Split Arrow Ranger: pierce vs chain?

Hi guys, I'm doing a Crit Split Arrow build on my ranger, and I have the build in mind but I don't know wheter I should go for pierce (less dmg reduction from gem) or chain. If I go pierce, I'd get a 20% quality one and the 35% pierce node on the passive tree.

But I don't know if there's a difference between 100% pierce chance or the chain gem, would the aoe DPS be the same?

Thanks.

I just switched.

If you want to pierce, you might as well use projectile weakness. Yeah sure you dont have 100%, but its still enough.

Chain is fun tho. Its more effective, it goes around corners, and you can hit one guy multiple times. I'd try both, see what you like more!

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master_axe2 wrote:

I just switched.

If you want to pierce, you might as well use projectile weakness. Yeah sure you dont have 100%, but its still enough.

Chain is fun tho. Its more effective, it goes around corners, and you can hit one guy multiple times. I'd try both, see what you like more!

yea and even with chain and kb from proj weakness, enemies will only get knocked away from you, even if the arrows fly towards you ;)

I would say chain is best cause the arrow hit twice more after the initial hit. You also lose the risk of not dying when u are surrounded. Just shoot in 1 general direction and everything around u will die. Spray n pray. The dmg penalty is a lot but my build crits, so it doesnt matter at all. The only reason to not chain would be if you depend on constant dmg (non crit).

I personally think that proj weakness is a bad curse especially in parties. Vulnerability or proj weakness is better for dmg. Temp chain or enfeeble is better for defensive.

There is a reason Chain has a 200 multiplier and Pierce has a 110. The only downside of Chain is the mana - and as soon as your build can handle it you should run it. If I was going to use Pierce full time, though, it would only be through the node and Projectile weakness - thus adding a extra gem slot to attatch to your skill.

I still carry a pierce on me and switch to it in half and no regen maps. I play with all but 160 of my mana reserved so it can get a little difficult for me to use chain in those situations.

would you guys craft it or get 7jewls?

ilvl is 68 so no tyrannical for me -.-

I ain't got no currency really but might as well keep trying...

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anone wrote:

would you guys craft it or get 7jewls?

ilvl is 68 so no tyrannical for me -.-

I ain't got no currency really but might as well keep trying...

As its ilvl68 I wouldn't waste too much on it. It already has 3 suffixes so it can get 2 more damage prefixes but ultimately because the phys add is quite low, I don't think you can get much more than 300dps. You can probably pick up a 300dps bow for less than 10ex and you could easily spend 10ex on gettting this to 300dps although it does have good crit chance.

Personally I would charsi it and buy a higher Ilvl harbinger for crafting purposes.

However, there may be others out there who disagree.