[3.0] NeverSink's ♣ INDEPTH Tornado&Archer Guide ♣ Beginner friendly ♣ Rapid clear ♣ All bosses

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If you want to use a golem, pick the ice golem. You can also use culling strike-rarity linked to him.

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Migdalin wrote:

I uncovered an error in the guide:

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If you want to use a golem, pick the ice golem. You can also use culling strike-rarity linked to him.

Him? The ice golem is a her. Most patently a her.

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moooff wrote:

Iam playing this build for the first time in Warbands.

I got following decent Bow, however im unsure how to upgrade

I have about 20 ex of currency available should i try to buy a new one or should i try to craft an upgrade?

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TsopKratos wrote:

I posted this a few pages ago i guess ill do it again but people pls dont ask for the same things again and again, Neversing has made a very analytical guide and everything u ask can br found in the first page.. about gem links gear upgrades etc etc..

Anyways the build in its "final" form should be a lv 94 ranger (dont worry 90-91 is fine too but at 94 u get all the important nodes) have about 10k evasion to feel safe and the dps.. i guess its up to the gear but clear speed is always amazing

With my gear I get 180k split arrow chain dps and 540k frenzy dps with all charges up, vaal haste and atziri's promise

Spoiler

Some of the pieces i use are very crappy too, the build can get even more dps (though it is not needed at all)

For any questions u have u can pm me ingame if u like, ReMalakaKyrene is the ign :)

Just try to read the whole guide before asking something :)

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returnofsnow wrote:

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moooff wrote:

Iam playing this build for the first time in Warbands.

I got following decent Bow, however im unsure how to upgrade

I have about 20 ex of currency available should i try to buy a new one or should i try to craft an upgrade?

You should hoard more exalts and try buying a 400+ pdps one.

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Shoujo wrote:

First off I want to say thank you for the guide. It's very detailed and noob friendly. The passive skill tree itself seems like a work of art with the minimum number going to wasteful attribute nodes (the +10 ones) that aren't close to good skill clusters.

That said I'm having trouble understanding the differences between the aggressive and defensive trees. To me it looks like the only real difference between the two is the duelist evasion/life cluster plus extra life node picked up near king of the hill. From what I can tell from the visual skill tree, the core of the build mostly lies in the ranger/shadow clusters and not the duelist clusters so if you build the core during the early - mid levels (when the game is easier and the extra defense isn't terribly necessary?), the defensive tree doesn't actually become that more defensive than the aggressive variant until pretty late in the game.

My question is does picking up those life nodes at such a late stage make the build overall that more defensive? Should one make a beeline for those life nodes during the early-mid levels? On the one hand it lets you benefit from the extra life earlier, but that also seems a bit wasteful when such excess defensiveness is unnecessary and the slower killing speed may mean remaining at risk longer. The ranger/shadow areas also have plenty of life clusters as well which seem like making a beeline for the duelist defensive nodes unnecessary.

Right now I'm really leaning towards the aggressive variant, perhaps with a more defensive skill gem setup that finds its way in HC builds (i.e. enfeeblement as an option instead of assassin's curse, the use of arctic armor to make kiting easier and extra damage mitigation). Possibly with the use of ice shot as a primary until crit/king of the hill become available/reliable as crowd control powers.

The two wasted nodes near the flash freeze and celerity cluster in the defensive tree hurts my soul lol

Would appreciate any thoughts/feedback :) Thanks again!

Note: Still a noob and not actually playing HC, but even when I play SC I play as if I were in HC.