Lightning Arrow (LA) Ranger Guide – From Beginning to End Game

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It doesn't seem like we are very far apart in our approach.

So the whole reason to crit is to shock and freeze (not chill which doesn't depend on crit). Obviously this build does benefit from crit chance and also from crit damage multiplier. I will look at the guide again and make sure it mentions crit multiplier. I had over 300% crit damage multiplier primarily from gear in Standard.

And your comment about resists is basically the same as your crit comment except instead of taking resists from the tree you want it on gear.

So to answer the two above comments: I would say it just depends on the gear that is available to the player. If a player feels they don't have enough resists and or crit from gear it should be taken as passives from the skill tree. If a palyer invests their skills in resists and or crit nodes on the tree that later become available through gear, then they should use their Refund points and put their points to use in other areas.

Pierce is not fully developed in the guide as it has its complications -- namely it doesn't work so well with Fork and Chain (LMP seems to be the answer to these problems). All that being said I felt it was more of a benefit than a detraction to use Pierce. I will add in these comments to the guide for those wishing to develop Pierce and possibly the Drillneck Quiver.

Your Thick Skin comment is noted. I'm on the fence on this one and the Point Blank skill. I'm reconsidering taking Point Blank if Chin Sol isn't used.

I use minions and a flame totem. Your idea for a freeze totem sounds interesting and I will try it. Minions are very useful and it is just fun to take a tank down, resurrect them, and have them fighting on your side.

I appreciate all your comments and will use them to improve the Guide.

Edit: Guide updated as promised.

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cptkule wrote:

first of all, sorry for my bad english (also in the last reply) :D

resists: i wanted to highlight that the bandit reward is really expensive to respecc so its a little different to the crit/resist gear and tree discussion


pierce: atm im using la with GMP, quality pierce (to reach 100 %) etc. maybe something you want to try, since you already have specced it and a quality pierce is kind of cheap, also its very very efficient both mana and dmg-wise, and mana is a big problem with la ranger in my opinion


i hope my comments are understandable and thx 4 your feedback

greez

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Skywalkerfx wrote:

Part III - POE Lightning Arrow (LA) Ranger Guide – From Beginning to End Game – Build Conclusion

1. Your bow is your key piece of gear. To be a successful Ranger your bow has to have high damage for the level you are playing. I encourage you to trade for bows with high physical damage. It is extremely difficult to play self-found as a Ranger.

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AlfaTangOh wrote:

Would you be able to provide an idea of how much % Physical Damange increase and # to # increase to Physical Damage would be appropriate as you're leveling up?

I'm trying your build and at Level 20 - wondering how good a bow is really "good" for me at this point.

Thanks