[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

Thx for answer. So, I have another question. For now I think about buying +2 5L bow, ~50% iir rings/amu (without hp/res), iir hat, sadimas (or maybe aurseize?), perandus blazon, goldwyrms and tabula/greed's embrace 4L. So I will have very bad survi. Do you think this will be enough to run low level maps (70-)? Also, how important is occultist ascendancy? I mean, Merc lab will be very hard (ofc after getting some resists), so will probably try it on higher levels.

And last, rarity on jewels. It's worth? Or focus on dmg/survi?

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DamianTaps wrote:

Thx for answer. So, I have another question. For now I think about buying +2 5L bow, ~50% iir rings/amu (without hp/res), iir hat, sadimas, perandus blazon, goldwyrms and tabula/greed's embrace 4L. So I will have very bad survi. Do you think this will be enough to run low level maps (70-)? Also, how important is occultist ascendancy? I mean, Merc lab will be very hard (ofc after getting some resists), so will probably try it on higher levels.

And last, rarity on jewels. It's worth? Or focus on dmg/survi?

Your goal should be to strike a balance between survivability, clear speed and magic find; if you find yourself dying more than say once every other level, then you'll want to get more health/resists/evasion or whatever stat that's lacking and causing you to die.

I would definitely not use Tabula Rasa once you get a 5-link +2 bow; your chest and belt are two items where you want defensive stats: high life, high evasion (on the chest) and lots of resists.

I would not purchase Greed's Embrace for this build; although its magic find is fantastic, Greed's Embrace offers nothing in terms of survivability and the 20% movement speed penalty is just awful. Instead, get an evasion chest with life and resistances (eventually you'll want a Carcass Jack but that's way off in the future, once the rest of your gear is top notch and you can make up the resists you're missing out of by not wearing a good evasion rare chest).

You'll also want life and resists on your Helmet, Gloves and Amulet - but look for high IIR on the helm and gloves and eventually on the amulet too.

In other words, don't go hog wild on magic find stats. You want to be able to have decent clear speed and excellent survivability while leveling - dying slows you down, eats up a portal, and the experience point penalty makes leveling all that slower.
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As for magic find on jewels... I'd put that as low-priority. Use your jewels to fill in the stats that you need; typically life and resists but once your gear gets much better probably life and dps.
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The game's content is largely the same now as it was before ascendancy. So don't worry about ascending if you're still going through Act 3 Merciless. You can ascend if you want to but it's absolutely not necessary to make it all the way through Act 3 Merciless and beyond.

I asked a while ago what class is going to be best for this build after the patch and you said Ranger for sure, now I see that the skill tree is for Scion, why is that? Fast answer is appreciated, thanks!

EDIT: Its probably already said but i have so little spare time to play the game and i dont want to spend it on searching the topic...

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mulerin0 wrote:

I asked a while ago what class is going to be best for this build after the patch and you said Ranger for sure, now I see that the skill tree is for Scion, why is that? Fast answer is appreciated, thanks!

EDIT: Its probably already said but i have so little spare time to play the game and i dont want to spend it on searching the topic...

It's scion because ranger ascendancy gives less dps. Also, the "Projectile attacks..." on ranger ascendancy doesn't work with the CA ground effect, while scion's "Projectiles gain damage while..." does increase the cloud's damage. Occultist's -15 chaos res and increased damage if you killed something cursed is just a bonus.

I hope I didn't mix anything.

Personally I'm thinking of trying out deadeye/trickster combo on scion.

€ to the OP: the proposed tree is really well thought but I have one advice: I'd switch Mana flows to Primal spirit. Still 2 points and only 20 mana regen less but you gain 20% increased flask charges and +20 str. Just my 2c.

Finally crafted it , around 5ex overall

Many thanks for answers. Let me ask something else, because I want to know it before I start this build.

What do you think about fire totem with gmp and iir? I won't have 6L for long time so this should help with moneymaking.

Also, why u don't use divination distillate? If I try to use it, spamming CA will be enough to keep it up?

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Ohmydog wrote:

Finally crafted it , around 5ex overall

linked it yourself or bought a 6l?

Finally finished my Bow, crafted it up from a rare one, which I scoured down to white:


Really liking this build, doing really good currency wise!

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Serleth wrote:

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mileycyrus143 wrote:

Why champion class not suggested? In terms of phc survivability it is king.

This is not an HC-focused guide, and there's no damage benefit.

Further, Trickster's defenses are underrated and very powerful.

Inspirational gives me 35% damage and 10% runspeed. It affects cloud damage

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PureRnd wrote:

Finally finished my Bow, crafted it up from a rare one, which I scoured down to white:

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Really liking this build, doing really good currency wise!

nice man, congrats. everything i would want on my bow. do you have mastercrafting to do the +1 urself or you paid someone