[0.10.4b] Bow Marauder (The Shocker (tm)) [**TO BE UPDATED SOON 1.0.0**]

Is this build suitable for a new player? One with...questionable skills? :)

yeah, not sure where exactly my on paper math went wrong, but my someone let me borrow their QR and my LA went down by about as much as I thought it would go up lol

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seiferoth10 wrote:

I'd go to through UR to IR after that, because I'd imagine you're having dex problems for gear/gems at this point. After that Static Blows, then finish off the dex side to Perfect Aim (should be around level 65 at this point) to get enough dex to equip end game bows. And finally the last top leg of the ele damage templar area.

This is all assuming by "health and ele dmg nodes in templar" you mean Fitness to Catalyse to Discipline and Training, and not the top leg which includes Celestial Walker.

Getting elemental damage nodes at low levels isn't that impactful, it's at high levels that they are important because of your bow/items that have elemental damage mulipliers.

it's 7 points to static blows.
it's 13points to iron reflexes.

if i get static blows, do i need a better bow? dps should almost double getting that node alone. (my boss arrow should do 1000 dps if i get it at lvl42.)

w/o needing a new bow, i dont need to worry about dex.
by the time i finish the long march to iron reflexes, then i probably need a new bow. (Lvl 55)

or is 1000 dps in act2 cruel not enuf?


edit:
just got a +40dex quiver with +33dex and 2% life leech
looks like i'm going Static blows first.

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ShadowyDream wrote:

yeah, not sure where exactly my on paper math went wrong, but my someone let me borrow their QR and my LA went down by about as much as I thought it would go up lol

QR = double attack speed, 1/2 the dmg.
but w/anger and wrath auras, dmg should be more. you should come out ahead.

it's not???

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Pi314 wrote:

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ShadowyDream wrote:

yeah, not sure where exactly my on paper math went wrong, but my someone let me borrow their QR and my LA went down by about as much as I thought it would go up lol

QR = double attack speed, 1/2 the dmg.
but w/anger and wrath auras, dmg should be more. you should come out ahead.

it's not???

From my experience a good ED bow outperforms QR, and auras matter not.

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Changed from Quill Rain to



(got it for 1 Chaos ... good deal i guess).

Doesnt look that funny.
Does a lot more dps.
I dont halfway kill myself if i dont hit anything.....

---> Better than quill rain, guess a top end bow will outperform quill by a lot.

Anybody can tell me if ~2,1k HP (after reserved) and medicore at best (0-40) Res all are enough to survive the start in merciless as a ranger? My meele mara reached a3 merci with 3,4k Hp and ~60 res all, so im quite positve.

Found a white 5L Armor yesterday. Im so happy ... my first 5L.
But i only have 1 Regal, 3 Chaos, 3 Alch, 2 Blessed left in my stash (+some minor stuff) - im too poor for chain and have to use fork.

WtB Chain offer my soul, a quill rain, all my orbs ;)

If you go slow you should be ok, at least through Act 1. I really try to have 3k+ in act 2 and 4k+ in act 3. It really helps a lot, especially those times when you get dsynced or lag etc.

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darrellwyatt wrote:

If you go slow you should be ok, at least through Act 1. I really try to have 3k+ in act 2 and 4k+ in act 3. It really helps a lot, especially those times when you get dsynced or lag etc.

Huh? I'm at 2500 hp (2200 with auras)~60% resist (-60% chaos) act3 merciless and I don't die at all, speedfarming everything. Some of my gear unchanged since act2 normal. 1 LA (chain + lmp + wep ele dmg + life gain on hit) heals me for like a third of my life. I didn't take Iron Reflexes and Unwavering Stance though, since I believe they only cripple you, not help. Armor simply sucks.

I also took the extra frenzy charge (im using it instead of elemental hit) and went up from the dex node near Iron Reflexes to pick up the awesome hp ring (18% - Thick Skin) + the 30 int node for conductivity/wrath.

Thats my build atm


and thats what im going for - picking up arcing blows (30% increased lightning dmg with weapons) and iron grip to bring my dps to obscene levels

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return33 wrote:

Changed from Quill Rain to

Spoiler

(got it for 1 Chaos ... good deal i guess).

Doesnt look that funny.
Does a lot more dps.
I dont halfway kill myself if i dont hit anything.....

---> Better than quill rain, guess a top end bow will outperform quill by a lot.

Anybody can tell me if ~2,1k HP (after reserved) and medicore at best (0-40) Res all are enough to survive the start in merciless as a ranger? My meele mara reached a3 merci with 3,4k Hp and ~60 res all, so im quite positve.

Found a white 5L Armor yesterday. Im so happy ... my first 5L.
But i only have 1 Regal, 3 Chaos, 3 Alch, 2 Blessed left in my stash (+some minor stuff) - im too poor for chain and have to use fork.

WtB Chain offer my soul, a quill rain, all my orbs ;)

chance to flee works better than life on hit?
how often do monsters flee on higher lvls, say act3 cruel?