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

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jtrand wrote:
in the op, Venator said to link up faster attacks if you have a 6 link. My question is, why faster attacks, and not chain?

Personal preference, I like the static 44% damage multiplier Faster Attacks provide. You are free to go for Chain, though, and it will work good as well!
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VenatorPoE wrote:
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jtrand wrote:
in the op, Venator said to link up faster attacks if you have a 6 link. My question is, why faster attacks, and not chain?

Personal preference, I like the static 44% damage multiplier Faster Attacks provide. You are free to go for Chain, though, and it will work good as well!


Personally I think Faster Attacks with LMP over Chain.
How bout this idea - Take out LOH gem and replace it with Chain. So it would be LA, LMP, Chain, WED, Faster attacks for real offense. Use potions for life, and also you can use some frenzy/Elemental Hit attacks to get some more life (from the life leach).
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jtrand wrote:
How bout this idea - Take out LOH gem and replace it with Chain. So it would be LA, LMP, Chain, WED, Faster attacks for real offense. Use potions for life, and also you can use some frenzy/Elemental Hit attacks to get some more life (from the life leach).

Hit Elemental Reflect pack, die. No thanks. I don't know why people keep insisting on Chain. If you want Chain, just go for the Blood Magic keystone build version.

On a side note, I am not randomly against Chain. My newest character, a HC league one, is using Chain on Lightning Strike, and it is a core gem in my setup. It is a new build I crafted and am testing out. For this LA build though, I prefer not using Chain.
Life is tough... but it is tougher if you're stupid.
The most important note would be...

Why do people keep insist on asking about "why does this build not use Chain" when I nicely posted a whole section in which they can choose to use Chain and have a build template for it? I don't get it. If you don't just skim over and actually read the OP, things would be clear.


EDIT: OP updated with an explanation of support gem combinations for LA. No more Chain questions after this, I hope.
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Last edited by VenatorPoE#1855 on Feb 26, 2013, 9:10:52 PM
Question: Is Projectile Weakness still preferred over Elemental Weakness vs Elemental Resist mobs?

Because I've noticed a dramatic slowdown in kill speed against them and Projectile didn't seem to help as much.

If that is the case, would then:

Projectile Weakness + Faster Attack (Purity Blood Gem build)

equal the DPS of

Elemental Weakness + Chain (Blood Magic Passive build)?


That's my biggest question right now since I haven't tried maps on this character yet.
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Edzilla wrote:
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Pi314 wrote:
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ShadowyDream wrote:
Yeah, I am pretty sure my totem did half my damage vs oak while i just ran around since 2 consecutive hits would have killed me lol.

Also, I'd recommend stockpiling some Regrets/respec points if you have gone ranger (or anything like my proposed build that does ranger/shadow), cause sounds like the next major content patch is March 6th. The duelist starting area is already very competitive with ranger for this particular build, and the devs have said they want to buff the duelist starting area. If that buff is included in the content patch it might switch where you want to go.

Might not matter as they might only buff the melee side, but it is semi-relevant so I figured I would point it out.


thx for the heads up!
wont spend any more points till March6.

if things are too different, i might just start a new character since i'm only lvl 48.


Yeah, I'm still in my 30's, so that's fortunate for me. Just going to pick up IR, then head up to templar ED passives till the patch. (Fury bolts is nice, if duelist is worth investing in. If you're going irongrip.)
a full respec will be given if the change the passive tree
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evantide2 wrote:
Question: Is Projectile Weakness still preferred over Elemental Weakness vs Elemental Resist mobs?

VS Elemental Resist mobs use Elemental Weakness and you'll be fine.

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bidoof01 wrote:
Why does your best HC tree have IR and not the other HC tree?

The best one does not, the other does. Because it is using Grace. With Grace you get (without any other modifier) 1750 evasion rating, and with IR it gets converted to 1750 armour. What happens next is when you need more armour, you pop a Granite Flask, and since it has +100% armour bonus ideally, it increases the 1750 to 3500. If you also have a flask with +100% evasion rating, you may pop that one as well to boost this to 7000 armour. And 7000 armour for 3 passive points is a fair investment IMO.
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OMG, what's wrong with this thread. Venator making builds and giving advices without even having a single character that is beyond lvl 70 and with builds that are pure speculations??? Am I missing something or what? SERIOSLY - 90 pages??? WTF?

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