[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

How important is the level of the different intelligence gems? I know from the FAQ that once the build is finished we'll have the int needed. But what about while leveling? I'm currently 52 and only have 59 int. Is it worthwhile to grab an int node while leveling so you can continue to level the INT gems and respec the points later? Or are they not too important and just level them as you get the INT from the normal tree?

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stoudtlr wrote:

How important is the level of the different intelligence gems? I know from the FAQ that once the build is finished we'll have the int needed. But what about while leveling? I'm currently 52 and only have 59 int. Is it worthwhile to grab an int node while leveling so you can continue to level the INT gems and respec the points later? Or are they not too important and just level them as you get the INT from the normal tree?

I usually level with a Lapis ammy to try and round up the INT my character has. While I do not grab a 30 INT node, there is no harm in doing so.

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ChronoExile wrote:

I usually level with a Lapis ammy to try and round up the INT my character has. While I do not grab a 30 INT node, there is no harm in doing so.

Doh! I'm an idiot. Brain fart moment. Didn't even cross my mind to get int on my jewellery for the time being. Smh.

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stoudtlr wrote:

How important is the level of the different intelligence gems? I know from the FAQ that once the build is finished we'll have the int needed. But what about while leveling? I'm currently 52 and only have 59 int. Is it worthwhile to grab an int node while leveling so you can continue to level the INT gems and respec the points later? Or are they not too important and just level them as you get the INT from the normal tree?

I always grab a +30 int node and then spec out of it later.

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Serleth wrote:

You still have 5% from duelist and you can always invest in more from scion life until you get gear upgrades / levels (which add flat life).

The tree I'm running right now takes all of Scion life and finishes around 4900 life at level 91.

I have above 5200 with not all from scion life wheel. But i have only one andvarius and on all jewels 7 % life.
I feel better with this, because i am sometime lasy and then the 300 life is good for my bad reaktion :-)
and i make atziri every time i find a midnight and for her the 300 life is great. With 4800 i died sometimes. Now i made all the runs deathless.

Yesterday i found a warband chest in a monstrous treasure map and now i have 3 leader more. dont even know, that such chest exist :-)

The Warband unique chests, among others, were introduced in 2.3

Quite curious about how such a build fare vs newly added bosses.

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Largely, it works fine.

There's a few bosses where it's a pain in the ass due to their exceedingly large health pools, but I can comfortably do up to T14s.

Would these gloves be good to use in this build?

Maybe with Caustic - Void Manipulation - Rapid Decay - Conc Effect?

Because the damage over time multiplier is MORE and not increased?

No.

Despite that roll being the equivalent of a level 21 Slower Proj gem, the extra two gem levels from a 5L +2 bow gems bow (which is relatively easy to get) is more beneficial:

What you're basically doing there with the gloves is running a 5L equivalent of CA + VM + RD + CE + SP (where slower proj level 20 = 29% more damage, roughly the roll on the gloves), but without the +2 gem levels.

Also, just as a point of clarity in case the question pops up as a result of your post, the projectile attack damage implicit does nothing for the CA cloud dps.