Shadow - [3.12] Hasunic's Toxic Rain / Caustic Arrow Trickster | Leaguestarter | Ailment Immunity

" limro wrote: First of all thank you for the guide, would not have thought that I'd enjoy a bow build that much (or at all). Since I am new to the bow skills, I had a few gameplay/skill related questions, that I hope a kind expert might be able to answer: 1) On the whole when/if to use both TR and CA: While my TR is admittedly still on a 4 link chest and therefore lacking some damage when compared to the 5l, +2 bow CA, I don't understand how/why people would be using TR for map clearing, since it seems to be clearing way slower than CA (and with way less area when using CA+Arrow Nova), requiring constant backtracking. Is this an accepted downside of only needing one damage skill for everything, or am I missing something in my understanding of the skill or its damage scaling? 2) With regards to CA, I followed the suggestion of using Arrow Nova and a pierce quiver, and don't understand why one would go back to pierce support instead, when arrow nova covers the whole screen with basically one shot, compared to the "if my shot lines up perfectly, I can pierce 5 monsters and create the zones in a line"-playstyle of pierce support? Is the damage loss that significant when it's mainly used for map clearing? 3) Am I correct in assuming that multiple overlapping CA ground zones do not stack dot damage, unlike multiple overlapping TR pods (is that why TR is used for bossing?)? Also, how does one get the boss to stay in the dot zones, since they don't seem to be affected by TR's slow? It's a difficult question to answer. Some people like one playstyle and some people like the other. Caustic Arrow is just a good middle range skill and it quickly kills packs because it has instant 'semi-high' dps and larger AoE with a couple of extra projectiles. That being said. If you have very good clear, the Toxin Rain will also instantly kill packs and with some increased AoE nodes + Dying Sun it almost clears your entire screen too, making the Toxic Rain clear very fast too, but with a small kill delay though. Toxic Rain can achive very high single target damage because it simply has more multiplyers than caustic arrow (Attack + skill effect duration because it can stack the dots) I like to get atleast 2 pierce, maybe more, with Arrow Nova.. Feels like it offscreen too. [3.9]Hasunic's Toxic Rain Trickster: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2712106 [3.7]Voidforge Flicker Strike Slayer: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2532214 [3.7]Oni-Goroshi Fire Vaal Reave Zerker: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2583978	Posted by Hasunic#5732 on Sep 25, 2020, 12:23:01 AM Quote this Post
" thyraa wrote: Replica Quill Rain .... any good for this build ? Not rly, since it has "socketed gems are supported by arrow nova" stuff needs to be socketed in the bow, so no bow gem bonuses, it doesn't have double attack speed normal quill rain has, arrow nova is only worth for CA not TR and CA really needs some gem level bonuses to shine, not phys damage or w/e the replica has.	Posted by Viktranka#3883 on Sep 25, 2020, 8:28:04 AM Quote this Post
loving the build so far! Question on cluster jewel crafting..been trying to craft wicked pall + another appropriate notable, but have only gotten wicked pall with some 2 other passives over 10-15 tries of alt/aug/regal spam. Am I doing something wrong?	Posted by Whorable3#6729 on Sep 25, 2020, 9:07:30 AM Quote this Post
" Whorable3 wrote: loving the build so far! Question on cluster jewel crafting..been trying to craft wicked pall + another appropriate notable, but have only gotten wicked pall with some 2 other passives over 10-15 tries of alt/aug/regal spam. Am I doing something wrong? They are very rare this is why expensive. Honestly? This build have insane clear speed and even good ST damage if u invest alot. For me better invest passives in Def instead of cluster. This build is insane. Ty for sharing. I change few gems to my playstyle. Im like unkillable machine and today i was so so so Lucky when alchemy spam my neck Last edited by Rejz0#1814 on Sep 25, 2020, 11:15:53 AM	Posted by Rejz0#1814 on Sep 25, 2020, 10:56:17 AM Quote this Post
Hello! first of all thank you for the guide, i am relatively new the poe (played derilium and didnt really play harvest) and im really enjoy playing TR/CA but i am having way too many difficulties trying to understand the build because people link different stuff and use different gems in different places and all those information just mixed up in my head.. so for starters if you guys would help me with which / how to upgrade / change my gear that would be super helpful... currently im struggling in t11-12 red maps and i have like 2-3 exalt budget to upgrade my stuff. thank you in advance :) my current build: also a 8socket large cluster with unholy grace and unwavering evil	Posted by Shierka#2464 on Sep 25, 2020, 11:57:00 AM Quote this Post
I'm just lost on the pob part. The wd no clusters has heart of oak where the life is Im unsure if I follow that 1. The wd with 1 cluster and 2 have stuff that aren't even above acrobatics so I know its not that 1. and the old school skill tree also has heart of oak I'm just unsure which one to use for the toxic rain trickster maybe my eyes are bad or I'm just to new to be able to keep up. The skill tree is pretty stressful to me but i'm loving the game so far your build has made me reach white maps fast! I also watched ur 3 hour speed run ..3 times. The old school one also doesn't match with the leveling pictures so I think its not that one? I'm basically stuck on what to follow after the 91 points and which tree that you have to pick for 3.12 hopefully i'm making sense.	Posted by BabyTempest#9016 on Sep 25, 2020, 1:01:42 PM Quote this Post
Does dying sun help at bosses? or it's only for mapping improvement? btw using only TR.	Posted by MrBarracuda#0484 on Sep 25, 2020, 1:56:28 PM Quote this Post
Hi, sorry if this is a silly question. I've been trying to find the answers for a day or so now on my own. But how are you generating frenzy/endurance charges?	Posted by Shamrock5647#2907 on Sep 25, 2020, 9:57:21 PM Quote this Post
" BabyTempest wrote: I'm just lost on the pob part. The wd no clusters has heart of oak where the life is Im unsure if I follow that 1. If i don't pick Heart Of Oak, it's because there isn't enough points to go to the ranger start area compared to just picking life nodes elsewhere. Just use the "WD, No Clusters" - It stands for WindDancer, No Clusters, and includes passives to level 92. https://pastebin.com/0YbAuKfU " MrBarracuda wrote: Does dying sun help at bosses? or it's only for mapping improvement? btw using only TR. hmm.. It won't help much.. maybe it will add an extra arrow that hits now and then, but it's not reliable. It's only for QoL while clearing with much bigger AoE. " Shamrock5647 wrote: Hi, sorry if this is a silly question. I've been trying to find the answers for a day or so now on my own. But how are you generating frenzy/endurance charges? We don't generate endurance charges. You can get a frenzy charge on hit chest, that generates them. I used that in many of the videos. Otherwise you can get maloneys quiver with a frenzy inserted or craft minimum frenzy charges on rings [3.9]Hasunic's Toxic Rain Trickster: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2712106 [3.7]Voidforge Flicker Strike Slayer: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2532214 [3.7]Oni-Goroshi Fire Vaal Reave Zerker: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2583978	Posted by Hasunic#5732 on Sep 26, 2020, 1:26:14 AM Quote this Post
What do you think about alternate quality gems? Anomalous Pierce Support lvl 20 - pierce 6 additional targets. (regular - 4) Do we really need this "more projectile damage" from regular gem?	Posted by Deonix_#0855 on Sep 26, 2020, 9:32:18 AM Quote this Post