[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

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grimjack68 wrote:

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Moerae wrote:

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Moerae wrote:

So I have this lying in stash on sc

Which class/ascendancy would be best on sc with this +1 arrow corruption?

Want to see op's opinion too. Farming a new scion and lvl 64 with it right now. I'm still not sure about ascendancy classes. Any idea welcomed.

I'm thinking about buying one of those to add even more area to my current Scion build.

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Hvakhshathra wrote:

@Serleth;
Thank you very much for clarification. You are a great help as always.

@grimjack68
This is odd! Goldrim has an iL5 while the helmet I was enchanting is a iL75 (which increases the availability of the enchantments - if the Reddit list is true). I only got one CA related enchantment which was (duration). It isn't bad but it's not what I wanted. And I was/is farming the last helmet (aura) enchantment so I was trying it on same helmet in hopes of getting "lucky" and get the CA damage if not the aura related one.

Thanks again for your replays.

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Piros wrote:

From everything I've seen, the levels on the enchantments page of the wiki are the level requirement put on the gear once its enchanted... if the item didn't already require at least that level... also, the level 75 enchants don't seem to be in game yet, and there is speculation they come from an as-yet-unimplemented lvl 75 Uber Lab... so the level 68 enchants are the only possible Helmet Enchants at the moment...

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SirTox wrote:

So, I've also been levelling an MF CA build, but as a Champion. What is OP's opinion of this?

My reasoning for rolling a champion is that Fortify is an incredibly strong mechanic, and you actually have two options on "increased damage" to choose from, one if you often run in parties and one which has a safety buffer when you reach low life. They are both strictly better than the Trickster node which just gives an increased amount of DoT damage, and it is even a lower amount.

Right now I'm just level 70, but later I expect to have about 6k life, and I can also add Fortify, Acro/Spell Acro, and a very high evasion rating to that.

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Piros wrote:

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sixer wrote:

Hi again all

When is it "safe" to do merc lab? Im 84 with 4350 health.

Swear i read something in this post before but i cant find it anymore. Help would be appreciated.

Also what ascendancy does the trickster go after the normal/cruel points are spent?

I was ALMOST able to do it around that level with 3750HP and only 10k tooltip DPS, was relatively easy to do at 3800HP with 12k tooltip DPS and the nodes past Acro and levelled Grace... finally did Argus Merciless at 3900HP, 15k tooltip DPS and more kiting...

NOTE: The roughest thing for me about Izaro was getting comfortable trap-weaving in Phase 3...

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Serleth wrote:

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SirTox wrote:

So, I've also been levelling an MF CA build, but as a Champion. What is OP's opinion of this?

My reasoning for rolling a champion is that Fortify is an incredibly strong mechanic, and you actually have two options on "increased damage" to choose from, one if you often run in parties and one which has a safety buffer when you reach low life. They are both strictly better than the Trickster node which just gives an increased amount of DoT damage, and it is even a lower amount.

Right now I'm just level 70, but later I expect to have about 6k life, and I can also add Fortify, Acro/Spell Acro, and a very high evasion rating to that.

Not worth it.

The TL;DR is that by starting from Duelist, you're wasting a minimum six passive points. Congrats, you get Fortify, but now you HAVE to take damage off Champion in order to compensate for the damage you're losing on the tree.

Alternately you could just roll Trickster, sacrifice nothing, and gain a boatload of dodge/evasion.

You can't just compare Ascendant classes straight up. You have to take into account what you're gaining or losing by making a particular decision. In this case, the six passive points you lose not only means you basically throw away six damage or life nodes, there's also the opportunity cost of what you could alternately have spent those nodes on instead of being pigeon-holed into recovering that sacrifice.

There's an argument to be made for going Champion for this build if you're playing in HC, but not as an SC character.

Played properly, even without any Ascendant benefits, you should VERY rarely die with this build unless you're rolling super-rippy T11+ maps. Even as an HC character, with some modifications, you can roll Scion and be confident in your ability to survive.

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horstkaracho wrote:

Well first and foremost: drop the pierce gem and get an empower lvl 2 or 3. Since you skilled all the pierce nodes and the ascendancy the gem will only give you the proj dmg. Better to up your base dmg. Now my 2 cents: See if you can't drop clarity. You shouldn't need it anymore. Run Purity of Elements or any purity you need instead, if you can manage + grace. This will make it way easier to swap gear and the build isn't mana hungry anyway. I have never used clarity. Neither Arctic Armour. I may be wrong but i found it more comfortable to just increase my life pool and run around more. Get life on your ammy, since you won't be needing that much res now it should be easy to find one with life and iir. Get a Frenzy lvl 1 gem instead of 19 and you can run any reflect map while cursing all the time. If you have a couple ex, get a 6l +3 bow by one of the ways described in the op and in the last few pages. Get at least 1 decent ventors gamble with iiq. Use wither totem for soloing.

My Gear for comparison (5k hp, 22k something tooltip damage, 37/310 or so, can't log in now. Disregard Aoe Gem, I use Rarity for solo)