[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

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Serleth wrote:

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xenochaos1 wrote:

but your PA vs Flame totem comaprison doesnt take in account the fact that you can get more iir-iiq on flame totem, since you can use sadima-perandus and require less gear

There's nothing stopping you from using Perandus/Sadima on PA either.

The only advantage in terms of gearing that going FT provides is that you can 1h + Stormsail for 40% extra IIR.

You can otherwise throw in the exact same combination of gear that FT can, other than Stormsail, down to IIQ and Greed's Embrace or whatever. After that it just depends on how squishy you're willing to be to make up for resistances by either pushing to Charisma/Influence (just like FT typically goes for Sovreignty/Influence) for auras, whether you're willing to drop Empower to BM your PA to aura-cap, etc. etc.

PA can do everything FT can, except cull (and even then you can set up an FT somewhere to cull bosses, if you want). It can even go low-life. I actually built an LL tree for someone in the early stages of this thread.

But the point of this guide isn't to put together a full-tilt MF spec but rather one that can comfortably solo high level maps with good MF values and sacrifice very little in the way of damage or survivability.

FT actually requires a lot more work to get the same clear speed as PA, since you need to go crit FT to match up damage-wise and you're probably only going to end up with about 3.7-4k life with FT compared to the 4.8-5k you can get with PA.

So yeah. It's been accounted for. The comparison just assumes you're going to go for a similar balance between dps, life, res, and MF.

The only time you "require less gear" for FT to achieve that balance is if you're a culler and you're getting carried dps-wise in a party. Which is implied as a culler spec.

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xenochaos1 wrote:

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Serleth wrote:

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xenochaos1 wrote:

but your PA vs Flame totem comaprison doesnt take in account the fact that you can get more iir-iiq on flame totem, since you can use sadima-perandus and require less gear

There's nothing stopping you from using Perandus/Sadima on PA either.

The only advantage in terms of gearing that going FT provides is that you can 1h + Stormsail for 40% extra IIR.

You can otherwise throw in the exact same combination of gear that FT can, other than Stormsail, down to IIQ and Greed's Embrace or whatever. After that it just depends on how squishy you're willing to be to make up for resistances by either pushing to Charisma/Influence (just like FT typically goes for Sovreignty/Influence) for auras, whether you're willing to drop Empower to BM your PA to aura-cap, etc. etc.

PA can do everything FT can, except cull (and even then you can set up an FT somewhere to cull bosses, if you want). It can even go low-life. I actually built an LL tree for someone in the early stages of this thread.

But the point of this guide isn't to put together a full-tilt MF spec but rather one that can comfortably solo high level maps with good MF values and sacrifice very little in the way of damage or survivability.

FT actually requires a lot more work to get the same clear speed as PA, since you need to go crit FT to match up damage-wise and you're probably only going to end up with about 3.7-4k life with FT compared to the 4.8-5k you can get with PA.

So yeah. It's been accounted for. The comparison just assumes you're going to go for a similar balance between dps, life, res, and MF.

The only time you "require less gear" for FT to achieve that balance is if you're a culler and you're getting carried dps-wise in a party. Which is implied as a culler spec.

well you kinda need a lot more resist from gearthan a FT build...
which is why sadima and perandus belt become a bit unavailable on your build... you need those resist from belt+glove

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xenochaos1 wrote:

well you kinda need a lot more resist from gearthan a FT build...
which is why sadima and perandus belt become a bit unavailable on your build... you need those resist from belt+glove

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Serleth wrote:

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xenochaos1 wrote:

well you kinda need a lot more resist from gearthan a FT build...
which is why sadima and perandus belt become a bit unavailable on your build... you need those resist from belt+glove

For solo play, you need the resists just as much for either setup.

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xenochaos1 wrote:

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Serleth wrote:

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xenochaos1 wrote:

well you kinda need a lot more resist from gearthan a FT build...
which is why sadima and perandus belt become a bit unavailable on your build... you need those resist from belt+glove

For solo play, you need the resists just as much for either setup.

not really since a FT build can get lots more resist from the tree
also flame totem can tank more while u sit back and never get hit