[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

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gexstar wrote:

Hey, i got some questions about your passive trees. I noticed the standard tree tree with acrobats doesnt get Method to the Madness, but the Iron Reflexes one does. Those nodes seem pretty good to me, any reason you didnt include them in the stadard build ?

Oh and what bow would be better: +3/4l or +2/5l ?

Presuming AoE is your fifth gem, you'd want the 5L just for area coverage which = clear speed. But really if you're willing to stand around and fire more arrows, maybe you'd prefer more damage.

For my money, AoE wins.

For your other question, Iron Reflexes takes the points that would otherwise be invested going along the outside to Acrobatics to get Method. Acro's tree optimization requires the outside pathing, which makes taking Method a waste of points compared to other options available. IR's pathing is more efficient to cut straight to Shadow, so it's point-for-point worthwhile to get that instead of the extra jewel socket to the left of Scion.

Just min-max stuff, basically.

Thanks for the quick answer! Generally speaking, which build do you think is better ? IR or Acro ? I'm leveling a ranger, so i thought of going acrobatics. Which one are you using?

Acro's better IMO. And given that something like 30% of characters in the top 15,000 of Talisman are using Acrobatics... can't be bad. ;)

Sounds reasonable, lol. Thanks!

I noticed that you got very different sockets in the bow of your gear section than in the link section.
I guess the sockets in the bow are the old ones and the new sockets are with void and rapid decay ? Was a little bit confusing.

And Chaos damage on amulet is quite nice, if you need a damage boost. You loose 20% IIR for 30% chaos damage. Hard to find a talisman with good other stats though.

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gexstar wrote:

Sounds reasonable, lol. Thanks!

I noticed that you got very different sockets in the bow of your gear section than in the link section.
I guess the sockets in the bow are the old ones and the new sockets are with void and rapid decay ? Was a little bit confusing.

And Chaos damage on amulet is quite nice, if you need a damage boost. You loose 20% IIR for 30% chaos damage. Hard to find a talisman with good other stats though.

Yeah, I personally never check the linked gear for sockets, always the "gem links" spoilers whenever I'm cruising other people's guide threads. Precisely for that reason: gear changes, gear gets out of date, the player's levelling spare gems in other sockets, blah blah etc.

I wouldn't bother with a talisman for this build unless you managed to get a well-rolled Spinefuse (IIQ base) but, that's a T3 talisman. So if you wanted to guarantee a *chance* at it, you would need 125 rare T1 talis, then pray you hit spinefuse on the T3 attempt.

That's a lonnnnnnnnnnngggggggg-term project for a Standard character, maybe.

EDIT: I relinked the bow in the OP anyway to avoid confusion later.

Hello. I'm just writing this to say how much i love this build. In 2 days of playing i have made enough currency to buy andavarius, +3 6l bow, and drillneck. I'm not sure now what should i invest in. Second andavarius i guess. I'm having trouble with my resistances and I have to run purity of elements to keep them almost capped. If I buy second andavarius, that will break my resistances. Maybe someone could give me some guidance?

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/Jjahvo
Character is : Metanolia

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Jjahvo wrote:

Hello. I'm just writing this to say how much i love this build. In 2 days of playing i have made enough currency to buy andavarius, +3 6l bow, and drillneck. I'm not sure now what should i invest in. Second andavarius i guess. I'm having trouble with my resistances and I have to run purity of elements to keep them almost capped. If I buy second andavarius, that will break my resistances. Maybe someone could give me some guidance?

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/Jjahvo
Character is : Metanolia

The final stage of res balance to offset dual Andvarius comes from jewels.

Can't say much else because your character list is private. Don't know where you're at with tree or gear.

I'm sorry for not putting it private in the first place. It should be visible now. :)

Is this build still viable?

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maljbre wrote:

Is this build still viable?

Yes.

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Jjahvo wrote:

I'm sorry for not putting it private in the first place. It should be visible now. :)

No problem.

Leather belt should be tri elemental resistance (ie, not chaos as your third res).

Carcass Jack will be difficult to run with full res balance until you get a dual resistance bow. You will either need to invest in Cloth and Chain (and quite possibly Scion resistances), or change to a rare chest in the meantime.

Your helmet is lacking in good res rolls. Your gloves are okay but could use an upgrade as well so they're both at least 35%+ with room for a mastercrafted third resistance, at least.

From there it's just jewel sockets. There's at least two you can get quickly. For best results, you're looking for a jewel with either res all or a duo-res (same affix, like a two-stone implicit) affix + your damage/life rolls.

In other words, just a matter of some gear upgrades and levels and you should be good. Looking like minimum two gear upgrades and 7 levels to get your resistances balanced to work with Carcass.

This is basically the reason I leave Carcass Jack as last in the gear upgrades list. Because it doesn't offer a great res-all roll, it's difficult to get working and keep res capped without purity.

That said, strictly from an MF standpoint if all you're going to be doing is running low level maps, you don't really NEED to have Grace up, so that should help out with avoiding Cloth and Chain and instead investing in life nodes and running Purity for a while. I leave that up to you. You're level 83 so there's still a relatively easy 7 levels ahead of you.

If it were me, I'd swap to a rare chest for now to make res balance easier, allowing for faster life/jewel nodes and leaving Grace up.

All in all you're well on your way =)