[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)
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I notice that on the level 89 tree that "Cloth and Chain" is not selected. Is this because we get the resists from sentinel and on jewels?
The + %evasion seems pretty good though and I'm gonna need more res for some advarius love I think hehe. Why do we not take Cloth and Chain? Is it not worth the two skill point investment? |
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guys,
What's the trick to keep Frenzy Charge up? I can't seem to keep it up for more than 30% of the time. Thanks |
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" Blood Rage. But I personally just have a habit of firing off frenzy shot every 5th or 6th PA shot. |
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" a) With that high IIR, I'd go for a +3 bow. You can afford to not have quantity for a while. b) Scour the bow, and spend some alterations going for +2. Gem levels are critical. c) If you're going to craft, check the FAQ. There's been a method discovered / released to crafting +3, guaranteed, using Catarina level 8. I've detailed it there. d) Level 1 frenzy is all that's required. Gem levels to Frenzy only increase base physical damage. We deal no physical damage, so a higher level frenzy just results in increased mana cost, and nothing else. " As your clear speed improves, you'll sustain Frenzy charges longer. It also depends where you're at in your tree and whether you've taken Frenzy charge duration nodes. But the Frenzy COH setup is part of the sustain as well. " Basically, stack as much IIR as you can, and utilize jewels as necessary to free up resistance so that you can use gear with higher IIR rolls and still keep res capped. That said your gear (minus an exception, see next paragraph) actually looks reasonable other than the Topaz ring, which you should swap out for a gold ring with explicit IIR. On a glaring note: Soul Strike does nothing for the build. Flat Chaos damage has no impact at all on the cloud damage. Replace that with a rare quiver with life and resistances, which will make it a lot easier for you to swap that topaz out. " Ooh, Tempest. Yeah, my recommendation for Tempest setups is to actually only use one Andvarius, in order to make resistance gearing easier, and utilize Aurseize gloves instead. That way you can get a ring with chaos resistance on it and probably swap out your helmet / amulet for a similar one with chaos resistance as well. You'll dip a little bit on your net IIR, but it's worth it for the survival-ness. If you're going to run AA, you will need to drop down to a level 5 clarity or so but yeah, it will be enough. For future reference, you can use the Aura Calculator here to help with determining that: https://poe.mikelat.com/ Everything else about your thought process is solid. @Dele: You're pretty much good, man. At this point it's just min-maxing stuff. Ie, getting a +3 bow with an open prefix, replacing your cloth belt with a leather belt, replacing your gloves with better life versions, etc. The sorta-disadvantage of running Carcass is that it's harder to get that res balance going but if you need to, pick up Cloth and Chain (temporarily, until you can get properly rolled jewels) with your next two levels (GL getting 90 my friend) =) Also, your life seems incredibly low for an 88 build. Mind posting your tree? " Yep. Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018. Last edited by Serleth#4392 on Aug 21, 2015, 2:53:27 PM
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" Hey, thanks for the reply Here is my current build: I am probably missing some life nodes somewhere, i started going for more jewel slots a bit early instead of the life% slots close to constitution, currently none of my jewels have life% though, they are 2x 10%res with 1 damage affix, poachers aim and one pure damage jewel(chaos and projectile damage) Also getting to 90 is a bit tough without running blue/white maps only right now(i can mf just fine, i just die sometimes a bit too much to get levels), probably due to my health, thanks for any tips you can offer. Last edited by Dele#6461 on Aug 21, 2015, 4:28:58 PM
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" Well when you're pushing levels, drop MF. Just kill it all and go for high life and resistance gear. Don't sweat not having MF for some maps while you push the level. I would also drop one, if not two, Frenzy charge, the 9% node in Corruption, and sacrifice the Ranger projectile damage nodes as well so that you can invest in more life and complete the acro/phase cluster. And move that dex node you have sitting doing nothing waiting for the jewel slot for a life node too. Remember, you can always move those points back afterwards if you really want to deeps-mode it, but for levelling purposes you take out the damage and put them into defense. Adjusted tree Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018.
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Well this just dropped.... thanks Serleth... I blame you!
Not complaining at all but... what happened to 200+ex now these are only 80ex?? WTF lol |
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" Whoa. Gratz. As for the price of mirrors: no more eternal orbs is the reason for the drop. Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018.
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Just droppin by to say thanks for sharing the build. Works so well. It's amazing how effective this build is with decent gear. Very inexpensive to start, and I can already do most 74-75 maps pretty easy on a level 73 with just a +2 bow and decent at best gear.
Last edited by mikep4567#4115 on Aug 21, 2015, 8:31:20 PM
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Hi,
Does this build benefit from physical damage jewel? What do I look for to boost damage? I only have +2 5L bow right now. I don't have empower either. Thanks |
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