[1.2] 'Say hello to my little friend' 40K Puncture/28K LMP Lightning Arrow

Say hello to my little friend
The Crit Pierce Lightning Arrow Shotgun, mob crushing Ranger. 40K Puncture and 28K LMP Lightning Arrow with 100% Pierce and no requirement for Power or Frenzy Charges.

People say that crit Tornado shot is OP, they say it is the only bow skill worthwhile for clearing mobs. I am here to tell you that you have been lied to. Crit Pierce Lightning Arrow is equally as devastating if not more so.

There is nothing more fun than massacring entire mobs of monsters, the power you feel, the enjoyment of mass destruction, it is after all the reason we all play this game,well that and sweet sweet loots. This is exactly what this build is about, destroying large numbers of monsters as quickly as possible, preferably in one hit.

This build is also incredibly survivable, laugh as enemies swing their clumsy weapons, dodging out of the way without a scratch. Destroying maps solo, with ease, and contributing significant damage to party maps.

Character Basics
1. Get Drillneck
2. Get High DPS high Crit bow, 300pDPS 8+ Crit Chance Harbinger
3. Massacre all who stand in front of you.

Step three is accomplished in two ways.

Multi Target Lightning Arrow. By combining lightning arrow with lesser multiple projectiles and 100% pierce chance you can wipe out an entire mob of enemies with one shot. For each monster that is directly struck by one of the three lightning arrows you fire, up to three more monsters receive hits. If a group of four monsters stands in front of you, it is possible that your piercing lightning arrows hit each of them with a direct strike, each direct strike is followed by three indirect lightning strikes. Meaning a single shot fired hits this mob 16 times. BOOM! Watch as everything in front of you disappears.

Single Target Puncture for massive damage over time, ability to hit and then kite a target to watch it bleed out.



Gameplay Video's


Character Sheet Screenshots
Offensive Screenshots
32K LA

68K Frenzy



Pro's

Con's


Passive Tree's 1.2.X Latest Tree Level 92


Leveling Passive Tree's


Deal With Bandits


28K LA Multi Target Damage *1.2 DPS need to take new screenshots*


40K Single Target Puncture


Aura's


Survivability


Mapability


Defensive Skills


Gear

Failed Experiments



Please let me know your thoughts I would be interested to know where people think I can improve this build.

If you like this Ranger, here is my super cheap Atziri Capable Witch build.

A few thoughts for you.

You didn't grab Ondar's Guile in the skill tree. You really should take this skill as it is like having a shield against any form of projectile attack.

You don't have any spell block on your gear. Since you chose Iron Reflexes you only have protection against physical damage.

I assume you are trying to link up your bow as there is a lot of wasted potential from not having 5+ links there.

I don't think 11K armor is better than Acrobatics + Phase acrobatics + Evasion. I'm not sure what the philosophy is on why some builds still use Iron Reflexes for Bow Rangers.

You used 4 skill points to take Iron Grip. I assume there is something else you want in the tree to justify using those points.

I like how you are maximizing shock with increased duration and the Drillneck and you have given me some ideas.

Anyway good effort, but I think you need to beef up some for higher maps.

Without Drillneck chain would be better? Im looking for some ranger bow build and this looks interesting but i dont have yet this quiver.

crazy bow!

You should also add some section with defensive gems like CWDT, what curse you using etc.

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Skywalkerfx wrote:

A few thoughts for you.

You didn't grab Ondar's Guile in the skill tree. You really should take this skill as it is like having a shield against any form of projectile attack.

You don't have any spell block on your gear. Since you chose Iron Reflexes you only have protection against physical damage.

I assume you are trying to link up your bow as there is a lot of wasted potential from not having 5+ links there.

I don't think 11K armor is better than Acrobatics + Phase acrobatics + Evasion. I'm not sure what the philosophy is on why some builds still use Iron Reflexes for Bow Rangers.

You used 4 skill points to take Iron Grip. I assume there is something else you want in the tree to justify using those points.

I like how you are maximizing shock with increased duration and the Drillneck and you have given me some ideas.

Anyway good effort, but I think you need to beef up some for higher maps.

Thanks mate for the advice, I am going to respec the build to include acrobatics and phase acro. I'll also unspec out of irongrip and ironreflexes. This will allow me to have 100% chance to evade projectiles when adding ondar's guile.

I'll also add in Darkray vectors which will allow me to have a maximum of 8 Frenzy charges, each frenzy charge adds 2% chance to dodge. I'll also add Daresso's Defiance which adds another 6% chance to dodge, taking my total chance to dodge attacks when at full frenzy to 62% with 30% chance to dodge spells.

I'll update the skill tree's and gear in the main post tonight.

Build Updated,

Seriously more survivable and map able.

Will try and take a recording of some gameplay tonight.

Thanks for posting this. I am presently leveling a Ranger to take advantage of this build and I will check in again once I hit 60. The information in this thread has really helped make my Ranger more survivable to this point, so thanks for that :).

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hjerk1782 wrote:

Thanks for posting this. I am presently leveling a Ranger to take advantage of this build and I will check in again once I hit 60. The information in this thread has really helped make my Ranger more survivable to this point, so thanks for that :).

Thanks for the comments.

I have just updated the build, to include some cheaper gear that overall provides for awesome survive.

Just so you know, there is no such thing as 100% chance to evade, even with Ondar's. And Dodge checks first and is separate. Evasion is capped at 95%, which would happen when your chance to evade a mob is 47.5% or more. In that scenario, you would have a 60% chance of being hit (first roll - Dodge check) to which it would then check your Evasion at a 5% chance to be hit - 3% (.6*.05) on average you'd still be hit by 3% of ranged attacks.

Any extra Dodge from Daresso's or Darkray's goes in the first part of the Dodge calculation, reducing the 60% you'd get hit.