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

Can anyone help with some progression trees for the new patch? Also, how is EK for leveling 0-55ish?

Hey everyone, I've been following this guide so far in Ambush.

Figured I'd make the switch from ST to Barrage+CoC around the time I got Iron Reflexes (Level 53ish) which is a bit early but I had some decent gear saved up from my main in Ambush. Just got into Cruel Act 2 and its a very fun build, even though I'm a lil early.


My biggest question is: How do you cope with the desync? I've never really had a problem with desync in PoE before. I take all the necessary precautions like hold Shift while attacking, not run around like a chicken with its head cut off, etc. On a regular day. I probably desync one every 10 packs of monsters. With this Barrage CoC build, I'm desyncing after every pack. Not even those little ones where you're off by a couple of steps. I usually end up half a screen away.

How do you deal with this?

I never had any desync issues. Actually, the only skills I've had some desync with, in any build, are whirling blades / leapslam when using them to move through big sections of the map.

From everything I've read in the forum, I've come to the conclusion that some people have way more desync issues than others. As I said, I've never had problems, so I know next to nothing about fighting it. I don't even use an /oos macro in HC.

I suspect your internet connection matters.

I also think this isn't a desync-prone build, you're the first person I've seen with such a complaint. So, besides trying to improve your internet, I can't suggest anything :/

@n00boxular: look at the leveling section here

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Ryant12 wrote:

Hey everyone, I've been following this guide so far in Ambush.

Figured I'd make the switch from ST to Barrage+CoC around the time I got Iron Reflexes (Level 53ish) which is a bit early but I had some decent gear saved up from my main in Ambush. Just got into Cruel Act 2 and its a very fun build, even though I'm a lil early.


My biggest question is: How do you cope with the desync? I've never really had a problem with desync in PoE before. I take all the necessary precautions like hold Shift while attacking, not run around like a chicken with its head cut off, etc. On a regular day. I probably desync one every 10 packs of monsters. With this Barrage CoC build, I'm desyncing after every pack. Not even those little ones where you're off by a couple of steps. I usually end up half a screen away.

How do you deal with this?

remove chain. I havne't used chain much with this build, but I had it on an LA and it caused some pretty god awful desync cuz of chain's random targeting

Yeah, I think Chain can be the cause of desyncs. I leveled using Chain and had quite a few cases of desync, but then I removed it once I got hold of a Life Leech gem and used that instead. I desynced a lot less.

It desyncs every once in a while still, but not really very noticeably. More or less on par with other builds I've run.

I know this is pretty off topic but was hoping i could get some help.

I want to make a coc firestorm build using barrage. Im have an 89 templar i was going to try to respec into it.

My question is is it doable as a templar? Running full power charges. Pick up some aoe nodes. Crit chance isnt a problem with an 11% crit wand and power charges. Cant really get iron reflexes though or much attack speed.

I was hoping to get some build suggestions. I have 107 points to spend.

Thanks everyone.

Could even consider going CI.

Also. Is vaal pact absolutely necessary? I saw another coc build that doesnt use it. Ive no experience with this type of build though. Thanks again.

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PhreEkGarden wrote:

I know this is pretty off topic but was hoping i could get some help.

I want to make a coc firestorm build using barrage. Im have an 89 templar i was going to try to respec into it.

My question is is it doable as a templar? Running full power charges. Pick up some aoe nodes. Crit chance isnt a problem with an 11% crit wand and power charges. Cant really get iron reflexes though or much attack speed.

I was hoping to get some build suggestions. I have 107 points to spend.

Thanks everyone.

Could even consider going CI.

Also. Is vaal pact absolutely necessary? I saw another coc build that doesnt use it. Ive no experience with this type of build though. Thanks again.

I'd say Iron Reflexes is mandatory only if your main damage spell is EK, because reflect pacts hurt without good armor.

Vaal Pact is not mandatory at all. There are some CoC builds that don't even use life leech, although they're too glassy for my taste.

I love theorycrafting, let me think a bit about a Templar tree and I'll try to come up with some suggestions. They might be terrible, but brainstorming is what leads to good builds :)

The funny thing is that I'm not using Chain. I'm just using a 4L atm of Barrage + CoC + EK + LL. Also, I don't think its my internet connection problem since I had said in the previous post that I hardly ever get desync problems.

I maybe get desync once every 10 packs of monsters (pretty low frequency I think) playing any other build (LA Ranger, STer, anything) and the desync is minimal (off by a couple of steps)... but when I'm playing this Barrage CoC, I desync after every pack and its by a huge margin, like I'm off by half a screen.

@Ryant12: I don't know man, I really can't think of anything :/

OK, this is what I came up with, assuming you're dual wielding wands:

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Explaining a bit of my reasoning:
- templar tree has little crit nodes, the best way to get crit is power charges + twin terrors node
- accuracy is very important for a CoC build because it's calculated two times for criticals: 1. your attack has to hit; 2. if it hits, your accuracy is calculated once again and if it's a miss, you deal a normal hit instead of a critical. Therefore, you'll need dexterity, so going for CI won't be a good idea because all the CI nodes are in the intelligence section and you'll end up with next to no dexterity. Even with that build, you'll want 2-3 good accuracy rolls on your gear.
- the aura nodes are always good

I think you'll need Maligaro's and Rat's Nest plus two diamond rings to reach a respectable crit chance.

I also experience the same desync issues with this build. Only using a 5L, no chain right now, and it's nearly impossible to stay alive in maps since attacks rarely connect past the first barrage and you start teleporting all over the place and getting hit by invisible mobs. Mostly I just chug a granite flask and fire in random directions hoping something connects for leech.

It's a fantastic build and extremely effective at room clearing but for whatever reason the server isn't playing nicely with it. If someone has a fix for that this build would be an absolute monster map clearer.

On 140/25 internet with no packet loss or ping spikes.