[1.1] Davos Seaworth's Elemental Split Arrow Build - Solo every map with ease!

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DavosTheOnionKnight wrote:

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VanLuven wrote:

Hi Davos, I'm fairly new to the games so forgive any ignorance of my question.

Why with an elemental build didn't you take Elemental Equilibrium?

It's only 4 points off your path. Is there some reason that it's not beneficial to this build? Also forgive if this has already been discussed, I tried to search but it didn't come up with any results.

No worries man. It actually hasn't been discussed. And there's a very simple reason I don't use it: because it lowers dps. The description of how it functions is simple, yet after over a year of playing I still don't understand how it works. Yet I do know that the damage decrease I get from maps with the EE mod is on par with Enfeeble which reduces damage by around 30%.

Here's why I don't fully understand it. It says that it raises the resistance of the element you hit with by 25% while reducing others by 50%. Keep in mind this build attacks with all 3 elements. If my attacks did only fire and cold damage, the affixes on an enemy would say "Resists fire, Resists cold, Vulnerable to lightning". Yet I'm doing an EE map and I attack an enemy, his affix simply says "Resists elemental damage" which implies all 3 elements. This simply means that when attacking an enemy with EE with this build, you're giving that enemy +25% to all elements. I don't understand how, but that is certainly the case. They definitely don't get -50% to any element. I'm sure it has to do with the fact that all 3 elements are being used in every attack.

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nadnads wrote:

sorry about the noobyness can i ask how do you keep all three aruars up? i reread it and i dont understand how i can get a 54% aura up at a time even with level 20 gem???

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Savagekrosa wrote:

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nadnads wrote:

sorry about the noobyness can i ask how do you keep all three aruars up? i reread it and i dont understand how i can get a 54% aura up at a time even with level 20 gem???

This is how it goes:

Let's say you have 100 mana total:
+ Aura reserves 60% of your mana - in this case, 60 mana
+ Reduced mana at level 20 multiplies mana reserve by 71%
+ 71% * 60 = around 43 mana
+ You take 3 talents: Sovereignity, Charisma and Reduced mana reserves - total of 23% reduced reservation cost, which makes 100-23 = 77% multiplier
+ 77% * 43 = 33 mana
+ If 1 aura takes 33 mana, then 3 auras take 99 mana. You have maximum of 100 mana.
+ You win the game.

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MartinDeShade wrote:

Could you get by with only Sovereignty, if you had Alphas Howl? I was thinking of getting all of Sovereignty's mana reserve nodes, plus Alphas Howl, would equal to a total of 24%. That would save a lot passive points, allowing a person going in different ways.

Here is my planned passives:

Spoiler

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgQAmy0XHbe2jX7NmN7GvqfqYtJN-rHADxm0ytMs6d0N_MVbr2egTioY24d2KaV08Up9IWBAoAUtnrlgS3rvdO2E72Eh4uoaVQHcZKOkGTboG_oB5yXfn8unMJ7NFCDSIVBHVw3ZYRkuJ-3Uj_PdrKq53XKpWfPyL-8OfNnAGudSkFVmnlRJp4T60l8_Gjg26RcvHRT2SOw4JKrjamTnj0aMzylPV-IZhVXW0NBQUIKbd-UyiYCkm6HPZVhjBLNnvVXGPfzG2BRN8B8Cce5vFm98uKIAKS462E3YjHY=

This would leave you with a little less Health but a lot more Armor and still get US. Plus I like the 4.4% life regen I get with it. I may drop it down to just 3.4% when I get more life.

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DavosTheOnionKnight wrote:

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VanLuven wrote:

Hi Davos, I'm fairly new to the games so forgive any ignorance of my question.

Why with an elemental build didn't you take Elemental Equilibrium?

It's only 4 points off your path. Is there some reason that it's not beneficial to this build? Also forgive if this has already been discussed, I tried to search but it didn't come up with any results.

No worries man. It actually hasn't been discussed. And there's a very simple reason I don't use it: because it lowers dps. The description of how it functions is simple, yet after over a year of playing I still don't understand how it works. Yet I do know that the damage decrease I get from maps with the EE mod is on par with Enfeeble which reduces damage by around 30%.

Here's why I don't fully understand it. It says that it raises the resistance of the element you hit with by 25% while reducing others by 50%. Keep in mind this build attacks with all 3 elements. If my attacks did only fire and cold damage, the affixes on an enemy would say "Resists fire, Resists cold, Vulnerable to lightning". Yet I'm doing an EE map and I attack an enemy, his affix simply says "Resists elemental damage" which implies all 3 elements. This simply means that when attacking an enemy with EE with this build, you're giving that enemy +25% to all elements. I don't understand how, but that is certainly the case. They definitely don't get -50% to any element. I'm sure it has to do with the fact that all 3 elements are being used in every attack.