[1.0.0] Dodge/evasion Lightning Arrow Frenzy Ranger with video by boxsalesman, UPDATED FOR RELEASE

Alright thanks for the reply.. Guess I'll start leveling up a Frenzy gem lol

plan on posting an updated skill tree for the new patch?

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S1ck18 wrote:

plan on posting an updated skill tree for the new patch?

Updated for 0.11.2

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I just started out with the build but I seem to have problems getting enough strength for life on hit and weapon ele damage. How do I get more strength early on?

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chives_man wrote:

I just started out with the build but I seem to have problems getting enough strength for life on hit and weapon ele damage. How do I get more strength early on?

You can take the 30 strength node close to intelligence, but the build goes into strength nodes really fast so it shouldn't be a problem really after a few levels.

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volanchik wrote:

Like what's new in this build?
Several of them are here:
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/69224/page/1

Also Lionel not the best bow for that build. Better to have 3-ele bow with high aps and take RT.
Since you don't have crit nodes then Lionel will have 5% crit chance with 150% crit multiplier. That means that it will do 95 hits and 5 crits or 95 + 5 * 1.5 = 102.5
Same bow with RT will do 100 damage. Difference is so small, that don't compared with possible dps of a 3-ele fast ticket.
Damage on LA will be higher with 3-ele ticket because of elemental nodes and WeD support gem. You don;t have nor Hatred, nor Added fire damage, that boosts from phys damage from bow.

This is the case where Lionel not the optimal bow.

Example:
Ticket with
+30 - 60 fire damage
+10 - 100 lighting damage
+30% Weapon Elemental Dmg
+ 15% Local Attack Speed

Beat that with Lionel :)

Hi can you address this? Would a bow stacking lightning and fire dmg be better than lioneyes?

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Irrumabo wrote:

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volanchik wrote:

Like what's new in this build?
Several of them are here:
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/69224/page/1

Also Lionel not the best bow for that build. Better to have 3-ele bow with high aps and take RT.
Since you don't have crit nodes then Lionel will have 5% crit chance with 150% crit multiplier. That means that it will do 95 hits and 5 crits or 95 + 5 * 1.5 = 102.5
Same bow with RT will do 100 damage. Difference is so small, that don't compared with possible dps of a 3-ele fast ticket.
Damage on LA will be higher with 3-ele ticket because of elemental nodes and WeD support gem. You don;t have nor Hatred, nor Added fire damage, that boosts from phys damage from bow.

This is the case where Lionel not the optimal bow.

Example:
Ticket with
+30 - 60 fire damage
+10 - 100 lighting damage
+30% Weapon Elemental Dmg
+ 15% Local Attack Speed

Beat that with Lionel :)

Hi can you address this? Would a bow stacking lightning and fire dmg be better than lioneyes?

Lioneye's wins at high gear levels. Don't forget being able to crit also means being able to apply freeze/burn/shock on crit. Many people don't realize this and just blindly speak of dps values, while crit offers much more. Also, a lot of the elemental damage just comes from physical -> lightning conversion and auras. The bow isn't as important as in a physical build ( although the attacks per second on the bow is very important as it's basically a more multiplier while + elemental damages is additive )

Another reason to take lioneye's ( and therefor the ability to crit ) , is the minimum amount of damage required to shock a monster. On unique bosses or monsters with very high resistances, you might actually not be able to proc static blows because the damage would be too low to hit the minimum required, while a critical hit ( even with only 150% multiplier ) can make the difference and apply the shock stack while static blows can't. This shock stack will increase all damage by 40% making you able to also apply shock stacks with static blows. Lioneye's just has a very good synergy with the build, and it matters the most on targets with insane resists combined with high health, which is where we want our high dps the most.

There's also the fact you lose a skillpoint to take resolute technique , and you have to go another route. Or if you want to keep the same route in the skill tree you'd lose 2 skill points. I personally really like taking the route I'm taking in the high end tree now because 2% lifesteal is great even without having a huge amount of physical damage, just the physical from lioneye's is already enough to make that passive worth it. Also there's the 30% increased fire weapon damage, which is also a great dps increase for only one skill point, and it helps against resist lightning mobs. ( anger aura and added fire damage gem on frenzy make this very strong )

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