[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

Hi,
I am starting as a Scion instead of the Ranger. On the passive tree, should I travel through the "Reflexes" node for more Evasion rating or not?

Thanks.

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vysirez wrote:

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Serleth wrote:

* Blood Dance is probably the best of the defensive options, imho, allowing you to go ham on Blood Rage and actually out-regen the degenerative effect, additional charge generation chance (more damage), and a psuedo-cull type effect with extra damage on low-life monsters per charge.

I wanted to ask, do you really think Blood Rage is needed if your wearing Blood Dance? I know the regen that Dance gives you more then covers Rage, but with the charge generation from Blood Dance, I'm not sure Rage is needed, and that is an extra 150-200 health per second you are getting. If you are looking for a defensive boost, I would think you would want as much as you can get out of the swap. One of the things I liked best when I was running Blood Dance before I got my Goldwryms was that I didn't have to use Blood Rage.

If you really want to amplify the potency of your MF, you can't afford to drop Goldwyrm.

But, yes, if you're playing safe for leveling, it's an option. I personally just use rare boots with life.

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hey, i did atziri last day, "easy", died 3 times, for my first run it hink its not bad.
My point is, now, i want to kill uber. But the shard is really expensive, i cant buy hope and try yolo mod. I would really appreciate if you can explain the changement you would do in this build if you want to uber. Like in the tree or the stuff. And maybe if one day you r bored i prety sure i m not the only one who would love to see a video guide of this exploit :)
see ya

The short version: Atziri's Step boots, and everything else as high defensive stats and life as you can get. Recolour the bow to use Iron Grip or Pierce instead of IIR. Take Phase Acro, for sure (not an option).

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Is that what you would suggest doing past 89 if you're using the jewel tree? The scion life wheel?

It's all preference-based mate. I prefer higher survivability over damage. I wouldn't run with anything less than 4.5k life personally, as an example. The 88+ stages of the build are all about personal playstyle.

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Ser, not sure if you have seen the Dev post regarding rarity? It becomes apparent as to prices for things on Warbands now...

Yeah, I saw that. Silly GGG making MF'ing more expensive to start. Pffff.

(97ex earned in Warbands, presently sooooo. That worked? =D)

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I am starting as a Scion instead of the Ranger. On the passive tree, should I travel through the "Reflexes" node for more Evasion rating or not?

Not necessary to do so. I don't have time right now to do a full blown look at the tree and calculate the point investment required so as far as min-maxing goes, I'll either have to get back to you or leave it up to you to explore the point-for-point difference in pathing. Gotta start heading out the door here for workywork.

Hi guys i have a question about the dps. Im level 35 right now with a 3l silverbranch bow. I have motm and entropy. My poison arrow dps is 230 per second and that seems kind of low atm.

here is my gear



nothing special so what should i be changing? Is this like the normal dps at this level or am i doing something wrong. Im playing in hc and following the hc tree. I picked up sniper and the proj nodes next to them as well as blood drinker for more life cause hc.. Now im omw to the duelist side to pick up all of the nodes there.

Heres my tree atm



Am i on track?

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asbo96 wrote:

Am i on track?

Looks like it but make sure you're looking at the chaos damage per second in the expanded tooltip. Check the FAQ's second-last question for an illustration of the right place to look.

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Serleth wrote:

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asbo96 wrote:

Am i on track?

Looks like it but make sure you're looking at the chaos damage per second in the expanded tooltip. Check the FAQ's second-last question for an illustration of the right place to look.

yeah thats where i checked. It says i do 230 chaos damage per second but it takes a while to kill rare/unique mobs.

I got a +3 bow now, it cant fit a +dot prefix though but its all i had exalts for currently,.

What's the best way to 6-link it while using it? keep a second bow ready in case i link it to less than 5 i guess?

Selling my Bow. PM if interested.

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asbo96 wrote:

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Serleth wrote:

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asbo96 wrote:

Am i on track?

Looks like it but make sure you're looking at the chaos damage per second in the expanded tooltip. Check the FAQ's second-last question for an illustration of the right place to look.

yeah thats where i checked. It says i do 230 chaos damage per second but it takes a while to kill rare/unique mobs.

Yeah, that's normal. That's why we keep Flame Totem around for some extra deeps until +2 bow.

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What's the best way to 6-link it while using it? keep a second bow ready in case i link it to less than 5 i guess?

That's an option. Or you can do what I did (bit more risky): bank up 200-300 fusings in reserve. Then bank up another set of fusings (your choice, I personally go for another 300). Then use those liquid fusings for the 6L attempt. Miss? Use your reserves to re-5L. Repeat until 6L.

Very good guide, everything explained in detail, loved it :)

I like the concept of solo farming with high IIR but i dont like the Poison Arrow all that much, just as a skill, not questioning its efficiency :)

Did you pick it cos it fits the build well for any reason (ie: the chaos nodes being very close and efficient) or just as personal preference?
Would be possible in your opinion to tail a build around different skill / mechanic (such as CoC), and which kind of skills you d consider more appropriate without losing too much on the efficiency side?

sorry if this has been asked before, i didnt read all the replies :P

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EddieStyle wrote:

Very good guide, everything explained in detail, loved it :)

I like the concept of solo farming with high IIR but i dont like the Poison Arrow all that much, just as a skill, not questioning its efficiency :)

Did you pick it cos it fits the build well for any reason (ie: the chaos nodes being very close and efficient) or just as personal preference?
Would be possible in your opinion to tail a build around different skill / mechanic (such as CoC), and which kind of skills you d consider more appropriate without losing too much on the efficiency side?

sorry if this has been asked before, i didnt read all the replies :P

After 134 pages, I wouldn't expect you to :P

And thank you for your kind words =)

I picked the skill mostly because of the playstyle. Prior to this I was running a Flameblast proliferation MF'er and I really enjoyed the fire and forget playstyle of it: hit one mob, burn the screen, move on, kill more stuff while the loot piles up. Very quick to clear maps and it doesn't require extra investment in things like crit nodes or gear. Then they nerfed prolif, so I went out looking for a skill that would provide a similar feel: PA seemed the obvious choice.

It's possible to do an MF variant of virtually any skill. Like I said, I opted away from crit because of the node and gear investment (gear is the more important side; you pretty much want things like Maligaro's and Rat's Nest to maximize clear speed) but it's certainly doable. I have a friend that did crit TS MF for a while to solid effectiveness.

Things to consider when approaching a skill and looking to turn it MF:

a) Does it have reasonable AoE coverage?
b) In pursuit of AoE coverage and damage, does it sacrifice too much single target?
c) What is my passive investment going to do for things like resistance balance problems?
d) What gear can I sacrifice in terms of damage without losing too much potency, and still MF?

With this in mind there needs to be some consideration for the Meta of PoE and certain skills that just straight up don't function well at the moment. Elemental Hit comes to mind as a skill that hardly anybody uses, and for good reason.

So some skills that are prominent right now that function well with reasonable investment:

a) Cyclone (a well rolled Vaal Axe is all you need, and you can take RT)
b) Ice Crash (great AoE coverage, but works best as crit for single target killing; still more than functional as RT
c) Reave (extremely mobile now that you can use Whirling Blades and still keep your Reave stacks up)
d) Sire of Shards FT or other projectile totem setup (relatively fast clear speed, especially as a crit build, doesn't require anything more than the staff for solid clear speed)

Those are the big four that come to mind to my 2:30am brain.