[1.2] Sidra's Guide: Acrobatics Based Physical Crit Split Arrow Ranger (Atziri Kill Video Inside)

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PainAndDespair wrote:

I have become bored of my CoC discharger (although OP), and have been looking for a ranged build. This build looks really awesome - and I just have one question. Is it at all possible to make something similar as CI?

All my previous chars has been CI, and it would therefore be so much easier to gear - as I already have 6Ls etc.

If not - I guess I will just start the grind for all new gear =)

Thanks in advance,

/Despair

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Asidra wrote:

Sure, I will start with helping your DPS some. Your rings/ammy/quiver - there is nothing wrong with them, but none of them has a flat + physical damage roll. So that's 4 slots that could be adding to your base damage that's giving you 0. This is the first stat I look for on anything that contains it, as it gets the benefit of all other DPS selections (Attack Speed > Phy% > Crit Chance/Multi). And is important as it is for me, it's more important for you because the LG hits so fast.

To give you an example, at one point I had 2 rings, one with 9-14 phys damage, and the other was a diamond with 30% crit chance. Removing the one with physical damage dropped my DPS twice as much as when I dropped the diamond ring. So for you, that's where I'd start to look. Also, on your tree - I'd prioritze the Deadly Draw half of the circle over the Heavy Draw, although at 81 you could just go get it now.

For Life Gain on Hit, it's probably not necessary if you play the game on easy mode. Blue Maps, more grouping than solo, skipping a lot of bosses etc. You could get away with just some life leech if that's the case. But this build is made for hard mode - difficult mods, solo usually, boss killing.

Now...LGOH. Split Arrow has 6 Arrows Chaining 2 times - 18 "hits" at 50 damage per hit - 900 HP healed per attack (assuming shooting into a pack). At around 3 atacks per second you could conceivably heal 2700 per second. Life Leech caps at 20% of max HP, so 1k per second if you have 5k HP. HOw much healing would you rather have? But it's also instant - and combined with some leech on gear you can fill your HP extremely quickly. There are sooooo many boss encounters where I literally leave the adds alive on purpose while single targeting the boss so that when I take a big hit, I toss 2 a volley or two into the adds so I am full and then back to business.

LGOH is a must because there are a lot of encounters that are a much more risky if you don't have it.