[2.6] Flash Freeze Ice Shot Ranger
" I don't think it will save you much time but I would probably try Barrage - Phys to Light - WED - Faster Attack - Slower Proj - PPAD ??? I don't know if those would be optimal but I know their interaction with Deadeye means it will help clear trash mobs some bosses spawn. I do know you will want faster attacks so you can get the shot out and move before you get hit. | |
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Any proc for going Pathfinder?
Last edited by AncorTm on Mar 9, 2017, 3:01:15 PM
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" I'm sure they would work as I've seen many old builds using pierce when I google searched for an Ice Shot to see where google saw this thread. (I'm top of google search if anyone was going to do the same). With the new updates to the tree I feel any pierce build will lose steam once people have tried with chain. | |
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Not that it matter much but i fixed ur pathing, save 1 pt and moved 2 pts.
http://poeplanner.com/AAYAAQcSEwCBm40ILu2DGY4AXtN-fXX-urvjxKKn1P7IoaTh2wYjexSS815F-uuNv9QjUUcwfH8rOdRv8qCfh3ZKfVuvTioj028nmmohdobOwTObJjIBshnPeiLqwzoqOOdUJP3_3o19I_ZNkpu1X7DKSm-egwmcpIcTdwdtbOywjAu5fLVIhG91_Ra_JpVh4lVLjDaJ03BSKgtd8jY9napsjGKsDkjjhA3RY0OExTH6dvc-z73mVYWly2HrelPuDv1usXzD5o25gazkaql53UZjpxGBTP9DMcMzWhpnoOOfJIsPq1b6j2DgnwVmd9cUdRXwBfnIzO-P328XJnqE0K1B0F9wg208vtjVAAAxAwAAMgECAgADAgAHpAEAAAQCEQABDAEBAAMEAAkCAQIBAAMEAwMECgEBAAMBEAADAAAA or removes 1 point of leech for a free skill point http://poeplanner.com/AAYAAQcSEwCBm40ILu2DGY4AXtN-fXX-urvjxKKn1P7IoaTh2wYjexSS815F-uuNv9QjUUcwfH8rOdRv8qCfh3ZKfVuvTioj028nmmohdobOwTObJjIBshnPeiLqwzoqOOdUJP3_3o19I_ZNkpu1X7DKSm-egwmcpIcTdwdtbOywjAu5fLVIhG91_Ra_JpVh4lVLjDaJ03BSKgtd8jY9napsjGKsDkjjhA3RY0OExTH6dvc-z73mVYWly2HrelPuDv1usXzD5o25gazkaql53UZjpxGBTP9DMcMzWhpnoOOfJIsPq1b6j2DgnwVmd9cUdRXwBfnIzO-P328XJnqE0K1B0F9wg208vtjVAAAxAwAAMgECAgADAgAHpAEAAAQCEQABDAEBAAMEAAkCAQIBAAMEAwMECgEBAAMBEAADAAAA Last edited by zork on Mar 9, 2017, 3:13:42 PM
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" That's a lot of things different, though I do feel the need to correct a few things. With the conversion on the tree Ice Shot has full conversion to cold and Blast Rain would be the one at 90% (50fire/40cold/10phys). Depending on your attack speed, I don't think your Ball Lightning is going to be able to keep up with you for proccing EE but the totem should be slow enough to get the benefit. If you self cast it or use something else that hits super fast then it would be fine. Also with Evasion and dodge chance you will be hit less than normal making Ball Lightning go off less. If you aren't going crit I would save the few crit nodes you took and go more damage or life, depending on where you sit at endgame. Penetration/Resist reduction is a huge part of the idea here, though your numbers are a bit off. Penetration doesn't lower their resists it an ignorance of them. With your current numbers (Taking into account a non quality Ele Weakness) you lower their resists by 129% and have a 56% resist ignorance. Against a full capped resist (135%) you will lower them to 6% (or 1% with a full quality Ele Weakness) and you will penetrate that. According to their penetration calculation the less resists they have the less damage you will gain from it. You will still see a damage increase but it will be smaller than if they had higher resists. Overall, I think it's an interesting idea and I do want to see what happens to it once you get it all working and may even be better as its own build thread, rather than just as a modified version of mine. | |
" I have been asked about Pathfinder a few times since 2.6 launch and I think I will add it with my recommendations for ascendancy points and see what people think. | |
" The main problem I am seeing is that as raider, you lose the free chain, which is big, since the chain gem loses you a lot of damage (~30% or so?). I tried out slivertongue + quills + chain gem and the damage was far behind what I am getting with lioneye's glare + rare quiver + threshold jewel. Its unfortunate, because the aoe is a lot better, but I think losing the % damage on the chain gem makes chain not worth it without taking deadeye. That being said, I think my plan going forward is to grab a drillneck and a second threshold jewel. that will put me at 100% pierce for ice shot, as an alternative to chain/fork, and will give me 100% projectile damage for ice shot via drillneck. I would add lioneye's glare to your post, it is doing some serious work for me. I have had it for at least 10 levels now and it is currently still carrying me through t9s. Not sure what I want my endgame bow to be, but I assume it will be Opus. Last edited by Dopefish9760 on Mar 9, 2017, 4:27:31 PM
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" AHHHHH SHIT! I forgot my tree was converting my phys damage to cold on blast rain! BLAST! I might have to go back to my old tree idea and just do a spell totem with firestorm then :( gotta go more int spec then. I'll play around with the idea a bit more... might post my own guide at that point! |
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It might also be better vs single target since we're dealing with bosses with much higher resists....
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Might be a dumb question, but how much crit change are we looking to get? Ideally as well as whats good enough?
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