[3.25] Scourge Arrow Poison Prolif Pathfinder - Fast, tanky, fun to play

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Satana66 wrote:

Hi, im confused a bit, what to choose hardened scars setup or divine flesh? im sorry but im new for poison builds and pathfinder xD .. hardened scars setup gives fortify and rage, divine flesh setup gives us phys dmg reduction with darkscorn, a lot of chaos res.. Am i missing something? p.s sorry for mistakes in my english, its not my native lang. thank you for very smooth and fun league starter build, hope you will help me to understand what to choose, also can u please explain me how to link items here? i want to ask about my bow, is it good or not)

Well chainbreaker/hardened scars is quite a bit cheaper to get going so its better to aim for at league start/low currency, divine flesh is probably the most expensive version (and with most well balanced defense because fortify works only against hits, divine flesh works against everything, and makes chaos damage-based encounters trivial).

And looking at your bow, yes, its fine you have 2 important mods and 3rd bonus one with cdot multi crafted, that should be fine for quite a while.


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And to link items, you just click on your character name in top-left, click on item on your character while replying and it will link the item there.

Quick question. I am using this build as my PS4 starter. Just started playing this morning, so I’m almost lvl 28. Up until now Toxic rain is awkward to aim on controller, but I’m almost done with it. I think for consoles it’s easier to aim Caustic Arrow.

Anyway, regarding defensive setups: I see you have immortal call, but it’s not linked to cwdt. So how do you use that? Preemptive pressing? Bound to right click? I want to know what options I have for controllers.

Thanks again for the build.

Have a nice day,
Smmogz

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Smmogz wrote:

Quick question. I am using this build as my PS4 starter. Just started playing this morning, so I’m almost lvl 28. Up until now Toxic rain is awkward to aim on controller, but I’m almost done with it. I think for consoles it’s easier to aim Caustic Arrow.

Anyway, regarding defensive setups: I see you have immortal call, but it’s not linked to cwdt. So how do you use that? Preemptive pressing? Bound to right click? I want to know what options I have for controllers.

Thanks again for the build.

Have a nice day,
Smmogz

Bound to left click. What is PC specific sadly. For console, I would recommend following this experimental gem setup I have:

https://pastebin.com/LbjxrHXN

That one is aiming at reducing amount of actions needed and more automation what should be pretty vital for console (i plan to update the guide with it later but I havent done that yet). That pob also has immortal call on CWDT

Hello guys, started this build from 3.12 first time and my question would be does Socketed Attacks have -15 to Total Mana Cost on armor will work only if I put scourge arrow in the armor or it can be in weapon. Poe noob here.

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_madness_86 wrote:

Hello guys, started this build from 3.12 first time and my question would be does Socketed Attacks have -15 to Total Mana Cost on armor will work only if I put scourge arrow in the armor or it can be in weapon. Poe noob here.

YOu would need to have SA socketed inside the body as it applies only to gems socketed directly inside of it

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Bound to left click. What is PC specific sadly. For console, I would recommend following this experimental gem setup I have:

https://pastebin.com/LbjxrHXN

That one is aiming at reducing amount of actions needed and more automation what should be pretty vital for console (i plan to update the guide with it later but I havent done that yet). That pob also has immortal call on CWDT

Thank you for the quick reply. I played a berserker 2 leagues ago that used some warcry on lmb ( so I just had to constantly mash it). It wasn’t too bad, but it did get tiresome when I was in maps.

The cwdt setup is much more helpful. Thank you.

As far as the new movement skill, blink arrow, I will have to give it a try. I never used it before (never played a bow user before) but by looking at it I think I will run into the same issue: precise targeting. If I don’t need to pinpoint the location where it drops, then it should be fine.
This is by no means a comment on your build. I like the SA skill, I used it for 2-3 hours two days ago, since I wanted to get a feel for it, and I like it. So I will continue with your build regardless, but I will have to use dash or something if I have issues with the targeting. Since SA starts from my char, I have no issue with it in the controller, since I can guide the direction rather accurately, and the pods are nice for taking care of the rest.

Final questions:

1. re alternate quality: anything that stands out for any of our skills?
2. I saw on reddit that some players use Void Sphere for CA/SA builds for clumping enemies together so that they can better shoot at them. Also it seems to be decent in heists to control giant packs behind doors. Does it have any merit? Does VS have any place in your build?

Thank you again for helping and writing a really good guide. I loved the gem progression part.

Have a wonderful day,
Smmogz

Hey!

I love the build so far, insane clear speed for such a low cost. Pretty happy with the bow. I am currently working on the chest for the reduced mana and I tried to corrupt 40ish emblaer for despair curse but didn't get lucky so far.

When you had Immortal Call you capped it at lvl 9. Now that it is in the chest, in POB you have it at 20. Is that intentional? I got the idea behind limiting it to 9, but I'm wondering why that doesn't apply anymore. Thanks.

Hi, I really like the build so far, clearing is great, but i'm reaching 4 watchstone conqueror and single target is abysmal. I'm working on 6 linking my -15 mana cost, but I don't think it's gonna make that much of a difference. any tips?

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olcrow wrote:

Hi, I really like the build so far, clearing is great, but i'm reaching 4 watchstone conqueror and single target is abysmal. I'm working on 6 linking my -15 mana cost, but I don't think it's gonna make that much of a difference. any tips?

Hey there!

I had some issue with single target for 4 watchstones conq as well. I bought a Witchbrew which helped a ton actually. I did a Sirus A5 with one portal left. My biggest issue was my mana, I spent so much time no dps him because I was out. Even with a hybrid flask... But it's doable with good dodge.

Also cluster jewels add a ton of dps for this build!