[1.3] Sidra's Necromancing Ranger of Chaos (Poison Arrow) Videos/Atziri capable

It's iLvl 64 - so if you are picking them up or crafting that's the ilvl needed - but if its on a base that can be used at 51, that's great.

Thx for clearing that up. Only thing important is the +3 mod. I plan on getting the fastest attack per second on my bow. Other mods on your bow beside projectiles speed, attack speed, dont matter for the chaos damage right?

So far my ranger is following your build and currenty lv 40+ Im really liking the combination of minions and damage of time. I just openen chest and other stuff while hp drops and my minions do all the hard work. Perfect solo build and with a group I dont bother much with the minions unless its a boss monster.

Is getting EB and MOM best once you can get your carcass jack, or do you advice ppl to get it as soon as possible. At my level my ES is not as high, so I dont really see how it will benifit me, getting it now. So atmI saved the SP to get it once my gears get better.

Hi , i need some advice since you seem to be the only with a steady working PA build that bothers to respond to questions.

Pre-patch i read up on some guides (since im actually new to this , had just played a bit in beta)because i wanted to make an evasion ranger and PA builds seemed good enough.
I had "carved" my own path through the skill tree pre-patch and it worked quite decently(i soloed most of the bosses easily including piety merciless) but i got quite confused now.

My aim was to get decent hp , high evasion(no armor or es) and as much proj.dmg and chaos/dot dmg and having a decoy totem as a ... decoy only drawback being low mana pool 400-500 at 64 .
Using self found gear (except a death's harp i got for 1c) i couldn't complain but at 64 trying out 66 white maps things get tough.

Particular problems :

My resistances aren't capped but are at 50-60% except chaos(-30%!) which is hard to come by in decent gear it seems , or i'm just unlucky.
Decoy totem works but doesn't last long , 5-6 hits at best.
Mana pool quite low , i can make it work without using auras but i'd like to be able to.

Other stats are 2.2k HP , 1.4k dps (+ 1.2k on cloud) PA , according to the tooltips anyway , and ~50% chance to evade (4.9k ev @64).

I know most of my problems could be solved with better gear but it's hard to farm it on maps atm.
I usually kite mobs dropping clouds and puncturing those who chase me (since puncture seems to be the only other skill that benefits from proj.dmg + dot nodes).
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My final point being is there any way i can rework my tree using the ~10 respec points i have + some scouring if needed making it viable end game ,or should i reroll ?
This game is pretty unforgiving but i don't just want to copy other peoples builds entirely either , thus i'm in this spot :)

Any help/insights by anyone knowledgeable is greatly appreciated :)

Current Gear


Current Build

Aziaa - you don't necessarily need EB and MOM as soon as you get a Carcass Jack, but it is a get in Merciless somewhere once you have some gear to support it.

Christos0B - oh dear God, what one hot mess you got yourself in. I am actually surprised you have gotten to 60, your Poison Cloud barely tickles enemies. It's basically a 2 link (you are wasting 2) with 0 additional gem levels.

Step 1 - read this whole thread, it's 18 pages that you need to read, a lot of good discussion and things for you to learn.

After that - you need a new bow, and you need to re-gem your Poison Arrow. Alt or Chaos spam an ilvl 64 bow until you get + 2 to all bow levels. Added Chaos Damage is useless, it doesn't help the Cloud at all - it should be Concentrated Effect which is the A3M Library quest reward. Faster attacks isn't needed, it's a quality of life end game thing at best - the cloud lasts 5 seconds you don't need to keep shooting. Culling Strike or Slower Projectiles will add more damage.

Tree is not as bad - but, man - you went all the way over to the evasion circle and SKIPPED the juicy +12% Projectile damage attached!

Lastly - link up and quality you gear. That's just basics and costs very little while giving you more slots to work with, and basically free evasion.

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Asidra wrote:

Christos0B - oh dear God, what one hot mess you got yourself in. I am actually surprised you have gotten to 60, your Poison Cloud barely tickles enemies. It's basically a 2 link (you are wasting 2) with 0 additional gem levels.

