[outdated]King of the Forest: Poison LA ReachZerker 7kLife 250MS

How much damage das a bow need to outscale a ~270dps reach?

Would this build still be decent for solo running alone as a first character?

Hey! build seems fun i might reroll to this if i manage to get reach.

do you recommend going for marauder or assassin? i really like that marauder is non crit

and has lot of HP but im wondering if marauder is still viable after frostwall nerf.

im currently playing ratnest4.5khpLA so i would like to get some tankiness.

Can u tell us what ur ascendent point for assasin?

what is the tool tip damage supposed to be

Is lighting coil a good option ?

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cmphx wrote:

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muclemente wrote:

Do you think the new Slivertongue bow can be usable with this Assassin build?
Or the Reach is simply too good to be replaced by anything? :)

I think Slivertongue is a very good bow, one of the best choices actually, but only for this special case here:

Spoiler

trololo. No seriously, Reach is still the BIS best best bow for this build, I think even better than a mirrored bow for barrage

hahahahah I agree, that skin is so OP! :D

I'm curious about the 5L priority. I've checked out your character profile and it appears that Increased Critical Strikes has a higher priority than Void Manipulation (at least for assassin!)

I'm 72 and clearing T11 maps with ease with just a 4L LA haha.

I'm testing out some CoH setups + Witchfire Brew since I'm a little too lazy to keep Vall Haste up. :x
(ignore Tornado Shot gem, the last map I did was ele reflect)




Since I left the Marauder section of the passive to be the last one, I'm struggling with STR and a little bit of INT to use the skill gems, so my Jewelry is pretty shitty to compensate that:



I guess the next struggle is to get (at least) 20/20 gems and some nice Jewels in passive tree. I'm broke due to RotC :(

So far it's the strongest build I've ever done I guess. Really liking it so far and I didn't even got my last ascendancy points. :)


Thanks!

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Rise15 wrote:

Is lighting coil a good option ?

I think LIghtning Coil will make you struggle a lot with your resistances since we're using a unique helmet, bow, quiver and gloves.
Also the movement speed bonus from Queen of the Forest + Grace aura is really good. With some + %Evasion flasks and a quicksilver you're flying through stuff

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joscha wrote:

How much damage das a bow need to outscale a ~270dps reach?

A 5L reach is like a 360pdps 6L rare bow. However, reach will also deal 31% more damage over time with skills that usually are linked to GMP.

And reach does 100% more damage when used with barrage. Reach is therefore better than any mirrored bow for skills like barrage or lightning arrow

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Haddadadingo wrote:

Would this build still be decent for solo running alone as a first character?

yes

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Spedetius wrote:

Hey! build seems fun i might reroll to this if i manage to get reach.

do you recommend going for marauder or assassin? i really like that marauder is non crit

and has lot of HP but im wondering if marauder is still viable after frostwall nerf.

im currently playing ratnest4.5khpLA so i would like to get some tankiness.

Marauder is still 100% viable. It is easier to play than assassin and has almost no weaknesses. Assassin however has a bit better end-game scaling of damage, but it is harder to do and costs alot more, so if you want to try out the build i recommend going marauder.

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Rise15 wrote:

Can u tell us what ur ascendent point for assasin?

check my profile, character name is SneakySpinoza ( i took deadly infusion and Toxic delivery)

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varianceeee wrote:

what is the tool tip damage supposed to be

I've posted stat screenshots in the first page. A tooltip of around 20.000 Lightning arrow in hideout with golem is supposed to be end-game-ish. 10k is very good, 15k is enough for red maps.

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Rise15 wrote:

Is lighting coil a good option ?

yes it is very good. but it will be very hard to cap resistances with it. if you can do it, sure you can use it. But as the guy above wrote, queen is also very good for the movespeed, evasion, life and resist it gives.

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muclemente wrote:

hahahahah I agree, that skin is so OP! :D

I'm curious about the 5L priority. I've checked out your character profile and it appears that Increased Critical Strikes has a higher priority than Void Manipulation (at least for assassin!)

I'm 72 and clearing T11 maps with ease with just a 4L LA haha.

I'm testing out some CoH setups + Witchfire Brew since I'm a little too lazy to keep Vall Haste up. :x
(ignore Tornado Shot gem, the last map I did was ele reflect)

Spoiler

Since I left the Marauder section of the passive to be the last one, I'm struggling with STR and a little bit of INT to use the skill gems, so my Jewelry is pretty shitty to compensate that:

Spoiler

I guess the next struggle is to get (at least) 20/20 gems and some nice Jewels in passive tree. I'm broke due to RotC :(

So far it's the strongest build I've ever done I guess. Really liking it so far and I didn't even got my last ascendancy points. :)


Thanks!

For any version (assassin or deadeye or Berserker) added chaos has highest priority. if you dont use it, you will lose 50% of your damage.

If you use reach as an assassin, it should be like this for both skills:

Barrage/Lightning arrow - added chaos - pierce - crit.strikes - slower - void



In order for you guys to not get confused, I'll start a guide in the shadow forums for the assassin version. It will be a work-in-progress for quite a while, since I still havent tested the build vs Phoenix and Shaper.


Edit: Link for the Assassin guide version here:

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1738625

Please keep questions here only about the marauder versions, and post your gear/experiences/questions with assassin in the other thread. thanks guys and have fun!