Is Quill Rain, Short Bow useful?

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Problematique wrote:

Hey guys,
I recently found this unique bow on my lvl 15 ranger. It gives a lot of Attack Speed but reduced damage.

I tried it but the reduced damage really threw me off. I put it back in my stash and switched it for my normal short bow. An hour later, my ranger dies but I still have my unique :) Is there a certain build or skills I need to follow to make this bow work? because it really didnt feel that strong imo...

Thanks in advance!

or use it with EK....this will rock hard on EK...
yes it is usefull bow in SOME specs

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stegan wrote:

It's really awesome, make a templar and go with this build

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUAAnEEswVbFE0aODKJRtdX4l3GYG135XrmfVOCm4M4i4yQVZ2AogCnhLaG1Hzd8-Fz52rsOO0g8B8=

Ice Shot - 1-19 single target
Elemental Hit - from 19 and up, i prefer to use it as single target
Split arrow - for aoe or rain of arrows, which is about as good

Auras - Anger, Wrath and Clarity

Stack as much elemental dmg as possible

get some uniques low level Ondar's Clasp gloves, Blackgleam quiver, Heartshiver head
and The Ignomon and gold amulet with alot of fire elemental dmg.

And completly drop physical dmg as it's very poor with the bow

I'm currently lvl 27 with 700 dps on my elemental hit, 300 dps split arrow

I tell you it's viable atleast in low level for the pvp :)


I don't know if this is good for end-game but it's a lot of fun.

this. And dual range attack totems = no mana problems once ele hit starts needing more mana

I was thinking of a maxed crit chance crit multiplier build. Even with lower damage would the high crits rape in endgame?. say a 30% chance with a 550 multiplier. Mix that with lightning arrow and all out attack speed.

Just a thought.

Quillrain + Explosive Arrow + LMP/GMP is insanely fun to play.

1. Spot grp of rare mobs
2. FIPFIPFIPFIPFIP
3. The whole spawn falls dead at the same time
4. Shriek like a little girl

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darkinvalid wrote:

I was thinking of a maxed crit chance crit multiplier build. Even with lower damage would the high crits rape in endgame?. say a 30% chance with a 550 multiplier. Mix that with lightning arrow and all out attack speed.

Just a thought.

The problem is the damage is halved (including crits.) Even with 1300 dps with LA, it takes forever to kill mobs and single target dps is a joke. I can do the same damage with one split arrow with Lionseye than I can with 12 with Quill Rain (with 8.17 aspd.) The only upside is that it leeches HP so fast you won't ever die.

Is the best bow for Explosive Arrow build.

Why? Because the explosions are not reduced in damage.
Explosion is considered projectile damage, but not weapon damage. As a result, any modifiers affecting projectile damage will be applied to it.

The damage of the applied charges is increased by elemental damage and fire damage passives, but not by elemental weapon damage or spell damage passives.

In other words, you stock as much Fire damage and Elemental damage as you can and watch the fire works of 1000+ arrows that you can shoot with 100% attack speed.

Obviously you want to beef this up with Area passives and Area support gem, and wipe out the whole screen with atomic bombs of fire.

This is a very unique build, and this bow is needed to make it all work.

Also poison arrow works the same way, it can be used with this bow, but you can not beef up poison damage with anything :(

I am having MASSIVE fun with Quill Rain.

Still early days yet (in the twenties in Default) but I am teaming Quill Rain with Broadstroke and Lochtonial Caress. Admittedly the physical damage is low but I get stunlock and increased attack/projectile speed... I have this on the right mouse button so I can stand still and shoot: Great for reducing desync. It is insanely fast! 4.78 attacks per second at the moment.

I use Ice Shot to add 'slow' to the 'stun' (and deal with tougher (stun resistant) enemies/small groups), Rain of Arrows for mobs. At long range, standard shooting is fine but Split Arrow comes in handy at closer range (when Rain of Arrows is inappropriate).

I suspect it will struggle with end game but I want to see how far I can take it if I stack elemental attacks.

Mana is also an issue with this built so I will have a go at boosting that.

Just to top this off, I am using Karui Ward to massively increase projectile speed and add accuracy and movement speed. I know that projectile speed is a bit poor with arrows but I am playing!

This really is a tactical positioning and movement build centred on stun.

Anyway, it is so much fun! Awesome game GGG! I am calling this the Fire-hose Build as the stream of arrows looks like water from a fire-hose. This is great for hosing down tunnels!

Been continuing with Quill Rain. I now have explosive arrows and this has opened up all sorts of funness! I have ditched Lochtonial Caress and Karui Ward for rares with helpful attributes. Physical damage now becoming an issue but I think that there is plenty of scope! I need to address the mana issue...

What an awesome bow!

Quill Rain was getting stuck but with lesser projectiles/exploding arrows it is a fun room-sweeper. Life on hit with something this fast almost makes it a melee tool! I was thinking of using Point Blank as a result...

I will try out Warlord's Mark with it next.

Wow. Quill Rain, Warlord's Mark and multi-Explosive Arrows are the business!

I am an angel of death! PEWPEW-WHAM-PEW. Life-leech is making me invincible even with rubbish non-spell low physical-damage pews.