[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

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SpidaFly wrote:

I'm using caustic arrow -> rapid decay -> void manipulation -> conc effect -> empower lvl 3 now, and sacrificed 500 of HP to bring my dps up to 13.7k (pre-frenzy). I'm not sure that was entirely wise, but what's done is done, I'm running out of assets and can't afford a Shavronne's for a low life MF build. /shrug

Is the void manipulation a permanent replacement for increased area of effect? That's a lot of chromatic to spend on 6L to get the new coloring, so I wanted to make sure.

Right now using: CA-IAOE-CE-RD-IIR-Empower
Thanks,

A question of who is uninformed: the build name is caustic arrow, but the guide says only to use poison arrow. Why?

Thanks!

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EFazzaD wrote:

A question of who is uninformed: the build name is caustic arrow, but the guide says only to use poison arrow. Why?

Thanks!

Poison arrow was recently renamed Caustic arrow - It is only an uncorrected 'typo'

nerfed REALLY hard. was at 34K dps with full charges, now 16K.. time to sell the gear :( so sad

rapid decay much better than slower projectiles.. id substitute the two and blasphemy with vuln is pretty neat.. taking down bosses is very time consuming

hehe will still try it...

essence drain is nice for leveling instead of flameball, kinda solves the single target problem :)

Serleth,
Would you kindly recommend the skill tree for the Scion class, please?
Thanks

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EFazzaD wrote:

A question of who is uninformed: the build name is caustic arrow, but the guide says only to use poison arrow. Why?

Thanks!

I'm on the way out the door so I'll answer the other questions when I get back, but I just haven't gone through the guide and caught all the re-naming yet.

Whenever you see PA, it means CA, that's all.

Yeah sure, caustic arrow is dead, fuck it, dead build.

Oh wait, Dygnity killed Atziri in 19h15m WITH A FOUR-LINK.

:P

Build is fine.

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nerfed REALLY hard. was at 34K dps with full charges, now 16K.. time to sell the gear :( so sad

See above :P

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Faster casting, not increased duration?

Both, ideally, but FC takes priority. You want more stacks, faster, for the mobs that need to get Withered.

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Is the void manipulation a permanent replacement for increased area of effect? That's a lot of chromatic to spend on 6L to get the new coloring, so I wanted to make sure.

I'll edit the OP to clarify this.

Rapid Decay is fine, but Void Manipulation is the preference if you have the chromes spare to roll it. The reason is simple: min-maxing. Void Manipulation allows you to retain cloud duration.

Don't worry about rechroming though until you literally have too many chromes that you don't know what to do with.

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essence drain is nice for leveling instead of flameball, kinda solves the single target problem :)

Yeah I'm finding that too.

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Serleth,
Would you kindly recommend the skill tree for the Scion class, please?

It's literally no different than the Ranger build, other than you start from Scion. The pathing is identical. It gives you the option though to grab the Scion AoE nodes.

how would you sustain your hp with this?
just flasks?

Yeah,

I don't even have Vulnerability, and between CA in a +2 Bow and Essence Drain + Wither to help out with single targets, I'm not having a problem A2M.