Vaal Burning Arrow

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TheMasai wrote:

I'm trying a vaal burning arrow ignite build and ive planned to put conc effect on the links to maximize the on hit dammage, but it does not increase the tooltip dps while decreasing aoe. Does this mean conc effect adds no dammage to VBA?

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Rhyse wrote:

Tested this out on a new phys archer ranger on ambush. I have near 100% piercing with passives, quiver and support- the build is designed for maximum AOE destruction. I have to say I'm dissapointed.

VBA's advantage is a large overlapping AOE- extremely deadly with LMP and Pierce. Fair enough, and it did in fact destroy entire screens of monsters when I used it. The problem is that I already do that with normal skills- LA or Ice Shot both destroy swaths of monsters in 2-3 volleys with their overlapping AOE. These skills don't require a charge up and are just as deadly.

Sure, VBA has a higher AOE radius and higher %phys increase, but the difference accounts for a single attack at most - on my character at present, that's about .96 seconds. By this time (1-2 VBA volleys, 2-3 LA volleys. This goes up to 3-4 by Merciless) everything in my line of fire is dead with either skill. On bosses with huge HP pools, where the damage bonus would be valuable, it's impossible to recharge the gem, which negates it's raw damage advantage. This gem is in no way worth the slots or charge up time.

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Vipermagi wrote:

The Projectiles never shotgunned, it's not a Spell. 2.0 didn't change a thing for Vaal Burning Arrow.