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

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Headtourist wrote:

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guilz1 wrote:

Thank you for taking time to help, Headtourist. :D

Unfortunately I am kinda out of budget atm (I am not good at making money yet tbh xD ) so I cannot affort the defiance of destiny with 42%, is it still woryh getting one with 30ish %?

Also probably I wont be able to buy both the amulet and gloves with ignite prolif implict rn, so I think I should go for the amulet first?


I probably shoulnd go for death rush because I'd lose a lot of accuracy, my ring rn has a lot of it and still I am not at 100%, so probably I should try to get the charm and improve my left side ring first.

The glove implicit doesnt "come with the gloves", you basically slam eldritch currency until you get it. It's an exarch implicit, even low tier/cheap exarch currency will work (only the radius changes). So it shouldn't be expensive.

The defiance of destiny rolls from 25% to 35%, so a 30ish roll is quite alright. I only mentioned that it could get up to 42% (max roll + 20% life qual)

DW about death rush, i was only giving survivability tips. Determination and defiance of destiny will already help A LOT.

Oh I got it, thank you again!

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Wilson_Chan wrote:

@guilz1 You might also use the "Wellspring of Creation" atlas node to trade a little speed for survivability. At a high DPS you don't really notice the difference apart from a few more seconds for tough rares to go down.

Nice, gonna do that as well if I feel that I am still dying too much, thanks! :D

I will probably craft the endgame bow as my next step. Which crafting guide would you suggest and how much divines/chaos should I have saved up?

For the "early game" bow I used the crafting guide on maxroll which also has a guide for the endgame bow. Is that (still) usable?

After
- reviewing the bow craft on maxroll,
- considering your own bow,
- considering you're running lifetap,
- checking your current PoB,

And unless i made mistakes along the way,


The first link in my signature is about +15% dps,
The maxroll bow is about +17.5% dps.

The former should be less expensive to make (straightforward). (cost is included in the post)
The latter has 6 useful modifiers (vs 5), but requires a dot multi fractured bow

Edit : Wait fractured dot multi thicket costs nothing on the league ? May as well follow maxroll then i guess (although consider the risk of having to annul veiled and start again though)

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Although, that bow doesnt have the fire as extra chaos, so i'm not sure it's better in the long run (the more base damage you got, the more extra chaos.

Testing both bow on my side, the former is still better than the latter due to that (but from a small margin, like 1%)

For lifetap: I'm just using this threads' POB link from 3.21 since I didn't find a more recent one or rather it says this in the first post:

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brunowa wrote:

So overall, it's pretty much identical and will shred the entire game.

Don't you use lifetap anymore?

Having so many probabilities in both rerolling and getting them in the first place is what makes me not really want to craft the maxroll one either. 2.5% more for potentially way more invested currency is something to think about. But did you factor in that my bow currentl still is 4R, 1G, 1B? I already have Awakened Deadly Ailments, but I currently try to get that blue socket to being a white with Betrayal. Which is also why I thought about getting that bow before, since mine is "just the early game bow" from maxroll.

Your post also sounds like crafting the bow isn't the best thing to do right now and I should go for something else instead?


Thank you!

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Vacoh wrote:

For lifetap: I'm just using this threads' POB link from 3.21 since I didn't find a more recent one or rather it says this in the first post:

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brunowa wrote:

So overall, it's pretty much identical and will shred the entire game.

Don't you use lifetap anymore?

Having so many probabilities in both rerolling and getting them in the first place is what makes me not really want to craft the maxroll one either. 2.5% more for potentially way more invested currency is something to think about. But did you factor in that my bow currentl still is 4R, 1G, 1B? I already have Awakened Deadly Ailments, but I currently try to get that blue socket to being a white with Betrayal. Which is also why I thought about getting that bow before, since mine is "just the early game bow" from maxroll.

Your post also sounds like crafting the bow isn't the best thing to do right now and I should go for something else instead?
Thank you!

I took a look at lifetap use or not because the other craft in my signature goes for +2 to support gems, which benefits a lot to empower support that some people use instead of lifetap (those that are going for devouring diadem instead of the blizzard crown).

I didn't factor your links, i was purely aiming at the bow in itself.
But i edited my post after testing on my own PoB. If i were you and wanted to upgrade my bow i would just craft the one from my signature and not worry.
That's still a good dps increase no matter what (clearly not negligible) and as your damage grows it's as relevant as the maxroll one.
Also when crafting it you can choose your colors and make it 4R2G easily, remove ignite prolif (for (aw) deadly ailments) and get the implicit on your gloves.

Also level your gems to max level/quality (even go for level 21 EA when you can) and you'll basically double your current damage.

Thanks! The Ignite Proliferation is actually already on my gloves, which is why I'm trying to get that blue socket off of my bow. This thing cost me way too many Chromatics.

So I will first get the/your bow and then focus on upgrading gems as soon as I get more money again. I am currently sitting on 2 divines and 210 chaos orbs, so that will take a while.

Edit: Crucible was one of the leagues sorted out, right? So I can skip those steps.

Yeah forget about crucible of course. Just start with a random high ilvl thicket bow base.

I think I'll still go for buying a 6l Thicket Bow (which costs about 10c) and then use the 3R recipe on it. That'll be 750ish chromatics which cost about a divine instead of trying the one socket at a time method and then having to pay 1500 fusings which are 2 divines.

Edit: Or I'll go for a ilvl 85 base with 4R 2G which is at a divine as well...

This is a great tool for calculating the quickest/cheapest way to get the socket colours you need.

https://siveran.github.io/calc.html

Usually lots of two-red rolls is cheaper than doing 3-red rolls, but use the tool.