(3.14) Toxic Rain + Caustic Arrow | 5-10m Sirus DPS | Fast + Durable | 50c Budget/SSF Uber Elder

How much increased Area of Effect should i get for good TR pod overlap?

so i'm at the point where i would start crafting the bow but am kinda new to crafting and looking for some clarity about the best method/needed steps
i got a ilvl 83 grove bow for aps as base and plan on alt-hitting t1 dot and attack speed , block attack, ex slam and multicraft - would i need to regal/annul too in this case? and is it even worth crafting this or should i just buy such a bow with t2 for ~15-20ex /all t1 for ~30ex+

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xledalton wrote:

Swift affliction or efficacy? I see alot of bows that run 6links 5g 1r with swift.. is that better than running efficacy?

I switched to swift affliction after seeing a 5k dps increase in POB. However, I bought an awakened at lvl 5/20 quality which you can't get the same with efficacy.

Managed to do Sirus level 8 with no deaths last night. Attempted Elder and Shaper and they were both pretty easy, will be aiming for Uber Elder tonight. Glad I stumbled upon this build as my other friends are sinking over 150 exalts and still can't do Sirus due to build mechanics. This build really shines by getting off some toxic rain shots during Sirus and then dodging beams while still doing damage.

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Rhapsodical wrote:

The thing is that I'm unsure if we actually proc a crit enough in this build for it to be worthwhile as is; my crit rate is around 6%. Would it be worthwhile for me to get increased crit chance from somewhere or should I abandon the idea of using these boots?

This spec doesn't have enough accuracy and crit chance to reliably proc the boots imo, and if you want to play around these boots I'd say just play a completely different spec that actually synergizes with crit, trying to put crit in a non crit spec just for the boots will take away from useful stats to put one just... for the boots?

Feel free to try if it procs often enough with baseline setup, but don't sacrifice item budget for crit. I'm pretty sure they'd work much better on an assassin that crits all the time.

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klugscheissa wrote:

i got a ilvl 83 grove bow for aps as base and plan on alt-hitting t1 dot and attack speed , block attack, ex slam and multicraft - would i need to regal/annul too in this case? and is it even worth crafting this or should i just buy such a bow with t2 for ~15-20ex /all t1 for ~30ex+

The dot multi and attack speed are both suffix, pretty sure alt-spam can only give either 1 mod or if it's 2 mods it's prefix + suffix. So you'd have to luck out on a regal and it can take 1 try or can take forever... it's luck. But odds are not exactly in your favour, the chance to hit the exact 2 mods you want from a pool of many is low. You can check https://www.craftofexile.com/ for some simulation on crafting.

If you're feeling more like farming currency than lucking with a craft, buying a "perfect" bow is an option, the people who craft them obviously make profit out of it so it could be cheaper to make one yourself, but on the other hand these people usually spend all day doing crafts to make currency, so they know what they're doing.

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eXwu wrote:

Glad I stumbled upon this build as my other friends are sinking over 150 exalts and still can't do Sirus due to build mechanics.

That's because Sirus is not a dps race, and unless you make an immortal character like the herald / aura stackers it's easy to get gibbed on your typical "mapclear" build that is squishy but has high dps / clearspeed. Unless you're Mathil level of dodge everything.

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klugscheissa wrote:

so i'm at the point where i would start crafting the bow but am kinda new to crafting and looking for some clarity about the best method/needed steps
i got a ilvl 83 grove bow for aps as base and plan on alt-hitting t1 dot and attack speed , block attack, ex slam and multicraft - would i need to regal/annul too in this case? and is it even worth crafting this or should i just buy such a bow with t2 for ~15-20ex /all t1 for ~30ex+

You have to regal it to get the dot and attack speed because they're both suffixes. You then lock suffixes (2ex), scour (will stay rare because it's got two suffixes), block attack mods (1ex), ex slam it for +1 then multi-craft (2ex) +2 support (2ex) and CDOT. So you're looking at minimum 8 ex, and that's without the six link.

I started with a six-socket 83 base, threw some alts at it whenever I was bored or had them, and got lucky with a t1 dot and t2 attack speed. Got unlucky and spent 2 ex trying to six-link it at 38% quality. All in all, the bow cost me about 11ex to make. Still cheaper than what they're going for and most of them don't have the right base.

I just built a cheap +1 and +2 to bow gems imperial for about 3ex until I crafted this one. That carried me pretty far, but the +2 support with Empower is a massive dps boost.

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Viktranka wrote:

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klugscheissa wrote:

i got a ilvl 83 grove bow for aps as base [...]

The dot multi and attack speed are both suffix, pretty sure alt-spam can only give either 1 mod or if it's 2 mods it's prefix + suffix. So you'd have to luck out on a regal and it can take 1 try or can take forever... it's luck. But odds are not exactly in your favour, the chance to hit the exact 2 mods you want from a pool of many is low. You can check https://www.craftofexile.com/ for some simulation on crafting.

