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

Tyvm for this post I am fairly new to PoE and this build matches my play style. Thanks again for taking the time to update it and try out different builds

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Twelveincheslimp wrote:

Tyvm for this post I am fairly new to PoE and this build matches my play style. Thanks again for taking the time to update it and try out different builds

Glad you found something you like! If you have any questions, ask away :) I try to stream when I can, so you can ask them on my stream as well :D

Added a couple more vids doing 78 Palace Dominus with 3 Added Projectiles, and facetanking Undying Evangelists ^^

Evangelists:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8ZUhrq9VPw


LMP Dominus :

Sorry this had to be on Twitch, Youtube hit me with a song infringement cos I was streaming Avril Lavigne in the background....

http://www.twitch.tv/samfishersam/c/3777986

Hi, as mentioned ingame earlier, I would look at your gear and spec :)

I calculated 1606 Evasion from gear, which is about half of my current gear. Following the same spec, I estimate that you will reach 10k Evasion with Grace. That's about 50% chance to evade if I'm not wrong :)

I also see 418 Max Life on gear vs 608 on mine. Spec being the same, I expect your Life to be at around 4.7k.

You're missing out on a lot of damage potential with no crit chance on the amulet. Other than that, everything else look alright. Gloves could do with an improvement though :) You should have no problem face tanking Jungle Valley boss room if no reflect spawns. Might need a Chaos flask though :D

I invited you to do a map earlier, so I think you have an idea of how my build plays and my playstyle. Pretty nice 10% exp too eh doing 78 map :P

I have watched a few of these videos, as I have a solid build which as I mentioned on the first page, is very similar to yours. Harb bow instead of Lioneye's. But I don't think I can currently accomplish a few of the twinned feats you have pulled off. Obviously, offensively and defensively the character is potent - but I think the key, and real takeaway for me, is healing.

When I use Split Arrow (LgOH + 4% ammy leech) in large groups (think Jungle Valley Boss) I am safe, but when it gets down to single target I don't have the life sustain to be completely safe. 4% leech from the ammy doesn't cut it. I have defeated all bosses solo other than 78 dom, but a few of them like Labrynth or Academy are a crapshoot - I may win or lose, which to me as an unacceptable level of performance and at these levels, with that risk they tend to get skipped more often than not.

You, on the other hand, have 8.8% from life leech plus the 6% from blood rage helping you (along with great damage) to reach your leech cap of 24% of max life per second (up from 20 via the Quality on life leech) even when you are using Frenzy. The result is these sweet high level difficulty boss kills. I will be adding Life Leech to my single target (40k dps Burning Arrow) because of this. So thank for the guide.

Tip: Look at increased critcial damage as opposed to faster attacks on Frenzy. Because it attacks so freakin fast already, you get less of a gain from the exta speed and more of a gain from the very potent harder crits. Whenever I play with gem setups - that is the one that always makes dps highest.

And nicely done on smoke mine to get away from Dom's lightning bunnies. Love it.

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Asidra wrote:

I have watched a few of these videos, as I have a solid build which as I mentioned on the first page, is very similar to yours. Harb bow instead of Lioneye's. But I don't think I can currently accomplish a few of the twinned feats you have pulled off. Obviously, offensively and defensively the character is potent - but I think the key, and real takeaway for me, is healing.

When I use Split Arrow (LgOH + 4% ammy leech) in large groups (think Jungle Valley Boss) I am safe, but when it gets down to single target I don't have the life sustain to be completely safe. 4% leech from the ammy doesn't cut it. I have defeated all bosses solo other than 78 dom, but a few of them like Labrynth or Academy are a crapshoot - I may win or lose, which to me as an unacceptable level of performance and at these levels, with that risk they tend to get skipped more often than not.

You, on the other hand, have 8.8% from life leech plus the 6% from blood rage helping you (along with great damage) to reach your leech cap of 24% of max life per second (up from 20 via the Quality on life leech) even when you are using Frenzy. The result is these sweet high level difficulty boss kills. I will be adding Life Leech to my single target (40k dps Burning Arrow) because of this. So thank for the guide.

Tip: Look at increased critcial damage as opposed to faster attacks on Frenzy. Because it attacks so freakin fast already, you get less of a gain from the exta speed and more of a gain from the very potent harder crits. Whenever I play with gem setups - that is the one that always makes dps highest.

And nicely done on smoke mine to get away from Dom's lightning bunnies. Love it.

Hi! Yup, I have seen your tree and it is pretty solid :D

I forgot to update the first post but I no longer use a Life Leech on my Frenzy links. In it I have an Added Fire Damage instead which really boosts my DPS. I have enough Life regen leftover from The Blood Dance even with Blood Rage to sustain Frenzy spam for quite a long time.

With just Blood Rage, I am able to tank Dom's second form no problem as he either misses or hits for so little that it doesn't matter, even with all the other mobs trying to hit me. Hit me? Here's Quality Enfeeble for you, ain't gonna touch me for a bit now :P

I think what many people may not take away from SA vs RoA comparison is this :

- Both are AoE, but RoA maintains it's full damage even with 1 mob alive while SA does not. SA relies on having more than 1 mob to effectively leech back life. This I think is the key difference when doing bosses as there are rarely too many mobs for you to leech while trying to tank it.


Actually I do have Inc Crit Multi already linked to my Frenzy :P I like my Frenzy fast as I can build up attack speed faster for my RoA, as well as build up Frenzy charges for Blood Dance regen to counter the Blood Rage degen ^^


Lightning bunnies! I shall now call them Lightning Bunnies™

How I came to use Smoke Mine was a funny story in itself. I had a spare green socket in my helm that I wanted to link to CWDT. I found nothing else worth putting in, as I didn't want to reroll my helm colours (3 off is hard enough as it is let alone 4 off!) Someone suggested Smoke Mine. I was like huh what the heck is that?? :P

Been using it ever since, and I don't think I've actually ever seen anyone use it before anywhere hahaha. A lot of people ask me what my Q and R skills are, which are Blood Rage and Smoke Mine. I'm probably one of the few who use these gems :P

I tend to agree with you about the SA and RoA Comparison. SA/Chain wins on clear speed. RoA's circular area just can't match the reach and coverage of SA/Chain. You end up attacking more to kill stuff.

But SA/Chain fails miserably if you are stuck shooting at 1 mob. You need to use your single target. Aside from gimped damage (in that case it's tooltip is it's actual damage...ugh), it's a mana hog hitting just 1 enemy risks running you out of mana for a few seconds.

RoA is still serviceable as a single target skill.

Edit: hey since I'm on standard now we should group for something.

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Asidra wrote:

I tend to agree with you about the SA and RoA Comparison. SA/Chain wins on clear speed. RoA's circular area just can't match the reach and coverage of SA/Chain. You end up attacking more to kill stuff.

But SA/Chain fails miserably if you are stuck shooting at 1 mob. You need to use your single target. Aside from gimped damage (in that case it's tooltip is it's actual damage...ugh), it's a mana hog hitting just 1 enemy risks running you out of mana for a few seconds.

RoA is still serviceable as a single target skill.

Edit: hey since I'm on standard now we should group for something.

Sure :D If you don't mind the latency playing on the Singapore Gateway :P

not sure - I'll give it a go. I'll try anything once!