Mathil's Voltaxic Crit LA/Blast Rain - Cruise control the entire game. Uber Atziri Viable 2.2 ready
" I would drop Maligaro's for a nice rare glove. I think Maligaro's are only worth it once you can make up the life/res deficiencies with the rest of your gear. If you find a solid rare with life/res and either Lightning damage or attack speed (or both), you'll be in a much better place to start. Definitely get a Rat's Nest. Amazing helm. Don't worry about the enhancement. This build is plenty powerful for 95% of the game content without it. If you can keep your life close to 4000, you'll be good for, again, 95% of the game content. Getting to 4500+ is awesome for difficult bosses and high tier maps, but otherwise, ~4000 is a solid number. Blast Rain is going to show a low DPS number because it doesn't factor in the Poison gem, which does a LOT of damage. For Lightning Arrow, drop Faster Attacks. Totally unnecessary. It might make the DPS number bigger, but it's not very effective when you factor in chaining plus the innate +3 mobs LA hits. Put a Void Manipulation in that spot and you'll get a really nice LA DPS boost. Also, this build works almost like a spell-caster build, in the fact that the higher level your Added Lightning and Wrath gems are, the more base-DPS you are adding. The base DPS gets multiplied by all the crit/multi/AS/etc. I don't know what your budget is, but otherwise it's just making small improvements on your gear. It's not tough to find decent gear if you're patient and know what to look for. The ONLY thing on my Ranger that I paid an Ex for was my amulet (and the bow of course). Everything else was sub-Ex price in Chaos. My adivce is to focus less on getting really high rolls like Daimer has, and go for solid all-around gear. That ring isn't amazing, but it has everything I wanted. Nice Int roll, Lightning and Elemental damage (not huge numbers, but it still counts to the overall DPS), life, and a free suffix to roll Resistance/Strength as necessary. It's not god-tier level stuff like Daimer's, but it's very effective for the majority of game content. Especially when the next level upgrade is going to cost 10x the price. " I was running the build with only the +1 from Deadeye and replaced Chain with ICS. With proper gear, the +1 Chain is plenty for most of the game content. " I would focus more on WED. If you can find a ring with WED and an open Prefix, you can craft flat lightning, and generally in a better roll than you would find rolled naturally. Last edited by nEgativezEro89#1596 on Mar 26, 2016, 2:00:48 PM
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Well, the Lab was very kind to me last night.
Rolled all 3 of those in 4 runs. (Naturally, after many, many fails on the helm). I like Decree of Reflection on the gloves. Most of the offensive options don't really fit in all that well with the build, but the decoy makes for a nice distraction in tight situations. Another clone to mix in with Blink/Mirror versions. |
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" Very well; I'll drop the Maligaro's and focus on life and resistance. (I actually picked it up last night at a bargain; I suppose I'll keep it in storage for the time being.) I'll look around. I've used a Rat's Nest in the past, but that was long before enchantments were incorporated in the game, so I know what you mean. I suppose I could keep grinding Merc lab until I get the enchantment. I'll swap Faster Attacks for Void Manipulation then, in the Lightning Arrow link. What should I drop for Poison in the Blast Rain link? So you suggest I find rings with Added Lightning, WED, life, and empty slots for crafting. I suppose I could look around. In your opinion, how much should I spend on each piece of gear (that needs changing; besides Rat's Nest)? Could you give a reasonable budget? And, what else should I change besides the helmet? It's obviously unreasonable to try to get godlike gear like Damier has, but I also don't know how much I should be spending. Lastly, when should I bother grabbing quality gems? They cost around 20-25c a piece for +20%. |
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" I went with the Scion over the Ranger personally because i wanted the Life Leech from Berserker and the crit chance from Assassin is great for Voltaxic as well. The Chain you get by going for the Ranger Ascendancy primarily buffs your LA damage which is already more than enough in a 6L setup (even on a 5L to be honest) so in my opinion focusing on buffing your single target skill aka Blast Rain is more important, especially if you want to kill Uber-Atziri. |
