[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

Havent read the whole thread but in frist pages there are two leveling solution. Sing sparks nerfed, what do u think about leveling with Contagion+ED? Or any other good solution? Or till lvl 50 spark still ok? How do u guys gonna level it?

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omgree wrote:

Havent read the whole thread but in frist pages there are two leveling solution. Sing sparks nerfed, what do u think about leveling with Contagion+ED? Or any other good solution? Or till lvl 50 spark still ok? How do u guys gonna level it?

Probably Flame Totem plus Searing Bond plus some other skills (Ice Nova, flame trap). Might temporarily go dual flame totem. Might try bladefall, perhaps bladefall totems. Something along those lines ought to work well.

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omgree wrote:

Havent read the whole thread but in frist pages there are two leveling solution. Sing sparks nerfed

How was it nerfed? I plan to level with spark/orb, since it is noob friendly - easy to get gems. Would be the pity if this way is not viable anymore :-/

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Sutyrin wrote:

How was it nerfed?

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Spark and Vaal Spark projectiles (including those from monster Sparks) are now 20% slower. Quality on Spark and Vaal Spark is now worth 1% projectile speed per point of quality (rather than 2%). The time that Sparks must travel before they re-arm has been increased from 500ms to 1000ms. Spark projectiles now destroy themselves after travelling 150 units, which is in-line with other projectiles.

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I think until CA we still able to level with it, so if u want to level with spark u dont need anymore skill effect duration. But personally im bored of spark and gonna think to try something new to me.

I think Spark was strong in combination with Orb of Storms for leveling last league. But after OOS was nerfed, I think that Spark fell out of favor as a really good leveling skill.

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hankinsohl wrote:

But after OOS was nerfed

Seems i've missed somthing. Didnt found in manifesto and wiki. Could u please give a link?

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hankinsohl wrote:

Might temporarily go dual flame totem.

So node is far away for the skill tree of this build. Are u gonna respec alot of the points when u switch to CA?

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omgree wrote:

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hankinsohl wrote:

But after OOS was nerfed

Seems i've missed somthing. Didnt found in manifesto and wiki. Could u please give a link?

https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/48ooy9/orb_of_storms_nerfed/

Ziggy had a Youtube extolling the merit of OOS/Spark - shortly after that video came out OOS was nerfed.

Spark just seems to need too much support to be really good - duration, projectile speed, some sort of damage augmentation, plus it kind of warders around without really aiming very well unless you're face tanking - not recommended when leveling in a new league with really crappy gear, LOL. I think that pre-nerf OOS compensated for some of this by zapping stuff close to you as you rapidly cast Spark.

Personally, I like totems - with really bad gear totems can do decent DPS and you can play safe by keeping totems between you and the mobs.

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omgree wrote:

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hankinsohl wrote:

But after OOS was nerfed

Seems i've missed somthing. Didnt found in manifesto and wiki. Could u please give a link?

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hankinsohl wrote:

Might temporarily go dual flame totem.

So node is far away for the skill tree of this build. Are u gonna respec alot of the points when u switch to CA?

What could u please suggest about this? Would be the best if you share some skill tree of your vision with totems

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omgree wrote:

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omgree wrote:

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hankinsohl wrote:

But after OOS was nerfed

Seems i've missed somthing. Didnt found in manifesto and wiki. Could u please give a link?

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hankinsohl wrote:

Might temporarily go dual flame totem.

So node is far away for the skill tree of this build. Are u gonna respec alot of the points when u switch to CA?

What could u please suggest about this? Would be the best if you share some skill tree of your vision with totems

You get a bunch of respec points - so don't worry too much about going a bit (or a lot) off-path while leveling. Just don't go too super-crazy with totem support nodes.

What I do is beeline Ancestral Bond - from there I'll take totem support nodes so long as DPS seems to be lacking, but otherwise I'll try to stick to the CA skill tree. I'll prioritize life nodes usually, but won't mind taking some nodes to help out with resists if that's a problem. I've no specific skill tree in mind - I'll take whatever nodes I seem to need to level faster with the caveat that I don' want to stray ultra-far from the eventual CA tree.

Bear in mind that my approach is softcore oriented - in hard core, I'd take a bunch of life resist nodes even if that meant that I'd spend a bunch of chaos to get to CA.

And in the softcore mindset - I'll often level with really, really, really... uh... REALLY... unsuitable resists. If I seem to be getting away with bad resists... forge on. Only when resists are a BIG problem will I invest in higher resists - usually in the skill tree in a new league - but sometimes by purchasing resist gear.

Totems are really, really safe - and can do decent DPS with really crappy gear. Which is why i like totems for leveling.

I'll probably go dual totem (flame or bladefall) until - I don't konw - 80ish? - or at least until I can buy a +1/+2 bow. At that point I'll complete all the quests for respec points (I skip all these while leveling) and then respec into CA.

While taking this approach I level 6 CA gems in my weapon switch slots and another one somewhere in my active slots. If I can, I'll also level CA support gems - but those aren't a priority. Support stuff levels really fast... but, you'll want a 21/20 CA as soon as possible - leveling 7 CA gives you a decent shot at this - if you're lucky you'll get 2 and can sell the other one for beaucoup chaos.

My personal favorite in league's past for leveling is a bunch of sundry skills until you're high enough level to use dual Bladefall totems - Bladefall totems in the past have been really, really strong - I'll probably go this route in Prophecy.

Indeed, in Prophecy, Spell Totems got a buff - so dual Bladefall Totems should be even stronger next league.

Thanks alot, gonna looking forward for totem builds, anyway its gonna take some time to get bow +3, empower 4 and 21 CA.