Duelist - Lightning arrow duellist build - Forum

passive layout as of 95 points: Spoiler https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgQAAecFLRQgFx0YkRkuGbQaVSFgJT8shSzpMHUyCTJ-Nro26DpSOrM64UCgRmlHfkp9TeNQR1cNWK9aGmBLYSFko2VNZ6Bqk26qcLt07XTxeA1674Tvh3aI8Y1-kAqZK5rMmy2euZ7NplenMKluq8WsWa6TtBq18rZBt7a53b2BvqfAD8RYytPNmNIh0k3ZYdqN3Q3ext-_4driy-pi7w7vTvIv8pz22ve--rH8xf6P1I8n7fPd51JUSV8_Cyhulw== Skills: Lightning arrow + LMP + Chain + Life on Hit + weapon elemental damage Frenzy + faster attacks + life leech + added Chaos damage Decoy totem Summon skeletons + spell totem + minion Life + increased duration projectile weakness lightning warp Auras all on reduced mana: grace Anger Wrath Gear: Wake of destruction boots Chin sol Marketh Bow Starkonja's Huntress cap Flasks: 2 really high life flasks 1 topaz flask for reflects 1 granite flask 1 quicksilver Bandits to help: normal - Oak cruel - Oak merciless - Kraitlyn Frenzy is used as your single target skill and to build up frenzy stacks. The added chaos damage is great so you don't have to carry a poison arrow for enemies with energy shield. Lighting arrow is your main AoE skill. Skeleton totem is to get more targets to block rhoas and arc mages etc, not as a meat shield. The 2 different totems are situational, if enemies are closing in fast using decoy totem is good, but if you can keep them at bay use the skeleton totem. Use projectile weakness on all enemies. keep lighting warp at level 1 for mobility. Julius's path of exile wine bundle for mac here: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/48708/page/1	Posted by Faerie_Storm#2108 on Mar 26, 2013, 11:48:28 PM Quote this Post
Build is terrible.. First of all.. 1. Why you need these 3x reduced mana cost of skills nodes when you use Blood magic? -Anger, wrath, grace are spells not skills. 2. Will you use armor gear? cuz u dont go for Iron Reflexes but still use Grace. 3. And... why these uniques? low life rolls, close target etc hmm? 4. If u gonna use this almost pure phys bow why u use weapon ele dmg gem? same with phys dmg nodes. WHy not RT? i dont see u go for crits in passives Last edited by Sebash6#0223 on Mar 27, 2013, 7:49:28 AM	Posted by Sebash6#0223 on Mar 27, 2013, 7:43:46 AM Quote this Post
. Last edited by MegaTen_IV#3375 on Mar 27, 2013, 7:58:35 PM	Posted by MegaTen_IV#3375 on Mar 27, 2013, 9:57:44 AM Quote this Post
" Sebash6 wrote: Build is terrible.. First of all.. 1. Why you need these 3x reduced mana cost of skills nodes when you use Blood magic? -Anger, wrath, grace are spells not skills. 2. Will you use armor gear? cuz u dont go for Iron Reflexes but still use Grace. 3. And... why these uniques? low life rolls, close target etc hmm? 4. If u gonna use this almost pure phys bow why u use weapon ele dmg gem? same with phys dmg nodes. WHy not RT? i dont see u go for crits in passives 1.Reduced mana helps to reduce the cost of using LA and frenzy I am aware that the auras are spells, I was giving the skill set. even the skill gems for spells are still called skill gems... 2. Using hybird gear, I'd rather have some evasion thanks since Evasion > armour. 3. Chin sol gives point blank without the reduced damage further away. Wake of destruction increases lightning damage and provides more life on kill. Starkonja's huntress cap adds crit chance. 4. weapon elemental gem adds alot of damage. As for RT why would I use that with lightning arrow, shock chance is important plus I negate the crit chance from Starkonja's huntress cap. You call the build terrible but this build can easily clear end game maps. Julius's path of exile wine bundle for mac here: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/48708/page/1	Posted by Faerie_Storm#2108 on Mar 27, 2013, 10:14:56 AM Quote this Post
