[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

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hankinsohl wrote:

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Brookizlol wrote:

I really thought the build was 100% pierce and not 90% , but okay i will swap my pierce gem with another one and take the piercing passives in the three

Pierce is 4th best support gem for CA until you get a +3 bow and level 3 Empower. Keep using pierce until then.

Oh okay , i've not changed already , so i'll keep using pierce , thanks for your advice !

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Brookizlol wrote:

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hankinsohl wrote:

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Brookizlol wrote:

I really thought the build was 100% pierce and not 90% , but okay i will swap my pierce gem with another one and take the piercing passives in the three

Pierce is 4th best support gem for CA until you get a +3 bow and level 3 Empower. Keep using pierce until then.

Oh okay , i've not changed already , so i'll keep using pierce , thanks for your advice !

No problem.

The reason to stop using Pierce is that when you get Empower Level 3 and a +3 bow, you'll get more DPS by replacing Pierce with Empower. But until then, you're better off with Pierce.

When you do switch from Pierce to Empower, you'll need to spec into Piercing Shots - but until then, don't take those nodes because you'll have 90% pierce chance without them and can use those passive points elsewhere to better effect.

Hey everyone,

I've been playing the build pretty casually for a few leagues now, and this is the first time this is my league starter. I'm making tons of progress, way faster than I imagined I would :)

So now for the reason I'm posting:
I found a 5 link prophecy yesterday, and I think I could make serious bank on it. The prophecy sells for around 25c, and I was hoping someone could point me in the direction of an item that allows me to make more profit, by buying, then 5 linking and then selling it.

I have also thought about keeping it until a Carcass Jack falls within my budget and just using it for my own character. Thoughts? Suggestions?

Regarding the guide itself: Serleth, on the first page you have a 'temporary note'. The link to the tree functions correctly, and you can remote the note :) It confused me when I first started.

And lastly:
In the gorge run video, Serleth shows off the speed of the build, but he doesnt pick up anything until everything is dead. Is this how you guys normally play?

@Pin_Cracker
Grats on finding the 5-link prophecy.

I'd keep the prophecy and use it to 5-link a Carcass Jack; it'll be cheaper than linking on your own.

RE: Looting
Just loot as you go. Doubling back after kills to pick up loot will waste time.

In the video you mention (I haven't seen it), it sounds like Serleth was just making a speed run of Gorge and for that reason was skipping all loot.

am i missing something here? i got the pierce passives and deadeye ascendancy but my pierce chance is only 80%? does the tooltip not factor in drillneck or something?

cheers

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Brookizlol wrote:

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grimjack68 wrote:

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Brookizlol wrote:

Hello !

I have two questions if you guys can help me :)

- Is it normal than without Pierce gem, so when i play with Deadeye passive + Drillneck + Piercing shots passive = I have only 90% Arrow pierce chance ? Am I missing something ?
To have 100% I actually play with pierce gem and refund 3 of the 4 piercing shots passives.



- Do you keep doing the chaos receipe ? I feel like it takes so much time to do, and is it worth to do the "2 chaos receipe" with unidentified gear ?



Thanks for you answers , and sorry for my english if i made some mistakes

No worries about the English, a bunch of folks in this thread aren't native English speakers.

90% pierce is plenty, and there's nothing wrong with your math. I'd still drop the pierce gem.

Chaos recipe is extremely fast once you get good at it. I personally look out for rings and amulets, once I get those I collect the next armour / weapon set I run across and build the set from there. I always do the unidentified sets for 2c.

Thank you very much for your answer !! I really thought the build was 100% pierce and not 90% , but okay i will swap my pierce gem with another one and take the piercing passives in the three

In the previous league, it was 100%. Actually, I think it was 110%, but the game rounds down. In Prophecy, one of our pierce contributions was nerfed a bit, so we drop back down a little. It's still good, though - the extra arrow from Deadeye means you'll almost always have 2 arrows pierce all the way, and in a few cases only one will get through. Not a concern.

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Serleth wrote:

Thanks to Grim for addressing your other question (and your consistent efforts here on the whole, Grim, don't think I've thanked you enough for your contributions here).

Thanks dude. It's the least I can do to pay you back for all the work you've put into this already.

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crazypearce wrote:

am i missing something here? i got the pierce passives and deadeye ascendancy but my pierce chance is only 80%? does the tooltip not factor in drillneck or something?

cheers

Which tooltip are you looking at?

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Pin_Cracker wrote:

I have also thought about keeping it until a Carcass Jack falls within my budget and just using it for my own character. Thoughts? Suggestions?

Regarding the guide itself: Serleth, on the first page you have a 'temporary note'. The link to the tree functions correctly, and you can remote the note :) It confused me when I first started.

And lastly:
In the gorge run video, Serleth shows off the speed of the build, but he doesnt pick up anything until everything is dead. Is this how you guys normally play?

If you're looking to min-max the build, save it for the Carcass, although it doesn't require a 5L it's nice QoL to be able to run both GMP and LMP.

Otherwise, do some poe.trade research on unique chests and 2h weapons and see which provides the greatest inflation when it's 5L'd. Then go buy that, use the Jeweller's Touch, and flip.

Thanks for calling attention to the note. Will edit that after the post.

The Gorge run video was explicitly to show that in terms of raw clear speed, it keeps pace with your mid-high end builds. That's not how the gameplay for MF typically functions. It's kill stuff, loot stuff, full inventory = vendor trip.

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am i missing something here? i got the pierce passives and deadeye ascendancy but my pierce chance is only 80%? does the tooltip not factor in drillneck or something?

From Mark's Mechanic Thread:

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Mark_GGG wrote:

Skill Tooltips intentionally only show the stats that are specific to that skill. They don't show global things that affect all skills.
If you want to see everything a skill does, including all your global stats, the character panel, not the skill popup, is the place to do that.

@Serleth
Grats on 32 challenges already. You're on fire!

Looks like you'll be giving Chronodroid a run for his money this league :-)