Is death's arp an endgame crit viable bow ?

as others said, Death's Harp is an amazing bow for an elemental-based Tornado Shot, thanks to the crit and especially the extra arrow.

and yes you absolutely must have auras to scale the damage.
link your tree and I'll try to guide you towards the nearest Aura Nodes :)

as for Alpha's Howl... I hope it's not the only item which can make "moar auras" happen... hmm need to check wiki (pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Aura).

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chromafunk wrote:

I can't do that, I can barely use grace + a herald ...

(a) If you had a high-level reduced mana gem, you could easily run a second herald. Seriously easily.

(b) For ele TS, there are better starting classes than Ranger (who is great for phys TS), and from those other classes you can get reduced mana reservation to synergize with alpha's howl and simultaneously aura effect nodes to buff wrath and anger. 20% reduced aura reservation (making it 28% with alpha's) is more than enough for running all 4, once your character hits a high enough level for those nodes. This is of course also assuming a high-level reduced mana gem.

But you don't need to run all 4 right away. Starting with double heralds plus wrath (remember, shocking is more valuable than burning) is enough.

You should just drop grace.

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johnKeys wrote:

as for Alpha's Howl... I hope it's not the only item which can make "moar auras" happen... hmm need to check wiki (pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Aura).

http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Prism_Guardian is the only other one that really works. But it sadly can't be used with a bow.

Ranger is second best for aura crit bow, Scion is #1 but you don't even need many Aura nodes just Charisma and Alpha's Howl for 4 Auras.

And Alpha's Howl has always been the only one that works to make more auras happen unless you have vaal orbed +1s/Vertex/Geofris or use blood magic.

I got this at the act2 reward, the guy with russian accent. It helped me pass to act3 and now I will level to equip the harbinger ... I am saved I think !

dropped maligaros at docks