[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

"

deadsolo wrote:

Did the section for how to put your points while leveling before CA get removed since yesterday or am I blind?

"

Serleth wrote:

"

deadsolo wrote:

Did the section for how to put your points while leveling before CA get removed since yesterday or am I blind?

It did.

I don't have the time right now to rework it so that it functions when the 2.6 tree goes live.

Basic principle is choose a spell (or level with attack bow skills and use the recipe to craft phys %), pick relevant damage nodes suitable for your decision near the finalized tree, grabbing life as you need.

EDIT:

I'm going to restore it until tomorrow so you can take a look. Nothing's changed for the build so the concept is the same.

EDITEDIT: Done. No idea if it'll work after the 2.6 tree goes live or not. I won't be updating it in time for league-start.

"

hankinsohl wrote:

"

ichbinwerichbi wrote:

Then agein a howa build? or is there a new meta :-)

HoWA is strong but would be somewhat hard as a starter build - you'd need to use some other weapon and/or skill since HoWA won't be available day 1 and will be very expensive throughout the league.

Whispering Ice - converted to fire is very strong, end-game viable, and you can go Scorching Ray-CwC-Firestorm while waiting to get a Whispering Ice. This build is going to be meta though and uses CI-int gear just like HoWA so it'll be expensive.

Fire Nova Mines - converted to chaos - is a boss killer - and is also a good starter build choice - you'll need 2 consuming darks and an Infernal Mantle - but you can level/get by on fire nova mines while waiting to purchase these items. This build will likely go meta and will be expensive, especially the Uber Lab enchant.

"

ichbinwerichbi wrote:

What build will you do for the beginning hank ?.

"

hankinsohl wrote:

"

ichbinwerichbi wrote:

What build will you do for the beginning hank ?.

I'm going Elementalist, Whispering Ice - I'll initially level as dual flameblast totems until I get a Whispering Ice. Zizran has a really nice starter build guide for dual flameblast totems and covers both templar and witch starts - probably this is the strongest/fastest option for leveling until you get a WI, at which point you respec.

I might stick with WI for the entire league depending on how good clear speed is. It's a very strong build, very tanky and is capable of all content, and clear speed should be decent to good. But I'm going to try to push 40/40 so if HoWA has better clear speed (it almost certainly will) I'll roll HoWA as a 2nd toon.