Flame Bow Duelist, will it work?

So I just created my first character, a bow duelist, and was thinking about builds. Reading Davos' elemental split arrow build, I wondered what could be done by focussing on one particular type of elemental damage, and came up with this:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgQAA8YGDgn2DjwUcRUgFx0Zhhm0GjgaVRvIIJwlrSaVKk0s6TB1Mn4yiTpSOrNBqkMxRZZMMlFMUzVVS1WpVgRX4lnzXfJeE1-qYIhhIWFSY_1mnmqTbWxte3KpcsNz4XflfVuE74ZgjDaNfpBVkvOXtJrMmy2btZ1jpLGnhKsLrEesqqy6r421SLZBt7a-p8APwBrDOspKytPMBs2Y0k3dDd7G4drigOWO6mLrLOw49zL3iPjr-rH9Cw==

Most notably it combines Iron Grip with Avatar of Fire, first using the characters strength pool to increase physical damage and then converting that damage to 50% fire damage.

As this build would rely a lot on stacking of percental bonusses, my first question is: do these skills stacks, and secondly: would this build work at all?

First, yes the nodes would work to your favor, but most importantly, the build would not work. Not enough life and it misses a few key points. Burn dmg and Lava lash to mention some.

Burning arrow + lesser multiple projectiles / proliferation + Weapon elemental dmg. + chance to ignite + faster attacks + added fire



Not an easy build.

The lack of Dexterity will be a big issues of this build just to wear a descent bow. I already tryed to find a way but i just see the Astramentis amulet to solve it ... or a lot of dexterity on the stuff.

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pun1sher wrote:

The lack of Dexterity will be a big issues of this build just to wear a descent bow. I already tryed to find a way but i just see the Astramentis amulet to solve it ... or a lot of dexterity on the stuff.

Hmmm,.. never considered that there might be a lack of DEX on that build, but that can quite easily be resolved by rerouting past a few +30 nodes.

Also, if I'd forget about Critical Strikes alltogether and instead went with Resolute Technique, would I need that much DEX to begin with?

I thought a lot about this build last night, and i'll manage to find something i think very powerfull on the paper.

First of all, i'll do it with a templar... seems the best class for it in my point of view.

here the build i plan to do with my Lvl70 templar tonight : 88 points

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUABVuLjOFz7SBG113GtQTkIilPGmzsOIKbna4ZhRo4V-KnCBJpJKqnhHflMonYJI9G2t0XHDbpkFUEszbF0NBxeeNq-tIUTfAfHwI22M9lZp4XL6IAxYoEB5wtKo1Vxq-NZOevbEyzh2WXhRZvVdZM_y0f7FWApDwtbRnGrsHztz6CHv4K2wvyRedjOuGI8aZXTeMxnv6PNZK18m6qSsg_JypNFSAs6d0NW68Y23TxhTI=

Like you see i will play with MoM, EB.
I plan to use Blackgleam (of course), Lioneye's Glare and Infernal Mantle (seems to be OP for this build). The lack of damage reduction is compensed with MoM, a descent life pool (around +200% life) and a huge mana pool.

To equip the bow i will use Atziri's Foible, that combine very well with MoM and Lioneye's Paw to reach the required Dexterity. Hrimnor's Resolve for the Helm.

For multi target i will use the following gems combination :

Burning Arrow + Chance to Ignite + Elemental Proliferation + Increased Area of Effect + Increased Burning Damage ( + Added Fire Damage or Weapon Elemental damage or Fire Penetration if 6L on the Infernal Mantle).

For single target :

Burning Arrow + Added Fire Damage + Weapon Elemental Damage + Faster attack or Fire penetration ( both on a 5L Lioneye's Glare ).