[3.15] Pathfinder ranger explosive concoction I NEED HELP

Dying Sun is still acting finnicky so decided to use a Quartz flask for general survivability. And WOW. I really like it!

https://pastebin.com/wDwkdvE7

I have since upgraded a ton of gear. The timeless jewel on the tree gives 80 projectile damage, 15% attack speed, and 10% chance to gain a Frenzy charge on hit. Surprisingly only took me 5 purchases to find one as good as that one! Coins to Caspiro offered is 46660.

The Interrogation giving scorch, sap, brittle via Secrets of Suffering is super cool and is noticeable. I might use a diamond flask over the Quicksilver just to make Secrets of Suffering more consistent. Skitterbots still provides shock and chill despite Secrets of Suffering denying that. Yay!

I still want to bolster up my defenses. My gear is super softcore centric right now. The next gear change I think I would do is switch carcass jack for something else, but the increased AoE and damage is nice.

Final thoughts on Mutewind shield. Having Onslaught for mapping is great. Weapon swap to the corrupted Ewar's for bossing! The damage that Ewar's brings to the table is insane!

But honestly, I want more defenses so that I can take down Sirus A8 and other stuff like that. So far, haven't done the Sirus fight yet.

I've been playing for a while now and im really enjoying the skill.

https://pastebin.com/JZDp33EY

that's where im at the moment, i think its about 5m dps. having 2 different setups for mapping and bossing is actually a good idea that did not came to my mind, ill try it. wanted to get to 100 so i can add a bunch of extra dmg and wanted to try frenzy charges stacking.

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kweahaceesto wrote:

I've been playing for a while now and im really enjoying the skill.

https://pastebin.com/JZDp33EY

that's where im at the moment, i think its about 5m dps. having 2 different setups for mapping and bossing is actually a good idea that did not came to my mind, ill try it. wanted to get to 100 so i can add a bunch of extra dmg and wanted to try frenzy charges stacking.

I really like your tree!

Why did you go with Great Volley and Volley? I want to tree it out, but busy killing stuff.

Is Herald of Ice for clear since this skill sometimes misses packs?

I am not the biggest fan of the anoint because marks are good without investment.

Cluster Jewels enabling Grand Spectrum is really smart. Since I am more crit based, I am skipping the grand spectrums, but you do more damage than me! I might have to switch over to them!

If you were to grab a Thread of Hope and place it at the jewel socket right of the ranger start, you can grab the ele pen cluster (that I want is too far for me) and then some really good nodes as well. You have 100% avoidance on chill and freeze. The points I saved you can finish that cluster! I also got rid of the random crit nodes from the shadow. You of course can keep them because they account for 3% crit and you have a cluster jewel that increases damage when freezing, igniting, shocking which critting does. I also don't really like that node. Tree here: https://pastebin.com/m5zMvAKf

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Luckybed wrote:

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kweahaceesto wrote:

I've been playing for a while now and im really enjoying the skill.

https://pastebin.com/JZDp33EY

that's where im at the moment, i think its about 5m dps. having 2 different setups for mapping and bossing is actually a good idea that did not came to my mind, ill try it. wanted to get to 100 so i can add a bunch of extra dmg and wanted to try frenzy charges stacking.

I really like your tree!

Why did you go with Great Volley and Volley? I want to tree it out, but busy killing stuff.

Is Herald of Ice for clear since this skill sometimes misses packs?

I am not the biggest fan of the anoint because marks are good without investment.

Cluster Jewels enabling Grand Spectrum is really smart. Since I am more crit based, I am skipping the grand spectrums, but you do more damage than me! I might have to switch over to them!

If you were to grab a Thread of Hope and place it at the jewel socket right of the ranger start, you can grab the ele pen cluster (that I want is too far for me) and then some really good nodes as well. You have 100% avoidance on chill and freeze. The points I saved you can finish that cluster! I also got rid of the random crit nodes from the shadow. You of course can keep them because they account for 3% crit and you have a cluster jewel that increases damage when freezing, igniting, shocking which critting does. I also don't really like that node. Tree here: https://pastebin.com/m5zMvAKf

im using that node for a bit more dmg and culling strike, it was when my dmg was low tho, now it may be a bit useless, you right. Im using herald of ash bc got lvl 20 drop and wanted to try, probably flesh and stone would be way better. Im using crit nodes for now, until i find better clusters, wanted to get one with doryanni's lesson for some leech. Im using volley and greater volley bc they reduce the damage less than multiple pro. and i feel that bottles hit tighter. and using both bc for what i've seen, dmg is way more than with added cold dmg for example. The avoidance cluster is uneeded to be complete since with ascendancy + those 3 nodes, you get 100% avoidance to everything, it would be nice the 5% chance to avoid hits tho.
Ill take the thread of hope idea tho, it is actually really good, i lose some life but i think it's worth it, specially if i get some lvl with 5-way runs and get the life with other nodes.

