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

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LycanVandread wrote:

Hey man can you keep us updated on your build especially with the upcoming patch? I just started here and I'm barely playing for a week now and I've been following your build. I would like to see if you'll make any adjustments based on the next patch. And it's a great thing that you've been replying to everybody's questions. Keep it up! I've seen many build but your build really caught my attention ^_^

Definitely! I will always update this build as long as people are interested in it. Been doing some playing around with the new tree but I won't update this guide until I am comfortable that my tree is at least as effective as it currently is!

Lots of possible ways now, but it will take me a couple of days to test out variations of builds I've got in mind, and to weigh the pros and cons of each in terms of effectiveness at high lvl maps :D

Just took a look at the tentative patch notes in Google Doc. I'm excited and worried at the same time! Bow damage is buffed universally, but Life MAY go down depending on how far we want to go with Life nodes. Can't wait! Stoked :D

and the new skill tree?

I got a Lioneye's and a Tabula ready for when you finish. :3

Been waiting for so long to do a bow char that can do maps efficiently.

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Epiqax wrote:

and the new skill tree?

I've been playing with the offline skill tree because the PoEbuilder tree is a little buggy, not calculating the stats properly. I'll try and see what I can do about posting the tree prior to the patch though :D

@Returnofsnow

That's great! ALL bows including uniques will be buffed, so we got that going for us :D

nvm

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Panini_aux_olives wrote:

I'm pissed of with the huge frenzy nerf. Guess I'll just remove frenzy from my build and use puncture. But attack speed will be so meh :/

I'll probably still use Frenzy unless my DPS jumps up a ton where the bleed from Puncture and becomes more powerful than Frenzy :D

@Stormnight

We welcome all theorycrafting, since all Physical Ranger builds want mostly the same node. Any and all contribution can spark an idea and can be built upon :D

I am still leveling, been using puncture to help with the bosses and tougher mobs and I think it fits nicely with the build. The Blood Dance bonuses from Frenzy charges seem unaffected by the nerf. Waiting to see the new patch up close.

are you going to post a 1.2 version of the skill tree?