Poison Arrow conquers low level Invasion

a long-forgotten good skill.
the bane of all Act 1 Normal versions of Invaders.
will test in Act 2 soon :)

Being able to do act 1 normal is not an indication that something is a "good" skill. Saw someone post their post-buff DPS on a character that is build around using poison arrow, and it was still very mediocre.

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LeftyLucy wrote:

Being able to do act 1 normal is not an indication that something is a "good" skill. Saw someone post their post-buff DPS on a character that is build around using poison arrow, and it was still very mediocre.

I have a Spectral Throw + Cast On Crit + Storm Call Witch in Standard.
tooltip DPS on it? 200ish.
destroys monsters in early Act 3 Merciless.

sometimes, the ability to hit many stuff at once and keep moving and hitting without actually being there to take the retaliation - is far better than some number on a tooltip.

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johnKeys wrote:

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LeftyLucy wrote:

Being able to do act 1 normal is not an indication that something is a "good" skill. Saw someone post their post-buff DPS on a character that is build around using poison arrow, and it was still very mediocre.

I have a Spectral Throw + Cast On Crit + Storm Call Witch in Standard.
tooltip DPS on it? 200ish.
destroys monsters in early Act 3 Merciless.

sometimes, the ability to hit many stuff at once and keep moving and hitting without actually being there to take the retaliation - is far better than some number on a tooltip.

You are comparing 2 very unrelated skills

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LeftyLucy wrote:

Being able to do act 1 normal is not an indication that something is a "good" skill. Saw someone post their post-buff DPS on a character that is build around using poison arrow, and it was still very mediocre.

dps might be mediocre in maps but it also lets you build your character completely tanky or aura support, you only need to spend very few passives to take the damage over time and chaos damage nodes.

Its just down on prefernce like with any other build and skill, if you like going all out dps then dont go poison arrow, but if you want to do something different and build a tank char then use it

I'm playing a poison arrow character on ambush. Currently lvl 77 with a lvl 17 poison arrow in a 4 link, I'm getting about a 3000 dps cloud. It's fun. Most annoying this is needing a separate skill to kill totems. Haven't found a map above 70, but everything so far is easy.

Current capabilities allow Poison Arrow cloud to pretty easily surpass 10k DPS (mine is 9400 with a lv 19 (25) gem and only a 4 link - not even optimized using faster instead of slower projectiles) - that's without using it in a trap or remote mine - just shooting it. Given the area it can encompasses, the fact vulnerability adds 40% more damage, as well as the fact that mobs that don't have the chaos defence mod have 0 base chaos resistance, and it clears much better than the tooltip dps would indicate.

Any skill that is used in races is generally a good skill for norm and cruel diffs.

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Asidra wrote:

Current capabilities allow Poison Arrow cloud to pretty easily surpass 10k DPS (mine is 9400 with a lv 19 (25) gem and only a 4 link - not even optimized using faster instead of slower projectiles) - that's without using it in a trap or remote mine - just shooting it. Given the area it can encompasses, the fact vulnerability adds 40% more damage, as well as the fact that mobs that don't have the chaos defence mod have 0 base chaos resistance, and it clears much better than the tooltip dps would indicate.

Hm what mate ? Chaos resistance is one of the most common resistance on mob out there. It's everywhere.

Yes - I agree - lot's of mobs have a chaos resistance mod. What I was stating was that for mobs that do not have the mod listed - they have 0 chaos resistance. Whereas other mobs that don't have a mod listed still have some level of elemental resistances and physical defence.