[TEMPEST] RaizQT's Poison trapper [lvl97+ top 20] BUILD OF THE WEEK + ATZIRI KILL!
" Very similar dps(if FT crits 100 % of the time), way more survivability, doesnt require crit to work properly. I played fire trap for a loooong time and i prefer this build. IGN - RaizQT Last edited by RaizQT#2387 on Jun 2, 2014, 11:20:33 PM
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Sorry I should have said it was for ambush. I have a ri RT character and it is a little bland.
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I'm playing this build in ambush, 65 lvl, but because of poor gear have only 2000 life+ 800 mana. Poison arrow is 15 lvl (low 0<>0). The biggest problem are projectiles + Piety and other fast shooting bosses deal insane amount of damage, it leachs my mana totally and I'm dead.
However, I was playing evasion builds before and that's why now I'm trying to shift amour into evasion. I got rid of Iron Reflexes, but still use battery and mind over matter + new one Ondar's Guile. I'm quite glad with what I have now: I do not suffer from projectiles(evasion over 7000) and can really run around poisoned grounds. I think that Acrobatics will only boost it, but still need to maximize life. What do you think of it? Last edited by Polkat17#7382 on Jun 3, 2014, 11:48:37 AM
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" For ambush it sounds ok :) For hardcore where i play sadly it will work 95 % of the time, and i simply cant afford that 5 % chance to die. Like i said before where i responsed to this, im not a fan of evasion for hardcore builds especially in a scenario where you wont be using acrobatics because that would mean dropping MOM/AA IGN - RaizQT
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Attempting this. Level 55 atm. Leveled to ~48 with Molten Strike and Spectral Throw and it was no big deal. After getting all the hp and damage nodes below the big Evasion wheel, I decided to switch over. Didn't want to spend my currency linking all my low powered gear, so I ran both Poison Arrow and Desecrate off of Deerstalker with Concentrated Effect and Increased Area of Effect. Didn't feel like it was worth it yet. Movement speed issues, low aoe range, okay dot, and not enough mana to support it. Might have wanted to rush EB a little earlier, but I did enjoy all the bonus health at lower levels. Can't seem to find mana gear, so I'm not running MoM or AA yet. Only have about 2 exalts in this league so that leaves a lot of necessary gear out of reach. Since I can't afford a +3 gems bow, I just switched to using a Voideye (only 6c) with Poison Arrow, and the dot doubled. Apparently it synergizes really well with Infractem, which I got for 1c. So I specc'd out of traps for now and picked up the Method to the Madness wheel for a little more dot before moving up a little further. When I get a +3 gems bow, and a shot at leveling empower, it'll be worth it to switch back, but for now, I get to reach some life nodes and EB above the evasion wheel a little bit faster.
I didn't realize how important quality gems would be for this build to work. Poison Arrow, and Increased Area of Effect really need some quality to give you some useful range, and Detonate Dead needs the the casting speed boost from being of quality. TLDR: Using Voideye with Poison Arrow until I can afford the expensive stuff. |
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"] Dont use a voideye. Use a 4l silverbranch and your mana + aoe problems are fixes. I also dont recommend taking so many life nodes, in fact i advice against it in the guide :P IGN - RaizQT
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64 now and almost done picking up the chaos and dot nodes. Grabbed EB at the same time I picked up a Carcass Jack. It didn't increase PA tooltip damage, but I hope it still works. At least it adds a good amount of mana with EB. Still using inexpensive lowbie gear, so resists are almost capped and mana regen is just over 60 so I can almost run a level 7 AA. Need more mana reg nodes (or definitely on better gear).
Silverbranch doesn't help AOE or mana regen (just on kill, which doesn't help against rares and bosses), so I'm still using Voideye. It's rough losing a jewelry slot, but the +5 levels are insane dps boost sans support gems, so it's incredibly mana cheap. I might look at trying a +2 gems bow, but I might wait until after I spec back into traps. So far with Voideye doing over 2k dot tooltip dps with level 15 gem. I know, it gets a lot better, but I need to get that currency for quality gems and a +3 bow. Shouldn't be too far from Piety runs. Just started Act 3 Merc. Also, I followed your build guide as best I could. There really isn't much there on the leveling process. I took all the nodes before the evasion wheel, sans the templar area, then moved up. Last edited by KappaSchiv#1502 on Jun 6, 2014, 1:57:41 AM
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" You dont seem to follow my guide at all im sorry. Why would you ever need more mana for rares than 1 poison arrow? If you are not 1shotting rares at this point i advice you to start following the guide. The tooltip does not get affected by about 50 % of the damage multipliers so dont even bother looking at it. again, using voideye instead of a silverbranch or +2 bow(since you are high enough lvl) with PA/CONC EFFECT/INC AOE/TRAP is a huge mistake. If tooltip damage is all you are looking at then you will never reach even 30 % of the potential of this build. Like with 90 % of the builds in this game THE TOOLTIP IS WRONG and does not get affected by any of the aoe nodes/passives/gear. Oh and run a lvl 1 arctic armour for the slow and focus on getting MOM if you cannot sustain a lvl 14 + AA. Start following the guide and you will do a lot better. Especially since you said you have 2 exalts which is more than enough to get everything you need at this point. IGN - RaizQT Last edited by RaizQT#2387 on Jun 6, 2014, 6:11:17 PM
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Thanks for the build Raiz! So far, the build is cheap, survivable, and damage has been awesome. Played this in the two week, got to 86 now. I don't have the most currency and found a Cloak of Defiance in the race, so have been using that. Slightly more survivability with buffed MoM, and makes it easier finding mana regen on jewelry. Just using a 4 link +2 bow atm, +3 would be nice but certainly not a requirement.
Also, why is the dps on my tooltip so low? Just kidding, funny seeing people comment this :) I don't understand people's obsession with the numbers. |
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Does drillneck work with this build?
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