[2.0] SAM's 48K RoA/Split Arrow + Puncture/Evasion + Herald of Ash

ok, thx for your replay :)

i'm lvl 77 now and this build is very solid.. solo map easy with 4.3k life and 11,5k dps with frenzy and 5k with RoA.. but i need 6L on bow and chest for more damage :)

Tried this out on hc with 12k RoA dps on a Harbinger one shotted myself on the first phys
reflect pack with ondars and dodge. lol

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SperArc wrote:

Tried this out on hc with 12k RoA dps on a Harbinger one shotted myself on the first phys
reflect pack with ondars and dodge. lol

Getting one shotted at 12K RoA, that must mean your Life is really really low :P

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linkstatic wrote:

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SperArc wrote:

Tried this out on hc with 12k RoA dps on a Harbinger one shotted myself on the first phys
reflect pack with ondars and dodge. lol

Getting one shotted at 12K RoA, that must mean your Life is really really low :P

4.5k but I have to say it was a damn big pack and I was sleeping a little bit

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SperArc wrote:

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linkstatic wrote:

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SperArc wrote:

Tried this out on hc with 12k RoA dps on a Harbinger one shotted myself on the first phys
reflect pack with ondars and dodge. lol

Getting one shotted at 12K RoA, that must mean your Life is really really low :P

4.5k but I have to say it was a damn big pack and I was sleeping a little bit

Your CWDT should have kicked in though. I don't remember the last time I got one hit KO'd from a single RoA o.o

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Panini_aux_olives wrote:

I think it's possible if he has a fairly high crit multi. He was unlucky to make a good crit.

Crit multi is calculated into DPS though, and he KO'd himself at 12k RoA :P Either way, RoA gives you more control over most :P Just gotta be careful and don't get trigger happy cos when it bites, it bites back hard :P

So I've been testing a couple of new recording/streaming codecs and the 2 I've tried are OBS + QuickSync and OBS + AMD VCE.

Regular recording takes a lot of CPU power, something that many including myself have little to spare especially when it causes sudden jerks and lagginess in-game. These 2 methods barely affect game performance by utilizing existing hardware in my GPU and CPU to do the video export work.

I've got 2 samples below, let me know which you think works better for you. Just a simple test run of Sarn Encampment :)

Existing videos linked on the first post are of course recorded through the usual CPU-hogging x264 settings, hence looking much better but taking over 25% CPU while streaming :P

Intel Quick Sync + OBS Test :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baoGOxoZDdE


AMD VCE + OBS Test :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uScWHfFzZ9M


x264 CPU Encode :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgM9MndXovE&feature=youtu.be

There is of course still a third choice, which is just continue with CPU encode :P (The last vid probably doesn't look all that different in terms of FPS since YouTube has not opened 60FPS vids for everyone yet, but the original vid is 60FPS butter smooth :D )

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Keiff wrote:

Hi right now i'm level 35 at A3N. Still have a long way to go before I could use blood dance and since my character is too squishy atm I'm finding my character hard to play anymore so thanks for the advice!

So here's my to do list:
- Find boots w/ life+resists and maybe w/ mvt speed, upgrade bow, get life, add some sockets, replace carnage heart and conc gem atm, link hatred to reduced mana and lastly have mana leech/

Just have a few questions:
- I read on a marauder ground slam build that using life leech is best when your dps is about 1000 above, does that apply to being a ranger? I currently have 806 tooltip dps on my roa with FA,conc and LGOH. So at this point is it okay for me to use LL?
- Should I choose a chest armour with decent evasion rating with + max life and res over foxshade which adds damage and tons of evasion?
- And what's PPAD, physical projectile damage?
- What's more important, global crit chance or multiplier?

Not too sure about the Marauder one, but Life Leech works best with hard hitting single target attacks. RoA is considered single target in that the damage is not split between mobs that are hit, and full damage is dealt to everything in the RoA radius.

Personally I will choose Eva + Life over Damage + Eva, especially at the lower levels where dying is much more frequent with an incomplete build.

- Physical Projectile Damage? It's just a name for projectile attacks that deal physical damage :P

- Both are needed in different amounts. If you have high crit chance already, going with Multi would be the better choice. Crit chance is VERY dependent on the weapon you use. A weapon with a high base crit chance can easily DOUBLE your global crit chance.