[3.16][HC][ON BREAK] Caustic Arrow Raider, DoT Focused | Tanky | 6k+ Health | All Content | In-depth

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ryoken0367 wrote:

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I picked up the 6-link bow shortly after making that post. Had someone who was willing to take different currency (I had a fair bit of jewelers, not a lot of chaos) in trade, so was able to pick it up sooner than I expected to be able to. Took ~300 Alts and ~65 augs to get the +2 with a decent suffix, and that was only the second time I saw it (first was with mana on kill, which you said can make it hard to keep Divination Distillate up, so I kept going).

Once I get a few more Chaos, and the master levels to remove the life craft (almost there, just a couple more days of Dailies I hope), I'll work on crafting it higher, thank you for the tip.

I did some clearing last night, and 2 arrows feels pretty good. It doesn't spread as much as with GMP, but with full damage on the DoT I would say I'm clearing a little faster than I was with GMP, because I had to wait for mobs to die. The biggest difference for me is I don't have to remember to swap gems for bosses, making those fights *much* easier (because I never remembered). One thing I notice is that arrows are missing a decent amount or I'm really bad at aiming with 2 arrows. I think it's misses because my accuracy seems a little low (88%), is that normal?

I will likely take you up on that mastercrafting service soon, thank you! I need to feel some luck and I'll regal the bow, then try to catch you online to get it finished out.

*Edit* Regaled the bow, and got lucky: Got a suffix (even got a pretty decent suffix, increased projectile speed). If I can catch you online, would love to finish out the craft. I think I have just enough currency to make it happen, just not there on the masters yet.

*Edit 2* Thank you Dankaw, very happy with the end result!

Overall, although I've been enjoying the build since I started it, I feel it's really starting to come together and it feels amazing. Your thorough guide and advice has made the trip a lot of fun, and the build itself is really quite enjoyable.

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Mishalicher wrote:

So what is more effective, tr with wither support/ totem + wither?

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Amethalia wrote:

Awesome guide, playing pathfinder to 93 in SSF so far, and still invested in the league. Best build/guide I've played.

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black_dota wrote:

Man you really should get some kind of an award for making this guide and replying to every single post here, without saying stuff like read the guide, you actually explain and give proper tips.

I really appreciate what you done for he community :)

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thsscapii wrote:

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Awesome build! Played a CA Occultist last league, and decided to try a Ranger version this time with the reworked CA. I've also always wanted to use Div Distillate flask, but most builds don't run it with Quicksilver or they use Pathfinder. I hate not using Quicksilver and I hate Pathfinder, so this is perfect.

Regarding Wither Rain or Totem for me, I use both:

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I can just manage to fit everything in:
CwDT with Vaal Grace in Helm
Wither Totem in Gloves
Frenzy CoH in Boots
Wither Rain + Blink Arrow + Vaal Blight in Chestpiece

The nice thing is that everything fits on to the hotbar nicely for me (I like to keep my Aura on the hotbar even after activating it).

Wither Totem is great for bossing, but I find Wither Rain much better in Delves. In Delve encounters or bossing in maps, I simply throw everything down: Wither Totem, Wither Rain, Vaal Blight, Frenzy CoH, then go ham with CA.

Considered using a Boots with Socketed Gems supported with Level 15 Increased Duration Support. This would allow me to use either Wither Rain + Vaal Grace or Wither Totem + Vaal Grace in the Boots, freeing up 1 Socket for something else, perhaps another CwDT trigger like Molten Shell, or just a Portal to link with Wither Totem's Faster Casting. Haven't been able to find Boots with good enough stats.

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Glaceron wrote:

Is it possible to apply Shock to enemies for even more damage?