Barrage Wonder Wanderer – how to DEMOLISH maps (1.3.X)
" ok great explanation, thanks. I'm about level 20 and i'm finding that my life and survivability is much too low, i'm assuming that once i hit about lvl 40+ and transition to coc + barrage + EK + chain + life leech? Could i substitute chain or life leech for multi-strike, increased critical damage or other +dps skill gems? |
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" You can transition to CoC in Cruel, but I'd recommend leveling with dual strike or spectral throw and transitioning in Merciless. Check my post on the top of the previous page. Not that it's impossible, but if you opt to go for CoC in Cruel, you'll have to choose: either decent life or decent crit chance. You can't have both at that stage. Multistrike doesn't work with barrage. Increased critical damage won't increase your damage that much if you don't nave a lot of crit chance (EK's base crit chance is 5%). In the setup you mentioned, I'd definitely replace chain with power charge on critical for damage or with summon skeletons for survivability. The nice thing is, PCoC and skeletons are both blue gems so you can swap them depending on the difficulty of the content you're doing. The Wheel of Nerfs turns, and builds come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the build that gave it birth comes again. Last edited by Bars on Mar 17, 2014, 5:01:48 PM
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" ok thanks a lot for the explanation, i'm assuming then faster attacks and faster projectiles will increase the dps of barrage? |
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Last edited by opposingcritter on Mar 18, 2014, 6:18:50 AM
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You should really read at least the previous 2-3 pages of the thread you're writing in. Writing the same thing for the 10th times becomes old really fast.
The Wheel of Nerfs turns, and builds come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the build that gave it birth comes again.
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" this is why you should've just bumped your own guide =P | |
" Nah. I said clearly why I don't want to, besides, I like it better that way - a bit obscure and requiring some research to find out :P The Wheel of Nerfs turns, and builds come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the build that gave it birth comes again. Last edited by Bars on Mar 18, 2014, 3:59:05 AM
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Considering you and 100 other people have been throwing their builds etc into this thread and people have been doing it little different but i guess asking a simple question aka does chain really add that much dps compared to getting power charges stack.
I have actually looked over all 44 pages while at work today so..... Last edited by opposingcritter on Mar 18, 2014, 6:25:55 AM
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" nope, u dont need chain. i dont use chain because i just have only a 5l chest and its still good. | |
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...and I don't even have a 5L, so I run 2 setups with 2 barrage in 2 x 4L (chest and gloves). I first summon my Skeletons and gain a few power charges (Barrage-CoC-Skeletons-PCoC) and then I unleash the fury of EK (Barrage-CoC-EK-Life Leech).
This setup works fine, but naturally isn't as much "spray and pray" as if you had a 5- or 6L. I'm only in low-level maps at the moment, but I'm doing fine. The only pain in my game are some of those new corrupted areas and bosses. They seem a tad unbalanced now, or maybe it's because I'm a bit of a glass cannon at just over 2000 HP. Once I get a better chest and a few more levels I think I'll sit around 3000 HP at least. I used chain while leveling, but it works just fine without it, plus I can't fit it in. A question I could ask myself, though, is what I would do if I get a 5- or 6-Link? Would I then add in PCoC and Chain, and continue with my skellies as a backup meat wall? Or would I add PCoC and Skellies and then do something else with my now free-to-use 4-link? Anybody else have any experiences and thoughts about this? Does anybody else play with 2 Barrage like me? |
