[2.2 Video Guide] Grocery's Fortified Caustic Arrow Duelist! HC Viable!

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KasperBN wrote:

Stupid noobie question, how would you craft a +1 , +2 bow as buying it as 2+ exalts?

Look at this thread, nicely explained there: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/3hm845/

Short Answer: You buy a 5l or 6l white bow (5l bows are really cheap, like 1 chaos cheap) 6l will be more expensive starting at around 2-3 ex in PHC. Also very important note it must be at least ilvl 64!

After you got your white bow, you transmute it, then alt it until you got +2 to bow gems.
Getting the +1 and +2 is another process elaborated more in the reddit thread i linked above.

Hope i could help

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Grocery wrote:

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Rhanoss wrote:

What are your thoughts on Spell Totem + Wither compared to an Essence Drain setup?

I'm trying to decide between those two

I am not sure yet. Haven't played with ED. I like Wither, it is nice for bosses and that's all I use it for atm.

I tried out ED a little bit, but it feels very gimmicky.. guess i rather keep using wither :)


edit: Guess Soul Siphon should suffice for mana regen :)

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Grocery wrote:

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KasperBN wrote:

Do you run the Vaal Trap setup because you feel an enduring cry and immortals call setup is unecessary on HC with the amount of survivability we already have, or what is the reasoning?

Great guide by the way, just switched over to CA and going abit slow (level 55), but starting to pick up speed already, love it!

I thought I updated that, guess not!

Here is my current setup of gems. I don't have the setup on Perandus yet, but this is the goal.

You don't need clarity?

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patseo502 wrote:

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Grocery wrote:

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KasperBN wrote:

Do you run the Vaal Trap setup because you feel an enduring cry and immortals call setup is unecessary on HC with the amount of survivability we already have, or what is the reasoning?

Great guide by the way, just switched over to CA and going abit slow (level 55), but starting to pick up speed already, love it!

I thought I updated that, guess not!

Here is my current setup of gems. I don't have the setup on Perandus yet, but this is the goal.

You don't need clarity?

I do and I don't. On Shadow, absolutely not.

On Duelist, kind of. As a duelist not trying to MF, like this build, I would get mana/regen on a ring or two. Clarity is not that great, but is useful if you don't have mana gear.

I have like 180 int on my current duelist due to gear and I don't find it necessary.

Mana per kill is huge.

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Rhanoss wrote:

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KasperBN wrote:

Stupid noobie question, how would you craft a +1 , +2 bow as buying it as 2+ exalts?

Look at this thread, nicely explained there: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/3hm845/

Short Answer: You buy a 5l or 6l white bow (5l bows are really cheap, like 1 chaos cheap) 6l will be more expensive starting at around 2-3 ex in PHC. Also very important note it must be at least ilvl 64!

After you got your white bow, you transmute it, then alt it until you got +2 to bow gems.
Getting the +1 and +2 is another process elaborated more in the reddit thread i linked above.

Hope i could help

Yupp :)

Thanks for helping out!

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Rhanoss wrote:

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KasperBN wrote:

Stupid noobie question, how would you craft a +1 , +2 bow as buying it as 2+ exalts?

Look at this thread, nicely explained there: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/3hm845/

Short Answer: You buy a 5l or 6l white bow (5l bows are really cheap, like 1 chaos cheap) 6l will be more expensive starting at around 2-3 ex in PHC. Also very important note it must be at least ilvl 64!

After you got your white bow, you transmute it, then alt it until you got +2 to bow gems.
Getting the +1 and +2 is another process elaborated more in the reddit thread i linked above.

Hope i could help

This helps an awful lot thank you! When would you recommend going for this procedure?

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KasperBN wrote:

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Rhanoss wrote:

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KasperBN wrote:

Stupid noobie question, how would you craft a +1 , +2 bow as buying it as 2+ exalts?

Look at this thread, nicely explained there: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/3hm845/

Short Answer: You buy a 5l or 6l white bow (5l bows are really cheap, like 1 chaos cheap) 6l will be more expensive starting at around 2-3 ex in PHC. Also very important note it must be at least ilvl 64!

After you got your white bow, you transmute it, then alt it until you got +2 to bow gems.
Getting the +1 and +2 is another process elaborated more in the reddit thread i linked above.

Hope i could help

This helps an awful lot thank you! When would you recommend going for this procedure?

You're very welcome! I'd recommend it around lvl 60, for the following reason:

At lvl 56 you can start using the Thicket Bow, with 1.5 ats it's the highest you can get. Buy a cheap 5l white bow for 1c (Perandus HC prices), then transmute & alt until you get something like this for example

Note: you want +2 to socketed bow gems, the other stat on this bow is not recommended. I'd rather advise fishing for a resistance, or attack speed maybe.

Also i cannot stress this enough: ilvl MUST be at least 64 or more. Otherwise you won't be able to roll +2 bow gems and your 5l is wasted. (Good thing you can search for ilvl as well on poe.trade)

With a 5l bow and around lvl 60 you can start using CA and are totally ready for merciless! :)
Note: Don't forget to put your CA and support gems in your gear somewhere to level them along the way, as you won't deal any dmg if you put lvl 1 gems in your 5l :P

For me personally the moment i switchted to CA was when i reached Act 1 Merciless, that's when you're usually around lvl 60.

Got a decent helm enchant for AA. Could be worse!

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Grocery wrote:

Got a decent helm enchant for AA. Could be worse!

Pretty decent i would say!



Is not bad either i would say, but the boots are not too good so I'm gonna replace it soon anyways.

I'd also like to run without clarity, but AA instead. So you're saying " Soul Siphon " + mana regen on 1-2 items should be good?

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Rhanoss wrote:

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Grocery wrote:

Got a decent helm enchant for AA. Could be worse!

Pretty decent i would say!

Is not bad either i would say, but the boots are not too good so I'm gonna replace it soon anyways.

I'd also like to run without clarity, but AA instead. So you're saying " Soul Siphon " + mana regen on 1-2 items should be good?

Yea that should be good.