3.23 EXPLOSIVE ARROW BALLISTA ELEMENTALIST - League-Start to End-Game. Easy mode.

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Paynna wrote:

Why use a rare quiver over the skirmish two-point quiver? Are the stats enough to outweigh the extra totem?

To my understanding: if you have enough attack speed - you don't need an extra totem. Plus a good rare quiver is a huge damage boost.

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Prof549 wrote:

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Paynna wrote:

Why use a rare quiver over the skirmish two-point quiver? Are the stats enough to outweigh the extra totem?

To my understanding: if you have enough attack speed - you don't need an extra totem. Plus a good rare quiver is a huge damage boost.

I've found this to be the case. With a sufficiently speedy setup you can even drop to 5 totems, which allows you to anoint something other than Watchtowers.

So first, thanks to everyone helping me getting there ! (especially Limevan, thanks mate !)

Here is my POB: https://pastebin.com/eSLXAcVj

Is there anything obvious (or less obvious) i can do better ?

I have trouble getting through the simulacrum, and i dont know why. I can kill most content with a few death but this one seems impossible.

Anything better i can do ? Any mistake i am making that hinder me ?

Thanks in advance !

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kokook wrote:

So first, thanks to everyone helping me getting there ! (especially Limevan, thanks mate !)

Here is my POB: https://pastebin.com/eSLXAcVj

Is there anything obvious (or less obvious) i can do better ?

I have trouble getting through the simulacrum, and i dont know why. I can kill most content with a few death but this one seems impossible.

Anything better i can do ? Any mistake i am making that hinder me ?

Thanks in advance !

Some non-expert observations.

a) You could do with a lot more accuracy. Usually from the gloves, ring or bow. Swap blood rage for Precision perhaps?
b) I suspect Polaric Devastation will beat either ring, for the covered-in-ash buff.
c) Drop Elemental Mastery for Damage Over Time Mastery in your tree. This will give you more explosive stacks while you work on accuracy.
d) Time for some better jewels: bow speed, burning and DOT multipliers work better than bow damage.
e) Swap in vaal Molten Shell and Vaal Grace as a panic button combo.

I find simulacrums easier with Purity of Elements just to cover the many many ailments you'll die from. That said hitting Sim-30 is still very tough even with maxed-out gear at L100.

I don't see flammability curse anywhere. is that not worth using? Or is it just somewhere that I'm not seeing?

Edit: nvm I see it on the ring now

OK I think I'm nearly done with this pretty awesome build. Am I missing anything stupid? Usually at this point I realize I was doing something dumb left over from level 10...

https://pastebin.com/LmMSHFT0

For simu wave 30 and other endgame stuff you need mageblood setup.

I've tried the build and I'm currently 93, with decent gear, but far from the best. I can do all maps no problem, except for a few modifiers that give me nightmares, and the breach Maven encounter slapped my bottom real hard.

Overall, the build is very good, I followed the leveling guide, and it felt like smooth sailing, only finding trouble later on with the tough encounters, still, being able to make it that far without issues, from the start, is commendable.

My only gripe with the build is the color scheme of the gem setups, specially the bow, only one green on a bow it's terrible. I bought a nice +3 bow with good dps, and I still can't get it to have the required gem setup.

Even with the vorici betrayal bench, apparently 1-6 white slots means 1, 7/7 times. I've also spent more than 3k chromatic orbs just to make it playable, which forces me to drop lifetap and leave mana unused to play the totems, relying on mana flasks... It's pretty annoying.

this my quiver: is extra arrow of any value? find the build a bit confusing in this area

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11Kobar11 wrote:

this my quiver: is extra arrow of any value? find the build a bit confusing in this area

I've read that the extra arrow makes it harder for the totems to hit single targets, because the two arrow fire in a "V". Not tried it however.