General Discussion - Best starting class for lightning arrow build? - Forum

" HellFlame wrote: " Alienchild wrote: You can use a Blood Magic gem, which then frees up character choice a lot. . You dont use the gem. You use the passive skill node + Resolute Technique. The Blood Magic gem is perfectly viable and can be used instead of the Keystone. In fact on HC this may be the better option because it allows you to use your mana to run Purity and other auras, which would otherwise reserve 40% of your life. .	Posted by Alienchild#1272 on Mar 5, 2013, 2:08:15 AM Quote this Post
" MrSmiley21 wrote: And why spell totem with summon skeletons? Why not do ranged attack + LA + chain + Lmp? The first time Brutus hugs and kisses you .. then you will know :P	Posted by _IamDestiny_#2107 on Mar 5, 2013, 2:08:51 AM Quote this Post
Templar would add more ele dmg Marauder would add more life At like level 90 though there would be no difference because you could spec into both. If I rerolled my duelist LA I would pick marauder. If I were you I would just wait until the duelist buff patch in a couple of days. You never know if duelist will become stronger than the other two.	Posted by Mattumsfox#3754 on Mar 5, 2013, 3:43:57 AM Quote this Post
" MrSmiley21 wrote: " Antarioc wrote: " MrSmiley21 wrote: If you take Iron grip, does that mean Dex still raises with bow damage? As far as I know, Dexterity never raises bow damage, with or without Iron Grip, but rather raises Accuracy and Evasion. I got an amulet that gives 30 dex, I unequip it and my DPS goes down with lightning arrow. No other modifiers on the amulet that would otherwise effect damage in any way. The reason you see your DPS go up when you equip the DEX amulet, is that your accuracy goes up, so you hit more often. This is factored into your DPS readout, so it's not that DEX increases Bow/Projectile damage, it's just that more accuracy means more average DPS.	Posted by Axebane#6055 on Mar 5, 2013, 4:17:21 AM Banned Quote this Post
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBBS0MfQ6tEC0QfxRSFSAV8BjbGS4ZtBn-GtsbAR0UIWAn7Si1KaUqTSzpMgkyfjWSNuk64TwtPydAoEOcSn1OyFBQVElVxlb6WGNZ81uvXQBfP2BLYIhhUmaeZ6BnvWqTbmluqm89cql07XTxerh673zZh3aI8YzPj0aQCpBVm6GeuZ_LoaSiQKZXpwin1KvFq9Ksqq6Ttz64k7ndvqfAD8AaxBXEosS4xPbGnsauxtjPZdDQ037Uj9X43BXdDd7G4dvjaudS52PqYu4O7m_vDu9O8i_yRfPd9Pj2SPlj-rH60vzF_gr-yA==	Posted by Float#7947 on Mar 5, 2013, 6:51:52 AM Quote this Post
" MrSmiley21 wrote: " FriedFrites wrote: With Resolute Technique, you won't be able to shock unless you get Static Blows from the witch part of the tree or Shock from the Shadow part. Seems to me like you would still be better off with 90% to hit and maybe grab some crit nodes instead of getting resolute technique. Being able to put shock stacks on bosses would be a ton of extra DPS over not being able to shock stuff. And why spell totem with summon skeletons? Why not do ranged attack + LA + chain + Lmp? There is no way to be able to maintain a 90%+ to hit chance at higher levels when you have to spend all your skill points on health nodes and crit nodes. Luke: Sorry we have to leave you here, but it just ain't right to eat your wife's and daughter's brains. Plus you're really disgusting and I don't want to spend anymore time with you.	Posted by velrac#2997 on Mar 5, 2013, 7:04:39 AM Quote this Post
" MrSmiley21 wrote: If someone has a build they want to recommend, or at least give me a general idea, please share. Check this thread for some good ranger builds - http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/44814 Could adapt most of those to start at templar or marauder instead if you wished.	Posted by Randall#0850 on Mar 5, 2013, 7:09:53 AM Quote this Post