[2.5] Frosty's Raider Explosive Arrow, 300+ mil/hr XP [Updated][Video]

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It's still early in the build development, but it's looking promising.

Other Frosty builds:
Frosty's Compendium of Builds

Approach
I designed this build for a few reasons. I played EA several seasons ago and I looked into existing builds and nothing really appealed to me. I have had quite a bit of fun and success with it so I wanted to share.


Will I like this build?
- Do you want arousing clear speed? [Link]
- Do you like super fast movement speed?
- Do you dislike meta builds?
- Do you want to face roll maps?


Strengths
- Girthy AoE
- Very fast map clearing
- Few map mod limitations
- Fun to play
- Effective on a 5L
- Tanky

Weaknesses
- Early leveling is a challenge
- End game gearing can be expensive
- Can't play reflect elemental
- No life regen is a hassle

Defensive Mechanics
- CWDT-Immortal call
- High life
- Block and Spell block

General Build Advice
- Stack 5 fuses and let them go
- Pay attention to your ignite, this is the primary single target DPS
- Keep your flasks up (big damage and survivability boost)
- AOE for clear speed, Conc effect for single target

Leveling Advice


Leveling Trees


Bandits


Ascendancy


EA Links (Still testing 5L and 6L)


Current Gear


So what is "required"?

Jewel Mods:
- % life, all res (if needed)
- % damage, fire damage, projectile damage, damage of time, attack speed, attack speed with bows, global crit chance, area damage, accuracy



Videos
- 1:45 T13 Gorge run
- Will add harder content soon

If you have any questions or comments leave them here. I will continue to check this regularly.

Reserved

anybody try this yet?

Going to start leveling this build in the next days.

One Question I already have: What of the gear is is mandatory?
I will post if I have any more question while leveling.

smaller errors in your guide:
-typos: bandits cruel and merciless Kill all
-the passive trees are not hyperlinks

improvement tips for the layout of the guide:
-a spoiler around your current gear
-put bandits / ascendancy into their own spoilers

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LazyManiac wrote:

Going to start leveling this build in the next days.

One Question I already have: What of the gear is is mandatory?
I will post if I have any more question while leveling.

Made some adjustments based on your feedback, thank you. Let me know if this is helpful.

Looks good to me. :)
I will update you when I switch to EA.

Edit: Hey I have another question about the gear again. Is there any particular base type I should prioritize over another e.g. try to get straight armour pieces or armour / evasion or evasion / ES ?

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LazyManiac wrote:

Edit: Hey I have another question about the gear again. Is there any particular base type I should prioritize over another e.g. try to get straight armour pieces or armour / evasion or evasion / ES ?

I'm not really sure it will make too much of a difference either way. If you have already committed to Kaom's Heart (armour based) and Rearguard (armour) I would stick with that theme. You may try a granite flask with 100% armour to see if that helps with mitigation as well.

bump for people looking for viable builds

Hey there!

Really enjoying your build, currently on my character "FShiroTS".

I was just wondering, what are some good ways to scale the damage of the explosion even further?
Have you tested stuff with for example opal rings with a fire damage % explicit roll ? I've been trying to figure out ways to scale it... Everything up to t15 works, but I had to call in someone else to do an abyss map for me.

(I still have jewels to take care of but apart from that, just gear wise, any idea?)

Thanks for sharing this!

Thanks for the guide.

Just a little remark: It would be nice with less acronyms, especially as I am a beginner and having hard time to follow the guide sometimes. Thanks :)