[1.xx] Islidox's Build tips/critique section for Rangers

@Twapper: looking good there, and sick helmet. I'm going to assume that you're going to 5L your bow at some point, which you should.

Also I 5Led my bow myself, doing a little prayer in front of Lady Diala. Now my Frenzy tooltip DPS is 8.2k DPS, and if that all crit, that'd be 25.5k DPS.

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Islidox wrote:

@Twapper: looking good there, and sick helmet. I'm going to assume that you're going to 5L your bow at some point, which you should.

Also I 5Led my bow myself, doing a little prayer in front of Lady Diala. Now my Frenzy tooltip DPS is 8.2k DPS, and if that all crit, that'd be 25.5k DPS.

Yea trying to link is been unlucky so far.

Thinking about possible doing frenzy with LMP instead of RoA but haven't decided yet, it'd require me to pick up 4% mana leech on my gear somehow to maintain it and possibly slight alterations to my skill tree, but the dps would be pretty legit.

Not sure if I enjoy RoA tbh

When crafting / looking for a bow;

I am wondering what are the preferred stats to look for on a bow from the prefixes and suffixes available?

POE Mods Compendium



I guess alot of theorycrafting is needed here for perfect phys crit bow stats.

Edit.
Just to add my thoughts into this;

Pre.. (my choices)
Local Physical Dmg +%
Local Physical +% / Local Accuracy Rating
Life Leech From Physical Dmg %
Mana Leech From Phys Dmg %
Weap Ele Dmg +% - maybe

Suff...
A lot to choose from

Attack Speed
Accuracy Rating
Crit Strike Chance
Crit Strike Multi
Resists %
Life Gain Per Hit
Proj Speed %

This is what I wrote in the Gear Requirement Section for Bows:

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On Bow:
+ IPD
+ physical damage
+ increased crit chance
+ increased crit multiplier
+ mana leech
+ life leech
+ accuracy
+ attack speed (not as important)
+ increased projectile speed (optional)
+ rez (optional)

Favor low-attackspeed (1.2-1.4) bows for the higher base physical damage. You'll naturally build up attack speed through passives, Frenzy charges, and Faster Attacks support gem.

So from the available prefix/suffix mods,

Prefixes:
Local Physical Dmg +%
Local Min Added Physical Dmg / Local Max Added Physical Dmg
Local Physical Dmg +% / Local Accuracy Rating
Mana Leech From Physical Dmg %
Life Leech From Physical Dmg %

Suffixes:
Local Critical Strike Chance +%
Weapon-only Critical Strike Multiplier +%
Local Accuracy Rating
Local Attack Speed +%

Anything else can help but not necessary. I happen to have a high cold damage mod on my current bow which is nice, but not necessary. Imagine if my bow had the "Local Physical Dmg +% / Local Accuracy Rating" mod... it would've been godly (and I would have never been able to afford it XD.)

Yeah,

I'm looking over the info alot, but sometimes you can get lost in a thread like this, that contains so much good stuff.

edit,
2/3 of my last rangers died on cruel vaal.
Starting to think, follow guide till ondars, then rush into mind drinker, then b4 vaal get acrobatics might be essential for that fight..

second thoughts, group up in a party to kill him.

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havenrl wrote:

Yeah,

I'm looking over the info alot, but sometimes you can get lost in a thread like this, that contains so much good stuff.

edit,
2/3 of my last rangers died on cruel vaal.
Starting to think, follow guide till ondars, then rush into mind drinker, then b4 vaal get acrobatics might be essential for that fight..

second thoughts, group up in a party to kill him.

TBH, I had an easy time with Vaal. The problem wasn't Vaal himself but the damn rocks and those Vaal Constructs that can easily skewer an underequipped character. The Vaal smash should never be a problem unless he teleports on you and you desync. The lasers you have to manually dodge, no other option really unless you want to chug topaz/life flasks. Always keep a distance, and using Temp Chains helps a lot.

Yeah, good thoughts about it, cheers.

All those attempts were in onslaught,
might move "down" to hardcore for next attempt ;p

Just a little update, I plan on making a post regarding melee Ranger builds this week. There won't be as much as Bow-builds, but it's worth looking into for those interested.

New unique bow released, the Voltaxic Rift Spine Bow! Crazy stuff right there.

Also, the melee post has been postponed for now... a bit busy in IRL.

Meele ranger? Sounds interesting, il take a look ty :)