead of temporal chains. You will be essentially be shifting your cc from more "everything" to "mob" focused and will gain some slight dps and major mob cc. Unfortunately bossing may become a bit harder.

Tbh, any totem ability you use will have its dps drastically reduced because of the totems debuffs. What makes it worth is the cc, and support damage that just adds to ur overall dps. you could also try lmp over gmp.

as for ur 6th gem:
Increased crit damage is hella fun, do this if u want faster clear times and a great boost to burst damage. However, reflect may become more of an issue.

added fire damage is also good for damage, elemental hit is equally good. If u have a decent amount of elemental damage stacked on gear and such, choose elemental hit over fire damage. ( or you can try both on and see which u like better).

between these gems, the dps increase is about equal in most cases (with lioneyes and this build anyway), it just depends on what you want and what ur gear and such looks like.

As for Added lightning, i have never really tried it tbh. Theoretically, it should help a bit in shocking targets. These elemental gems got buffed awhile back, and i havn't gotten a chance to use them since then. However, if u would have asked me before they go buffed, i woulda said no xD. but for right now, idk.

as for frenzy, physical attack damage is a great choice. increased accuracy is more if you have a harbinger.

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Panini_aux_olives wrote:

Personnaly I'd go for added fire damage or WeD on LA (so you'll need to reroll colors), but Increase critical damage is also very good, I've used it extensively on frenzy and the boost is nice.
Elemental Hit however is an attack, not a support, but for sure it can be useful on phys reflect maps. Unfortunatly its cost is just ridiculous.

i meant weapon elemental damage, i mix the two sometimes lol