Barrage Wonder Wanderer – how to DEMOLISH maps (1.3.X)

I made a mf item at the sacrifice of crit weakness - increse area of efect - reduce mana cost -blood magic :

i was just wondering i got a mine at lvl 64 now and im must say i die so freaking easy
what do you guys do against stuns?

this is my gear im using



and this is my pasive tree now

could someone help me out a bit?

You need a big time upgrade on the rings and amulet. you have very little life on your gear, you should look to upgrade those pieces with some more life on them. Amulet especially could be a lot better.

Regarding life, how much is ok? I run like a glass cannon atm 1,7 k with clarity on blood

I'm currently running between 1.5 and 1.7k at level 64 and not having any particular issues.

Gear is shown here, only change is the belt for:


This lost me ~200 life, however it brought my cold resist positive (resists are my biggest issue at the moment).

Damage per cast on EK is at around 670 without Hatred, and just under 1k with Hatred at the moment (Tooltip while linked with CtCoC gives per cast). Finally have enough mana with Voll's protector to run Clarity + %Aura. I've been alternating between Grace and Hatred depending on whether I was worried about being hit or clearing faster.

Disregarding Sync issues, the biggest threats are probably Arc/Spark Mages and Fireball casting ribbons. Voidbearers are easy to kite (unless I desync), a bit of Faster Projectile lets you outrange their inferno to kill them with the edge of the EK fan.

Stuns haven't affected me as much as they might because of Heart of Oak + the 2x 15% Block and Stun recovery nodes. 4% Life, 1% Regen, 30% Cannot be stunned and 30% Block/Stun recovery for 1 extra point over the 2x Dex nodes that it would take to link Shadow area to bottom of Ranger/Duelist.

I definitely need a lot of upgrades (Chest piece for a 5/6L, jewelry needs updates), but at the moment what I have is allowing me to clear efficiently solo.

oke i got some better gear now also finaly got a rat's nest and im doing much better now
i dont have vaal pact yet.

im using mainly Lgoh and it works pretty good for me so i don realy se a reason to use vaal pact realy

this is my new gear lvl 67:



i switch belts on the situatione as one gives me max fire and cold the other gives me max lightning and fire

and i can use new wand now wich realy increased my clearing speed.

why vaal pact?? :P

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Km1k3 wrote:

oke i got some better gear now also finaly got a rat's nest and im doing much better now
i dont have vaal pact yet.

im using mainly Lgoh and it works pretty good for me so i don realy se a reason to use vaal pact realy

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why vaal pact?? :P

LeMing's comment in the past was that Vaal Pact was in use rather than relying on life Regen.

LGoH only applies to the Barrage Projectiles and not to the EK projectiles.

Best possible regen from LGoH = 54 * 12 (Barrage + Chain) = 648 HP per cast. This will likely be more than enough in most cases however it will not provide immunity to Physical Reflect or Lightning Thorns. Elemental Reflect shouldn't be as big an issue due to damage from Hatred being lower.

Vaal Pact + Life Leech means even if you're taking reflect/thorn damage you will also be getting instant life to negate or at least decrease the damage being taken from those sources.

Careful playing will keep you save from Reflect/Thorns, however Vaal Pact + LL will be more forgiving.

Well I've been following this thread a bit since I posted a few times in the last few pages. First in response to LeMing I have been trying out firestorm and I actually do like it a lot. It's still only lvl 15 and I have gotten some of my other gems to 18 since last post so it's a little behind. The main things I'm using now are as follows:
chain, ek, arc
chain, ek, arctic breath
chain, ek, firestorm
gmp, fireball, freezing pulse
Using gmp is still rare for me, but I switch to it sometimes. Out of the chain ones I've been using firestorm most recently as I've just been testing with it a lot, second is arc, and last I still use ab on some hard maps.

For auras I'm running lvl 4 clarity, 17 hated, 17 grace, with reduced mana.

As far as survivability goes I have 6k armor, 75 fire res, 75 cold res, and 67 lit res. A little over 2.1k hp. What made a big difference for me was picking up vaal pack in my mid 60s. I'm currently lvl 74. I'll list my gear and tree again for anyone who is interested. I've got a ranger start, but it's only a few pts different than what a shadow would do. I also have 5 gems on my offhand stuff for leveling that I won't link, but they are fireball, gmp, fp, ab, and ice spear.




I feel pretty survivable right now, the only thing that can really kill me at this points are some bosses 1v1 when I don't have anything to chain to and life leech from. If I play smart with my flasks I can usually avoid this by popping a diamond when I get a bad rng string of no crits. I kind of see some bosses as always being an issue though. I have stronger characters that can demolish bosses, but this char is just so just fun to play and the zone clearing time is so fast I keep finding myself coming back to it.

I didn't realize Firestorm could chain. Do you like it better than Fireball?

I'm experimenting with casting Immortal Call on Damage taken. So far it's saved my butt on surprise big hits but I haven't seen yet whether or not it works on Reflect. Anyone know?

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Km1k3 wrote:

i die so freaking easy
what do you guys do against stuns?

Cast Decoy Totem/Skeletons, Molten Shell and/or Temporal Chains on Stun.

It's not obvious to me why you say that this build is impossible to play from level 1. Why is using ST better than just using EK from the beginning?