The Thief - CoC Bow Shadow [1.1.2]

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Bars wrote:

Cold Snap is mostly for the perma-freeze and added procs, EK + Hatred does the main damage. There are no projectile supports because they need additional links, increase mana cost and don't do much for EK. This works well when you have at least 80% crit chance, so that almost every barrage procs CoC. Added projectile supports like chain are mostly a crutch to ensure procs if your crit chance is low or to boost the damage of single-projectile skills. For example, for phys reflect maps I replace EK and Cold Snap with LMP + Fireball, damage output is a bit lower and there's no freeze but it still melts everything. For single target - I use the same setup, it melts even fat bosses extremely quickly. With some crit multiplier, decent crit chance and two wands with about +60% spell damage, EK + Hatred hits like a truck. That's another reason not to use projectile supports (i.e. chain is great for groups but it nerfs single target damage).

edit: that's the main reason to use barrage + wands, with 10% base crit chance wands and 4 power charges it is extremely easy to get ~90% crit chance, this means almost every barrage procs casts, therefore your single target damage is great and you don't need crutches like chain. ALso, wands with 10% crit chance and +spell damage mods are very easy and cheap to obtain. Two wands like that will give you +120% spell damage. This is such an easy-to-get and powerful damage boost I can't even compare it to anything else.

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SlugPranker wrote:

It is so far fun to play. I am wondering how to further increase the crit chance. Also, there are some nodes in the witch area to increase the spell dmg. Not sure if those are worth getting for this build.