[2.6] SignalShot™ CI Full Ele Conversion TS/Barrage / Shaper & Uber Deathless / with video!

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DicemanX wrote:

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AmericanPsychx wrote:

First of all: love the build. I have sunk a TON of currency into the build and would love to see what you guys think I can improve on.
W/ Auras im at
Barrage:81k
LA:89k
9k es.

Anything you pros could recommend I improve next besides waiting for standard and getting a Brood Twine or something crazy?

Thanks in advance, and thanks for the build.

Character: Archwolf

Looking pretty solid, although if you want to squeeze more dps out of the build you should check in Path of Building whether speccing out of Arcing Blows and Quickstep and putting those points into the passives leading up to Aspect of Lynx and Weapon Artistry is better. You should also check how much better it is to put the points into Influence - if you choose to go with the 4% reduced mana reserved passive, then getting Influence is actually quite efficient especially once you shift over to Herald of Ash.

Also, you have a ton of ES from your Gloves and Chest, so the Energy from Within can be ditched in favor of a 4 dps affix jewel. If you do this, take the points out of Melding and put them into Foresight. The pretty big dps gains from that jewel slot outweigh the slight loss of ES.

Otherwise, its just a question of incrementally improving some of your gear (getting slightly better dps affixes on your rings, amulet, and some jewels) and gaining more levels for more jewel slots.

One last suggestion: if you like the Frenzy Charge generation, consider replacing Slower Projectiles in your LA links with Ice Bite, and maybe even swap Increased Critical Strikes with Innervate. You'll make up the dps with HoA, and free up some gem slots for massive dps boosts vs Guardians/Shaper in the form of Spell Totem + Elemental Weakness or Enhance + Blood Rage. The evasion reduction from Poacher's Mark isn't really that relevant versus trash mobs - its the bosses that you need to reliably hit, and you won't trigger Poacher's Mark against bosses too often. If you're concerned about accuracy versus bosses, shift to Blasphemy + Poacher's Mark or just get some more accuracy on Rings/Amulet/Helm.

As you improve your dps, it will be time to switch from Pierce to Chain, and maybe even from LMP to GMP for LA. At a certain dps level Chain will be far better than Pierce.

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Rupenus wrote:

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lazzyguy wrote:

got a quick question, i'm gonna be running tornado shot/barrage with a double legacy reach of council. what gem should i swap out for gmp? also is reach of council good for barrage? does the extra arrows add more dps to barrage? i would really like to do this build without having to buy another expensive bow

double leg reach is amazing bow for this build, 355pdps reach is equal to 440 pdps bow for barrage.
yes, double leg reach adds +4 additional arrows to barrage, you can see the numbers of arrows per shot for barrage in your tooltip information.

leg reach 6l is like, increased critical strikes + phys to lightning + ele focus + wed + barrage + phys proj damage.

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lazzyguy wrote:

i was actually referring to the tornado shot gem setup when using reach of council. If i use reach of council, will i need to change anything else about the build? or does it all apply the same (except for the gmp on tornado shot)

also what is the advantage of tornado shot over lightning arrow?

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Rupenus wrote:

you need accuracy from gear, you may use shaper's touch(diceman has a post about it in last 15-20 pages)

or acquire flat accuracy from rings.

that's your biggest problem. you must be missing most of your shots, or not be able to deal crit even though you have enough crit chance in the character sheet.

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yastu wrote:

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Rupenus wrote:

you need accuracy from gear, you may use shaper's touch(diceman has a post about it in last 15-20 pages)

or acquire flat accuracy from rings.

that's your biggest problem. you must be missing most of your shots, or not be able to deal crit even though you have enough crit chance in the character sheet.

Good point there. Thank you very much. I didn't found dicemanx post (yet, i'll try it harder later) What I see is that swapping gems I can get an accuracy of 2050. I know i need to change mi jewerly, i'll do it asap, but talking about accuracy, how much accuracy do u think i need? Because i remember read in this forum 2000 it's ok, but i don't remember is ok to do what.
On the other hand, I'll try the wise oak flask, that maybe help me about penetration.

Ty for your tips and time :-)

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DicemanX wrote:

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yastu wrote:

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Rupenus wrote:

you need accuracy from gear, you may use shaper's touch(diceman has a post about it in last 15-20 pages)

or acquire flat accuracy from rings.

that's your biggest problem. you must be missing most of your shots, or not be able to deal crit even though you have enough crit chance in the character sheet.

Good point there. Thank you very much. I didn't found dicemanx post (yet, i'll try it harder later) What I see is that swapping gems I can get an accuracy of 2050. I know i need to change mi jewerly, i'll do it asap, but talking about accuracy, how much accuracy do u think i need? Because i remember read in this forum 2000 it's ok, but i don't remember is ok to do what.
On the other hand, I'll try the wise oak flask, that maybe help me about penetration.

Ty for your tips and time :-)

Good question: what exactly is enough accuracy for the build?

It is presumed that Shaper, along with other level 84 monsters, has around 5900 evasion. This is based on data generated back when max mob level was 79.

Accuracy is calculated in the following way (from the wiki):



If your accuracy is 2000, then your chance to hit shaper is around 85.3%.

If you raise your accuracy to 3000, then your chance to hit shaper is around 89.7%

If you raise your accuracy to 4000, then your chance to hit shaper is around 92.1%

As the numbers show, accuracy enters some harsh diminishing returns, and it's usually not worth trying to scale the accuracy beyond around 3000. However, an accuracy value of 2000 isn't very good, particularly for a crit build. For critical hits the accuracy will be rolled against twice, the first time to determine whether a hit will land, and a second time to see if a crit will land (and if it doesn't it will end up being a regular hit, not a critical hit).

In the overall dps calculations this means that the chance to hit will be multiplied twice, so the lower the chance to hit the worse it will be for critical hits.

My advice for Signalshot? Shoot for around 3000 accuracy. You can achieve this with two T1 accuracy rolls on Rings/Amulet/Gloves/Helm + an Ice Golem (which you can also buff with Empower or even Minion life/Minion Ele Resists), but without wasting passive points on stuff like Acuity or Depth Perception. If you're having trouble amassing a lot of accuracy, consider using Shaper's Touch - at the cost of a little ES (if you're suing a pair of rare 200ES gloves) you'll gain typically around 600-700 flat accuracy from your intelligence stat.

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Chazier wrote:

sad.. im using broodtwine.. dps for ts 47k and barrage is 57k without buffs.. skilltree non legecy vinktar