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

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Dizzlex wrote:

Silly question, but almost no one that I'm looking at on poeninja uses the silver flask for onslaught. Am I missing something or is onslaught overrated?

Hey. We use sleepless sentries on a medium cluster jewel to get perma onslaught, once we can.

Sleepless sentries :
20% increased totem duration
You have onslaught if you've summoned a totem recently

I'm still on the Maps-Early build, and finding that I'm dying quite a lot as I'm going into the higher tier maps?

Is it because I should switch over to the end game build now? I'm not really sure.

Any advice or guidance would be much appreciated :)

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https://pobb.in/ohbmzDWDFtQQ

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Kenavru wrote:

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Hoya63 wrote:

Duration = ignites deal damage faster. The shorter the duration the faster the ignites. You can deal damage faster faster with quicker ignites; however, you may not deal more damage if you don’t have time to place the maximum number of arrows.

this is what im talking about.

it turns that way when I pass 2.34 attack rate / reach cap for ignite.
(with happens after 2+ frenzy charges)
increasing skill duration gives nothing.

To me, it's precisely due to the fact you're dot dps capped :

Say the dot dps cap is 10. If you have 10s duration you'll inflict 100 overall.
Now make it 9s instead of 10 : you'll inflict 90 overall
On a single ignite.

To put perspective to this : instead of having your pob set for whatever regular monster/boss/pinnacle boss, set your calculations to "Uber Pinnacle boss".
That's the next step, have as much ignite dps on them as you can.

Would then advise to kinda focus only on your ignite dps.

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Ruz_Demon wrote:

Hi, could you please help me a little bit,
I'm feeling a bit too squishy and there's a lack of dmg on the solo target - I can't kill the boss of a map, please help me with what I should fix here.
https://pobb.in/cMQpDD5xr2Yn

I was taking a look at your pob.

SEVERAL BIG ISSUES THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE FIX :

1) You have added fire damage on your amethyst ring. Remove this, you'll double your damage.

2) There's a "projectiles pierce an additional target" implicit on your gloves.

I think it's this one that makes you cry every time you have to kill a boss. See the explosive arrows attach to the thing that is hit, but if you pierce, well you hit but the explosive arrow doesnt stick to the target, thus negating, well, basically everything.

Same thing with your quiver ! Gotta change it, this implicit won't do.

Some rules :
- No pierce, otherwise no explosion against single target
- No additional projectiles (unless the total number of projectiles is an odd number: 3, 5 and so on, otherwise you will never hit when against single target.

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Now about your squishiness, a few ideas :
- cap your spell suppression, you want it at 100% no matter what.
- get a bit more hp if you can/when you can. You'd feel more comfortable with 3500-4000 i suppose.

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Fatheed wrote:

I'm still on the Maps-Early build, and finding that I'm dying quite a lot as I'm going into the higher tier maps?

Is it because I should switch over to the end game build now? I'm not really sure.

Any advice or guidance would be much appreciated :)

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https://pobb.in/ohbmzDWDFtQQ

About squishiness : we got the same issue here, your spell suppression is not 100%. You really want it, it can easily be done considering you didnt take the evasion/suppression nodes on your tree.
Your defences overall seem ok, resistances, 3k6 hp, evasion, armour and the taunt on totems...
So in your case, once you are 100 suppression, i would tell you to go grab more offence so everything dies faster, probably.

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Headtourist wrote:

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Fatheed wrote:

I'm still on the Maps-Early build, and finding that I'm dying quite a lot as I'm going into the higher tier maps?

Is it because I should switch over to the end game build now? I'm not really sure.

Any advice or guidance would be much appreciated :)

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https://pobb.in/ohbmzDWDFtQQ

About squishiness : we got the same issue here, your spell suppression is not 100%. You really want it, it can easily be done considering you didnt take the evasion/suppression nodes on your tree.
Your defences overall seem ok, resistances, 3k6 hp, evasion, armour and the taunt on totems...
So in your case, once you are 100 suppression, i would tell you to go grab more offence so everything dies faster, probably.

Thanks for the feedback.

I've changed a few points around so now I'm a little over the cap. Hoping this will make the difference!

Having a ton of fun with this build so far. Also shout out to Headtourist for helping me with my character and to bench craft my bow :)

POB : https://pobb.in/047Q7eo5QvwI

How does %chance to shock/chill/ignite work from The Taming and Calamitous node on Large Bow cluster? Do i need some lightning damage to proc shock, since i already have cold from Blizzard crown?

And any general advice on how to improve my build? I feel like ive done most of the low hanging improvements and the few left are kind of expensive
- +1 Skill/fire Amulet
- Better Dot quiver
- Awakened Ele w/ attacks
- Recraft Bow with multi mod

Never done uber bosses before and wondering if I should be able to do it. Just did regular Shaper/Sirius and need to farm fragments for the others

If you can do uber sirius - you can do all ;)

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Headtourist wrote:

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Ruz_Demon wrote:

Hi, could you please help me a little bit,
I'm feeling a bit too squishy and there's a lack of dmg on the solo target - I can't kill the boss of a map, please help me with what I should fix here.
https://pobb.in/cMQpDD5xr2Yn

I was taking a look at your pob.

Thank you so much for the help!

Started playing again this league after a 5-year hiatus so pretty much a new player. Currently struggling a bit to see where I could improve my character. Budget of about 100div to spend on top of the current gear.

- Feels like I have fairly low single target dps, or prehaps I'm playing it wrong?
- Getting CC'd to death from time to time.
- Want to be able to use haste (not enough mana atm) or drop it for something else, together with portal (seems a bit useless)
- Maybe try to increase my clearspeed/movement speed for mapping if there's a possibility?

POB: https://pobb.in/fESLOYHEj35c

Thanks for the help!