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

Incredible build! Played TR before Quill Rain nerf, but I gotta say, QR is still a solid leveling bow, I used a 4 link one since the league start (bought it for 1c and linked it myself).

I only died once in all 87 levels, and that is right before Kitava act 10 (yes, I was being dumb and rushed into a pack like mad).

In maps I'm not sure I ever was in danger, especially after getting most of my gear set up.

Here's the gear, although I'm still missing a 6 link bow, - mana mods on rings (not available yet, too early in the league) etc.


Very fast-paced, zoom-zoom playstyle, and yet very safe! Great work!

You can craft +3 bow much cheaper. Base for 1ex + few resonators (20c per try) + craft chaos multi(25c) = 2-2.5ex

Great build. 50k EV, 75% dodge spell doge, ok damage. Like idea with grace. 1ex enlighten3 + like 7 wasted talents points tradeoff worth it

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Morb_84 wrote:

Thank you guys for the explanation.
After reading more I decided to stick with just build as it is.
My goal is to stick with just one build for the league since I don’t have that much time.
So it’s probably better to take this good build as it is and just learn the ins and outs while playing.
Thank you again and have a great league :)

Personally I'm not a fan of HOA. It was good when it could carry you through levelling and endgame with minimal investment, but that got nerfed. Now to play HOA you have to reserve all your mana on him or sacrifice your chest slot, and the minion itself tends to lag behind so you have to constantly tp him with convocation.

Poison builds that use HOA to just reach 100% poison on hit cap are another story, but there are better skills than toxic rain to play poison builds nowadays. Plus you get annoyed every time a map rolls 65% chance to avoid poison.

I think its worth pointing out that there was a change to the mana cost rings. They are no longer called -to Total Mana cost of skills. The mods you should be looking to craft/search on Poe.Trade is;

Non-Channeling Skills Have -x to Total Mana Cost

Man, I've honestly stop reading this after "Pathfinder is bad. Do not play it."

I mean, WTF?

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Bidumandias wrote:

Man, I've honestly stop reading this after "Pathfinder is bad. Do not play it."

I mean, WTF?

Yet you care enough to post?

The pathfinder is bad line is explained multiple times... if you don't stop reading.

Hey Guys, i Play Toxic Rain before the Quill Rain Nerf, but i played with Occultist CI (and not was my league starter).

So now i decided play Toxic Rain again and choose it to my league starter, but i'm a little lost with, what items i can use to start maps and farm some currency to buy the correct gear.

What Gems i'm using to levelling etc.

If anyone can help me with tips and advices i'm really appreciated

Thanks.

Hello guys! I am happy to play this build! But I have some doubts about my DPS.


I see awesome damage when running maps solo and killing red-maps bosses quite fast and safe, but in full party my DPS is slightly low than others. So it should be? I am on my way to farming currency for awesome bow and improving gear, for example:

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Keylors wrote:

Hey Guys, i Play Toxic Rain before the Quill Rain Nerf, but i played with Occultist CI (and not was my league starter).

So now i decided play Toxic Rain again and choose it to my league starter, but i'm a little lost with, what items i can use to start maps and farm some currency to buy the correct gear.

What Gems i'm using to levelling etc.

If anyone can help me with tips and advices i'm really appreciated

Thanks.

Skill gems in the first post.

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Here's a short priority:
Toxic Rain
Mirage Archer
Damage on Full Life - If you aren't at the stage where you're always full life, drop this
Void Manipulation
Vicious Projectiles
Swift Afflictions/Efficacy

You're going to need level 56 for a 5-link, so before then, pick up a 4-link 1.5 attack per second bow, scour and alt spam until you get +gems or +bow gems. Run TR / MA / VM / VP. When you hit level 56, pick up a 5L bow that's 1.5 attacks per second, alt-spam again, and add in another gem.

Other gear doesn't matter much. I prioritize gem slot colour and links, then resists, then life, then mana. I'm nearly complete white maps, and I'm still using a 5L bow, level 18 gems, I'm only level 80, I don't have any of the suggested unique gear, or any of the -mana cost affixes on my gear.

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resisnex wrote:

Hello guys! I am happy to play this build! But I have some doubts about my DPS.

My equipment

I see awesome damage when running maps solo and killing red-maps bosses quite fast and safe, but in full party my DPS is slightly low than others. So it should be? I am on my way to farming currency for awesome bow and improving gear, for example:

Spoiler

Your bow is Maraketh base - which gives you some extra MS, but suffers on APS. There's no extra attack speed on your quiver or gloves, either, and you've dropped some attack speed nodes on the tree for extra defenses. We rely on that attack speed to stack up pods.

Party play also affects us in weird ways as well - curse overwriting, for instance. On bosses, we rely heavily on Despair. If you're running with an aurabot that's applying some other curse, it's going to nerf our damage.