[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

I did it in full MF gear. Tweaked nothing.

I had to hit my life flasks precisely twice. Dodged the rest manually.

Wow okay so very easy haha..

Might attempt it soon i think!

Let's put it this way.

It took me probably 30-50 Atziri sets to perfect the timing and the mechanics to be able to get the fight down and do deathless Apex runs.

I deathless'd the Pale Council on the first go.

It's basically just a slightly harder-than-normal map boss.


I'm sure melee builds have a much tougher time without leech to fight out of it, but anything ranged should make short work of it.

The fact that CA's damage is continuous regardless of whether you're moving or not (it's basically a ground effect) allows us to just fire, let the damage work, and then worry about avoiding everything.

That said, I'm a veteran player and I'm used to figuring these sorts of fights out quickly. I deathless'd Vinktar Square on my first run, which was a helluva lot harder than the Pale Court.

For safety sake, you may wish to just swap to rare boots & rings to give you the extra 500-600 life and buy yourself a bit of flexibility but I can't imagine it'll be a significant problem.

Off to my usual slow start on the league. :) I'm always slower than most, I'm OCD enough that it bothers me to leave monsters alive, areas unexplored, or barrels, chests, etc unopened. I'm ok with being slower.

I switched from Frostbolt to CA a little earlier than I should have, at level 47. Had a bit of a tough time up to ~level 55 - plenty of life, but my cdps was well below 1k, and it was taking way too long to burn through packs. Rather than respec to switch back for 10 more levels, I just pushed through, and it's now back to normal melty speed. :D

Gear is starting to line up nicely. Finally got some seething flasks, omg they improve your chances of survival. No spectacular drops, but enough average decent gear to finally start making some coin from the shop.

I sure do miss the 3 arrow setup I had in Perandus - Deadeye's + 1 and a corrupt + 1 Drillneck. I'm absolutely going to buy another one of those this league!

Just refunded my passive points, but I'm having trouble finding a good gear for the build, what do you recommend for lower levels?
I'm currently lvl 52 but i cant find any good bows on poe trade, should i just continue to lvl with firestorm?

Depends what your currency available is but you should be able to find a white 5L, possibly even a magic one pre-rolled for +2 bow gems, for 10c or less.

Yep.

http://poe.trade/search/otahinyotetuzi

Imperial bow for 5c, 5L 6S, +2 bow gems

Could make the switch now if you wanted to.

Drillneck is dirt cheap as well this league.

Guys i need help with my DPS
Have about ~11k DPS with 4frenzy

For level 71 you're doing fine.

Upgrade to +3 bow

Get 21 CA gem.

More char levels.

That's about it.

Does this build work in end game lab?

Swap to survival gear (rare rings, rare boots), and yep.

I 40/40'd Uber Izaro and only died once with 5.5k life.