[3.16] Caustic Arrow/Death's Oath Occultist [Life based Chaos Autobomber]

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Keussef wrote:

Well, i crafted this beauty, i was lucky with Hunter exalt with T1

Care to elaborate on crafting steps?
Congratz for the bow :)

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bobertusino wrote:

feeling relatively tanky enough after crafting endurance charges on rings and adding defiance banner+enduring cry (a8 conqs easy, haven’t tried sirus). thanks!

Is defiance banner just for the % inc. armor or you place the banner on bosses?

i haven’t been placing the banner, just keeping it up for the armor

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FedeS wrote:

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Keussef wrote:

Well, i crafted this beauty, i was lucky with Hunter exalt with T1

Care to elaborate on crafting steps?
Congratz for the bow :)

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bobertusino wrote:

feeling relatively tanky enough after crafting endurance charges on rings and adding defiance banner+enduring cry (a8 conqs easy, haven’t tried sirus). thanks!

Is defiance banner just for the % inc. armor or you place the banner on bosses?

video on how to craft the bow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9_Aw28qoW0

How does the build feel with about 10ex invested into it?


I'm assuming clear would be really good in t16 maps then, but how would the single target feel for bossing and would it be tanky?


Edit: I realized the bow to craft alone would be like most of my current currency lol, how big of a problem is that for the build to really take off?

Also what iteration of the current build is likely the best? I skimmed through the last 5 or so pages and saw a few variants and recommendations.

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frost21 wrote:

How does the build feel with about 10ex invested into it?


I'm assuming clear would be really good in t16 maps then, but how would the single target feel for bossing and would it be tanky?


Edit: I realized the bow to craft alone would be like most of my current currency lol, how big of a problem is that for the build to really take off?

Also what iteration of the current build is likely the best? I skimmed through the last 5 or so pages and saw a few variants and recommendations.

There are a bunch of mid steps with the bow, you don't need to jump to the end game. I'm guessing my build is a little over 12 ex now and does great.
Start with these bows around 3.5-4 ex: https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Scourge/9QgW5GRTK
The final bow upgrade is only around 14% more damage so it's a big upgrade eventually but totally not a deal breaker for starting this.

Bosses you often still eat a death if you run out of potions but really not bad for bossing when you get defenses and some single target damage on line.

In what order should i replace my gems to awakened ones?

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Pecske wrote:

In what order should i replace my gems to awakened ones?

For CA, Aw Void Manipulation is a priority since it gets +1 supporter chaos gems at lvl5. Which with our endgame bow would come at lvl 2 (+3 from bow)
Aw. Swift Affliction is second in priority for CA, but very close to Aw. Vicious Projectiles, so you can go for the cheaper one first.

There is no benefit from lvl6 awakened gems for CA because of +3 from bow.

For DO, until lvl 5 most give only incremental upgrades, so upgrade based on what you can afford.
At lvl 5 Aw. Swift affliction is much better, perhaps prioritize that.

lvl6 gems would only give a marginal improvement for DO, so only for min-maxing.

Awakened Inc. Area of effect instead of Less duration can provide QOL at a relatively small power loss.

Aw. Blasphemy is a nice upgrade for the Curses and usually not very expensive. Granting +1 curse level at lvl5 (+3 with Viridi's)

https://pastebin.com/rBqArGD7

Just need some suggestions on where I should start upgrading.

Here are my thoughts so far:
1) I really need the crafted bow in the guide. (Currently, working on it but I hit T2 DoT multi and thinking maybe I should try to get T1)

2) Upgrading the quality of my current gems.

3) CA 21

4) Deciding what I should do with the empty gem slots on my Helm and my Boots. That being said...is it time to try to get Anal. Withering Steps and Enhance 4 and put that in my helm??? I like using Lifetap for Withering Steps for QOL, but I think I have the spare mana that I can probably do it. Also, should I try and run Enduring Cry or something else all together.

5) Probably a better quiver and probably better magic rings (maybe...)


Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Is anyone able to do Maven Invitations with this without dying?

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f1sck wrote:

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frost21 wrote:

How does the build feel with about 10ex invested into it?


I'm assuming clear would be really good in t16 maps then, but how would the single target feel for bossing and would it be tanky?


Edit: I realized the bow to craft alone would be like most of my current currency lol, how big of a problem is that for the build to really take off?

Also what iteration of the current build is likely the best? I skimmed through the last 5 or so pages and saw a few variants and recommendations.

There are a bunch of mid steps with the bow, you don't need to jump to the end game. I'm guessing my build is a little over 12 ex now and does great.
Start with these bows around 3.5-4 ex: https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Scourge/9QgW5GRTK
The final bow upgrade is only around 14% more damage so it's a big upgrade eventually but totally not a deal breaker for starting this.

Bosses you often still eat a death if you run out of potions but really not bad for bossing when you get defenses and some single target damage on line.

Damn, yeah I think I would deff want to just craft the bow. But how much would that cost, like 8-9ex or so right? Could I finish up rest of the build decently for another 1-2ex?


My main concern is that I keep hearing that Death Oath builds have like zero dps for bossing. I'm not looking for the fastest bosser, but I don't want to invest all my current currency into a build that will struggle severely without major investment (20+ ex).


I only plan to play for like another week, so will likely end up rolling this regardless and play longer if it's working well/fun or just quit early if doesn't feel that great.


Will the first post be updated with the new updated stuff? (not sure what is the current iteration of the build that is best, since so many versions in the last few pages.)

Also any good leveling guides people suggest for it? Since I'll grab a tabula and whatever else for leveling.