Speedy Puncture + Pierce Split Arrow / Reflect Safe or Glass Cannon / Level 100 & Uber Atziri Farmer

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Precaso wrote:

Not worth 3 points, you can just put 3 points into 50% crit chance and have the crit chance without having to have a charge up. Power charge on crit is still worth it though, because 200% increased crit chance is a lot

Btw, how is leveling going for everyone playing the new leagues?

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ConsPark wrote:

Just throwing some thoughts out as I've played around with 1.2 over the past few hours:

I gained about 2k tooltip on split arrow with a level 72 tree that was a more even split between straight damage, life, and crit than the leveling trees suggested. Despite losing a power charge, once I got King of the Hill my crit chance sat at 78% with an 8.45% harb bow at four charges.

Regarding heralds, I've been running only Hatred up until now. I chose Herald of Ash over Ice because 1. It scales as a percentage of phys like Hatred does (150dps higher over HoI with an HoA gem that's six levels lower) and 2. On a kill, any mobs left over get a fairly nice burn from HoA via crits. This freeze / burn synergy might yield some interesting results with uniques that alter the behavior of those ele status effects.

I've also been using nothing but Tornado Shot since 1.2 launch and am liking it very much. I swapped out Pierce for GMP. The TS appears to be able to shotgun against single targets for decent damage, and is every bit as damaging (should be moreso, actually, with its 90% base damage) as SA against packs. It's slightly RNG since the projectiles fired from the impact point might not hit every mob. It also takes some adjustment since it acts like Poison Arrow due to its ground targeting, rather than a straight arc like SA. At the end of the day, I think SA vs. TS is going to come down to personal preference; for phys crit, they both seem totally viable. As to whether pierce matters for TS, I can't tell, honestly. The initial attack is 100% pierce, but the projectiles from the impact move so fast it's tough to tell what's going on with them.

My 2c.

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Dreamytje wrote:

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ConsPark wrote:

Just throwing some thoughts out as I've played around with 1.2 over the past few hours:

I gained about 2k tooltip on split arrow with a level 72 tree that was a more even split between straight damage, life, and crit than the leveling trees suggested. Despite losing a power charge, once I got King of the Hill my crit chance sat at 78% with an 8.45% harb bow at four charges.

Regarding heralds, I've been running only Hatred up until now. I chose Herald of Ash over Ice because 1. It scales as a percentage of phys like Hatred does (150dps higher over HoI with an HoA gem that's six levels lower) and 2. On a kill, any mobs left over get a fairly nice burn from HoA via crits. This freeze / burn synergy might yield some interesting results with uniques that alter the behavior of those ele status effects.

I've also been using nothing but Tornado Shot since 1.2 launch and am liking it very much. I swapped out Pierce for GMP. The TS appears to be able to shotgun against single targets for decent damage, and is every bit as damaging (should be moreso, actually, with its 90% base damage) as SA against packs. It's slightly RNG since the projectiles fired from the impact point might not hit every mob. It also takes some adjustment since it acts like Poison Arrow due to its ground targeting, rather than a straight arc like SA. At the end of the day, I think SA vs. TS is going to come down to personal preference; for phys crit, they both seem totally viable. As to whether pierce matters for TS, I can't tell, honestly. The initial attack is 100% pierce, but the projectiles from the impact move so fast it's tough to tell what's going on with them.

My 2c.

Would you say GMP is superiour to LMP?