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

Thanks for the reply.
Heartseeker makes a lot more sense.

Some of my free points come from soloing- so no Conduit, no Leadership, and mathwise I get more benefit right now by not taking the (2) 8% increased Aura effect nodes next to Sovereignty. That may change later on as I run out of some of the more obviously other nodes to take.

I found the aura nodes to be some of the best dps per node in the tree but it depends on how much flat ele and wed you have on gear.

hey there, a little update, im level 80 now-
life is laughable - 2532 - 3396 with koams,(+500hp)
frenzy dps is 25k
LA is 6.6k( now with 6L)by adding WED my dps increased by 2k, OMG!
gear

obviously i'd want to use koams but the bow just wont 6L-- used about 500 fusing so far, got 5L 4 times.

now the spec


i may have taken all the dps nodes first -- and its great, but now im looking for survivability,
from my build which DPS nodes would be ideal to remove for some hp nodes?

asking because im short on regrets and they are quiet pricey, and I don't want to mess up!


thanks in advance!

you should get nothing but life nodes until at least 5000 health if not more with koams equipped. if its at a point where you cant do content without dying, then by all means regret some dps for life.

6000 LA dps is more than enough to breeze through content.

the nerf to kaoms was a crippling nerf to life based bow builds and life in general as it was really the only way to get decent enough dps while still maintaining a large life pool.

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Nephalim wrote:

you should get nothing but life nodes until at least 5000 health if not more with koams equipped. if its at a point where you cant do content without dying, then by all means regret some dps for life.

6000 LA dps is more than enough to breeze through content.

the nerf to kaoms was a crippling nerf to life based bow builds and life in general as it was really the only way to get decent enough dps while still maintaining a large life pool.

ty im gonna do some changes and see,

also thanks very much for this build man- i've been having loads of fun.
i got my bow from chancing it and wanted to try a build;
at first i tried the one with bloodmagic passive and it was dull, but your build is amazing!
and also, thanks for the feedback!

Hey there

I love the concept behind your build and just started a character to give it a go. I will report back with how things are going and if I have any questions! Just wanted to stop by and say thanks for writing this up, it's been a great help.

Edit: I actually have a question already. I will always be playing with a friend who is a melee character - does this mean I can give up some survivability for DPS?

Hey finally 6linked the bow!!!
Stats now -
La 6915dps
frenzy 29k
Wrath is still level 18
Life is only 3.6k with koams heart. Good thing about the non legacy koams heart is that it boostes fire dmg!
Will work on switching some passives around for more hp
Also, 7%crit multiplier was 100dps. (I divined maligaros) which is HUGE
Only level 81 ATM.
Thanks again for build!

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Desiree0831 wrote:

Hey there

I love the concept behind your build and just started a character to give it a go. I will report back with how things are going and if I have any questions! Just wanted to stop by and say thanks for writing this up, it's been a great help.

Edit: I actually have a question already. I will always be playing with a friend who is a melee character - does this mean I can give up some survivability for DPS?

you can trade as much survivability for dps as you want. you can even go hard core style 9000 life stack. it comes down to how you want to play the game and how costly it is if you make a mistake and die.

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Life is only 3.6k with koams heart. Good thing about the non legacy koams heart is that it boostes fire dmg!

You should be wary of it as fire damage from anger can be reflected and in -max ele maps this actually may be enough to kill you! Generally, i would swap anger for determination or grace for -max + ele reflect maps due to crit scaling making your fire dps ridiculously high.

Also, I have added a ranger variant to the main guide as this is a very popular bow class. I have not crunched the numbers but it should be comparable to scion.

I have modified the scion tree to include ondars as I feel it is one of the best investments for this build.

hey I see your rings and belt got a lot of resists.

and that you don't even need to use purity of elements,
may I ask what your resists are at?
I know 82/77/77 but what are the values over the cap?
im looking to buy a ring that has more resist than mine

and a new belt potentially with also more resists


thanks!

104/124/91/-31 without caps
fire/cold/light/chaos

83/77/77/-31 with caps

I would recommend prioritizing resists on rings and belt. Life>resist>dps in that order.

I advocate the following 5 auras for most builds : wrath, anger, haste , purity of fire, vitality

*you can swap purity of fire for purity of elements - this will provide about 44 all res
*you can swap vitality for an additional single resist elemental aura or purity of elements
*you can swap both vitality and purity of fire for grace to pretty make yourself immune to projectiles and anger reflect as well as greatly improve evasion vs everything else

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an alternative build would use wrath, anger, haste , grace but it is very hard to fill the resists and vitality is a huge asset for EHP as well as helping offset high mana(life) cost of skills.

if you go with this option you can actually swap alphas howl for rats nest for more dps OR remove 2* 4% aura reservation nodes for something else.