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kweahaceesto wrote:

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Luckybed wrote:

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kweahaceesto wrote:

I've been playing for a while now and im really enjoying the skill.

https://pastebin.com/JZDp33EY

that's where im at the moment, i think its about 5m dps. having 2 different setups for mapping and bossing is actually a good idea that did not came to my mind, ill try it. wanted to get to 100 so i can add a bunch of extra dmg and wanted to try frenzy charges stacking.

I really like your tree!

Why did you go with Great Volley and Volley? I want to tree it out, but busy killing stuff.

Is Herald of Ice for clear since this skill sometimes misses packs?

I am not the biggest fan of the anoint because marks are good without investment.

Cluster Jewels enabling Grand Spectrum is really smart. Since I am more crit based, I am skipping the grand spectrums, but you do more damage than me! I might have to switch over to them!

If you were to grab a Thread of Hope and place it at the jewel socket right of the ranger start, you can grab the ele pen cluster (that I want is too far for me) and then some really good nodes as well. You have 100% avoidance on chill and freeze. The points I saved you can finish that cluster! I also got rid of the random crit nodes from the shadow. You of course can keep them because they account for 3% crit and you have a cluster jewel that increases damage when freezing, igniting, shocking which critting does. I also don't really like that node. Tree here: https://pastebin.com/m5zMvAKf

im using that node for a bit more dmg and culling strike, it was when my dmg was low tho, now it may be a bit useless, you right. Im using herald of ash bc got lvl 20 drop and wanted to try, probably flesh and stone would be way better. Im using crit nodes for now, until i find better clusters, wanted to get one with doryanni's lesson for some leech. Im using volley and greater volley bc they reduce the damage less than multiple pro. and i feel that bottles hit tighter. and using both bc for what i've seen, dmg is way more than with added cold dmg for example. The avoidance cluster is uneeded to be complete since with ascendancy + those 3 nodes, you get 100% avoidance to everything, it would be nice the 5% chance to avoid hits tho.
Ill take the thread of hope idea tho, it is actually really good, i lose some life but i think it's worth it, specially if i get some lvl with 5-way runs and get the life with other nodes.

How's your Survivability?

not bad, i've been doing some t16 juicy maps, not full delirium tho, 20% its fine, 40% gets a bit tough but doable. for beeing delirium its normal tho, HH would be nice but yeah. at lvl 95 at least, survivability wont be a problem any more.

Off-weapon no longer works. Mutewind shield feels really good.

As for skill gem supports in Frostferno, kweahaceesto was using Greater Volley and Volley. In that vein, I tried Greater Volley with GMP. It's awesome. I highly recommend everyone to run Greater Volley + Another projectile maker.

My character is still squishy, so I might switch to a Kaom's Heart, but the AoE from Carcass Jack feels like a must have.

Hi again! I made a video for my take on Explosive Concoction: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgNtBsD0rgG_vQDSM1Ex2whVGU5n0xQTq

Hopefully more people try the skill out and offer more insight on how to get this skill feeling really good!

Current tree: https://pastebin.com/G4btuYw1

Hello! I have been playing Explosive Concoction using a Raider. I Smelt bosses quite fast and I have more than 60%+ phys mitigation. It feels really good :)

POB: https://pastebin.com/CecF2jBL

Adding Increased Duration to Vaal Haste is pretty standard.

Blasphemy Flammability sounds really nice, but your CwdT Temp Chain probably doesn't play nicely with it.

Herald of Ash should probably be Aspect of the Spider. The overkill AoE is probably nice for map clearing, but Aspect of the Spider is simply amazing and I am trying to work it in to my current build. You can also go with Skitterbots to more consistently apply chill and freeze for your Taming rings.

The supports of Combustion and Ice Bite seem off to me. Avatar of the Veil applies Exposure to nearby enemies when you are phasing making Combustion an odd choice. Ice bites looks okay. Honestly, true replacing one with Volley. It sounds weird, but Greater Volley and Volley are incredibly good support gems.

If you want to try something weird, you could for for a Skin of the Lords with built in Elemental Overload saving you a million points. Focus on cluster jewels. That sounds like fun.

Well, I am happy you are enjoying EC. Your take on the build looks pretty great. Plenty of block chance and armor to make one-shots a rarity!