[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

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Piercing: Piercing Caustic Arrow Projectiles will cause additional clouds each time they hit and will receive the chaos damage bonus any time they impact an enemy, but multiple overlapping clouds will not cause additional debuffs.

The Above quote is explaining that every time a Caustic Arrow hits an enemy a cloud is created. A cloud is also created if the arrow pierces an enemy. This means with high pierce chance a single arrow can create more than one cloud. While cloud damage does not overlap, this mechanic provides additional clear speed by increasing the area of the cloud damage.

How does this damage scale?
- Cloud damage scales by gem level, area damage, projectile damage, damage, chaos damage, and damage over time effects.

Damage only apply to the arrow not to cloud?
- Because this build does not scale the initial hit, only the cloud damage, the above methods to scale damage is for the cloud damage.

Each time it will pierce dmg will scale more and more?
- No, the clouds do not overlap for more damage.

How does arrow dmg calculate (not cloud)?
- I think the hit is based on the phys damage of the bow, but again this build only scales the cloud, and not the initial hit. Someone with more knowledge on the hit mechanics of this skill should answer this.

Is its rly worth having additional arrow?
- Yes. More coverage = faster clear speed = more things dying = more items = more currency.

For phys dmg bonus CA should be insert only in weapon?
- This build does not care about the phys damage. The reason it is in the weapon, is for the +3 to bow gems, as the cloud damage scales from gem levels.


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Sutyrin wrote:

Sorry for the noob question, but you all mention dual totems. What do you mean? IIRC, two totems are available only if you take Ancestral Bond keystone, which is way too far from our skill path. Is there some other way to use 2 totems at once?

There are a couple options outside of the Ancestral Bond skill.

- Templar class / Heirophant ascendancy / Ritual of Awakening
- Soul Mantle chestpiece

Use both and you could have 4 totems active at any time. Needs a lot of curse removal flasks, though!

What this typically means though for levelling builds is Searing Bond, which allows you to place an additional totem inherently in the skill. Whether you double up on Searings, or use Searing / F.Totem.

Grimjack, Serleth thanks for the explanation!
I think that I will try Serleth's way: Frostbolt + backup skills. New skill shouldn't be too underpowered, right? :-D

That was basically my thought, too =D

For those of you who've played WoW, this is how I'll level :-).

Patch notes out.

No further changes to CA.

We're good to go, pretty much. Too tired, will update tree later with some version, either offline planner or ExileCraft or something, tomorrow.

Great guide serleth, just had a question, since we are taking acrobatics shouldn't we focus on getting purely evasion gear to get the most out of it? wouldnt that be better than hybrid gear?
thanks

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Gamer919 wrote:

Great guide serleth, just had a question, since we are taking acrobatics shouldn't we focus on getting purely evasion gear to get the most out of it? wouldnt that be better than hybrid gear?
thanks

Hi there, yes, we are looking for Evasion gear, on helmet and gloves that is, as stated in the guide. For chest Carcass Jack is the go-to piece, if you can't get it get any good life + resists chest that (ideally) has some Evasion, but at the beginning of a temp league you're usually a bit restricted to anything half-decent that you can find.

The rest of the gear is unique for MF or cannot roll Evasion on it.