Pela's Spray N Pray Split Arrow Crit Build Guide with MoM

Hi. I'm making this as an easy reference for myself if I decide to replay the build in the future. Also may it helps other people start off their own split arrow build. My passive choices havent been min/max effectively ( not tweaked as much as my other build due to short term on this char) so I welcome any and all suggestions to improve it.





For bandit Quests, take hp from helping oak in normal. Oak for 18% phys dmg or kill all for skill point (Feel free to justify your choice to me in reply, I'm not 100% certain myself). Merciless, kill all for skill points ( I justified in my replies.).



Point progression is basically dmg(and mostly crit chances) early on up to middle of cruel. Then start getting defensive nodes (hp, iron reflex). By merciless you should know what u're lacking as u progress. Work on mana regen nodes. Then grab reserve aura nodes. By now you should be able to grab MoM. It's just 1 skillpoints so if u're having problem with it, u can drop it and take it once you feel more comfortable with it. After, you can work on getting more crit chances nodes and HP as you're now at endgame level.

Feel free to lose the reduced mana nodes if u decide to not have Mind Over Matter. You can respec them into more health nodes. Which might actually works better but I like the high mana regen and MoM helps dealing with reflects dmg. Only 2% lifeleech on gear and I dont need to use blood magic which frees a gem space for more dmg.




Gears are very flexible tbh. 5L is great, 6L is a luxury. Try to get more crit chances and multi from gears. You can get crit chance n multi from your amulets. Crit chance from ring. Altho I feel like 2 stone rings are better in helping you max your resists. Basically I look for health, +max mana, accuracy, resists, str/int from rings.

As an alternative, you can use Rats Nest for helm if u want more crit. Alphas Howl helm if you want to run another % aura such as Haste or Purity or Clarity even. I recommend goldwyrm for shoes. The mana regen from it helps with the build. Comes with IIQ and 50% fire resist. Whats not to like?! It's a b*tch to offcolor tho...

Take a look at the gems slotted in. They are how I arrange them in my current setup. Might have used other combos for Split arrow if the chest isnt so hard to chrome. I kind of just used what I already have to cut cost for the build. Thus the reason I'm using an astral plate. It works great atm but I would have liked to experiment more.


By act 3 Merciless you should be able to have all those flask. They help with ur survivability.



Closing Thoughts.
Thanks to everyone whos helped me with this build. This includes my bros and homies in Global 2 and my Royal guildmates. I was interested in Split arrow when I talked to Mezz. So thanks buddy for that. Gud Lux n Haf Fun.

p/s: Look at the walls around you after u killed your enemy.

If you have any question. Feel free.

Version 1 ( Game version 1.0.6) 4.40am 31Jan2014

Version 1.1 added a few missing infos as pointed out in replies (thanks for pointing it out). 10.36pm 31Jan2014

Version 1.2 Added Skillset section 10.58pm 31Jan2014

note: need polishing.

I can't tell you how excited I am to see a build that doesn't use Frenzy for single target DPS. Kudos - and 15k on Burning Arrow is solid.

And very nice Armor

This looks great, thanks for posting. I have a new ranger and was wondering in what order you'd recommend assigning the points. So far I have Ballistic Mastery, Aspect of the Eagle, Pressure Points, and Heart of Oak. Should I head for MoM right away, or prioritize something else?

@Asidra, thanks :D.

@bhledes, in my experience, the best way to assign for points is to get dmg nodes early (helps level up faster in domination), start getting hp and iron reflex mid cruel, after that you will feel the need for mana which prompts u to take mana nodes to keep up skill uses. I recommend taking MoM after u get all the nearby mana regen nodes. Then take mana reserve nodes last. You wont need MoM until mapping IMO. If you have trouble soloing ( probably due to having subpar harbinger bow like 200dps below), u can join public parties and have other people tank for u as u level. Good luck!

edit: by dmg nodes i mostly mean crit chance nodes.

Excellent, that's the info I was looking for, much appreciated.

Since the respec books are rather expensive...any thoughts on Bandit choices? I just got to that point on Normal and I'm trying to decide. The build has quite a few +%Mana nodes, so it would defnitely benefit from the +40 base mana, so that's what I'm leaning to atm, but I guess the same could be said for +40 HP.

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Left that information out cause i forgot it in the initial write up. For normal oak, i'd recommend hp. Mana isnt worth it imo. You'll have over twice the hp% nodes compared to mana% nodes.

For cruel, u can get phys dmg nodes (18% phys dmg is alot for bows and futureproof if u decide to change build in the future), i wouldnt recommend aspd. Never done the math myself tbh. Skill point is also a safe option.

For merciless, kill all and get skillpoints. This build doesnt depend on charges but if u ever feel like getting power charges, u can save alira and get powerchargees in the passive tree. I'd rather not depend on power charges tbh. This build is really gear independant and thats how i like my builds. Adding charges requires gear changes to add more maximum charges or to gain charges etc to justify using charges. That can quickly get messy.

@estu87, malaysian actually :)

Gonna try this out!

I'm just excited to see a crit build without CoC.

For bosses I use Puncture with Added Physical, Fire and Increased Crit Damage Multiplier.

Even Merc Piety bleeds herself out in a couple of shots.