Voltaxix Rft -- Questionable New Ranger Unique Bow #2

New Bow
http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Voltaxic_Rift

Vid from another guys thread showcasing the possibilitys on this bow in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNqIQIRNonw

It was my understanding that Unique items were created to have niche affects which made them great for certain niche builds/situations and were not meant to be in anyway the #1 BIS choice for all around the board.

Yet.. once again... GGG has implemented another unique GG BIS Bow for rangers, understandably this bow was paid for by a supporter of the $1000 pack. Without a doubt the Lioneye is currently the BIS weapon for majority of none LA ranger builds on HC/ONS. Reason for this being LA is way too risky vs Reflect on HC/ONS.




But now with this bow converting all lightning dmg to chaos (not affected by reflect, one of the biggets killers on HC/ONS toons) this bow now sits at a prime position for BIS Ranger bow. Basically you can make a Ranger now that does BEAST lightning dmg converted to chaos that has pretty much full immunity to reflect, Attacks from afar and has dumb chance to shock. I know what everyone will be running on new league after oct 8..

I just don't get it. I thought GGG's Stance on unique's were that they were not meant to be deliciously better then Crafted rare items and come with a downside to what ever bonus/positive they had on them. Yet... Lioneye and Voltaxix have NO DOWNSIDE what so ever and shit over 99% of most bows.

Post your comments, thoughts etc.

have fun doing damage in bandit maps

Also you take 4x as long as other builds do against chaos resistant bosses. The bow's upside is it's downside.

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TheuberClips wrote:

have fun doing damage in bandit maps

Also you take 4x as long as other builds do against chaos resistant bosses. The bow's upside is it's downside.

Oh no whatever shall they do against the 1 chaos resistant monster (or mob of 4-5 rare monsters) in a map...

Besides it sounds to me like you dont know the effects of triple shocking enemies.Chaos resistance will mean absolutely nothing once you get the crits/shocks rolling.

The majority of humanoid enemies in the game have chaos resistance, so you'd be doing reduced damage to these targets, the amount of lightning resistant monsters is lower than this as far as I have seen.

I guess that is what they are going for with this.

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Magikaas wrote:

The majority of humanoid enemies in the game have chaos resistance, so you'd be doing reduced damage to these targets, the amount of lightning resistant monsters is lower than this as far as I have seen.

I guess that is what they are going for with this.

i don't think you understand the full gravity of the effect of this Weapon in a 1 Death KO League.

This bow offers immunity to REFLECT with lightning Arrow Builds, previous #1 killer of the LA build... The Chaos resistance downside to this bow is NOTHING when in a party doing maps. With the 10% extra Shock chance of the conversion of this bows chaos dmg giving it the ability to Deal shock stacks is IMMENSE and just dirty.

The potential of this build on a HC league is retarded.

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TheuberClips wrote:

have fun doing damage in bandit maps

Also you take 4x as long as other builds do against chaos resistant bosses. The bow's upside is it's downside.

Also seeing your comment obviously derives from a softcore "LOOK AT My DPS BRO" standpoint you have no idea.

Edit: Refuted on the 2nd page.


Also its AS is, at most, the same as any thicket bow. What are the average dps of endgame thicket bows (even if they can't compete with LG)?

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Faerindel wrote:

That 10% chance to shock + your crit chance is everything it has to shock. (remember, Static blows states "% shock chance on lightning damage. This bow makes sure you won't ever do any lightning damage)
I don't see that "retarded shock chance". It just does saves you some points from Static blows.

Also its AS is, at most, the same as any thicket bow. What are the average dps of endgame thicket bows (even if they can't compete with LG)?

Not only does the bow give a passive 10% chance to shock but the bow's other mods gives
Chaos Damage can shock
which i think you missed.

5/6L with this bow.

LA, Faster Attcks, LMP, Chain, Life Lecch With

--- Added Lightning Damage 20% = 10% Chance to shock and increased Shock Durtation
OR
--- Added Chaos Damage 20% = 10% Extar chaos Damage.

Pretty much once you have enough Crit chance(Not hard) you will be ins-ta Shock stacking mobs. With Added Chaos dmg all your dmg gets increased by 10% with an actual use for Added chaos damage now.

But this isn't what i really wanted to talk about, People missing the main point i wanted to make about Ranger now getting a 2nd BIS bow based on a Unique which is odd to me when GGG's stance on uniques wasn't to make them BIS but as a niche build option that came with a bonus and a negative to using. Which Lioneye's and Voltaxix does not provide and if you think this bow has negatives you have absolutely no idea about how HC or ONS work and your opinion is being purely shot sighted by your stance on DPS if you derive from a softcore league.

I definitely agree with OP's main point here although I think there are worse offenders than this bow. At least this bow makes you think a little and build accordingly, there's even some clever build options in there.

besides, all you need to do to deal with chaos mobs is just your lioneye in your weapon switch