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

Is this still ok with the reviewed leech ?

How did I miss that you use Blood Dance...

Did we lose any damage with this iteration of the skill tree? I swear I was doing something like 11k damage with a Carcass Jack 5L before, now I'm only doing between 9 and 10k at level 84 with all high level 20% quality gems.

Anyway, I'm glad that there aren't any significant changes (although I still think we could use more small damage boosts for bow Rangers). We did gain some life with those nodes between Mental Acuity and Haste, and now Haste is 15 instead of 12%, iirc.

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Grepsd wrote:

Is this still ok with the reviewed leech ?

Yes. Life seems to leech slower so you have to be ready with flasks, but it hasn't broken the build. I hear Mana Leech is in a crappy position, though.

Hi a few question, can i use split arrow with this build? Also why some builds go for IR, unwavering stance and blood magic, what is the difference between both builds? Why later you remove aspect of the eagle and heart of oak, what is lg?

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Grepsd wrote:

Is this still ok with the reviewed leech ?

As long as you don't stop hitting, leech is basically the same AFAIK. I haven't done any maps yet today, but I'm feeling I won't feel that much more different than before the Leech change.

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Tempada wrote:

How did I miss that you use Blood Dance...

Did we lose any damage with this iteration of the skill tree? I swear I was doing something like 11k damage with a Carcass Jack 5L before, now I'm only doing between 9 and 10k at level 84 with all high level 20% quality gems.

Anyway, I'm glad that there aren't any significant changes. We did gain some life with those nodes between Mental Acuity and Haste, and now Haste is 15 instead of 12%, iirc.

The spec lost a tiny bit of Crit Multi (about 30% multi less), but gained more Life and Attack Speed. Which is pretty nice TBH! DPS barely dropped for me. Frenzy dropped about 1-2k I think. RoA dropped a tiny 500 or so DPS. Glad this build doesn't take many Multi nodes, barely 2!

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Masterik wrote:

Hi a few question, can i use split arrow with this build? Also why some builds go for IR, unwavering stance and blood magic, what is the difference between both builds? Why later you remove aspect of the eagle and heart of oak, what is lg?

Hi! Yes, you can generally use Split Arrow with this build as well. In fact, both skills use the same 6L colours! GGGRRB.

Some builds go for IR and Unwavering Stance because it is easier to gear for, as well as starting off very strongly, especially in HC leagues. Not being stunnable means you will never be in a position where you cannot control your character, and lvling mobs do not hit that hard, making armour better.

Most builds do not take the Blood Magic keystone anymore, as that severely limits the use of Auras in the build. Blood Magic gem however is very useful, and is what's used in this build :)

Hmm let me check the lvling builds, links may have been wrong! LG = Lioneye's Glare. With a LG, you do not need Accuracy nodes as you will never miss. The alternate tree takes some Accuracy nodes for normal bow users~

EDIT : Updated all lvling builds!

Hi Sam,

like this build, I'm step by step "regretting" this direction, but I am still using Iron Reflexes.

I am lacking you 2k Evasion body Armor and play a Carcass Jack with roughly 750 Evasion instead, therefore I would only have 9,7k evasion with your build and some slight modifications (but without the extra evasion from Frenzy, that would come on top), do you think, this is enough ?

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DonGod wrote:

Hi Sam,

like this build, I'm step by step "regretting" this direction, but I am still using Iron Reflexes.

I am lacking you 2k Evasion body Armor and play a Carcass Jack with roughly 750 Evasion instead, therefore I would only have 9,7k evasion with your build and some slight modifications (but without the extra evasion from Frenzy, that would come on top), do you think, this is enough ?

Yes definitely. Although you are missing some Eva from chestpiece, Grace adds a lot on it's own as well and will help you to boost your Eva. With the same build, I expect your Evasion to be around the 12-13k mark with Grace :) Definitely good enough!

How is Lioneyes with eva build working on reflect, can you evade it? I'm not very knowledgeable in this regard. I'm tempted to try an acrobatics build, but the problem is I'm playing hardcore leagues and I'm guessing I'll instagib myself on the first reflect mob I'll bump into.

Is there any reason this build doesn't have Ondar's Guile? I've looked at all the trees and it is only 1 point away from it, it seems like it would be worth it to me to pick up Ondar's and become nearly immune to projectile attacks.

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Kenosis wrote:

How is Lioneyes with eva build working on reflect, can you evade it? I'm not very knowledgeable in this regard. I'm tempted to try an acrobatics build, but the problem is I'm playing hardcore leagues and I'm guessing I'll instagib myself on the first reflect mob I'll bump into.

Hi! With Lioneye's you can't evade projectiles, but I have 2 CWDT's lined up for all kinds of physical immunity goodness. With CWDT, Enduring Cry, Immortal Call and Inc Dura, I get almost 4 seconds of immunity to physical damage. In that time I burn down the rare with the reflect aura and continue pew pewing everything else :D I'll try to find a reflect mob and post a vid on it ^^

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Nagisan wrote:

Is there any reason this build doesn't have Ondar's Guile? I've looked at all the trees and it is only 1 point away from it, it seems like it would be worth it to me to pick up Ondar's and become nearly immune to projectile attacks.

For some reason Ondar's isn't selected in my build. Updated! Ondar's is very vital when using a rare bow as you can evade your own reflects :D