[1.0] Balanced MF/HP/DPS --LA/Frenzy Ranger Build.

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Hokuto_Tenro wrote:

that is because you are using lioneye and I am using thicket. thicket has much lower dex requirement. But at the same time you saved 1 note from resolute tech too. I would suggest to get a +20 onyx to fill some of those requirement for int and dex. then you still need to find 22 dex from some where else. My build has 1 direct access to the +30 dex note near blood magic. You shouldn't need any extras as long as you are wearing a onyx.

ok i picked up the Dex node by Blood magic, never even noticed it or i would have gotten it before. im short on intell though if i drop the other +10 intell node i had on the way to the +30 dex node i did have. i just picked up a +30intell node i had direct access to next to +16% hp thick skin cluster. either way ive gained 20intell by going this route regardless.

the reason i need the intell though is b/c of wrath. i have grace, wrath, anger, reduced mana in an Alphas Howl. are you not running these auras? if not which do you run and do you have any auras advice.

i got lucky and bought anothger lioneye's w/crappy rolls for cheap. got REALLY lucky and divined it for very good rolls and 6linked it w/in 300fuses. my plan was to run one Lion w/main LA dmg gems and socket the other Lion w/mf gems and prob culling strike? do you think this is a good idea or would selling the 6l Lion and getting a 5l or 6l reapers like you have be a better set-up? the option of having leapslam for mobility really does appeal to me though. presently i dont have the free sockets for lightning warp and i cant use leap slam, so my mobility sucks.

one last question. im torn on continuing to use a skele totem w/spell totem, raise skellie, minion life, faster casting (they can REALLY help in some situations as a meat shield) or should i drop them from my boots and use curses. ive been testing both but im really torn on which way to go, im leaning towards no curses and just usuing skellie totem, but im only lvl 78 and havent done any realyl high maps or crazy mods. just wondering end game which is better??

AGAIN THNKS for your hard work, insight and help. this build is the funnest ive played yet and i cant wait to get into the late 80's early 90's to open up all the potential of this build.


*edit* looked at your gear and gems so i guess that answers the aura and skellie totem question. i guess end game the skellies just get beat down too fast.

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Yes I only run 3 auras. Some people asked me why I don't put more auras into my build? Auras consumes resources and gem slots. By max out the auras in the build you are limited the potential in the group setting. Lets say you have 2 builds that one uses 7 auras and another one only use 3 that pull the same performance at end. The build with 3 auras will almost always out perform the build with 7 auras in the group, because someone else will have a aura build in the group. The benefit of running max auras is that your build will be not as gear dependent. But at the same time it will limit the character potential.

For the 2nd question, double lioneye is not bad either,but I would rather to have leap slam though. I also don't use totems because this is a farming build, by the time I finish casting totems everything else will be dead already. The game is too fast paced, if you have to caste several spells for prep on each mob group, no matter how the tool tip looks like, you will be severely limit the farming speed.

Temporal chain is very useful in the bad situation if you comboed it with quick silver pot. I never have any problem to run away before.

I typically found I had to make gear sacrafices when I went with more aura's. It is a balancing act with gear sometimes to maximise resists, hps, and damage and the kaoms allows you to slack on a few hp items which is awesome because you can attack other stats like resists, as, and damage.

The other negative to going with more aura's is losing the blood magic node which makes your abilities much more efficient and can become a problem when firing into reflect mobs depending on your amount of life leach and how closely you watch your hps. I have become so efficient and mindful that I don't use any hp pots and just use adreniline quicksilver pots to maximise farm time.

I look at the lion's eye comparitively to the thicket from several angles. In a perfect situation maximizing crit and crit mult along with other damage additives the lion's eye would achieve a higher dps with much less planning of gear and nodes. The nodes would have to be rearranged to acheive a higher hit % with the thicket bow but the thicket bow can do almost 130 more dps if it were a perfectly rolled thicket. I have not mathed it out completely but the lion's eye would be an easier alternative to achieve a higher dps. Personally I love not using the lion's eye, I even tried using a 6L 327 dps one but it bothered me that everyone and their brother used a lion's eye and my gear contained almost no crit or crit mult to utilize the weapon.

This build can be tailored to both bows quite easily and utilized elemental nodes quite well. You have to plan in your mind the gear you want to work towards and your budget. Pick a few modifiers you are looking for and price them out. I strongly recommend using poexyz to cherry pick gear that would be great for you!

Just wondering why you have chosen for : Elemental Adaptation (+2 to maximum fire/frost/light resistance and not take Diamond Skin or Diamond Flesh (+12 to all Ele resistance) ?

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Protheus7 wrote:

Just wondering why you have chosen for : Elemental Adaptation (+2 to maximum fire/frost/light resistance and not take Diamond Skin or Diamond Flesh (+12 to all Ele resistance) ?

my res are all maxed out without taking the 2 12 resist notes.

Love this build, I did some adjustment as in resistance and added an additional frenzy node. With 6 frenzy my frenzy goes nuts with 0.25 speed and doing 2k dps on it with level 64. Still have some low level gear but now in Act III - Merciless so gear will come soon I hop.

Thanks for the awesome build :-)

Whats the recommended bandit choices for this build?

What about mana? Did you use Mana Leech gems or nodes until picking up Blood Magic or were you relying only on potions?
It's not a huge deal but I kept running out of mana at the end of Act 3 and I was curious how you tackled that issue.

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davidftw wrote:

Whats the recommended bandit choices for this build?

I would say life, skill point and frenzy charge.