Petrov's Elemental Bow Ranger Build(s) (0.10)

which gives more dps to elemental ranger?
projectile damage or elemental damage with weapon?

Don't forget. Chain hits total of 3 times. =)

Unless Life Leech applies only on first hit, if not, overall Damage vs Health Returns wise, I believe with Chain still is higher.

Currently I'm using:

LA > LMP > Chain > LoH > Weapon Ele Dmg
Especially effective when dealing a large pack.
Once I get a 6L, I will switch around Quantity and Faster Attack.

Ele Hit > Faster Atk > Increase Crit Dmg (pre-RT) > Life Leech
Effective against single target like bosses and rares. Combine with Decoy (keeps boss in place) and Bear Trap.

Hi, I'm currently lvl 67 Ranger, with about 1.4k dps with buffs on LA
I feel like having enough surviv with 2,2k hp and pots, my resist are decent
except chaos is -60% which i dont see worth as investing too much.
(Soloed throught whole merciless, apart from Piety on last quest and have no problem doing solo maps. Not sure if people over value chaos dmg or is this just my opinion?)

I was concidering a mixed build of inner force tanky shock and traditional inner force dps builds, like the following:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIBAnEEswUtCC4MfQ48Dq0QfxRNFHEY2xkuGY4aOCFgJ-0otSlPKaUyCTKJNZI6UkCgQapDnEp9TshUSVXGVgRW-lfiWfNbr18_YEtgiGFSY6dnoGe9cql07XTxd-V673zZgpuGYId2j0aQVZuNm6GeuZ_LogCnCKeErKqv67iTud3AGsaez2XQ0NN-1I_dDd1G37_nUuw47YPuDu8O707yL_cy-Ov8TvzF7m8B0fT4okDEouQitQRdxkbX7SDhc4uMRUcy0Q==

Any ideas of this?

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firgoe wrote:

i have been following this thread from page 70 ish.

i am lvl 20. i am having mana problem, it drains way 2 fast. too fast that i can not level comfortably. how do you guys handle it at earlier level?

I didn't really have many problems with mana. Just use 2 mana pots and you should be fine. I'm pretty sure I only had LA + LoH until lvl 35 and it didn't take me long to kill mobs.

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Burnit wrote:

Hi, I'm currently lvl 67 Ranger, with about 1.4k dps with buffs on LA
I feel like having enough surviv with 2,2k hp and pots, my resist are decent
except chaos is -60% which i dont see worth as investing too much.
(Soloed throught whole merciless, apart from Piety on last quest and have no problem doing solo maps. Not sure if people over value chaos dmg or is this just my opinion?)

I was concidering a mixed build of inner force tanky shock and traditional inner force dps builds, like the following:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIBAnEEswUtCC4MfQ48Dq0QfxRNFHEY2xkuGY4aOCFgJ-0otSlPKaUyCTKJNZI6UkCgQapDnEp9TshUSVXGVgRW-lfiWfNbr18_YEtgiGFSY6dnoGe9cql07XTxd-V673zZgpuGYId2j0aQVZuNm6GeuZ_LogCnCKeErKqv67iTud3AGsaez2XQ0NN-1I_dDd1G37_nUuw47YPuDu8O707yL_cy-Ov8TvzF7m8B0fT4okDEouQitQRdxkbX7SDhc4uMRUcy0Q==

Any ideas of this?

Your build is pretty close to mine.

Passive skill tree build

The main difference is that you use 9 points in the marauder area where I just use those points to get +74% hp, which is a lot better imho.



by the way, when linking builds there's a check box that gives you the BBcode instead of the link, which makes it easier on the eyes

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Canoas wrote:

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Burnit wrote:

Hi, I'm currently lvl 67 Ranger, with about 1.4k dps with buffs on LA
I feel like having enough surviv with 2,2k hp and pots, my resist are decent
except chaos is -60% which i dont see worth as investing too much.
(Soloed throught whole merciless, apart from Piety on last quest and have no problem doing solo maps. Not sure if people over value chaos dmg or is this just my opinion?)

