[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

I just might be the dumbest PoE player of ALL time. Decided to try out this build as I had a couple exalts to toss into a bow. Leveled up...switched over to CA around lvl 60 using this bow. Leveling real slow...dmg super subpar.



At level 71 moved over to this bow and noticed zero increase in my dmg...I was getting super frustrated leeching dried lakes and wondering why my damage was horrible.



I could barely clear Tier 1/2 maps....and those were awful. I started experimenting with gems to see if there was a temp fix...come to find out....I had a no linked CA socketed in my chest linked to my skill bar (self found master craft don't laugh ;))



Put the correct CA on my Skill bar and dmg raised from 1500ish to around 6500. It's a start. My gear is trash tier still, but wanted to vent a bit about my stupidity :) Thanks for the build!

@crzy

Don't worry.

When I first started playing years ago, I put Freezing Pulse in my wand and faster casting in my chest and wondered why nothing was changing.

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Gryphyn wrote:

... and changed 2% phys reduction to 55%.

this is never really accurate, meaning the number in your character stats. Same goes for evasion. If you look at this in Act 1 normal it differs from act 3 cruel and your hideout. Load up a higher tier and look at it again, and even then it's just a barebone of a value. There won't be a 55% reduction of phys dmg from a map boss melee attack. that's the way armor works, small hits = good mitigation, bigger hits = bad mitigation, huge hits = barely any mitigation.

Grats Chrono on 32/32! Very nice and with months to spare.

Grats also to Serleth on 28/32.

Good job guys!

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hankinsohl wrote:

Grats Chrono on 32/32! Very nice and with months to spare.

Grats also to Serleth on 28/32.

Good job guys!

Thanks =)

Taking a break over in Grim Dawn for now, might not do 32/32 this league. We'll see.

Will only take me about 3 days of farming to do it, and I have two months to go. So, no rush.

TY hank! Wouldn't be possible without Serleth here, but I need a break now from PoE. You're at 28 yourself quite soon too, I see! How is Bladefall totem MF? and that 6L Quill is ofcourse nothing to hide hehe^^

I just hope that we don't get fixed nerfed for 2.2 aka Ascendancy, else the search for another kind of MF begins again!

Ser what are you missing for 32? I got quite a few pieces that might boost you, if your time is limited (or you play Grim Dawn too much by accident ^^)

Appolagies if its been listed before, but I didn't want to read through 267 pages, and I didn't see it in the FAQ.

Why not use Perandus blazon?

What stats do you aim for on jewels?

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Starlight85 wrote:

Appolagies if its been listed before, but I didn't want to read through 267 pages, and I didn't see it in the FAQ.

Why not use Perandus blazon?

What stats do you aim for on jewels?

S'all good buddy.

No perandus because resistances are next to impossible to get capped without a tri res belt. You would have to sacrifice a damage roll on your jewels to get it done, and this build is about balancing dps, survival, and MF.

8% quant isn't worth the effort it would take to get functional. Running that belt and keeping res capped while maintaining 4.8k+ life and similar damage would REQUIRE level 100.

As for the rolls on jewels

Life, resistance, damage rolls. Resistance will be your priority, most likely. Damage that impacts this build: DoT, Chaos, Projectile, Area, Global.

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Chronodroid wrote:

Ser what are you missing for 32? I got quite a few pieces that might boost you, if your time is limited (or you play Grim Dawn too much by accident ^^)

Unid rigwald (Command, Savagery), Zana 8, id the new uniques, and one of the T2 Tali bosses.

Looking at about 7ex for Riggy, and another 5 or so for the new uniques. Need the expensive ones still (Repentance, Aylardex, Allure, Hezmanas).

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Chronodroid wrote:

How is Bladefall totem MF? and that 6L Quill is of course nothing to hide hehe^^

Bladefall MF is good, but not as good as CA. The drawbacks to BF MF are:
* You lose quite a lot of DPS by using an Item Rarity gem in your 6-link. With 21 Bladefall this would be acceptable, but right now I've only got a 19 BF, so I've opted not to use Item Rarity in my 6-link for now.

* It's much more of a pain to get resistances capped and run MF than CA, until you can 6-link an Astral Plate or some such nice chest armor. I'm using a Tabula Rasa now so my skill tree is a bit messed up, taking all sorts of resist nodes and my jewels are dedicated to resistances.

But Bladefall is really OP otherwise. I'm going to be farming high level maps for the 80 Rigwald kill and dropping most of my magic find - just concentrating on maintaining the map pool and probably getting a few more levels on my BF character. I'm probably going to go Righteous Fire (60% more damage eventually) and I'll be using a pair of Repentance gloves (gives you Iron Will so you basically are running a 7-link at that point). At that point, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to do all the content required for the challenges with my Bladefall character.

Just don't expect Bladefall to keep its current power level for Ascendency.