[1.0.6] ★ The Chaos-Trapper ★ (Poison Arrow-Trap / EB / IR / MoM / >10k aoe dps)

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I level a quite similar build but I started as shadow

so you don't play with any kind of life supply as life leech or on hit, do you?

No,I dont need any kind of lifesupport like ll or lgoh, you can use your lifepoitions.As a Trapper you play passivly and have nice cc via the coldsnap-trap.

I was wondering if this also works with a totem build.
I've come up with the following build for this:
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgAABS0GoAxfEMwVIBjbGYYZihqPHNwhYCQ8Ja8nqSftKaUqEypNK7YspyzpMZ41kjrhPC0_J0CgQYdGcUkTSVFKfUrITeNOKlKvVi1W-lnzWitabVuvXAxgS2SEZ6Bn_G6qb550QXTtdPF2gnrveyB_xoIeguSDCYUyh3aIQojxieCKr4xGkBGSzZLzkx-TJ5u1nrmj8qZXp1ysR6xZrH-sqq1KtAy00bXytz67Tb68wcXDE8M6xPbGrsgMykrNJtQV2wvdDd1f5ljnY-ss7BjyRfba-JP5vfno-wn8xf4K_of-jw==

cool idea using trap to boost otherwise unboostable damage :)

you made some errors with the gem level stuff. At first you write the max lvl is 24, later on you write 25. In reality it's 26 since empowerment itself gets boosted by the +1 to all gems and thus is really a lvl 4 empowerment giving +3 lvl's to poison arrow.

edit: curious how this stacks up against an explosive trap ignite build. probably not great right?

keep in mind that you can get +3 from bow :)
2+ bow
+1 overall gem levels

I really like to idea of Poison Arrow trap, and I think you're doing it mostly right.
But the conclusion I take from your guide (which is the same I read anywhere else people try to make PA work) is that it just does not cut it. I mean it's more or less viable, you're using it, but you could do so much better with less investment in almost any other build. 10k DPS with lvl20 gems in a 6 link and after cursing is just really really low. That's a number you can easily achieve with shitty gear and a 5 link with things like ground slam or dual strike. That would be fine if all else was equal (not every build needs to be cheap and OP), but considering you take soo many DPS nodes at the cost of a low life total and no so great defenses... It's just not adding up. I bet you could switch to fire trap in a 5L with the same tree (which is obviously not optimized for it) and do more damage.
I hope PA gets another buff of some sort in a future patch. (making it scale with projectile attack damage - which means Point Blank and Chin Sol amongst others - would be more than enough).

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Joo wrote:

cool idea using trap to boost otherwise unboostable damage :)

you made some errors with the gem level stuff. At first you write the max lvl is 24, later on you write 25. In reality it's 26 since empowerment itself gets boosted by the +1 to all gems and thus is really a lvl 4 empowerment giving +3 lvl's to poison arrow.

edit: curious how this stacks up against an explosive trap ignite build. probably not great right?

thanks for the correction. Since I dont have a 6l +1 all +2 bow gems bow, I did not notice the additional +1 Empowered level from the +1 of the bow.

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Tjoen wrote:

I was wondering if this also works with a totem build.
I've come up with the following build for this:
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgAABS0GoAxfEMwVIBjbGYYZihqPHNwhYCQ8Ja8nqSftKaUqEypNK7YspyzpMZ41kjrhPC0_J0CgQYdGcUkTSVFKfUrITeNOKlKvVi1W-lnzWitabVuvXAxgS2SEZ6Bn_G6qb550QXTtdPF2gnrveyB_xoIeguSDCYUyh3aIQojxieCKr4xGkBGSzZLzkx-TJ5u1nrmj8qZXp1ysR6xZrH-sqq1KtAy00bXytz67Tb68wcXDE8M6xPbGrsgMykrNJtQV2wvdDd1f5ljnY-ss7BjyRfba-JP5vfno-wn8xf4K_of-jw==

I have not tried to use a totem with this build, just tell me your expirience with this build once you´ve leveld it.

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PepprmintButler wrote:

I really like to idea of Poison Arrow trap, and I think you're doing it mostly right.
But the conclusion I take from your guide (which is the same I read anywhere else people try to make PA work) is that it just does not cut it. I mean it's more or less viable, you're using it, but you could do so much better with less investment in almost any other build. 10k DPS with lvl20 gems in a 6 link and after cursing is just really really low. That's a number you can easily achieve with shitty gear and a 5 link with things like ground slam or dual strike. That would be fine if all else was equal (not every build needs to be cheap and OP), but considering you take soo many DPS nodes at the cost of a low life total and no so great defenses... It's just not adding up. I bet you could switch to fire trap in a 5L with the same tree (which is obviously not optimized for it) and do more damage.
I hope PA gets another buff of some sort in a future patch. (making it scale with projectile attack damage - which means Point Blank and Chin Sol amongst others - would be more than enough).

The idear of this build came at the end of the domination seanson, where I got bored of the famouse "op" builds. I wanted to create a build around PA, because there were no vaiable ways to use this skill. I know its not the new cookiecutter build or an easy overpowered onclick build, but it was never my intention to create something like this. Here I found a way to use PA effectivily and thats why I still like poe so much after playing it for serveral month. Creating and trying out new builds around new uniqs or gems is the strenght of the game.

You also mention that the 10k dps with this build seems low, but I can tell you that the fact that you create a poison clouds witch lasts serveral seconds and infects every enemy crossing it with a 10k dps dot is really nice. Furthermore I think you shoud not compare the dps numbers with other skills, because PA-trap got his own mechanic / playstyle. Moreover, if you can not afford a 6l bow with +1 all +2 bow gemlevels, I think a 5l works also great.

I think this build is for those, which want to try out a new playstyle around PA and can afford a few exalts for the gear.

I have some questions. First of all, why did you choose firetrap? Do you even use that skill? Which situation do you throw a firetrap over a pa? Also what do you think about lightning trap? I was thinkink about a Fork+PA combo for early levels. What's your opinion? The idea is extend the cloud area. I haven't tried yet just theorycrafting.
My skilltree is currently:

Did I made a mistake when I went downside from Ballistic Mastery? Can you suggest some good leveling uniques?

Btw thank you for this guide.