Herald of Ash + which arrow skill
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I'm thinking of running the usual Herald of Ash / Proliferation set up with some added IIQ for a magic find char. Goal being of course to shoot once and proliferate the burn.
- Reduced mana / Herald of Ash / Proliferation / Increased Burning / Increased Area / Item Quantity All I really need is a hard hitting single target bow skill to proc the after burn. I know Ice shot works pretty well, but I like Rat's Nest for the Item Rarity and the mods on it so I kinda don't want to wear a three dragons if I can avoid it. So I'm wondering, which one of these would work best? Tornado Shot Frenzy Burning Arrow Poison Arrow Explosive Arrow Other possible support gems would be: Skill + Faster attacks / Pierce / Phys projectile attack damage / increased Crit damage / Added Fire Damage |
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definately poison arrow :D
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Tornado Shot destroys all!
I dont see any any key!
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I think explosive arrow will yield the highest OVERKILL damage (with 5 stacks).
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Either BA or PA.
BA (130% DE) lets you get a ton of fire%/elemental% and make the most of those passives. PA (up to 150% DE) has a strictly better damage scaling and a cool dot cloud. BA is cheap as fuck for mana. PA costs a ton of mana. Personally I'd go with PA, but that's because I don't think I've ever seen it done before. I've seen BA HoA prolif and it works well. --- Nado shot is a terrible choice because it's lots of little hits (i.e. overkill damage sucks). Frenzy is just too weak compared to BA/PA. EA is its own build and, don't quote me on this, but I'm not 100% sure that EA's explosion will even proc HoA. The explosion is secondary damage. Does anyone know if EA/HoA works? Or, perhaps easier to test, DD/HoA? Last edited by pneuma#0134 on Jan 23, 2015, 12:57:57 PM
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Frenzy can still do well in a frenzy build with 6+ charges. And Blood dance could be a good idea then as they give increased damage against targets on low life (well, they're rarely a bad idea in a frenzy build).
I'm unsure how PA will compare to BA quality with ele weakness. The mana cost is just crazy however. Ranger builds list: /917964 When two witches watch two watches, which witch watches which watch? If the witches watching watches watch the same watch while you watch which witch watches which watch, they switch watches; then, the watch switching witches watch which watch you watch. Watching witches watch watches is not for the faint of heart... Last edited by Panini_aux_olives#1967 on Jan 23, 2015, 4:51:17 PM
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" This is perfectly accurate, and yet Tornado Shot is still the best bow skill out there right now, and Herald of Ash does make it better. If you're picking a bow skill specifically to synergize with HoA, then listen to pneuma, but if you're asking "given that I have HoA, what bow skill is the best to be using right now?", the answer is undeniably Tornado Shot (until the inevitable nerf in 1.4). Last edited by codetaku#0468 on Jan 23, 2015, 5:18:13 PM
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I would stay classic : Burning Arrow
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" Also very true. You can just build Nado and get "prolif on the side" and it will outperform any amount of clever "overkill prolif" focus. Then again, the game isn't only about the biggest numbers or the most enemies killed/unit time. It's nice to theorycraft a dead-end, just to see if it works at all. Actually, I would argue, that's 99% of my builds/enjoyment from this game. Last edited by pneuma#0134 on Jan 23, 2015, 5:48:24 PM
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definitely burning arrow. you want the skill with the highest base damage, which is burning arrow at 130%.
not only that, but you can add in fire dmg which will scale both burning arrow (higher overkill dmg) AND HoA damage (higher burn dmg). check my thread out. i specialize and main dmg of herald of ash http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1151454 but a great skill to have on hand is vaal burning arrow with the absolute highest base damage of 160% and 100% accuracy. plus it charges up fast so its pretty good. |
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