[1.0.6] level 96 Arly's Lightning Arrow/Frenzy Aura Scion - 6 gameplay videos

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TheBigNasty wrote:

Thanks for the response.

Silly question here, but did you take any reduced mana for skills nodes? I ask because I can't quite figure out how to make the math work for your critical weakness. With 20/20 reduced mana and all the nodes, I get the cost to 19 mana, but end up with 17/18 mana left no matter how the math works out.

Just wondering if I missed something along the way.

edit: to clarify, this is 5 aura with alpha.

I did not take any reduced cost of skill nodes. This little optimization is pretty extreme and im incredibly glad someone took the time to try it :)

I have 496 mana (160 int) and the critical weakness level is attached to a reduced mana 20/20. It puts me at exactly at 19 mana to cast the curse. Your mana will be slightly different based on starting class and intelligence.

Alternatively you can just have the curse on the offhand weapon like this but its only useful for bosses really as for regular mobs, just spamming LA 1-2 seconds longer will do the job vs switching weapons, casting curse, then swithcing back

Though a rare wand with faster cast rate and +1 skill gem would be ideal.

Thank you very much for the guide and the answers to my questions :)

heya, i have such question, did u try to make build taking all nodes with +@ chaos dmg?
like corruption and method of the madness? and what u think about it? will it work?

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geuga wrote:

heya, i have such question, did u try to make build taking all nodes with +@ chaos dmg?
like corruption and method of the madness? and what u think about it? will it work?

those nodes will not yield more dps than if you had just gotten crit or projectile dmg due to traversal length as well s chaos dmg not boosting your non lightning dmg - i.e anger aura.

I can only think of one variation where it would be possible to take those nodes without using traversal nodes(ranger).

This looks great, I'm just a little worried about the gear requirements and seeing everyone link their 6L Voltaxics isn't helping.

How viable do you thing this would be without a Kaom's Heart. Would the loss of HP simply be too large?

Also how well does this function with only a 5L for Lightning Arrow and how vulnerable are you to reflect when using a Lioneye's since you can't evade your own reflect?

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GrimmReber wrote:

This looks great, I'm just a little worried about the gear requirements and seeing everyone link their 6L Voltaxics isn't helping, haha.

How viable do you thing this would be without a Kaom's Heart. Would the loss of HP simply be too large?

Also how well does this function with only a 5L for Lightning Arrow and how vulnerable are you to reflect when using a Lioneye's since you can't evade your own reflect?

Koams heart is highly recommended due to how hard it is to get respectable hp figures needed to survive end game maps. It is possible to run this build with just a 6 link eva chest but you would lose out on a lot of dps nodes in order to make up for the life loss.

Voltaxic is not at all a requirement and much more cost effective options like an ele thicket will do almost the same damage while still being somewhat reflect resistant due to auras, evasion, ondars, acrobatics. Ele bows that due nearly as much damage go for several exalts at most and a ele bow with crit chance will do vastly more damage.

I would not recommend lions without a koams because you will no longer be able to dodge your own attacks. with koams, lions will do 25-35% more dps.

I put together a gearset from random stuff in my stash, i dont think a single item is more than 4 or 5 exalts.



These are the output stats:
6970 LA dps!!!
3579 life
352 life regen
83/75/77 resists

Obviously I would need to change my tree to be more defensive (dps for life nodes) but the point is that the gearset is incredibly cheap and still very reflect reistant. A large amount of your damage is coming from auras so this alleviates a lot of pressure from requiring a top notch weapon. If you upgraded the tabula to a big 6 link eva armor, youre basically going to avoid 50-60% of all reflected attacks.

With a proper chest piece, an modest ele bow with crit and some regret orbs you can easily manage something like 6000 LA dps (still higher than BIS gearset for blood magic keystone volt builds), 4500-5000 life, and 400 life regen while still maintain a very high level of reflect resistance due to your ridiculous evasion synergizing with ondars and acrobatics.

The real cost challenge I've come across with this build isn't the Kaom's or Voltaxic, but trying to get resist/hp/dps stats on the rings and amulets. Since you have uniques on head, weapon, gloves, and boots- that only leaves 4 + 1 real slots to cover your resists. Rolling resists on the quiver will take away from a dps or health stat, so that's kinda out.
Even with an endgame belt doubling life and then 3x resists, you're still looking at covering ~90 resists on rings and amulet (minus 30 from alpha for cold). Chaos isn't even a viable option as far as I can tell.

To be sure the rings/amulets are out there, but unless you have mirrors available, you're going to have to push on dps or resists. Without stacking the wed or + light damage, pre 90's the dps is really lackluster.

Running an elemental aura helps, but then I found I had to buy a second Blood Dance (very cheap) and then roll 4 off colors again (not fun at all). Purity of elements also helps, but losing + max resist is beyond my skill level for some of the bosses out there, especially with a lower dps itemization.

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Rolling resists on the quiver will take away from a dps or health stat, so that's kinda out.

Ive had lightning resist on my quiver for pretty much 95 levels :P, perfect itemisation is not something most people can afford and really only the most rabid of rmters can get multiple perfect mirrored items. Those arent really builds, they are just the result of someone throwing their credit card at the game and expecting pre made bis items to appear and remove any need for planning, optimisation, itemisation or thought.

A good example of that is this person's build which is not only expensive beyond imagination but also badly planned:

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mirrored gear set wrote:

As for resists, it is possible to replace vitality for purity of elements which will grant I think 47 to all resistances which alleviates a lot of pressure from your ring/amulet/quiver.

finally, keep in mind the strength of the auras you provide for your party generally doubles their dps if their using weapons and not spells.

Purity of Elements is only 27 to all resists.
No doubt it's very easy to be stupid with mirrors and whatnot. I wasn't really trying to comment on that. As for parties, I'm a solo player.

What I'm finding is that without dps components to my jewelry, in my late 70s doing 71/72 maps, it's not uncommon to run into regen yellows that I simply can't outdps. This forced me to start putting points into crit that I otherwise would have filled out in life. Without such harsh jewelry requirements, I could have made up the dps on those items with perhaps only needing 1/2 resists on items.

In the end of the build, it will all be a wash and I'll end up with the same nodes that I would have otherwise had.


To be clear, it isn't a criticism of the build at all- I'm really enjoying it and can see the end goal. I do think it's important to realize for someone starting it how expensive it can be beyond the kaom's and voltaxic. It's worth the investment if you have the orbs.

if youre following this build then purity of elements will provide vastly more then 27 due to aura effect nodes and even more if you opt to not use bloodance (you will lose life regen in place of much more dps/life/resists). one of the best aspects of the build is the ability to swap auras on a whim to cover resists or mitigate reflect.

Even if i took off all my dps components I think i could still achieve a dps level still vastly higher than a non aura variant using blood magic keystone.

6500 LA dps is enough to instantly melt level 77-78 maps solo and considering the gear set i posted was under 5 exalt per gear slot i think thats pretty telling. This build is extremely point hungry as youve pointed out by the dps needed to clear 66-72 maps should be very humble. Even at level 80, 72 maps still give 90% exp.