[1.1.x] Party-Friendly, Multi-Purpose, Bow Crit (Physical CoC/Puncture/Lightning Arrow) Guide

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biomuesli wrote:

Can confirm, that it's awesome. 90% crit chance with random gear I just threw on to test it. Destroying low maps with lvl 10 gems ;) I hate the crappy Voll's so I plan on having pcoc in my 5l bow to generate charges with Barrage to have 6l armor for split arrow

Will update...

Nice! How much do those cost? Or did you find it?

How's your mana with doing less physical damage?

Wow. Was that bow designed for this build?!? Crazy.

Also, I've found that I like Split Arrow + Chain + CoC + Ice Spear.

I like Ice Spear over Freezing Pulse because it has better effective range.

Do you have a suggestion for a 5th link?

Also, also, when can I move over from Soul Siphon to Mind Drinker?

Thanks!

Do you already have Power Charges? If not, Power Charge on Crit.

If yes, Arc would work great with Chain. Make sure you link it so that Arc casts first. That way things get shocked before the Ice Spear hits.

If your mana is staying full, you can start taking points out of Soul Siphon for Mind Drinker.

Also, if you're building for that new bow, I would get Arcing Blows, Soul Siphon, Spell, Elemental, Projectile Damage and Critical Strike Multiplier instead of Mind Drinker and Physical Damage nodes.

Something like this:

I don't have Power Charge on Critical...

How highly would you recommend getting Voll's for the power charges?

+250% from 5 charges is a LOT of crit.

Voll's is pretty common, so the free PCoC is a nice cheap way to turn your 4-link into effectively a 5-link. :)

I didn't like Cold Snap at all until I started using Power Charges.

Hey, I paid about 40-45 exalt for it. Dunno if I overpayed but it looked so tempting... ;) Anyway, I'm not at home atm but will play a little later and tell you how that goes. This is my first CoC build and I am not yet familiar with it. Not sure what skills I will be using. Thinking about Ice Spear / Arc to fit the bow, but EK seems to be best for dmg purposes. Mana atm is not an issue, I'm playing around with alphas to run 3 auras (grace and 2 purities atm) and as skills without supports are dirt cheap (at least at the low levels my skill gems are) I do not have any mana issues whatsoever, which might change once my skill gems grow in level.

Also what do you think about generating charges with PCoC to have the 6th link free in your main attack? Voll's just has crappy stats.

5l (Single Target): Barrage, CoC, EK, PCoC, Chain/Icespear/Fireball/Lifeleech?
6l (aoe): Split, CoC, Ice Spear, Arc, EK, LoH

Does the LoH gem affect the procced spells, too?

Playing around with them atm.

Feedback would be appreciated.

Later,
muesli

Gear atm, needs a lot of optimization (especially life is a problem, only at 2.7k):

By the way, I never payed much attention to your thread cause I never party, but I checked it out now and I can see it has evolved into a great guide over time. I feel somehow guilty I haven't mentioned when I was talking about CoC builds in other threads.

@biomuesli: you can experiment with barrage-coc-summon skeletons-power charge on crit as a supporting attack, it works wonders and will save you the link in your main attack. I'm saying this from a solo player's perspective, but my guess is it'll always be a nice choice unless you're partying with a summoner, which will make the meatshield unnecessary.

Okay, I can not sustain chain due to low leech, but i can sustain lmp so my current 6l setup is

Split / LMP / CoC / Arc / Ice Spear / LoH

@Bars, Skeletons on Crit are nice: my current setup Barrage / CoC / Skeletons / Power Charge / EK for single enemies and for maintaining charges...

Next: leveling up my gems...

Barrage is more sustainable than Split Arrow if your leech is low. I know I prefer Split Arrow for the mobility, but Arc and SA don't really benefit that much from LMP. You might try putting Cold Snap there instead, since you're running with Power Charges.

I haven't experimented enough to decide if LGoH or Life Leech is better. LGoH is instant but does not apply to spells. Have you tried Soul Siphon vs. Mind Drinker? I'm still theory crafting but think I've gotten a pretty good alternative tree for that bow using the same number of points. First post updated.

Hmm I've been playing around some more and deviated from party support to solo dps, trying to see if that works.

Works like a charm... soul siphon does the trick. Anyway, PCoC takes up a slot in my setup which I don't want to spend,so I need to get a Voll's protector, I think. Will be 7link this way. Question is: where do I get a 6l Voll's for cheap :)

Current Setup is:

Barrage or SA (still undecided) / Arc (for shock) / EK (this freezes better than Ice Spear, and way more damage) / CoC / LL / PCoC

Damage is pretty insane and will become untterly devastating with the Chain gem in there.

Nice to have Skellie On second attack for hard bosses, good idea.

This is seriously the most fun build I've ever played in POE, fast, deadly and not too squishy. It even works as MF, I see a lot more drops than normal with the 25 / 50 mod on the bow. Wish I had the new Atziri gloves, those would be insance because I nearly always crit so LL would be instant.