3.23 EXPLOSIVE ARROW BALLISTA ELEMENTALIST - League-Start to End-Game. Easy mode.

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dieh wrote:

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brunowa wrote:

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dieh wrote:

Can I get some advice on like a progression path for items, I hit T16 maps and have been dying too much for comfort, and my DPS isn't high enough to just melt the screen instantly so I'm getting hit a lot more.

Not having any problem making currency I just don't have a way to measure gear upgrades vs each other before I buy them and at this point the big upgrades are gonna cost 10+ ex, cheapest item probably being Unnatural Instinct.

POB: https://pastebin.com/zbqVCgnU
Charname is LOFuse if it's easier to just view on profile.

The numbers won't be right cause I Have done no config at all, but it will show gear/tree.

I went off of Palsteron's guide.

I just checked your POB. I would think it's your DPS that's an issue and not your defence.

Your defence looks fine (Spell Suppression capped, high armour and evasion, good life pool).

Your DPS is really low though. You are only hitting 11 fuses because of your low attack speed and also low skill duration... so going by my calculations your DPS is only 4.7mill.

So I would go:
1) Unnatural Instinct
2) Respec out of pathing to Watchtowers and allocate those points to Clusters
3) Upgrade Bow
4) Then just upgrade other pieces as needed... probably starting with DPS pieces such as Quiver and Flammability ring

Thanks for the advice

I went ahead and went through PoB and setup everything to accurately show my DPS instead of just ignoring it. I went off of Fyregrass' guide on how EA works.

Revised: https://pastebin.com/C21UEc52

This should show 99% (ha) accurate ignite dps. It changed from about 130k to 6 mil.

Going to do what you suggested and go for Unnatural Instinct first and then clusters. That's gotta be the best bang/buck.

As the rest mentioned, the main issue with your current build is your attack speed is too low as it is below 2.00 with the totem.
I had your exact same tree before I upgraded my gear two days ago to the cluster, and was inspired by both Palsteron and brunowa's guides.

Here is my current POB for reference, on what items you can consider.
https://pastebin.com/sZnXQFZd

Here's a few things I would do that is much, much cheaper before making the plunge into going for Unnatural Instinct (which is about 7 EX) and Clusters (5EX for large, 2ex for mediums, each), just to squeeze your APS to more than 2.00:
1. Use Eldritch mods (can even be the lesser Searing of Exarch one) to get 8% attack speed on gloves.
2. Use a Broadhead Arrow Quiver (10% increased attack speed) instead of Two-Point Arrow Quiver for more attack speed. Or roll an attack speed mod on the Two-Point Arrow if ure lacking accuracy.
3. Buy a warlord influenced ring with flammability on hit. (or a Delve one if you want to save costs initially) Saves you two slots for gems (since you no longer need Flammability + Hextouch), one of which you can use Blood Rage on. (20% increased attack speed)
4. Get a boots with no movement speed mod, craft +20% move speed and chance of onslaught buff on kill. (+20% increased attack speed)
5. Buy a viridian jewel with +attack speed with bows, and the fire damage stuff OR maximum life.
6. A Watcher's eye with increased attack speed with affected by Precision. https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Sentinel/qE4EJXug for a cheap one, costs quite a few EX more if you want to have the one im using.
7. Roll a Quicksilver Flask that adds attack speed during flask effect.

For more dps, you can also
1. Use eldritch mods on gloves, boots, armour (or if ure using hyrri's ire, then it doesnt really work) The crafts you want are: faster ignites. resistance. (boots) increased effect of auras (armor), atk speed (gloves) OR increased fire damage over time (gloves). suppress damage (gloves) or increased damage per 100 dex (gloves)
2. Switch over to the 6L link for armour, using Lifetap + Combustion + Culling + Frenzy + Arcanist Brand + Flame Surge, that @brunowa has kindly mentioned in one of his latest post, which really helped my build by the way. Although in all honesty, i have no idea if it's actually working. lmao
3. Get the Unnatural Instinct, then Clusters.
4. After you have the medium cluster that gives you Onslaught Buff on Totem summon, Buy a Dyadian Dawn with enchant 30% increased Accuracy Rating while you have Onslaught (or farm Labyrinth) to solve your accuracy woes: https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Sentinel/n70O7JzS0
5. Also, swap from Wrath to Malevolence.
6. Get the corrupted Devoto's helmet (see page 141 of this thread) that brunowa mentioned, with the corrupted implicit +burning damage, and enchant explosive arrow deals 40% more damage. I personally don't use this as I like my helm that gives suppression.

Hope it helps!

Any idea if 25 ex is too high or too low?
Seems pretty good for this build!

why is malevolence better than wrath ? thats my doubt , i POB says with warth u get more DPS

Anyone with any tips on how to craft one of those swanky blizzard crowns with faster ignites?

I cant seem to get past the reservation to get my precision up - its showing I have 48 mana, but precision needs 124... any help here or critique for my gear / setup?

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LordOfChaos94 wrote:

why is malevolence better than wrath ? thats my doubt , i POB says with warth u get more DPS

I don't know about your POB setup, but Malevolence definitely gives more dps than Wrath in POB for this build, especially once you get mods like Ignites you inflict deal Damage 7% faster.

Malevolence extends the skill duration, which allows you to stack more fuses for bosses (one way of getting to 20 fuses on the boss), but which is detrimental for map clearing since the explosion comes later.
Wrath is better for just adding damage for map clearing, but you might not get up to 20 fuses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYFrcX5CZiI&ab_channel=Palsteron from 3:16 onwards explains as well.

You can consider swapping the two auras depending on your use case, although Wrath is just easy if you're lazy.

Hello! I'm struggling at endgame.. Can anyone tell me how can i improve my character ? TY in advance!

https://pobb.in/S6hYgko_WwmP

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Reinhardt1337 wrote:

Hello! I'm struggling at endgame.. Can anyone tell me how can i improve my character ? TY in advance!

https://pobb.in/S6hYgko_WwmP

For a quick one:
1. Change your Elemental Proliferation to Ignite Proliferation. Alternatively, Eldritch mod Ignite spreads in a radius of 13-14 on your gloves (drops that 10% attack speed?), and you can replace the Proliferation gems with Elemental Damage with Attacks
2. Get a +1 fire skill gems amulet. Or a +2 if you can afford it.
3. Get your suppress spell damage to 100%. Gloves or Boots. For better survivability.
4. Could get a better quiver as well.

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ttusher wrote:

I cant seem to get past the reservation to get my precision up - its showing I have 48 mana, but precision needs 124... any help here or critique for my gear / setup?

your precision is leveled too much, you wont have a 20/20 precision, i have mine at lvl 3 i think

Hey guys !

I reroll as EA Ballista this week end and have fun with it !
I followed Palsteron's guide on it and right now i kinda feel i'm lacking some DPS on Endgame Bosses.
I know i don't have the very best items on this build but i don't find any PoB with the transition to the endgame with some change at the tree.

If anyone can help me with this or tell me what i'm doing wrong it would be much appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

My PoB: https://pastebin.com/1zhZMG2R