[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

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Tethalaki wrote:

I'm also currently using a Pierce gem in my 6-link instead of using the Pierce cluster. I'm not sure if it's worth losing the damage/Life to regret out skills to go for it so that I can stick the IIR gem in.

A small question though: is Soul Siphon worth going for? I took Mana Flows over it for the extra Int, and with Clarity I'm not having any mana issues, though I suppose on maps with a high mana regen penalty it might be painful.

a) It is worth it to get the pierce cluster in order to get IIR in.
b) Precisely: Soul Siphon is taken explicitly so you can avoid rolling over reduced recovery maps and/or so you can avoid needing a mana flask for said maps.

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Can we somehow include IIQ gem and stay viable? ty

With the nerf to CA gem in 2.1, it's a lot more difficult to pull off, but if you're willing to stick to low level maps, you can drop Rapid Decay to do it, but you will *need* a 21 CA and Empower 4 to still be comfortable with the damage.

Mid to higher level maps get frustrating without the extra damage, though.

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This is my first HC char, should I level with Firestorm/Fire Trap or Arc/Orb of Storms?

Either. I find Firestorm's better than Orb, but that could just be personal preference, they're very close.

For HC though I'd recommend going the Fire route simply because you can add in Flame Totem for a bit of extra dps and aggro.

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My 40 challenges would have not been done without this nice build and guide.

Grats, Moksu! =D

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For Uber, I believe Serleth mentions that he drops his Andvarius Rings in favor of rare rings.

Yes, Uber's not doable with MF gear. You swap out Goldwyrm and Andvarius, and all other gear really, for the highest life/eva things you can find. Atziri's Step is also a requirement, and picking up Arrow Dancing's critical for not getting one-shot by the spear (as often).

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Serleth wrote:

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Can we somehow include IIQ gem and stay viable? ty

With the nerf to CA gem in 2.1, it's a lot more difficult to pull off, but if you're willing to stick to low level maps, you can drop Rapid Decay to do it, but you will *need* a 21 CA and Empower 4 to still be comfortable with the damage.

Mid to higher level maps get frustrating without the extra damage, though.

With IIR gem I have 334% and without I have 267% rarity, and 27% IIQ. What do you recommend, IIR gem OR do you think its better to switch it with IIQ gem? TY

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mulerin0 wrote:

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Serleth wrote:

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Can we somehow include IIQ gem and stay viable? ty

With the nerf to CA gem in 2.1, it's a lot more difficult to pull off, but if you're willing to stick to low level maps, you can drop Rapid Decay to do it, but you will *need* a 21 CA and Empower 4 to still be comfortable with the damage.

Mid to higher level maps get frustrating without the extra damage, though.

With IIR gem I have 334% and without I have 267% rarity, and 27% IIQ. What do you recommend, IIR gem OR do you think its better to switch it with IIQ gem? TY

C = (1 + IIQ/100) * (1 + IIR/100)

Whatever gets you the higher C value.

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Serleth wrote:

C = (1 + IIQ/100) * (1 + IIR/100)

Whatever gets you the higher C value.

iir gem = 5.5118. iiq gem = 6.2023

So I guess its worth switching to iiq gem? ty for formula :D

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mulerin0 wrote:

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Serleth wrote:

C = (1 + IIQ/100) * (1 + IIR/100)

Whatever gets you the higher C value.

iir gem = 5.5118. iiq gem = 6.2023

So I guess its worth switching to iiq gem? ty for formula :D

Yep, there you go. =)

And you're welcome. Worth it for whenever you make more significant changes to gear or want to try different combinations.

Hit 36/40 today... much better financially than last league at about this point... also not rushing the deadline this time...

...now comes the hard part... all I got left are 4 more days of Zana, 1 more treasure, 2 more div cards... and 7 more enchants... every time I turn around I hear another helmet enchant horror story

EDIT: 200 chaos bought the rest of the buyable challenges... now its just a wait and a grind...

Side Note: I tried to grind the last couple Catarina missions to finish early... as soon as I started trying I couldn't find her anywhere... in the last 2 days I found Zana 6x, and Catarina once... I learned Frame Time measuring only helps with Vaal/Haku/Tora/Vagan... any mission with a sub-zone portal really...

The trick to enchants is to wait for a day where there's no golden door (daily lab post on reddit helps with that). Then you can do runs in 5-8 minutes with this build, probably a bit faster. I tended to do them distracted talking to people on IMs.

Took me about two days to get the enchants done.

That's weird with the Docks frame time farming though. Might just be the nature of your computer making it difficult to spot? Works fine for me, I have a 95% success rate in finding vaal zones. There's a slightly lower spike if it's a master mission, and the highest spike is a vaal zone for me, with the odd exception for Haku.

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Piros wrote:

Hit 36/40 today... much better financially than last league at about this point... also not rushing the deadline this time...

...now comes the hard part... all I got left are 4 more days of Zana, 1 more treasure, 2 more div cards... and 7 more enchants... every time I turn around I hear another helmet enchant horror story

EDIT: 200 chaos bought the rest of the buyable challenges... now its just a wait and a grind...

Side Note: I tried to grind the last couple Catarina missions to finish early... as soon as I started trying I couldn't find her anywhere... in the last 2 days I found Zana 6x, and Catarina once... I learned Frame Time measuring only helps with Vaal/Haku/Tora/Vagan... any mission with a sub-zone portal really...

The enchant one is pretty nasty. I'm at 11/12, missing the aura enchant, with hundreds of lab runs so far. OTOH, it's really just a grind, it's not difficult. Speed boots, extra damage rings, run past most mobs, only stopping to fill flasks... and of course, make sure you pick days where you can do the runs in ~6 minutes. So, not today. ;)

I've had no problem finding Catarina rotations in global 820.

@serleth: I play on an SSD, dunno if that affects frame time much or just load screens... my avg frame ms is 17... on loading zone its 150-175ms... vaal zones spike 210-270ms... no noticeable spike for masters unless they're the 175s

@grimjack: that's the advice I've seen so far for lab runs, I think... I, too, have little problem finding a Cata 6/7 Rota... especially as more time passes... I was just trying to get done a day earlier... I will be lvl 8 as soon as I do yesterday's daily before reset today

Finally managed to craft the super-bow



Kinda nerve-wracking throwing around currency like that... but nice to see the end result... only took me 85 regals to get the +2 bow gems mod

Now my tooltip reads 17.7k in hideout with just the golem, 22.7k with golem + blood rage + 7x frenzy charges, 23.25k when you add the 4 second dmg buff for killing a cursed mob... only thing I think left to do is 21/20 CA instead of 21/0, Empower 4 instead of 3, and maybe a few minor quality gems... but I have most capped already... now I need to upgrade armor a bit...