Barrage Wonder Wanderer – how to DEMOLISH maps (1.3.X)
" I actually play CoC + EK. To me, your tree, is missing too much life. To pick all that nodes you gave up on HP. This build is squishy enought, don't lose HP for any reason (personally I gave up on hatred and clarity to add PoF + PoL + grace + herald of Ash)! One more thing, LeMing once told me to be aware that not picking IR with the phys path could be dangerous. Reflect could became a pain. If I could efford a 6L Lightning Coil, I would switch to full eva too! " a. I don't know b. A target cannot be hit twice in a row c. I don't know but I don't think so. When a status (chain or pierce) is applied it can't be modified d. I don't pick them! Like suggested by AgentKay pierce is bad with chain " a. My experience told me that phys dmg on wand will not be enough b. Best wand is Imbued one. For 1c or less you can buy one with 10.8 critic chance and 1.5 AS! c. No. For bosses I just switch chain with Flame Surge or GMP " Already answered " Life leech would be a natural add. It help vs reflect and many other situation but you need Vaal Pact. I gave up on VP and chosed Arc as 6th gem (50% more dmg to EK). Not having LL barrage cost less and with my auras (3 + HoA) on mana I need all of it (36 mana left)! " I use Saffell's Frame. Not help vs phys dmg but help alot vs elemental one! Last edited by Gegemo#2598 on Sep 22, 2014, 12:06:30 PM
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"That's ok. I decided to go for EK instead of elemental spells, because I dislike having the whole screen filled with fireworks ;] "Yeah, I realize that. I have a full-dps ~2,5k hp eva&acro tornado ranger and I noticed that the clear speed is a little too insane in maps. Phys reflect (aura, not map mod) isn't really a problem with my surgeon's +93% eva jade flask ready. The sad part is that some nasty-modded rare mobs can occasionally/luckily one shot me in 73+ maps... So I'll work hard on better passive choices then, switching 12-15 nodes into life% and going for VP & IR this time. Hatred might be another dps overkill so you're right about aura choices. 6L LC is not an option for me atm, 5L is though. BUT I really want to have the main attack 6-linked. Unless I try my own luck and throw some fusings at a stashed 6s LC. "c.) well, I'll search reddit/forums for more info on it then d.) I agree. A few posters in this topic also mentioned pierce is wrong for this build "a.) can you show me the tested wand? b.) yep, I know it :p I just play mostly self-found and didn't find a "proper" one yet. Seeing how hard it is to roll required specific mods, I'm currently in search for some 10-15c worthy one. c.) That's a really good idea, thanks. How about fire trap + increased duration + increased aoe + multiple traps to quickly create lots of burning ground? How about glacial cascade instead of flame surge, since it is partially phys and often hits bigger mobs twice? "Hmmm ok. "I considered it as well. Seems like having 2 or 3 shields, each for different map mods/bosses, is the best option then. Really appreciating the reply btw! Last edited by shalq#5757 on Sep 22, 2014, 11:25:44 PM
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Hello! I notice that you mentioned for the reflect is not an issue. For the elemental path, how is elemental reflect mitigated? Thanks!
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" vaal pact. its right by elemental equilibrium which you'll want to be using if you go fireball + arctic breatb studying for GGG's C++ technical exam...
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" True about Vaal Pact. Reflect is handled by VP and Life Leech gem. False about Elemental Equilibrium part. EE is useless unless you ALWAYS use Fireball + Arctic Breath. But YOU SHOULDN'T. Fireball+Ice Spear is better. Less clutter, more FPS, more crits. Tooltip DPS shows otherwise, but doesn't include additional 600% crit chance. Also, on +monster resistance maps, it's stupid not to switch to other elements. I level Arc and Arctic Breath in offhand. In cold resist maps I switch Ice Spear to Arc, on fire resist maps i switch Fireball to Arctic Breath or Arc. Anyway, EE lowers your DPS unless some specific conditions are met. Not worth it. Also, it requires 6 points to take, points that are useless. IGN: LeszczuTheSlayer
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I am a noob and I do not understand this build, can someone give me a rundown on what to do? Thanks.
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I sorta understand it now. I just do not know which way to go, elemental or physical? Also what are the gems needed for the path I should go?
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This is prob a noob question... say you went the elemental way of this spec, would the Doom Cast skill not work on the spells your using or am i missing something?
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" I am playing a barrage wander going the elemental path. Originally I thought Doom Cast cluster was good choice to pickup. It will surely improve your DPS by a fair bit for fireball and arctic breathe. However it will not work with barrage, as barrage is an attack, not a spell. So comparing to other global crit nodes, Doom Cast cluster does not improve the reliability of your barrage to trigger CoC. I think to dish out consistently high DPS, barrage crit chance needs to be as high as possible. I would be happy to pick these nodes up myself at the end of the build, if it were not for the fact that you will be sacrificing your defense nodes. It will costs 4 more points, that is assuming you even take Written in Blood cluster (not efficient for pure life build, even Scion life wheel is better). As a barrager, you will be standing still a lot of the time to fire barrage, therefore more defense the better. On the otherhand, Eagle Eye cluster to the bottom left of the Scion life wheel is better overall, as accuracy improves your chance to crit with barrage, and the crit chance is global. |
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I'm thinking of running an all cold spell dual wand version of this, something like this tree with ice spear/arctic breath/ freezing pulse.
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYBMgEABncHgwnnCowL3Q3MBhX2kAqHE-sU5RmrC7IZ1CObJk4qfysILow2tDjDOjY9OkJjQ1FHDkjKSlVLUUysR3BSelPnVEtXAF4wcX11h3ZLeGJ5z3pFfEp9036keO967YPjhI191opsjLl8GY5NkiaVl5cKm2-e34RnoDB8nKTdqJ2qYqxbr-ywBbX-uvGzm7WNv0LD_MUWv3LDtMWJ03DV6NZ318HV_95h4sDjIuph68LsXfJ46_v1I_be-Fb6JP0C_g== Is that too big a departure from the build or will it work well enough? |
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