[1.0.x] [Nemesis/HC] BlackDivine's Rain of Arrows - Updated 13th Feb

Newbie question:
Unwavering stance VS Heart of Oak. Yeah, i see, it will take 3 additional points and lead us back to Primal spirit. But +20str+20int manaregen +3% attackspd +10str not so bad as bonus to "no stun". Stun is no risk at all, so no way to spend this 3 points to it? Or u just cant find what to cut off?
And thanx for effort btw.

First of all: Thanks for this Guide/Build. As a newbie I felt a bit lost with the heavy mana costs of RoA, but as a workaround I use clarity (until I get a nice 4L/5L item to finally run with Life Leech/Blood Magic Gem).

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ash2h wrote:

Newbie question:
Unwavering stance VS Heart of Oak.
And thanx for effort btw.

Wanted to ask a similar question. I'm a few skill points away from Unvawering Stance and would really like to take it. I assume you didn't take it because of Heart of Oak, but can you really rely on 30% Chance to avoid stuns in endgame? I think I will take Unvawering Stance and ignore the whole Heart of Oak/Primal Spirit node (don't need increased mana when running Blood Magic) and instead take the projectile dmg/attack speed node above to get to Ballistic Mastery.
But again, as a newbie I might miss something?

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MadDogMiller wrote:

whats a good single target skill for this build ?

I'm finding Puncture very useful for dangerous mobs (Corrupted Blood, Reflect, Butcher etc.) since you can safely kill while kiting.

Otherwise I'm using frenzy but I'm not sold on it. Will try Elemental Hit at some point.

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Atum84 wrote:

@op, can you maybe post your current gear?

I am just level 64 ATM, I think current gear might be a turn off for some people at this stage ;)

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ash2h wrote:

Newbie question:
Unwavering stance VS Heart of Oak.

This is a high HP build, you get stunned when a damage takes large percent of your max HP pool in a single hit, so you won't be stun locked even if you play semi-carefully. Also we have 30% of chance to avoid being stunned (Heart of Oak). That node is not just for stun avoidance but it also gives 1% regen and 4% max life.

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kompaniet wrote:

120 of 120 points allocated in the passive tree. how many people actually reach lvl 100 in this game? 0,0% yes no one.

be realistic and provide a tree for a real reachable lvl. like lvl 75-85. this is just bogus.
rest of the stuff here looks good.

That 120 points tree is just a guideline lol, and for your knowledge there are 3 people for sure that reached level 100 in THIS game. one is even in Hardcore, SirBarker's the name of good chap.

And as for being realistic and providing a 75-85 tree, Did you ever opened the "How to level" section? There are 3 leveling trees there. Please read the shit up before calling anything bogus.

Nice answers. I do use this build right now on Nemesis. Not far from op in levels.
What we miss is some theorycraft in skills, more than just RoA.
For single target i guess we have choice between Frenzy, Elemental Hit and some other ele, like Burning Arrow? First one looks promising for hi-phys-bow users, ele singles leads us to ele support gems. What other skills do u use or plan to use? bear trap, puncture, arctic armor, frenzy.....
Other part missing is pots, prefixes, affixes, flasks?
More information on equipment, like rings type (i guess +hp +res? like any other piece of eq) and amulet.

May I ask about gem leveling? Do you recommend leveling RoA all the way or do you prefer to stop at a specific level?

Are there any important places to stop leveling the gems in this build?

TIA.

blackdivine can you post your gear, stats, dps etc?

What would you say is the best class for a tanky RoA build? Also what totem would work well for this build? I'm guessing decoy totem is a no brainer?....but what about a RoA totem? or would you need to invest more into totem/damage passives to make it worth while?

giving your RoA ranger build a shot here in a bit

been looking for a nemesis ranged build, something other than EK and spectral throw. I have never used RoA as main source of damage, or even secondary. should be fun!

Loving how tanky I am and I have yet to really have any issues with my dps other then doing bosses can be a bit slower (mostly because i'm getting used to a ranged build lol). I honestly think, after looking at the skill tree that you could almost go anyway you want (skill wise) with this build. I think it'd be just as effective loading up ones ranger with quill rain and filling mobs with tons of explosive arrows!

Anyways thanks for this build and I can't wait to get to end game with this.

Anyone else have DPS issues? I'm level 46 with a ROA of 500~DPS. Seems sort of low compared to other skills at the moment. It's not that noticeable really until you get to champion mobs or a certain resist if you are doing elemental build.

Puncture is pretty legit, works pretty well to kite.

EDIT: Level 50 and doing docks is painful as shit. The DPS is SO low. Might retire the build and wait for a bow or something... Bow updates aren't even giving that much of a DPS increase.. Not sure what's up.