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

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Wuggums47 wrote:

I'm an extremely new player, so forgive me if this is a stupid question, but why don't you take piercing shots? Wouldn't that be good with the drillneck?

If you use a quality pierce gem, then taking piercing shots will put you over the 100% pierce cap and effectively waste that talent. Plus, you are spending like 4 points to take it, which is 4 points you can use to get crit nodes that scale much better.

Hey there,

First off, thanks for your time that you have taken to make this cool build ^_^

Second, I was hoping that you could make an updated passive tree? I noticed that on the most recent one, you went up and snagged 3 Intelligence nodes to get to the Max% life and Max% energy shield nodes. Do you need intel for gems or something?

THANKS!!!

I am reviving this thread, been playing this Char in standard since Rampage has ended.

I've been comparing Crit Pierce LA with Tornado Shot. And they are basically like for like when setup correctly.

I bought a new Harbinger bow and have 19.5K Tooltip LA without charges and 26K Tooltip LA with Frenzy and Power charges up. That makes a total of 80K and 100K on mobs respectively.

**Main post updated with current skill tree, DPS and Current Gear. Will take screenshots of new stats later today**

Passive Tree Updated

Added new screenshots with dps figures and new character screenshot.

32K LA

68K Frenzy

74 Gorge Map Video
http://youtu.be/S9hcCQP5q_g

75 Plateau Map Video
http://youtu.be/gGGcXwuQx54

78 Courtyard Map Video
http://youtu.be/BpiYnwmBWQc

for a VERY budget alternative approach to the same concept:

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1096271

key differences:

Infractem + Thiefs Torment for 100% free pierce and uber mana management from the +15mana on hit from the ring

saves one link (pierce) from the bow, several passives from the tree (mana, pierce)

has similar Gorge clear speed and costs like 2-3ex (bow + ring) - all other items are life+evasion+resists + damage wherever possible

Hello,

Can you please update the thread with a per level "Passive skill tree breakdown"? Like lvl 0-30, 30-60 etc

Thanks

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brothervoodoo wrote:

Hello,

Can you please update the thread with a per level "Passive skill tree breakdown"? Like lvl 0-30, 30-60 etc

Thanks

I have updated the thread with the levelling tree's I suggest.

I have also transitioned from Frenzy to Puncture for single target, it provides higher overall DPS due to bleed even though it's Tooltip DPS is less.

I have moved away from Frenzy and Power charges, I can now get 28K DPS out of lightning arrow without needed any charges. This is a massive gain, as having to get charges was time consuming, and meant your damage was variable. Now it is considerably more stable.

I have adjusted the tree to get rid of frenzy charges. I have also adjusted my gear so that I am no longer running Atziri step. I'm running rare boots with resistances and life, which makes gearing the build a lot easier.

I've added Maligaro's virtuosity gloves for additional damage and attack speed.

Overall these are good improvements and killing Atziri is a lot simpler. No deaths to Vaal or Champions, and only 2 deaths to Atziri on first run through. With Practice this would be easily able to do it deathless.

Purchased a new amulet,

Re-equipped my Daresso's Defiance, for a net loss of 300 life VS Belly of the beast. However the Endurance charges of Daresso's more than make up for the loss of life. A great phys reflect mitigator, you're way less likely to one bang yourself against a phys reflect mob due to Cast when damage taken Immortal Call combined with Daresso's Endurance charges.