Voltaxic LA Build

Hi there,

Having loads of different characters, I am now thinking going for a bow user since I have not really been into this side of the game.

This said, I am trying to build a character around Voltaxic/Auxium (yeah, costy ..), using mainly LA as attack and combining Frenzy and power charges.

First of all, I am not even sure Ranger is the best way to go. I am also considering Shadow.

In any case, I have considered a build like this:


But I assume that I lack a lot of def in there.
(even though it is not Hardcore, this is for Anarchy league)

Several questions about the def orientation I should go for:
- life based / ES based? I assume that I would get more ES than HP by going ES. Correct?
- Armor / evasion / none?

As I told you, I am quite lost regarding the defense path to go for.

Regarding the build linked above, any other comments beside defense factors?

Many thanks!

Any feedback on the above?

Thanks!

I think you should look at getting Lethality in your build. It is only three nodes and its well worth the boost in % chance.

You might also want to think about BM build. You will not have the mana issues.

I honestly don't see the point in getting frenzy charges.

Frenzy scales off physical, the new bow practically has none of that (nor does it convert physical to chaos). If you really want to have a single-target skill, use elemental hit. 33% chance of lightning (chaos) damage is way better than a purely physical skill. Quality on elemental hit gives crit chance as well (80% crit chance at 20% quality).

115 points acrobatics
115 points iron reflexes


No point running all the way to the witch area to pick up lightning damage. Projectile damage does the same thing (and also scales your other elemental attacks). I have no idea how you will deal with mana issues. You either have to go use a mana leech gem, blood magic gem (with life leech) or just use mana potions.

Defensively? Acrobatics need some pretty good gear to do well, and Iron Reflexes is still within your reach so you could choose that instead. I'm not sure if just taking acrobatics alone without phase acrobatics is a good idea, however. You might want to sacrifices some damage nodes for the full thing if you decide to go acrobatics.

Note that I took as much projectile damage nodes as I could. If you want more evasion/armor/life/mana etc you can always take off some of them.

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belnara wrote:

Hi there,

Having loads of different characters, I am now thinking going for a bow user since I have not really been into this side of the game.

This said, I am trying to build a character around Voltaxic/Auxium (yeah, costy ..), using mainly LA as attack and combining Frenzy and power charges.

First of all, I am not even sure Ranger is the best way to go. I am also considering Shadow.

In any case, I have considered a build like this:

Spoiler

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYBAF4EBwR-BS0FtQguDPIOSA-rEZYTnhXwGY4ZtBnXGtseGh8CIWAknSaVKlsshSzpLR8wfDH6MgEyCTY9Olg-z0CgSn1Ms1AwUUdVS1b6WhpgS2HiYlpjQ2OnZ6Bqk20ZbWxte3BScNV07XTxdhF293rvfq9_K3_GhxmHdohrjDaNGY2_lcibJpuNnrmio6SRpcuyGbVItkG95r6nwA_AUcHzxKLKqcrTzZjN6s960hnSTdN-1CPVANXt1orW0dte3Q3dRt2M3sbfmOAS44TnVOd06NbqYu2D7g7vTu968uH5Y_qx_E78xf-T

But I assume that I lack a lot of def in there.
(even though it is not Hardcore, this is for Anarchy league)

Several questions about the def orientation I should go for:
- life based / ES based? I assume that I would get more ES than HP by going ES. Correct?
- Armor / evasion / none?

As I told you, I am quite lost regarding the defense path to go for.

Regarding the build linked above, any other comments beside defense factors?

Many thanks!

If you are planning on going LA Frenzy with crit I suggest you take a look at my build I am currently a 96 shadow but I have made a thread for it on the ranger section with a leveling skill tree etc. You can PM me in game if you have any questions :D

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/492872/page/1

Thanks for your comments, it is really helpful, I will make up a build along them :)

But in any case, what do you think of Voltaxic? Do you think it compete with top-end bows?

Does it worth around 30 ex like anyone is selling?

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belnara wrote:

Thanks for your comments, it is really helpful, I will make up a build along them :)

But in any case, what do you think of Voltaxic? Do you think it compete with top-end bows?

Does it worth around 30 ex like anyone is selling?

I paid a soul taker for one and it cost me about 3ex to 6L it which is pretty lucky. Its totally worth it imo.

A max rolled Rift can achieve lioneye-tier DPS. 330+.
To be honest, there is absolutely no reaosn to use any class but witch for this bow.

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/507105

As for the person who said frenzy charges aren't needed: The Blood Dance, 4% evasion per charge + IR, free ias even with blood dance.

But yeah, this bow is pretty much designed for witches. You need to run dual curses on it to really get the DPS out of it, but once you have it set up you will be pretty much triple shocking everything you see, while also having huge leech, high base mana regen (enough that you don't need clarity at all), mana leeching, auras, inner force, permanent fast dual curse, ES regen, 54% ias from blood rage when you eventaully go low life, stun immunity from chayula, freeze protection from auxium (and you get the other stats too which are godly), a hefty chunk of crit, etc.

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Xendran wrote:

As for the person who said frenzy charges aren't needed: The Blood Dance, 4% evasion per charge + IR, free ias even with blood dance.

Assuming you don't mind the loss in HP/resistances, yea. And unless someone edited the wiki, it stats that you get 3% reduced attack/cast speed per frenzy charge with Blood Dance...so you are devoting 6~ skill points and a unique boots without resists/hp to get 14% attack speed/28% evasion?

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Zealflare wrote:

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Xendran wrote:

As for the person who said frenzy charges aren't needed: The Blood Dance, 4% evasion per charge + IR, free ias even with blood dance.

Assuming you don't mind the loss in HP/resistances, yea. And unless someone edited the wiki, it stats that you get 3% reduced attack/cast speed per frenzy charge with Blood Dance...so you are devoting 6~ skill points and a unique boots without resists/hp to get 14% attack speed/28% evasion?

....
6% energy shield regen per second.
6%.
That's a LOT.

And you don't need hp because it's an ES build. Hence being a witch.
You get 3x 8% from your ES nodes anyway (Void Barrier, Body and Soul, Nullification)
Like i said, this is a witch bow. Check out the build i actually posted before assuming that I'm giving up points for things.

Also, the witch build only spends 2 points actually getting frenzy charges. One of the charges is incidental on the way to other extremely good nodes, and the final charge is from bandits.

This is a weapon where you don't really get to pick a class and then build for the bow.
The bow picks the class for you, and that class is Witch.

I know this is the ranger forum, but if you use this bow with any class but a witch, you are intentionally gimping yourself. The reflect immunity giving you access to ZO + GR without the risk of oneshotting yourself or outdamaging your leech in reflect damage is godly, and only the witch can build optimally with this weapon. Every other class either makes massive sacrifices, or ends up just making the exact same build as the witch, but spending extra points to get over there.