[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

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Serleth wrote:

Yeah, congrats, meanwhile because I'm willing to spend an extra 4ex in my gear and I'm clearing maps faster than you, I'm making at least 20% more currency per hour than you are, meaning I've paid off that investment in 8 hours (40 hours if you compare the INCREASED currency generated, isntead), and then I'm blowing you apart on the bank for every hour after that.

RF totems are only more efficient early league. Like you said, because of the lower cost to get it full-powered.

A completed CA setup destroys RF totems for raw map clear speed.

ok, 3 min gorge is shit clearspeed now. only for 10 exalts invested i take it to 2.30 as ca
so sweet. and then doubleboss hpmod dominus at palace will rip my face off.
kappa.
tell my regards to CB packs too.
only thing i care about after merging hc and sc leagues - complettin challenges.
i need only zana lvl 8 to hit 40 with selffound build playin like 2 hours evening(div cards, treasure, ho, trinkets and ench left, that are actually easily obtainable, i just need time to trade it), while in tali with ca i kinda didnt even try to do certain stuff.

you trolled this thread before - why don't you just get out? noone needs this crap you post. feel good about totem builds, go brag in their threads.


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and now on-topic again

gear progression


still running with only 1 insta-flask, I really love popping unidentified rare boxes with my defreeze quartz :)

most stuff I miss are the enchants and trinkets, zana 8 really. found two T1's (Kongor, Hege) and the other two will be 2-4 ex depending on haggle I can get, still didn't buy a lab unique but oh well.

next project is CA 21/20 ^^

Back on topic... I gave away a nice high resist high ev chest today to another CA player, so now my inventory of free gear for other guys in this thread is:



I've got enough currency saved up that I can buy a 6L bow if one comes up for a decent price. There was one listed today for 1.5 ex, I could have bought that but I was *just* shy of the price, and then it was gone. :(

GL & HF all. :)

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grimjack68 wrote:

Back on topic... I gave away a nice high resist high ev chest today to another CA player, so now my inventory of free gear for other guys in this thread is:

I've got enough currency saved up that I can buy a 6L bow if one comes up for a decent price. There was one listed today for 1.5 ex, I could have bought that but I was *just* shy of the price, and then it was gone. :(

GL & HF all. :)

nice deals man :)

altho I guess you know it, be on the look for an iLvl 64+ 6L bow. the ones listed at around 1 Ex mostly tend to be lower than that, which would cripple your possibilities quite a lot.

good luck with that ^^

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horstkaracho wrote:

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hankinsohl wrote:

Pretty crazy for Lab speed runs if you can stand the complete lack of stats other than movement.

since these lab is not as much of a pain anymore :D

Nice enchant - gotta get that on mine :-)

A note regarding the skill tree:

The tree suggests taking Soul Siphon notable which gives +10 max mana, +18% increased max mana and +5 mana gained on kill (and +8% max mana from travel point).

For people still gearing up (maybe even for everyone) I'd highly suggest taking Primal Spirit notable instead which gives you +15% increased max mana, +20% increased mana regen, +20% increased flask charges gained and +20 to STR & INT (and +8% max mana from travel point) for the same passive point investment.

The +STR/INT boost is huge for leveling gems which is something i noticed I had an issue with, also I really prefer the +20% flask charges gained compared to mana on kill from Soul Siphon.

Additionally, taking (at least temporarily for gearing characters) Cloth and Chain notable gives +12% to all elemental resistances and +24% increased evasion rating and armor (and +3% to all elemental resistances and +12% increased evasion rating and armor from travel point), totaling in a 15% boost to all resistances which makes it a lot easier to gear into the double andvarius rings.

hey Palar

yes those were all taken in a previous 'pre jewel'-version of the tree.
we also started off from scion's resistance route (3 x 18%) instead of the projectile damage route, took cloth&chain and went for primal spirit. The logic behind was that we would not have all the jewels at hand at very early stages of the leagues. the jewel-based tree is only after you have managed resistances and other mandatories that we re-allocate the points towards more damage / frenzy / jewel slots nodes.

this may have been lost, anyway, common sense and the absolute flexibility at hand we really can approach obstacles differently :)

how is it going for you in Perandus?

Off topic update from a CA enthusiast:

Hi Serlet and all other

many people here youse the goldwyrm boots.
But they only have 10 % movement and i hate to have
no 30 %
Is the quantity from this boots realy so good?

all in all i played a TS build the last leages and was
tired to play it again. So i tried this one and its a nice
build but its not so direct like TS and i have some problems with it.

I have always mana probs because i shoot to often and dont let the
cloud do the work.
Ans what do you do with fast bosses following you. Thats verry anoying
for me.
And till now i had noch chace to kill merciless lab boss in stage 3.

Any tipps ?

and the last comment. I found the guide verry useful, but had problem that i dont understand
the deadeye occultist comment. I dont realise what to take first and so it was helpful to
see other players skill tree to understand that it should take a ranger AND a witch
class.
Perhaps some other player have the same problem and you can explain it a bit. :-)

Thanks a lot for the guide

The +quantity on Goldwyrm is very important for magic find.

When chased by bosses/fast mobs, use blink arrow (your blink clone will often take aggro) and quicksilver flasks.

Wither of course applies a bit of movement speed slowdown and your wither totem (though it doesn't taunt) will often take aggro.

I suppose you could curse with temporal chains and use ice shot for applying curses; I tried that in the past and it's really safe. I believe that Havoc did this, dual cursing with Temporal Chains and Enfeeble on his Poison Arrow build.

Finally CWDT-Arctic Breath-GMP-Chain is amazing - try it if you still have problems avoiding fast mobs.