[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)
" Because the majority of the time you don't actually need to curse. You really only need to curse bosses and certain tanky rares / blue packs. Meaning that if you're stopping to fire frenzy, you're actually slowing down your clear speed. Blood rage allows you to generate the charges automatically, which improves your clear speed, and thus your currency generation/hr. Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018.
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Thanks Serleth... I played for a about a week after hitting 40 then decided to take a break... glad I kept checking in... even after being disappointed with the 2week race league announcement... because this poll and its current results look promising...
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Off topic...
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Checking back in after a brief GGG hiatus. This league I rolled dual flame totem converted to chaos and then ice trap converted to chaos. I had hoped that the totem build would turn into a good MF build... didn't happen. So I tried MF on the Ice Trap build - also not good. The clear speed of Caustic Arrow coupled with the ability to equip lots of MF without a huge loss in DPS/survivability makes CA one of the best - if not the best - MF builds in this league. ========== At any rate, just wondering what folks are doing for a 2nd build. I'm on my third toon now and am thinking about going Spark converted to chaos or maybe crit Blade Vortex. Although I have a lot of the gear for chaos-Spark, I'm not sure I want to go this route - on my PC, the cursor disappears under heavy graphic load (such as is the case with lots of spark projectiles covering the screen) which makes me hesitant to roll Spark next. Anyhow, would love to hear anyone's plans for a 2nd/3rd toon. P.S. - Next league, I'll almost certainly roll CA as my first toon - everything I've tried over the past few leagues just isn't as good at MF as CA is. Last edited by hankinsohl#1231 on May 3, 2016, 4:51:28 AM
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I've had to put my plans for rerolls on hold. I have a backlog of things I need to clear out in Standard in order to make room for merges instead of constantly buying new stash tabs, so I had a boatload of corrupt maps, spare frags, Atziri sets, and unid maps to run. I've cleared the corrupts and most of the frags, decided I'm going to sell the sets (because running three tabs of sets makes me want to vomit), and about 2.5 tabs of unid maps.
Gotta try get it done before Perandus is over. That said if I get time, I still haven't run a Bladefall character, so I wanna try that, see how my computer handles Fakener, and then go from there. Maybe cluster crit Ice Traps. Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018. Last edited by Serleth#4392 on May 3, 2016, 3:00:00 PM
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Is Increased Quantity gem better than Item Rarity for 6th socket?
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Check FAQ.
Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018.
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Jammed this build in 2.1 and it was beastly. Is this still the best solo mf build for mid to high maps in 2.2?
Also, is Drillneck way better than Rigwald's now? I remember in 2.1, it was very comparable. Last edited by DayOldHateXS#4180 on May 6, 2016, 2:56:51 AM
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It's even better than it was in 2.1, thanks to Ascendancy and being able to drop the AoE gem.
Drillneck definitely trumps Rigwald's, because of the additional arrow from Deadeye. In conjunction with that, it provides 50% passive pierce chance, meaning the "projectiles fork" of Quills would only function half the time. I also found Quills to be unreliable in the additional AoE coverage it provided, personally. An additional arrow is consistent, and you can get a corrupted +arrow Drillneck for even better coverage. Bottom line is Quills, at best, matches the AoE coverage and, at best, provides only half the damage Drillneck does. Drillneck's the way to go. Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018.
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Cheers. Also is emplvl3 better than 21 slower projectile? Will need to recolor my bow if so.
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Yes, now that AoE is no longer a factor, and RD and VM are in play alongside CE, it's more important to stack that multiplier on a higher gem level (i.e., by running Empower).
Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018.
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