[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

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Joshua_Valentine a écrit :

I loved this build while leveling, but sitting at level 85, I only have 7.8k unbuffed cloud DPS...and that's including the bonuses from jewels.
Gets up to 10k with Golem and 6 Frenzy charges, but reading through the replies and seeing people talking about how they have like 10k+ unbuffed, makes me wonder...am I doing something wrong? Or am I just missing the luxurious +3 bow.

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From what I have read, somehow, PA damage over time scales with physical damage. Is this true? If so, your bow has a very low amount of physical damage. Could this be the reason? Also, yes, from what I have read, PA damage goes up an insane amount after you surpass level 20 on the gem. So, if you have +3 from your bow and +2 from empower, then you have a level 25 PA which is ridiculous. :)

Of course, I only started learning about PA this weekend so I could be completely wrong. heh

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Shinare a écrit :

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Joshua_Valentine a écrit :

I loved this build while leveling, but sitting at level 85, I only have 7.8k unbuffed cloud DPS...and that's including the bonuses from jewels.
Gets up to 10k with Golem and 6 Frenzy charges, but reading through the replies and seeing people talking about how they have like 10k+ unbuffed, makes me wonder...am I doing something wrong? Or am I just missing the luxurious +3 bow.

Spoiler

From what I have read, somehow, PA damage over time scales with physical damage. Is this true? If so, your bow has a very low amount of physical damage. Could this be the reason? Also, yes, from what I have read, PA damage goes up an insane amount after you surpass level 20 on the gem. So, if you have +3 from your bow and +2 from empower, then you have a level 25 PA which is ridiculous. :)

Of course, I only started learning about PA this weekend so I could be completely wrong. heh

PA does not scale with physical damage. The Tooltip will but what matters is how much it says Damage over time. Damage over time, damage modifier's such as more damage, and projectile speed/damage scale it more than most things. Also yes, more levels the better :)

Where do you see the damage over time, is that in the tool tip as well?

Edit: Also, if the phys damage does not scale the DoT then my infractem is really only good for the %100 pierce chance which is nice really for my Frenzy/curse on hit/Vulnerability setup. The "Cannot leech" part really does suck though. Hmmm...

Wish I could afford a +3 bow.

Edit edit: And also, why is drillneck good then if we don't care about pDPS?

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Shinare a écrit :

Where do you see the damage over time, is that in the tool tip as well?

Edit: Also, if the phys damage does not scale the DoT then my infractem is really only good for the %100 pierce chance which is nice really for my Frenzy/curse on hit/Vulnerability setup. The "Cannot leech" part really does suck though. Hmmm...

Wish I could afford a +3 bow.

When you hover over the tool tip, under it it will say _____ chaos damage per second. THAT is the damage that matters.

You and me both XD

Drillneck damage does the same thing that frenzy charge more damage does (Sort of) so the more pierce chance the MORE damage you get from it meaning, well more damage. Also, I don't believe infractem scales the damage of drillneck.

Ahh, thanks for answering those questions. It looks like I need to let loose my death grip on the Infractem then and find another bow. I happen to have a very low level +1 to Bow gems that I started using when I made the switch to PA in my early 30's. I guess I will go back to that.

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Shinare a écrit :

Ahh, thanks for answering those questions. It looks like I need to let loose my death grip on the Infractem then and find another bow. I happen to have a very low level +1 to Bow gems that I started using when I made the switch to PA in my early 30's. I guess I will go back to that.

If you have a couple chaos, just go for something like this:

That's my current bow at level 70 and the added level is super helpful. I bought this and master crafted lightning res cause that's what I was low on but to each their own. But +2 is an EXTREME upgrade over +1 (For some reason)
Also, the added fire doesn't give anything helpful, I just needed a cheap, 4l, +2 bow with a resistance.

I think that I have some 20/0 PA gems that bricked when I Vaaled my first batch, I can give some of the away for free. Whisper me at my IGN: TownesVanZandt and ill throw one your way :)

I will edit this post when they are gone.

first edit: Forgot to mention that im in Warbands and that I have 3 :)


Second edit: All three are gone!

Taking offers on my bow:



If there is an appealing one, I might reroll a different build :)

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Shinare a écrit :

Hi all!

I just started this build this weekend because I found two bows and a drillneck and wanted to try an arrow build of some kind. Thought I would give this builda try this weekend and made it all the way to 65. This is a great build but I have a question abou the bow and drillneck.

I have these two bows:

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And this:

You can sell Voltaxic for 7ex. That's the cost of a +3 bow right there.

We do get DoT. Entropy. It's also in the list of jewel affixes to look for.

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Where do you see the damage over time, is that in the tool tip as well?

If you check the FAQ I have an image that highlights exactly the portion you're looking to stare at.

Thanks to Alex for helping clarify some things but just to be explicitly clear: Drillneck doesn't modify physical damage. It scales PROJECTILE damage equal to your pierce chance. Projectile damage still scales the cloud damage.

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Alexthefake a écrit :

Thank you serleth for this awesome build. I Started out using this build and it gradually changed to my own that I made a build guide for and I don't know if it's because I included your name in it but it's getting a bit of attention so thank you <3

Interesting. I'll check it out. It's pretty cool & flattering to inspire variations, so thanks to you too =)

Oh good lord I never thought to look in the blue area for the cloud damage, I only just looked at the tool tip damage in white.

About Drillneck, I guess I must have misread about the damage part being physical, it was the projectile damage that scaled the cloud damage hehe.

I do have the voltaxic to sell but I hate to sell it and loose it if I ever wanted to use it heheh.

I guess I'll have to go against my "Bird in hand" rule if I want a +3 bow.