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" - Definitely hold on to Maligaro's. If you can eventually get good life/resists with the rest of your gear, they are definitely a big DPS boost. - From what I see, you already have Poison in your BR links. You just have to be aware that it won't change your tooltip DPS, even though it will show a huge in-game boost to damage. - I wouldn't look for rings with both WED and flat Light as a requirement, as it tends to drive up the price. As a start I would look for WED or Flat Light, at least 1 resistance if not 2, and Int. You need Int to make the most of your blue gems. If you have an open prefix slot, you can craft up to 4-39 flat Light, which is a really strong number, and probably much better than what you'd otherwise pay for with a natural roll. Price, of course is variable and subject to your wealth and how patient you're willing to be. I generally look between 1 and 30 Chaos, though I set my poe.trade search for max buyout of 1 or 2 ex, in case there's a no-brainer item for that cost. There's a lot of luck and timing involved of course, but with a keen eye you can grab deals. I think I only paid 5c for these gloves. Nice AS roll, 2 solid resits, high life, and high evasion. I'm pretty close to the point of being able to swap to Maligaro's if I can squeeze out some resists on another piece of gear. This belt was somewhere in the 10-15 range I think. Solid but not amazing Ele Damage roll. STR for gem requirements (I'm running Warlord's instead of Assassin's at the moment), lots of Life, 1 strong res roll and an open slot for a second res. These were the biggest steal. Movement speed, tri-res with crafting, high life, and good evasion since the base is Slink Boots. If you're willing to be creative in your searches, you can find some great gear. Plus if you keep the budget lighter, it makes it easier to change recently acquired pieces to fit around other gear. - I generally level my gems to 20 and use the vendor recipe (lvl 20 gem + 1 GCP = lvl 1 q20 gem of the same). It's really easy to get a gem to to around 15 quickly. Keep in my you can also level gems in your offhand weapon slots. You can level back-up gems of the ones you want to add quality, so for example you level an Added Lightning in your mainhand as well as the secondary slot. Once you hit 20, you do the recipe and get Q20. Switch to the off-hand gem so you keep the main damage as you level the now Q20 gem. Alternatively, for gems like Weapon Elemental, or Void Manip, or GMP, I just do the recipe and eat the DPS loss while the gem revels. If you don't do them all that the same time, it's not too tough to drop a couple k DPS for a short time period. Unless you have plenty of chaos at your disposal, I'd skip buying leveled or quality gems. |
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@nEgativezEro89: Yeah, it seems like you got really lucky with your purchases. I've spent days and days searching, but there's never something reasonable (I assume others are nabbing the deals quicker than I find them).
So for the rings, I should set the requirements to WED, Life, at least one Res, and Int, and then see what I get for sub-30 Chaos. Very well, I'll start there. For the gloves, I assume I should search for the usual high life and at least dual res. And as you mentioned before, either attack speed or flat lightning damage. As for the belt, you want me to find at least life and WED, with one res? I assume it's easier to just craft an extra resistance onto it. My belt's somewhat underwhelming, so I guess I'll search around for a better one. The boots I have are actually similar to yours, subtract the tri-res. The evasion's somewhat low, though. Most of the gear I purchase is always below market value, so I can always resell them for a premium (if it gets sold, of course). If you were to look at my gear once more, which ones would you say are due for an upgrade (i.e. don't have reasonable rolls and could still be improved)?
My Gear
Helmet omitted since it's going to be a Rat's Nest, and gloves are still TBD.
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" Hey there! I faceroll close to any Map (including T15s) _except_ Core Malachai. Primarely he wrecks me with the traps he drops. I took him down to the third heart so far on a map with 3 damage mods. Still his traps and his small projectile throw attack are just 1shots most of the time with 2 or more damage mods applied. Uber is mostly deathless, i had some bad runs where it took me 3-4 Portals, but i made some super sloppy mistakes there - and as it comes - in succession. |
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" Your focus should be: More life on the belt, Quadfecta Quiver and more importantly : Tri or Quadfecta amulet! Amulets are one of the bigger DPS providers of this build, so you should utilize them as such. |
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" Sorry if this sounds newbish, but what does "trifecta" or "quadfecta" mean, in regards to PoE? (I know what they are for horse racing, but I don't understand its context in a video game :P.) Do you mean the life + dual or tri-res combo? I will search around and upgrade my belt, quiver, and amulet :)! Last edited by Nitorita#3128 on Mar 26, 2016, 7:47:27 PM
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" I know you posted it yet can you confirm that it is possible to get 25% BR damage on helm. I have run a lot and just want to make sure before continuing. Thanks. |
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