[2.2] Poor Mans Guide to Bows - 114K DPS and Atziri on a 5L

What u think of my latest LA jewels? One pure DPS, the other DPS + resists + mana reg. Super happy with them, many burned yolo exalts required :D




Great build btw! Level 90 and going strong.

You said "I use jewels to ... provide me with additional chance to pierce. I can reach 93% chance to pierce without having to use the pierce nodes on the tree. This saves you a valuable 4 skill points."

Jewel gives u 15%, and 10% from the quiver. How do you get all the chance to pierce ???

Nice build. Have you considered using surgebinders if you don't have maligaro ?

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mirage2k640 wrote:

Nice build. Have you considered using surgebinders if you don't have maligaro ?

If you dont have Maligaro, you use Facebreakers.

Surgebinders are good only for bow build, that invests into Endurance charges as well Frenzy charges. If you want, i can provide you with that build, which can make good use of Surgebinders.

Started this today. My first NON witch build. Will keep ya updated how I like it.

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MasterHowii wrote:

You said "I use jewels to ... provide me with additional chance to pierce. I can reach 93% chance to pierce without having to use the pierce nodes on the tree. This saves you a valuable 4 skill points."

Jewel gives u 15%, and 10% from the quiver. How do you get all the chance to pierce ???

So Poachers Aim Jewel gives you 15% pierce, and any Piercing Quiver, not just drillneck, will give you 10% change to pierce. 25% chance to pierce without having to invest in the tree nodes.

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mirage2k640 wrote:

Nice build. Have you considered using surgebinders if you don't have maligaro ?

Surge Binders are not bad if you can spare the resist, 3 endurance charges from Daresso's for free, +7 frenzy charges is a solid ammount of increased damage.

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MortalKombat3 wrote:

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mirage2k640 wrote:

Nice build. Have you considered using surgebinders if you don't have maligaro ?

If you dont have Maligaro, you use Facebreakers.

Surgebinders are good only for bow build, that invests into Endurance charges as well Frenzy charges. If you want, i can provide you with that build, which can make good use of Surgebinders.

Yeah this build is not optimized for SurgeBinders, but they are still a solid damage increase.

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Xexist wrote:

Started this today. My first NON witch build. Will keep ya updated how I like it.

How are you finding it now you have played a few days?

I am Lvl59 in Merciless Act 1 with this build and it's enyoyable.

I do not have enough fusings to 5L both Darresso's and Lioneyes in one go using Vorici so I'll start with Darresso's as its lvl requirement is lower and the endurance charges/IC combo should boost survivalability. Until I replenish my stock of fusings, I'll use Lioneyes in a 4L.

I'm using Blood dance, was considering darkray but I think I'll stick with Blood dance to get those frenzy charges up more often than just thanks to CWDT-Blood Rage combo. I'm keeping the CWDT at Lvl10 and IC Lvl12. I also use Rat's nest (dropped a long time ago so I'm glad I'm finally putting it to some good use)

I'm going for defensive nodes first (Life, EVA/Armour), then frenzy charges and some of the crit chance nodes. My crit chance is only 20% so far with an ice golem and dps is not that great (I haven't picked up the deadly draw & heavy draw nodes yet). But somehow my clear speed remains not bad and I only died to Malachai Cruel (probably would have survived him with the Darresso's).

I do run out of mana sometimes for short durations (only took the Primal Spirit and Spirit Void nodes as advised), but so far this issue has remained manageable. I've cradted some mana leech into my gloves to help a bit. When I move to the Lioneye's with 5L, the faster APS may be an issue, but I'll get a flat mana boost from the bow as well so we'll see. Worse case I'll try to buy some jewels with either reduced mana cost of skills, mana regen or mana leech.

Overall I like the build for its simplicity, affordability and also the fact that you can deviate from it somewhat while still keeping the same core mechanics. In the end-game, I like the fact that you still have room for improvement, for example by trying to get an Harbinger bow superior to the already good Lioneye's.

How about exchanging Chain to Pierce in the Lightning Arrow setup if you have a Drillneck? Wouldn't that give me an extremely big damage boost?
Besides this, please make more guides as awesome as this one. Beginner friendly with very clear upgrades for higher budgets.

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Wallwalker22 wrote:

How about exchanging Chain to Pierce in the Lightning Arrow setup if you have a Drillneck? Wouldn't that give me an extremely big damage boost?
Besides this, please make more guides as awesome as this one. Beginner friendly with very clear upgrades for higher budgets.

It's OK. Pierce itself is just worse than Chain, but not with Drillneck.

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MortalKombat3 wrote:

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Wallwalker22 wrote:

How about exchanging Chain to Pierce in the Lightning Arrow setup if you have a Drillneck? Wouldn't that give me an extremely big damage boost?
Besides this, please make more guides as awesome as this one. Beginner friendly with very clear upgrades for higher budgets.

It's OK. Pierce itself is just worse than Chain, but not with Drillneck.

Pierce is better than chain for LA.