[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

ah. what is your link for essence drain then?
I noticed its really hard to take down rares with caustic at the moment. Maybe this can solve the problem

Void Manipuilation + Rapid Decay + Controlled Destruction.

Nvm, thinking it over and re looking at the build, it does very well fit perfectly into the build.

As for leveling, im finding just using split arrow and caustic arrow pretty effective, as well as siege ballista, but i guess its not the hyper speed leveling people love.

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Serleth wrote:

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.

I'm a lazy person, so I'm still trying to figure out an auto-use of the Wither (and ED now you mentioned it). Tried out Frenzy + CoCS + Wither never seen it happens and then I checked to see that I only have a %6 chance of crit (and then %50 chance of cast) that's a VERY long shot (duh). So I'll continue my "quest" of finding a lazy setup to use as less buttons as possible.
Any input from your side will be much appreciated.

You might be able to get away with a Cast when Stunned - Essence Drain, but there's absolutely no way you want to trigger-cast Wither because of its nature.

Compared to Vulnerability which is just one-and-done 33% increased damage taken, Wither's potency comes from it's ability to stack bursts of 7% in short order. You just can't achieve a high enough stack value through triggers.

You may consider trying it in a spell totem, to retain your mobility rather than being stuck standing, even though the cast time is relatively low. That's about as close to autocasting it as you want to get.

So I went for a test run. This is what I did: Spell Totem + Spell Echo + Faster Casting + Wither. In terms of speed and covering the crowd it's very good. But not sure how much effective it is when it comes to damage buff. That I leave to the experts.

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Hvakhshathra wrote:

So I went for a test run. This is what I did: Spell Totem + Spell Echo + Faster Casting + Wither. In terms of speed and covering the crowd it's very good. But not sure how much effective it is when it comes to damage buff. That I leave to the experts.

a) Echo doesn't work with spells in totems
b) Wouldn't matter if it did, Echo doesn't work with Wither

Use AoE there instead.

Thank you for your kind help. It works well for me. The only downside might be the fact that you can't control the priority of your targets, but I just hit where it hits.
Edit: I meant the usage of AoE instead of SE.

Thanks again,

No prob, good luck

Essance drain for me so far is 8.5k dps with 6 charges and abyss call. 4 link is ED VD SP CD
Thx for the shadow tree build doing awesome and lvling was a joke. :) GJ!!