Step 1 - read this whole thread, it's 18 pages that you need to read, a lot of good discussion and things for you to learn.

After that - you need a new bow, and you need to re-gem your Poison Arrow. Alt or Chaos spam an ilvl 64 bow until you get + 2 to all bow levels. Added Chaos Damage is useless, it doesn't help the Cloud at all - it should be Concentrated Effect which is the A3M Library quest reward. Faster attacks isn't needed, it's a quality of life end game thing at best - the cloud lasts 5 seconds you don't need to keep shooting. Culling Strike or Slower Projectiles will add more damage.

Tree is not as bad - but, man - you went all the way over to the evasion circle and SKIPPED the juicy +12% Projectile damage attached!

Lastly - link up and quality you gear. That's just basics and costs very little while giving you more slots to work with, and basically free evasion.

I actually made it to lvl 68 like that(and i'm actually doing fine in lvl 66 maps so far although slow but steady) and i was aiming for that node with 12% proj.dmg and got it , now i'm going for the extra proj.dmg ones + ele res + life cluster , perhaps getting some aura nodes later :D

Current tree :


Since i posted this i've read up some more , including this thread and i've been trying to find the gems i'm gonna need like empower/enhance but since all of my currency barely exceeds a 100c value at best it's kinda hard
Bought slower projectiles + concentrated effect and at level 1 they increased my cloud dmg by 150dps although they dropped the direct dmg of PA by a lot -50%.

I did come across a 5s - 4L bow and alted it got +2 bow gem / crit.chance(which is not useful in my build but don't have the currency to scour and repeat) , regaled it and got stun.red , and now i'm trying to trade for some exalteds to finish it.


I also think that carcass jack would fit me well enough aswel if i can get my hands on one.

Anyway , thanks for the help / insight , i really appreciate it , i'll be sure to bother you again with more questions :D

Don't ever worry about the on hit - your damage comes from the cloud. I don't even usually shoot the enemies, I shoot the ground. And use the +2 Bow even if it has useless crit.

That Voideye Ring is very interesting. I leveled on Domination and Standard so it was never an option. At level 45, that is by far the best thing you van do with PA. No links by that point will be that strong. Concentrated Effect is another big loss (don't forget it's a huge DPS benefit that doesn't show on the tooltip) but 5 levels is a lot. It will get passed up eventually, but especially without access to Empower, it could be very good for a while.


Main post updated for 1.2. Next step will be a few gameplay videos.

Even if my build didn't had the succes of yours, i pointed at yours since i won't update mine anymore. Have a good day !

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/941681/page/2/#p8513006

Hello guys! I have just started to make a PA ranger in the new league.
My question would be that what are all the factors that can increase my cloud's damage?
Thanks in advance!

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Mephist0 wrote:

Hello guys! I have just started to make a PA ranger in the new league.
My question would be that what are all the factors that can increase my cloud's damage?
Thanks in advance!

1. Gem Level
2. Increased Chaos Damage (tree, qualitied Added Chaos)
3. Increased Damage over time (tree)
4. Increased Projectile Damage (tree, Rearguard,Drillneck,Faster/Slower Projectiles)
5. Increased Area Damage (Concentrated Effect, Carcass Jack, tree)*
6. Increased Damage (Culling Strike, LeHeup)

* It works but does not display correctly in the tooltip

The 6 categories are right, a few of the specific examples may have slipped my mind so no guarantee it's all inclusive.

An alternative tree. 103 points.



100% mana regen
163% life
mana+ES total is about 160%.
2.8% life regen

That shaper node is really, really good for this build, and those +%ES nodes are as well.

quick recovery is also a very sneaky bonus too, giving you life, mana regen AND life regen.

scion better than ranger ? i think so...

edit: i left out MoM. haha.



this tree gives up some damage in the long term, but i think it's much tankier because the extra mana is a big win for MoM.