Ranger Build Notes?

I am trying to do a evasion/blood magic ranger but instead of getting blood magic passive i will try the support gems (never tried anything like this so input will be appreciated)


http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIBAdEFLQW1CC4UUhUgGNsZjhm0IWAn1SzpMHEwfDpCQKBFlkt4UUdW-luvYEt0QXTtdPF31HfXeu9_K4bOjb-SzZLzm42iQKfUq8Wr0qxHr-uxML6nwA_EWMSixqLK09JN037UI9Xt1orcFd0N3ajexuKA6mLtg-4O73r0-PlW-rH8xf7I

Skills to use so far are split arrow, poison arrow, puncture

Auras so far, grace, wrath


*FYI* i may not reply in a fast manner because i will be busy today.

You will not receive Blood Magic support gem in the Ranger quest rewards, and as such you may run across difficulties attaining it in OB where the economy is new and demand outstrips supply.

Better to use the BM keystone and rely on armor for that damage mitigation and stack up on lots of life and life regen.

This build here:

Is just an example of bow build using BM, US, IR, and IG in great synergy while maintaining survivability and decent damage.

yeah i used a build similar to that for a duelist i did in the past. The reason i went with a ranger this time was to see if i could make Evasion and stuff work with blood magic. I know people say you get 1 shot with evasion and are usually against using it for much. I figured with decent evasion and arrow dodge, ranged skill would not be as much of a threat and for the magic spells i will have life, life regen, and resist to help balance that out.

the reason the build is only 45 point left is because i left an extra 10 incase i did want the blood magic passive just fyi

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Archer_Zero wrote:

yeah i used a build similar to that for a duelist i did in the past. The reason i went with a ranger this time was to see if i could make Evasion and stuff work with blood magic. I know people say you get 1 shot with evasion and are usually against using it for much. I figured with decent evasion and arrow dodge, ranged skill would not be as much of a threat and for the magic spells i will have life, life regen, and resist to help balance that out.

The problem, which I can tell without having to remap a skilltree, is that now your attention has been split into 2 different directions: getting lots of life and life regen and getting lots of evasion and AD/PA/A. What's left over is barely enough points to sink into damage passives/notables to give you any substantial edge. The nature of evasion requires a lot of investment for it to be even marginally helpful whereas armor provides damage reduction and levels off after 50%.

I have 120% to evasion rating i figured with decent evasion only gear it wouldn't be bad? I knew my damage would ultimately be low so no shock there lol

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Archer_Zero wrote:

I have 120% to evasion rating i figured with decent evasion only gear it wouldn't be bad? I knew my damage would ultimately be low so no shock there lol

I personally don't see a point in a build where your damage is so low that it hinders your gameplay. The only build that can get away with barely investing in any damage passives is the Marauder and that's because the hallmark of the Strength stat gives rise to +HP and +%increased melee damage. True, 120% is a lot of evasion, but almost like armor, you get diminishing returns later on.

This build:

Is what I can get away with by having put in enough life passives to prevent yourself from dying too fast. An 85 point build (lvl 70/75) is usually reserved for endgame purposes, hence the difficulty.

why did u get unwavering stance? it says "cannot evade attacks" would that not negate the entire reason for evasion?

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Archer_Zero wrote:

why did u get unwavering stance? it says "cannot evade attacks" would that not negate the entire reason for evasion?

You are correct. I forgot to take that out :P.

But the build is there, minus US.

with that little node being taken out i think it solid if mine ends up not working ill try yours since it has more life to it