" xxxmarok84xxx wrote: Well, my main character is a bow duelist which uses lightning arrow and i have used all my refund points + some regrets because i was experimenting what is the best. I used Iron Grip like you, but that adds only psy dmg and since you are using LA, you are doing mostly elemental damage, so iron grip is a waste and all the other psy dmg increase nods. Also i found myself missing a lot endgame, so i picked up the resolute technique, but hey.... whats the point of being elemenatal dmg, if you cant shock, freeze or case burning right ? Well screw the last two, the most important is teh shock for more damage since you are a dps class and thats why i refunded some nods to reach Static blows. Not to mention you dont need life gain on hit, its situational, I have like 170 hp regen per second + hp pots i dont need that gem. I am using LA+chain+faster attacks+LMP+weapon ele dmg. And why you need totems with skeletons ? YOu have time to cast that thing ? Your dmg should be so high that you can almost 1 - 2 shot every pack so why bother spamming a totem ? As a single target dmg i am using elemental hit with faster attack, weapon ele dmg. And I am using frenzy for bosses with elemental dmg reflect. Thats all you need. You were only right about the auras, I am using the same three but without mana reduce gem, i dont really need it when i have 4k hp. Check my build bro, its working pretty good and I am facerolling everything also maps 66 - 68 atm. This is my lvl 70 ele bow duelist build. Try this one, it does wonders. And I'm not even close to the gear you mentioned, almsot everything i use is self crafted or self found. Lightning arrow benefits from physical damage, iron grip doubles the damage because now all those strength nodes increase damage. If you read the description of lightning arrow it tells you that 50% of your physical damage is converted to lightning damage. Julius's path of exile wine bundle for mac here: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/48708/page/1	Posted by Faerie_Storm#2108 on Mar 27, 2013, 10:21:37 AM Quote this Post
My Thoughts: The life gain on killing blow region is worthless. You don't need any of this if you use LOH with LA. The enemies cannot leech life from you seems pointless as well too. You will be able to dps through a bosses life leech. Reduced mana reserve could be better spent points probably. If those were put into life nodes it would probably make your health higher than reducing the mana of auras by like 10. Resolute technique is basically the best point in the tree for lightning arrow. There are just not enough crit nodes around to make going crit better than resolute. If you want shock stacks (and you do) you need static blows. You also should get inner force which is up by static blows as well. The reduced mana cost of skills is also pointless for LA. You get so much life back from LOH that reducing the cost of it is unnecessary. Don't want to sound mean but this is not a very good build for LA. This is what the cookie cutter LA build somewhat looks like i think. Spoiler https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgQBmy0XHbe2jX7NmL6n0k3AD97G6mL6sRm0ytMs6d0N_MVnoId2Sn1brxjbQ5wOrSmldPEhYECgBS1gS3rvdO3vToTvYSEaVWSjNug6Ut-_AeenMBQgUEeezdIhVw3ZYRku1I-53e8O51JUSV8_9kiMz1BQWGPG2Cft892sqnKpfNlZ88AakFWnhBo47DhX4nflMokEsxRNogACcWae-tI26eNqHRSPRtDQz2VVxpuhZ73ub6cIuJMMfRB_xp5W-t1GY6f8TjIJ This is my version with blood magic support gem.I also run ele hit instead of frenzy with mine. Spoiler https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgQBAnEEswx9Dq0QfxRNFHUVIBZvFx0ZLhmFGbQaOB0UJKon7SmlKk0s6TJ-Mok26TrhPC0_J0p9UFBUSVXGVvpX4lhjWfNfP1-qY6dmnmegZ71sFmz2bqpyqXPhdEF35Xq4fNmC5IPbh3aI8YzPjX6PRpARkFWbLZuhogCmV6cIp4Ssqq6TtfK3Pre2uJO53b6nwBrE9saexq7G2MrTzZjOcc9l0NDUj90N3UbexuNq51LnY-pi7Djub-8O8B_yL_JF8932SPeI-rH60vxL_E78xf4K The cookie cutter version gives you an extra gem slot in your links. So your LA/frenzy is capable of more damage. My version lets you run purity/haste/determination on mana. Overall my build gives more survivability.	Posted by Mattumsfox#3754 on Mar 28, 2013, 6:19:04 AM Quote this Post
" Faerie_Storm wrote: 2. Using hybird gear, I'd rather have some evasion thanks since Evasion > armour. lolz	Posted by DamageIncorporated#7815 on Mar 28, 2013, 4:34:57 PM Quote this Post
Ya not really liking this variation either :p but that's the beauty of POE, you have freedom to try different things :)	Posted by AthenaUS#7001 on Mar 28, 2013, 5:33:54 PM Quote this Post