[3.15] Crimson Bow Gladiator, RoA + Puncture | Pure Bleed Build | All Content | In-depth

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Cliffb wrote:

Hello, i'm interested in this build. I wanted to ask, what do you think about The Crimson Storm bow?

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The bow offers high physical damage and flask recharge, that's everything. Gladiator already offers enough bleed chance and also applies maim. It is good as a starter bow, just like Reach of the Council and Lioneye's Glare. End game you will always want to have corroded fossil crafted bow, nothing can beat 100% dmg multiplier.

Crimson Storm is much, much better for a normal attack build.

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Haasts wrote:

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Ryslatha's Coil is BiS, there are no real replacements. I suggest to try chancing it. Before that, just use normal rare belt with life and resistances. Flask mods are also VERY helpful.

Good to know, and I guess you can always chance on Elder Two-Point Arrow Quivers and Studded Belts if you find them - IIRC "only" two chanceable uniques for each base, though I'm sure that means if I tried it I'd end up with Elder Asphyxia's Wrath and The Magnate. Never hurts to farm The Wretched, but quivers are a little harder to target (are they the only item type with no "random unique" divination card?) - just the beastcrafting shield/quiver recipe, and I suppose you could farm up Ancient Orbs via Zana's Harbinger mod and ... hmmn, I'll have to test the Hyrri's Bite vendor recipe to see if the item level's dependent on character level, but that should give you a 1/3 chance of getting Skirmish with an Ancient Orb on a L19-21 quiver.
(Update: Nope - the vendor recipe on a L20 character gave a L10 Hyrri's Bite, and using the four Ancient Orbs I had in SSF, turned into Rearguard(L28)=>Blackgleam(L22)=>Drillneck(L36)=>Blackgleam. I still don't understand why the Lycosidae trick works but seeming equivalents don't ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

It's a shame that using a Corroded Fossil on a belt to get the "(30–40)% increased Damage with Ailments" mod blocks elemental resistances.
Edit: Oh, if it's not worth using Siege Ballista until you have Skirmish, I suppose a Kaom's Heart wouldn't be a terrible chest in the interim if you have a decently linked bow and don't mind spamming Volcano maps.

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+2 TS enchantment is not necessary, but it MASSIVELY increases clear speed and with that - defence. You will apply more bleed stacks on enemy, starting chain bleedsplosion earlier and destroying enemy corpses faster. Many projectiles/spells just disappear from existence on corpse explosion, preventing you from taking any damage.

Makes sense - I've generally run SSF builds that are fairly helm-enchantment agnostic, or can make use of a Bone Helmet and Spiritual Aid. Speaking of the latter, it's a bit of a stretch to reach Spiritual Aid above Resolute Technique, but I guess it'd scale the bleeds/bleedsplosions a little - have you experimented with it?

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I would advice against farming 6-link Harbinger. It has nice damage, but very low attack speed, it's gonna feel awful. I also never found that card personally. Humility, The Dapper Prodigy and Chains that Bind are all viable options of farming 6-link body armour while giving you freedom to craft good bow.

Good to know (I too haven't found a lot of The Bowyer's Dream, but was mildly interested in farming a few hundred Ashen Woods to get some data on the droprate of The Enlightened). I'm interested in how Betrayal content/Jun will be integrated into the main game like Niko/Alva, and how feasible e.g. targeting Elder Scarabs to use in high-level maps to target Elder bases.

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I didn't use War Banner at all, not enough mana to use it. Chance to Bleed and Maim benefit the most from +1 level. Especially the former.

Ah, OK, saw the L20/20q War Banner in Mordechai_Heller's gloves and wondered if it was something you were experimenting with. Would be good option to use while levelling, at any rate.

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DankawSL wrote:

January 22nd, 2019

From experience, i tried to run 10 elder items for ailment removal perk of Blasphemer's Grasp. That includes me trying to chance both Skirmish and Ryslatha's Coil. Estimate results:

* Quiver ~1000 chances - 3 Asphyxia's
* Belt ~600 chances - 2 Magnates

That being said, Skirmish is not that rare. I think i found 4-5 of them this league. Ryslatha's on the other hand is quite rare. Overall, i wouldn't advice chancing the elder base in SSF.

Harbinger Zana mod is awful from what i heard and experienced in the past. I would rather use chaos to spam a nice elder boots instead.

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Haasts wrote:

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Oh, yikes, that's rough re: the number of Chance Orbs. Out of curiosity, do you remember how many attempts of Corroded+Jagged fossil crafting you used for both your starter and endgame bows?

Zana mods aren't as juicy as they used to be, but a necessary evil in SSF if you're trying to feel like you're progressing towards the Beachhead/Lich/Breachlord challenges :/