Accuracy Nodes: How Important are they?

I'm a total loser when it comes to non RT builds. I had two melee rangers, but both of them are using swords, and swords get plenty of accuracy, so even in the 60's I'm swinging at 93% +.

Now, I'm trying to work out a Shadow Spectral Throw using Claws. I'm sure it's going to be dreadful, but I'm determined to give the best chance I can regardless. Claw nodes don't flow with accuracy the way that sword nodes do, and I'm just curious if I should budget in accuracy into my passives? Will gear with +ACC get me through?

Gear with good +accuracy bonuses is much more effective than accuracy nodes. You can have accuracy on your helm, gloves, amulet, rings and weapons, so it's not a difficult to find mod.

edit: in view of subsequent posts and some reflection on my part, I guess getting some accuracy nodes for endgame, as well as a lot of accuracy on gear, is the way to go if you're a crit build

% accuracy is great especially the higher the amount of base accuracy you have. it will get to the point where you NEED % accuracy in order to break 85% chance to hit.

i definitely think people should have at least 30-40% in every skill tree. this is extremely easy to accomplish as a ranger, as seen here:
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIBr-sB0ZuNCC7tgxmOAF7Tfg==

i currently only have 86% chance to hit. im level 84 with 322 dex and at the moment +536 accuracy from gear and i have 40% added accuracy. unless you craft all gear that can have accuracy with +300-400 accuracy, you will need flat accuracy to fill the gap

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shoju wrote:

I'm a total loser when it comes to non RT builds. I had two melee rangers, but both of them are using swords, and swords get plenty of accuracy, so even in the 60's I'm swinging at 93% +.

Now, I'm trying to work out a Shadow Spectral Throw using Claws. I'm sure it's going to be dreadful, but I'm determined to give the best chance I can regardless. Claw nodes don't flow with accuracy the way that sword nodes do, and I'm just curious if I should budget in accuracy into my passives? Will gear with +ACC get me through?

Accuracy is essential for crit builds. Your hit chance is checked TWICE before your hit can be scored as Critical. Since crit build deals almost all damage via crits, hit chance really does matter there.
Usually, you will want to have +500-1000 total accuracy from gear, along with +30-50% increased accuracy from passives, to make your crit build really effective. Assuming you aiming at 80-95% crit chance, of course.

interesting...can you explain how there are two rolls for HIT? isn't it just one hit roll and then one crit roll?

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sausagemcmuffin wrote:

interesting...can you explain how there are two rolls for HIT? isn't it just one hit roll and then one crit roll?

1. Your accuracy is calculated to determine if your attack will hit or miss

2. If it hits, your chance to crit is calculated

3. If it's a crit roll, your chance to hit is calculated again. If it's a miss, you score a normal hit instead of a critical.

Accuracy from gear and gem is much better than from tree in my experience. The big notable that I tend to get as a crit dagger user is Depth Perception, by the small dagger cluster. 20% isn't terrible, and it's right next to some good dagger damage nodes.

The issue though is how it scales. Base accuracy my toon at level 73 was like 700-800 or something. This is about 80% chance to hit. On gear, you can get accuracy mods upwards of 300 accuracy, single mod. The accuracy gem, at level 20, gives over ONE THOUSAND accuracy. So I could spend a point on the 20% accuracy node (and probably will anyways) and get 160 accuracy, get an accuracy mod on gear for 300 accuracy, or use the accuracy gem for 1000 accuracy.

Obviously the more base you have the better the node scales, but I hope this gives you some context as to how the different sources will help you out. If you're going crit, accuracy is definitely important, and if you're using life on hit it's a pretty big deal also.

Imho if ur sub 88-90% hit chance, very important.

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LoPan wrote:

Imho if ur sub 88-90% hit chance, very important.

And dont let your hit chance be lower than your crit chance. You will lose a decent amount of real DPS if you do.