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

I have isolated only t1 damage over time, could not get the attack speed to stick. I'm thinking of attack mod blocking, slamming with a warlord's orb (phasing/extra projectile/culling strike are the only potential things that can roll), slamming an ex for +1 gems and then multimod'ing. Its very expensive and I'm trying to farm for the ex I need to go through with this.

Should I? Or should I still be rolling for just an attack speed DoT mod bow?

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B3Xter wrote:

What about Silverbough Crude Bow for the start?

Works great - this is why it's listed as the second bow in the progression in the guide.

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Tannhauser1 wrote:

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Huansdreck wrote:

crafted myself this one to get sustain during long bossights without adds and to use bloodrage. The additional attackspeed makes a sizable difference.

Before I was using this one, worked as well

Seems these hunter amulets need Ilevel 82+ for these mods, or can roll on any?

Correct, iLevel 82+ is required. Bases for crafting are going for 90+ chaos at the moment.

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deucebags wrote:

Hey Typical - thanks for the great guide and still playing your build in game. It's great to see you progression. Your gear... is insane this league :). I had a couple questions for you:

I saw you removed Mirage Archer - was the nerf too high? Are you just setup for bossing?

Same questions your on your chest piece selection: Perfect Form - Do you have enough layers of defense to remove Acro?

How important is Skill Duration in this build? I could be confused on how it applies to damage. PoB doesn't show Duration dps changes well. What's your opinion on testing a tree that runs up to Corruption, but drops the 25% duration node and adds on 25% Duration node via allocation to amulet?

So, this is exactly what I did last league. Ran a Perfect Form for the Acro. I ran Arctic Armour as well, but I don't think it really contributes much. I also pathed to corruption and used oils to get the 25% duration node. POB plus my dps calculation spreadsheet that I built based on the "don't be a tooltip warrior" section says it's significantly better damage output.

The biggest challenge I ran into was bosses with phases, I tend to run out of flask charges unless they also spawn adds in between phases, and I'm using flasks to keep my Evasion high enough.

Other than that, this setup worked exceptionally well.

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Fraktal_ wrote:

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You have a 4l quill rain which I imagine is about 1c. Please invest in this slot before qotf/atziri's. Your gems are also just a low level due to you being level 80, so there a lot of free damage there. If you're dying to uber lab I might need more info, because if you have more than 4k combined (which you do) nothing should 1 hit you. Bob and weave.

Izaro one shots me with his wave thing. Idk how to invest in a new bow they all cost too much. Should i just fill my inventory with rares and keep selling to collect shards for a couple weeks to have enough currency?

My strategy with Izaro is pretty simple - in the first two arenas, I just run around him. You only need to hit him every now and then, Mirage Archer will carry you the rest of the way. I do the same in the last arena if there's enough room, if not, I use Blink Arrow to bounce back and forth over him. This has the added benefit of leaving my Blink Arrow clone around firing a bow will culling strike.

As for bows, the starter 5L is cheap and easy.

From the guide (with some edits by me, all errors are likely my fault):

+2 5L Starter Bow
Price: 10c
Damage: 1,274,618
How to Craft: Buy a 5L Short Bow, Thicket Bow, or Grove Bow that is itemlevel 64 or higher. (Use this search, should cost you 1 chaos or less: https://poe.trade/search/arikabomanazih ) If the bow is not white, scour it. (It will be white if you buy from my search, above.) Then spam Orbs of Alteration until you get "+2 to level of socketed bow gems". Use an Orb of Augmentation if the bow does not have a suffix yet, then Regal it. If you hit attack speed on either the Augment or the Regal, you can craft Non-Ailment Chaos Damage over Time Multiplier. If you did not get attack speed, craft attack speed on the bow for 6 alterations. I'd recommend repeatedly crafting the attack speed until you get 10%.

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Madoran wrote:

Hey all, been playing the build as league start and enjoying it so far. Just looking for some advice on where to go next. Do I dump the silverbough? Any other advice on what could be fixed would be appreciated. When I stick my character into POB my DPS seems to be alot lower than others. (I don't currently run the B&S due to mana so I replaced my high level one with a 16% that I found which is why it's only level 4 atm)

Yes, time to start saving for some bow upgrades. You could grab lab enchants on your helm, boots, and gloves as well. Oil upgrades on your rings don't hurt either. Other than that, gem levels, you could try for a damage multiplier set of gloves, then Empower and other endgame upgrades.

I have a 6Link item level 50 bow:

prefixes:

+1 socketed gems
+2 socketed bow gems
adds 11 - 12 cold damage

suffix:
21% damage over time multiplier

what should i do with this?

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Raikegi wrote:

I have a 6Link item level 50 bow:

prefixes:

+1 socketed gems
+2 socketed bow gems
adds 11 - 12 cold damage

suffix:
21% damage over time multiplier

what should i do with this?

Craft attack speed on it and call it a day.

If you ever end up with way too much currency, maybe hit it with an annul and hope for the cold damage to go away... but don't risk it unless you have a bow to use when GGG's RNG messes up this one!

Hey guys, if I only have around 2ex to play around with and my current bow is the following:



Should I go for the Porcupine bow or hold out for a higher ilvl thicket? I see the porcupine only looks to be a minor increase in damage over the 6L Silverbough.

Also regarding the passive tree, I'm wondering if pathing up to Corruption (gaining the AoE in the process) removing the skill effect duration near the center and anointing the 25% one is worth it? AoE seems to affect average pods but the build as posted only has around ~25% w/o flask up. Making that change makes you go from 91% Duration and 25% AoE to 70% duration and 56% AoE and gains around ~10k DPS.

Also, might it be worth going for the Imperial Legacy div card? Same idea, but it's even cheaper and the Imperial Bow is ilvl 100, the downside is the base attack speed is down to 1.45 from 1.50.

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Zhain wrote:

Hey guys, if I only have around 2ex to play around with and my current bow is the following:

Should I go for the Porcupine bow or hold out for a higher ilvl thicket? I see the porcupine only looks to be a minor increase in damage over the 6L Silverbough.

Also regarding the passive tree, I'm wondering if pathing up to Corruption (gaining the AoE in the process) removing the skill effect duration near the center and anointing the 25% one is worth it? AoE seems to affect average pods but the build as posted only has around ~25% w/o flask up. Making that change makes you go from 91% Duration and 25% AoE to 70% duration and 56% AoE and gains around ~10k DPS.

Also, might it be worth going for the Imperial Legacy div card? Same idea, but it's even cheaper and the Imperial Bow is ilvl 100, the downside is the base attack speed is down to 1.45 from 1.50.

If this is the bow you are using, I'd spring for the Porcupine one - it's nearly double the damage. I've always skipped the Silverbough, so I go 5L starter, Porcupine, and then endgame. Also, I'll craft the endgame up until it outclasses the Porcupine but isn't entirely done yet, then swap over.

Of course that was before they nerfed the VP bow, so when I get there I might have to re-think that last part. :)

So far I'm crushing white maps, and I'm still running the 5L starter bow.