3.23 EXPLOSIVE ARROW BALLISTA ELEMENTALIST - League-Start to End-Game. Easy mode.

Thanks for the reply, I'll compare all this in POB, considering I think I'll never be able to buy a +2 and dot multi one ahah.

So yes, that's what I think I thought: with even more as, one can just play with 0q as the 20 fuses are reached anyway.

Gonna buy it again.

I crafted a new better weapon from scratch today.



Quite proud* of it as I haven't crafted many items over the years... (*exception made of the 3rd crucible node, but that's a good reason to make an even better one later...)

DPS went boom after this change + ignite prolif on gloves, allowing me to socket empower + elem damage
Still gotta level the empower, buy an awakened elem damage and the 21/20 EA.

Everything feels so great right now :D

Any areas I should focus on to up my DPS? My gear seems pretty decent but getting to 20+million seems way out of reach. Not sure where to go from here.

Here's my POB: https://pobb.in/jWf00Woq4Zog

Thanks!!

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Headtourist wrote:

Thanks for the reply, I'll compare all this in POB, considering I think I'll never be able to buy a +2 and dot multi one ahah.

So yes, that's what I think I thought: with even more as, one can just play with 0q as the 20 fuses are reached anyway.

Gonna buy it again.

I crafted a new better weapon from scratch today.

Quite proud* of it as I haven't crafted many items over the years... (*exception made of the 3rd crucible node, but that's a good reason to make an even better one later...)

DPS went boom after this change + ignite prolif on gloves, allowing me to socket empower + elem damage
Still gotta level the empower, buy an awakened elem damage and the 21/20 EA.

Everything feels so great right now :D

How do you craft that bow? With alts until you hit bow and socketed gems and then make an imprint of weapon and slam regal for as ?

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Asinoeh wrote:

(relatively) new player here, and wondering: What are your thoughts on other ascendancies?

Supposedly Champion is tankier, especially at the start/on a budget.

I played both characters in the last season. The witch got to 99.6 with better gear than the level 95 Champion, which was started late in the season. The Champion was definitely tankier. I’m thinking about starting one in a few days. Last season the currency just rained in; this season it’s tight so far.

You can’t go wrong with either one.

Just this bow dropped to bad its spine bow but can I work with it? Like craft fire dot and exalt it or can I do anything more creative?

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Vassili666 wrote:

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Headtourist wrote:

How do you craft that bow? With alts until you hit bow and socketed gems and then make an imprint of weapon and slam regal for as ?

It's a variation of the EA/TR bows that Brunowa seems to be using on his pob.
So i tried to see how i could make it.

Pre-steps : i was able to make a decent crucible tree out of the trees i stored with crucible mechanics. Wasnt able to save the third nod for 32 fire unfortunately. The +1 gems and lifetap support seemed the most important (that's a 7 link bow with +1)

Step 1 : thicket bow base, spamming shrieking essence of dread.
Guarantees +2, and looking for T1 attack speed (got best T2 roll on my bow, decided to try it.
Gamble annul other prefix/suffix on the bow till I hit ONLY +2 and attack speed remaining. If not, back to essences and so on.

Step 2 : From there, benchcrafting "can have up to 3 crafted mods for 2 div, and then adding no attack mod for 1 div.

This way the bow has our 2 mods from step 1, and 3 suffix.

Step 3 : slam exalt.
Since there's the 'cannot roll attack modifiers', adding a modifier to the item can only give +1 to gems.

Step 4 : Remove crafted mods on benchcraft.
At this point, the bow has +2 +1 and the attack speed mod.

Step 5 : Again 2 div for "can have up to 3 crafted modifiers" then add fire damage over time multiplier + fire damage as extra chaos damage, all from the benchcraft

(then, 6 socket recipe*, 6 link recipe, hillock for 24+ quality (you want at least 24 quality) and harvest craft 1 attack speed per 8 quality.

Note : i avoided use of chromas by going 1 socket by one on the bow, starting from 2 red socket, +1 -1 until 3 red, then again for 4 red, then made the 6 link, which granted 2 green socket (most favorable odd since it's a dex item).

Below, screen for "best case scenario" steps, in craftofexile :


( https://ibb.co/6JqMx37 )

Total cost of the steps :
- From a few to several hundred essences (1c each), cause the last annul on step 1 only works 1/3 time so you'll have to start again several times unless lucky, and you rarely only have one affix to annul... That's why I settled for T2 attack speed (also knowing i had as in my crucible tree).
- several annuls (1-15 in my case)
- 5 divines
- 1 exalt
- a few c for the final mods.

I wonder about the Elemental Equilibrium and the mecanics.

Wouldn´t it be better to pick
Fire Mastery
Fire exposure you inflict applies an extra -5% to fire resistance

and
Elemental mastery
Exposure you inflict applies at least -18% to the affected Resistance.
(This one is never in any guides)

That would be -23% Fire res on enemys.
But then as you dont take EE you could pack on added x to x fire damage on gear and this will also add up and increase the total fire area damage DoT, or isnt it so?
This you cant do if taking Elemental Equilibrium.
To me this seem better or have i misunderstand any mecanics of EA?

Could it be that before crucibe and the rework of mastery´s the EE was best but maybe it has changed now.

Also the Elemental mastery node below eeem very good, why not take it?
If not taking EE it would further lower the enemys fire res.
Hits have 25% chance to treat enemy monster elemental resistance values as inverted

Does implicit on glove matter which says : Inflict Fire Exposure on Hit, applying -11% to Fire Resistance

Since we are already doing it or does it just add -11 more? Since when I try to edit item in pob and adding this implicit my ignite dps dont change at all.

I tried adding -30% then it change so I guess that mod on gloves is usless unless it gives a lot more and it does not stack with others right?I guess we get 25 from EE and then from fire mastery is 5 extra so 30 is what we have and gloves dont increase that.

I think it adds another -11% to the enemy fire res, not reset it to -11%.
If im wrong about this plz reply.

WRONG!!!

According to wiki
Multiple Exposures of the same element do not stack; only the highest Exposure of the element applies.
Exposures of different elements can apply to the same target.

So EE will apply -25% fire res if you hit with Lightning or cold attack damage.
When it comes to the elemental mastery im not sure.
It says:
Exposure you inflict applies AT LEAST -18% to the affected Resistance.
Maybe its just clarifies that the highest -res exposure will be the one that is applied.

So if you take both EE and the fire mastery -5%, then the -5% is wasted.
If it works like wiki says.

Hmm, when i think about the wording im not sure.
It depends on what they mean with the wording.
Can someone who really know how this works reply?

Will the -res applied stack from
-Elemental Eq
-Fire mastery -5%
-Elemental mastery -18%
-Any -fire res% on gear

The wiki on Explosive Arrow does not describe the mecanics very clear.
There is 2 parts to EA.
First there is the "Hit" damage.
Then there is the Dot Fire damage.
The fuses is explained well but what makes up the level of fire damage Dot that is applied in the second part?
Is it only the DoT damage from the EA gem (plus scaling it from Dot extra on gear) or does added fire damage on for example the bow (if you dont take EE) add to the level of fire DoT applied?
Say the bow has added 10 to 100 fire damage, does it increase the dot?

Since added elemental and increased bow damage on quiver and bow does affect the dot so should added flat 10 to 100 fire damage too, or?

Well I can say for sure that fire mastery do work since it says AN EXTRA 5%

But I think elemental mastery dont work even thou Im not 100% on that one.