I was concidering a mixed build of inner force tanky shock and traditional inner force dps builds, like the following:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIBAnEEswUtCC4MfQ48Dq0QfxRNFHEY2xkuGY4aOCFgJ-0otSlPKaUyCTKJNZI6UkCgQapDnEp9TshUSVXGVgRW-lfiWfNbr18_YEtgiGFSY6dnoGe9cql07XTxd-V673zZgpuGYId2j0aQVZuNm6GeuZ_LogCnCKeErKqv67iTud3AGsaez2XQ0NN-1I_dDd1G37_nUuw47YPuDu8O707yL_cy-Ov8TvzF7m8B0fT4okDEouQitQRdxkbX7SDhc4uMRUcy0Q==

Any ideas of this?

Your build is pretty close to mine.

Passive skill tree build

The main difference is that you use 9 points in the marauder area where I just use those points to get +74% hp, which is a lot better imho.



by the way, when linking builds there's a check box that gives you the BBcode instead of the link, which makes it easier on the eyes

Hmm intresting idea, oh I had forgot point into +5% all max resists which is one reason to go to marauder also.

In exchange it would give me

30 str + 76% life

for

60 str + 30 max life
+5% max resists + 15% resists + 1,5% life regen and 30% less crit dmg

you idea seems nice, but I sort of prefer the extra 20% resists and 30% less dmg from crits for surviv.

At which level is static blows recommended/useful (in terms of shockstacking)?

I'm currently level 57 with around 1600 dps on LA with around 58-502 lightning damage, will I shock stack?

Quick Question...

I have a bow with 3-67 Lightning Damage

Which one of these would up my DPS more?
1. Amulet with 16-28 Fire Dmg / 18-32 Cold Dmg?
2. 14% Inc. Elemental Dmg with Weapons ?
3. 5-47 Lightning Dmg

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Burnit wrote:

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Canoas wrote:

Your build is pretty close to mine.

Passive skill tree build

The main difference is that you use 9 points in the marauder area where I just use those points to get +74% hp, which is a lot better imho.



by the way, when linking builds there's a check box that gives you the BBcode instead of the link, which makes it easier on the eyes

Hmm intresting idea, oh I had forgot point into +5% all max resists which is one reason to go to marauder also.

In exchange it would give me

30 str + 76% life

for

60 str + 30 max life
+5% max resists + 15% resists + 1,5% life regen and 30% less crit dmg

you idea seems nice, but I sort of prefer the extra 20% resists and 30% less dmg from crits for surviv.

Well, in my experience the critical hits aren't much of a problem. I honestly don't notice critical hits at all. The only dmg I "fear" is chaos dmg, which is easily dealt with by being careful.
The extra 15% resistances to all is a bit unnecessary as well. Resistances get rather low when you go from cruel into merciless, but once you gear up in merciless the hard part is not "overflowing" resistances. It seems that +15% would help, but what usually happens is you'll end up with a shit ton of 1 resistance, barely get 75% on another and have one 10-20% lower than the cap. In the end two are not benefiting from the +15% and one is not benefiting from the +5% max.

However, life is always helpful. It doesn't matter what gear you have, you can never say "I have too much life".


If you really need resistances then you can take the +6% resistances under inner force and then add 15% to the resistance you lack using only 2 points. You'd lose +5% max resists, 1.5% life regen, 30% less crit dmg and gain 60% life instead. A pretty good trade imho.

First off, amazing build. I switched from my 2h maurader and it seems like I do everything in half the time, if not faster.

I got really, really, really lucky last night and rolled this using just 1 Jeweller, 2 Fusings, and 7 Chromatics. I'm 60 right now, how long can I expect this bow to last me? Are thicket bows really that much better?

LA at 1337-1454 DPS (Second number is with Frenzy stacks)
Frenzy at 2000-2501 DPS (Ele hit is about 2000 also)

This is with all the damage nodes in the tankier build.



Second question is what should stats look like before doing maps? (Softcore)

I still have to pick up 95% Life and some other nodes, these are my current numbers.

Health: 2209
Res: 74/75/75/-60
Armor: 4234