[3.13]🏹 Poison Barrage-VF / Scourge Arrow / TR PF | Bottled Fortify | The Tankiest Ranger + High DPS

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Kayeo wrote:

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sirdond wrote:

Hey,

Anyone doing red maps, how is Scourge Arrow doing in the Ritual content? Is it good enough in the closed areas? I know it's really good for mapping and bossing, but what about Ritual?

I'm not up to red maps yet (haven't had the time) but it feels really nice! When the pods explode it really easily clears the full screen, and mobs are literally just running at you, you can sit there tanking them and just spam SA. Survivability is a really big thing this league so this build is amazing.

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Slottm wrote:

Figured I'd post a little bit of a league start update, information to provide, etc.

So for the leveling process, a post here that said to use TR/Mirage/faster attacks and ballista / cold / faster attacks. This worked beautifully for initial leveling. I ran despair as a manual cast for bossing, and it worked extremely well, highly recommend a spot on despair until you get it on a ring

Once I hit higher levels, the first two things I really purchased after voltaxic rift were 1: an enduring composure cluster (although enduring cry also works i guess) with immortal call setup 2: a talisman with hardened scars on it. Theyre incredibly cheap and a fantastic way to get the defenses rolling with the build

I progressed extremely well to about t14 or so baran (4 watchstone) at which point the struggle felt real, and I had to start really investing in gear (I mean I was wearing like level 30 junk so not really surprised)

Flasks: I carry 7 on me
1)foreboding hallowed hybrid flask, a quicksilver, basalt, cinderswallow, mana (til I get -mana chest) with an overflowing chalice and coralitos for boss fights / no trash fights (think elderslayers, maven fights, etc)

Additional arrow is a scam priority - it's nice but one of the last upgrades I'll look for- something I learned last league from wolfie himself that contradicts what the guide would have you believe:
The guide shows a 5 stage SA without + arrows and with + arrows, which encircles the monster you're fighting. What the guide also mentions is that helm enchant is one of the best upgrades for the build. What the guide didn't make abundantly clear was that once you have helm enchant, 1 stage SA is your highest DPS potential, and you rarely use 5(maybe to charge up infused channeling)
It's very easy to hit a boss with the 2 pods on a 1 stage SA regardless of the amount of + arrows you have.

My upgrade priority:
0)This is the pre-endgame gearing phase. Voltaxic rift, duskblight, hardened scars, despair manual cast, 5/6 links (corrupted or non), proper flasks


1) make sure I have endurance charges, hardened scars, foreboding hybrid flask
2) Helm enchant
3) Elder bow (my bow was a 130% damage increase over my voltaxic rift...insane) - keep in mind with harvest crafting, this got a lot easier. My bow rolled with attack speed, acc, poison chance/hit and 60% poison double damage, which meant chaos aug was 100% adds #-# chaos damage.
4) life, life and more life :)

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2: a talisman with hardened scars on it. Theyre incredibly cheap and a fantastic way to get the defenses rolling with the build

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konop88 wrote:

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2: a talisman with hardened scars on it. Theyre incredibly cheap and a fantastic way to get the defenses rolling with the build

How did u get it?Cant filter enchant on trade.

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Slottm wrote:

Figured I'd post a little bit of a league start update, information to provide, etc.

So for the leveling process, a post here that said to use TR/Mirage/faster attacks and ballista / cold / faster attacks. This worked beautifully for initial leveling. I ran despair as a manual cast for bossing, and it worked extremely well, highly recommend a spot on despair until you get it on a ring

Once I hit higher levels, the first two things I really purchased after voltaxic rift were 1: an enduring composure cluster (although enduring cry also works i guess) with immortal call setup 2: a talisman with hardened scars on it. Theyre incredibly cheap and a fantastic way to get the defenses rolling with the build

I progressed extremely well to about t14 or so baran (4 watchstone) at which point the struggle felt real, and I had to start really investing in gear (I mean I was wearing like level 30 junk so not really surprised)

Flasks: I carry 7 on me
1)foreboding hallowed hybrid flask, a quicksilver, basalt, cinderswallow, mana (til I get -mana chest) with an overflowing chalice and coralitos for boss fights / no trash fights (think elderslayers, maven fights, etc)

Additional arrow is a scam priority - it's nice but one of the last upgrades I'll look for- something I learned last league from wolfie himself that contradicts what the guide would have you believe:
The guide shows a 5 stage SA without + arrows and with + arrows, which encircles the monster you're fighting. What the guide also mentions is that helm enchant is one of the best upgrades for the build. What the guide didn't make abundantly clear was that once you have helm enchant, 1 stage SA is your highest DPS potential, and you rarely use 5(maybe to charge up infused channeling)
It's very easy to hit a boss with the 2 pods on a 1 stage SA regardless of the amount of + arrows you have.

My upgrade priority:
0)This is the pre-endgame gearing phase. Voltaxic rift, duskblight, hardened scars, despair manual cast, 5/6 links (corrupted or non), proper flasks


1) make sure I have endurance charges, hardened scars, foreboding hybrid flask
2) Helm enchant
3) Elder bow (my bow was a 130% damage increase over my voltaxic rift...insane) - keep in mind with harvest crafting, this got a lot easier. My bow rolled with attack speed, acc, poison chance/hit and 60% poison double damage, which meant chaos aug was 100% adds #-# chaos damage.
4) life, life and more life :)

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Ovdovovac wrote:

Could someone help me with next build progression? im having issues with single target dps. im swapping quicksilver for coralito right now but even then it takes forever to kill something. I feel like the only thing i can improve on is the bow and the last medium cluster jewel. I have about 3 ex to spare.

Also is there somewhere written how to craft the bow? (what ilvl or how to abuse harvest crafting if possible)