How to rock HC Merciless with 50 dps!

I got on question : why is the tooltip of explosing arrow not upgraded by the increase fire damage in the skill tree ?

hmm i play this myself and after seeing this thread i think you make your life way too hard

i use 9 beartraps beartrap cullingstrike addfire iron will
decoytotem

a +2 bow for explosive and poison arrow

+endurance cry immortall call (for close calls) and vulnerbility flammabilty to support PA and EA

you could just plant the decoy shoot a PA beartraplock him and apply explosion fuses

btw you had close calls in the vaalfight and 2,8k life on 64 isnt really high iam 8 lvls higher and have 1k more life and iam base ranger you are a maurauder you should easy have 3.5k+

and i think all those wasted int nodes to reach ~50% firedmg are too much a +2 bow makes a normal poison arrow 387/sec to 551/sec the same happens with explosive arrow it increases the dmg by a good amount the marauder and templar firenodes are ok but the witch ones could be spend better in survivalnodes going right side to golems blood or duellist area

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mallow wrote:

Well, I have now solo'd merciless act 3 (including Piety) on softcore and successfully farmed my first map (got exalted drop :D) with this build (slightly modified). =)

I'm lvl 67 right now though and I have pretty decent gear. It's a really fun build, and I think it will be my main for a while.

Curious... what did you change that you felt was worthwhile?

I'm sorry but after watching the docks video at lvl 71 I can't believe anybody would enjoy this build. What the hell is going on with your life. I'd say inc death very soon.

What is your opinion on using Elemental Proliferation or Fire Penetration or even Increased AoE prioritized over Concentrated Effect, LoH, or Chance to Ignite?

Do you think a >15% Explosive Arrow makes Chance to Ignite less useful because you are firing 5 arrows pretty quickly, your chances to ignite are pretty good already?

Does LMP make EP not as important?

Could the LoH be better used on something else? I think this one is a step belw EA and LMP due to EA being the main skill utilized though.

How would you rank the importance?

Explosive Arrow > LMP > LoH > etc > etc ?

Thanks. Just crafted myself a 5L quill rain, really want a 6 but will wait till I'm richer, and can't wait to get this build started.

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gonzo30 wrote:

I'm sorry but after watching the docks video at lvl 71 I can't believe anybody would enjoy this build. What the hell is going on with your life. I'd say inc death very soon.

I am on my 6th character lvl 55+

and this is one of the most fun builds :D
I dont know how u can say death incoming since this build is super tanky :/

3k life at 71. doesnt seem to me like you've been massing hp notes and +life at all. your docks run looks pretty scetchy aswell.

hmm ingame EA dps dosen't increase when u learn "increare elemental damage", maybe it dosen't affect EA? or it's a bug?

EA doesn't show the damage increases in the tooltip, but it is being increased by fire damage and elemental damage.

i'm sure GGG knows about it but its far down on their list.

if you really want to be sure about it, hit something with EA without having any fire nodes, and no elemental/fire gear on. then apply the nodes and your fire/elemental gear and hit the same thing again.

i tested it out slightly by using a weapon switch to a 1hander that had 20% elemental damage and it seemed to increase it

What gems is it worth to go for quality on in this build?

The main thing that bugs me about this build, is how much you rely on dex. Both poison arrow and Explosive arrow scales really well with levels, but it's very limited because the only reliable +dex you get is 10-20 from the bow, and the +30 agility, what should i change? It must feel like a burden to be required to look for +dex on good gear.