1.1 Scion Split Arrow, Need advice

Link to new skill tree, use offline skill planner to see it. You can get it from this post http://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1zlt62/updated_for_110_offline_skill_tree_calculator/




old, currently working skill tree i had in mind, if you want to give feedback based on this one, the new one hasn't changed much(location of life leech is the biggest downside i'd guess?)





My plan with this char before the change was using hybrid gear that has ar/es or ev/es hence the IR. I got the survival ideas from ziggy, so besides eldrich+mom i was using Arctic armour. For auras i only used discipline and grace otherwise mom was pointless at that point. The thing though is the char is still leveling and using spectral throw.

My question now is, can i do any kind of decent damage with physical split arrow. What gems should i be looking to use in 4 and 5 links (don't have access to 6 link).

What auras should i be running, what kind of bow should i be looking at, best i have is:


For bandit rewards i chose: 40hp, 18%phys damage, frenzy charge. I have 5 frenzy charges altogether and I plan on using these two items:



I'd appreciate any kind of feedback from people who have used split arrow before. Especially what kind of stats to for look on gear.

So i guess either no one plays split arrow or the ones that do don't visit the forum

Don't quote me on this because i've only read about split arrow builds and used it for leveling.

I believe most split arrow builds are based around crit and prefer to use a rare harbringer (because it has crit built in) or lioneye's glare. If you plan to go in the direction of physical I would reccomend one of the 2 options I just mentioned but if you can't afford that maybe a high Pdps thicket bow because it has such good base attack speed. I love attack speed so that's my preference.

As far as your tree i'm not sure yet. You could go over to the ranger forums and kind of compare the split arrow ranger builds over there because Scion is capable of hitting some of those ranger nodes and you could make it work.

I don't know if you want to make physical split arrow specifically, otherwise elemental split arrow works great. Imho, ele split arrow works better unless u have a godly physical bow. Lvl 20 aura gems and 70% aura effectiveness are a must. Alphas is also required for running all the auras.

Tree:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgABA5YEsxGWFE0VIBcvGYoaOBqPHNwdFB2qJLAn7SmlKk0s6S9vMZ4yCTKJNZI26TrhOyg8LT8nRnFKfUrITeNOKlXGVdZX4lnzWlJbr2BDZOdmnmegZ71sFmxGbj1uqm-ecLtybHKpd-V82X_GgKSDCYPbhtGHdojxj0aQVZMnm12boZu1ogCmV6eEqJqpbqxZrKq0DLXytz7AGsM6xPbGrspKznHPZdDQ2RPdDeGI42rnY-w47m_wH_JF8pf22vrS-wn8S_zF_gr-jw==

Bandits : hp, attack speed, passive point

AoE : split arrow + weapon ele damage + blood magic + life leech + faster attacks + chain/pierce (I prefer pierce alongwith projectile weakness for 100% pierce. Personal preference here). For 5 link, we skip faster attacks.

Single target : elemental hit + blood magic + weapon ele damage + faster attacks/life leech (frenzy also works)

Auras : Anger + wrath + grace + purity + vitality
OR Anger + wrath + grace + determination (leaves some mana free)

Curses : Elemental weakness + projectile weakness + blood magic + reduced mana

Gear:
Weapon - bow with high aps and some amount of elemental damage. More aps = more dmg
Head - alphas is required to run 5 auras. For 4 auras, this can be anything with life/resists
Rest of gear - life/resists/% elemental dmg/flat elemental dmg/flat dex
Gloves - legacy thunderfists are awesome for this build. Link single target attack in thunderfist if u got one.

Didn't test this properly but should have ~10k split arrow (not with chain), although single target dps is a bit low. Was able to get 8k damage with stormcloud lol

Thanks nightblade157 , i took your advice and will go for elemental split arrow and elemental hit using this build. I think it's the one you posted, but it now doesn't show correctly due to updated tree.

Edit: min/maxed the build a bit
Took Haste +random 3% attack node to get better results than going for Berserking. Took life nodes north of there and removed them from scion life wheel. Took Mental Acuity on the way to Influence instead of going there by taking 4x10 int nodes on the left. That gives 10 more int and 20% mana regen.


The problem i have now is choosing a bow, so can someone help me which one of those should i use:

How will you shoke ennemies ?
You have resolute technique and nodes for critical strikes / increasing shoke duration

Shocking is done by taking Static blows, which means no need to critical hit to apply shock stacks.