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

So far at level 53, absolutely loving the build and leveling has been a BLAST, really fast too!

The only thing I find weird is that you list Split Arrow as way worse than LA, however with Split Arrow I get a lot more damage and I can leech well.

With Lightning Arrow I lose damage (because of GMP) and lose a lot of leeching potential because of less physical damage.

How do you deal with this?

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Wallwalker22 wrote:

So far at level 53, absolutely loving the build and leveling has been a BLAST, really fast too!

The only thing I find weird is that you list Split Arrow as way worse than LA, however with Split Arrow I get a lot more damage and I can leech well.

With Lightning Arrow I lose damage (because of GMP) and lose a lot of leeching potential because of less physical damage.

How do you deal with this?

Not really a theorycrafting maven, but I think the build can function quite well with just about any arrow skill, with the possible exception of poison arrow. It's really just a matter of taste.

The major advantage to Lighting Arrow is clear speed. Personally, I go for frenzy as my single target and my multi-target. I lose some damage and clear speed, but shooting into a group means I've got frenzy charges up. Also, I don't have to mess with Blood Rage, which never fails to annoy me. (It always seems to take half my life, then expire right when I need the frenzy charges.)

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AedwyneofFolkstone wrote:

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Wallwalker22 wrote:

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Not really a theorycrafting maven, but I think the build can function quite well with just about any arrow skill, with the possible exception of poison arrow. It's really just a matter of taste.

The major advantage to Lighting Arrow is clear speed. Personally, I go for frenzy as my single target and my multi-target. I lose some damage and clear speed, but shooting into a group means I've got frenzy charges up. Also, I don't have to mess with Blood Rage, which never fails to annoy me. (It always seems to take half my life, then expire right when I need the frenzy charges.)

So, what do you recommend using as a 6L on Lightning Arrow?

So far I have: Lightning Arrow - Pierce - GMP - Physical Proj. Attack -

What 2 links would be best to fit in that slot?

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Wallwalker22 wrote:

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AedwyneofFolkstone wrote:

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Wallwalker22 wrote:

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Not really a theorycrafting maven, but I think the build can function quite well with just about any arrow skill, with the possible exception of poison arrow. It's really just a matter of taste.

The major advantage to Lighting Arrow is clear speed. Personally, I go for frenzy as my single target and my multi-target. I lose some damage and clear speed, but shooting into a group means I've got frenzy charges up. Also, I don't have to mess with Blood Rage, which never fails to annoy me. (It always seems to take half my life, then expire right when I need the frenzy charges.)

So, what do you recommend using as a 6L on Lightning Arrow?

So far I have: Lightning Arrow - Pierce - GMP - Physical Proj. Attack -

What 2 links would be best to fit in that slot?

Definitely WED for your 5th slot. Also, you should consider using chain instead of pierce.

I haven't had to worry about having a 6th slot. I would probably use something to shore up whatever I considered my biggest weakness:

Life gain on Hit for survivability
Mana leach for sustainability
Increased critical strikes/added fire damage/added chaos damage for more dps.

Using a Drillneck and thus going for more Pierce chance to gain more damage, Chain would be bad for my build.

Pierce is by far the biggest increase in DPS to lightning Arrow regardless of whether you are using Drillneck or not. The reason for this is, every monster/mob that your arrow pierces up to 3 other monsters get hit with the same damage. If you pierce 3 monsters in a pack that is potentially 12 hits.

Chain is good for lightning arrow but limits the number of tertiary hits to a max of 12 per arrow. It also has a negative damage multiplier and is expensive on mana.

Peirce has limited used for other arrow types other than Lightning Arrow, unless of course you are using Drillneck.

Chain is great for basically every arrow type, it means you hit far more mobs and can double or triple hit a single mob depending on where your arrows chain.

Level 73 now, sitting at 14.4k LA dps without charges and 33K Frenzy without charges.
21.9k LA with 6 Frenzy charges and 61.3K Frenzy with 6 Frenzy charges.
48,81 crit chance with Ice Golem.
My current gear:

Loving this build.

How much DPS do you recommend having for Atziri?
What's your life at?

At the Lv70 tree you also have the Node 'Cloth and Chain'
Do you spec out of this? Because they're not in the Lv80 or Lv90 full crit tree.

I have just posted up a Poor Man's Guide to CoC for those who are interested.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1459132

Was that ammy the only thing making it so you didn't have mana issues with Hatred and Herald active?

Great guide. Very entertaining read. You should write more guides IMO.