If you're feeling more like farming currency than lucking with a craft, buying a "perfect" bow is an option, the people who craft them obviously make profit out of it so it could be cheaper to make one yourself, but on the other hand these people usually spend all day doing crafts to make currency, so they know what they're doing.

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adabar wrote:

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klugscheissa wrote:

so i'm at the point where i would start crafting [...]

You have to regal it to get the dot and attack speed because they're both suffixes. You then lock suffixes (2ex), scour (will stay rare because it's got two suffixes), block attack mods (1ex), ex slam it for +1 then multi-craft (2ex) +2 support (2ex) and CDOT. So you're looking at minimum 8 ex, and that's without the six link.

I started with a six-socket 83 base, threw some alts at it whenever I was bored or had them, and got lucky with a t1 dot and t2 attack speed. Got unlucky and spent 2 ex trying to six-link it at 38% quality. All in all, the bow cost me about 11ex to make. Still cheaper than what they're going for and most of them don't have the right base.

I just built a cheap +1 and +2 to bow gems imperial for about 3ex until I crafted this one. That carried me pretty far, but the +2 support with Empower is a massive dps boost.

Thanks for your helpful replies. I got messaged ingame and was told how to craft / what to keep in mind regarding alt/scour/etc. but forgot to edit my post.
Seems like I'm very unlucky because atm I'm like 10ex worth of alts deep and didnt even hit a t1/t2 combo.

Hello,

For the Watcher Eye should I prioritize:
-Unaffected by Bleeding while affected by Malevolence
or
-Non-Channelling Skills have -10 to Total Mana Cost while affected by Clarity

Thanks,

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Viktranka wrote:

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Rhapsodical wrote:

The thing is that I'm unsure if we actually proc a crit enough in this build for it to be worthwhile as is; my crit rate is around 6%. Would it be worthwhile for me to get increased crit chance from somewhere or should I abandon the idea of using these boots?

This spec doesn't have enough accuracy and crit chance to reliably proc the boots imo, and if you want to play around these boots I'd say just play a completely different spec that actually synergizes with crit, trying to put crit in a non crit spec just for the boots will take away from useful stats to put one just... for the boots?

Feel free to try if it procs often enough with baseline setup, but don't sacrifice item budget for crit. I'm pretty sure they'd work much better on an assassin that crits all the time.

It procs sometimes, I'm having a hard time gauging just how often because my potions pretty much guarantee that my my buff bar is an absolute mess. I went ahead and refunded the Herbalism circle (costs me around 300HP) and specced into the King of the Hill Notable, which doubled my crit rate to around 13.86% and probably increased my DPS a bit as well (with the DoT increase with bow skills part of it). I have yet to actually test if this is more effective, but I plan on running a Simulacrum shortly and seeing how it works out.

These were my previous boots:



I just need to figure out if I proc Elusive enough for it to be worthwhile over the flat 10% to attack and spell dodge those boots give me.

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Rhapsodical wrote:

I just need to figure out if I proc Elusive enough for it to be worthwhile over the flat 10% to attack and spell dodge those boots give me.

If you want elusive, you could consider slotting a small cluster jewel with "No Witnesses" trait, it has a chance to proc on kill not on crit, but on the other hand you'd have to carve 2-3 passive points for just that.

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klugscheissa wrote:

Thanks for your helpful replies. I got messaged ingame and was told how to craft / what to keep in mind regarding alt/scour/etc. but forgot to edit my post.
Seems like I'm very unlucky because atm I'm like 10ex worth of alts deep and didnt even hit a t1/t2 combo.

If I understand Craft of Exile correctly, you're not actually that unlucky yet. T1/T2 combo is extremely low odds of happening. Most settle on a T1 DOT Multi and a lower attack speed roll.

Check out this for T1/T2 for both DOT and AS. You need roughly 7.7K alts and 3.7K augs, then some regal and scours. This assumes you're auging when you only roll a prefix with your alt, which is more efficient currency wise but obviously a lot of clicking.
https://www.craftofexile.com/?b=20&m=alteration&am=aar&lv=82&ob=both&v=d&a=e&l=a&lg=2&d=1&req={%221661%22:{%22l%22:68,%22g%22:1},%221713%22:{%22l%22:30,%22g%22:1}}&bld={}&ggt=|&ccp={}

If you settle for T1/2 DOT and T1-4 AS, your odds increase significantly at 2.5K alts and 1.2K augs. You can play around in Path of Building to see how much the AS decrease hurts you, but it's about 2K chaos less expensive to do T1/2 DOT and T1-4 AS. For that you can Tier 4 Empower on your bow and +1 to all chaos gems on your amulet, and a lot of other rare tweaks which will be more impactful to your DPS.