Does Rain of Arrows work with the Point Blank Shot keystone?

I will contest to say that I had a Point Blank Rain of Arrows Duelist in CB and he was my most successful character at level 62 (which isn't saying much). Rain of Arrows is by far the most unusual bow skill since it is effected by projectile passives like Point Blank, while not being a projectile. The best support for Rain of Arrows is Faster Projectiles, as it will decrease the delay that the arrows fall.

The way Rain of Arrows interacts with Point Blank is based on how far the enemy was from you at the point of attack. Even by casting Rain of Arrows right on top of your hero (which is best for Point Blank), it will still calculate the distance from the enemy and you meaning less damage on the edges of the AoE.

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xScruffyx wrote:

That's the problem: RoA isn't tagged as Projectile, just Attack, Bow and AoE. If it's going to benefit from things like Point Blank, shouldn't it have the Projectile tag?

As far as I know, Bow skills aren't tagged as "Projectiles" but as "Bow". Probably because it's implicit that Bow skills are also projectile skills.

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Velkor wrote:

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xScruffyx wrote:

That's the problem: RoA isn't tagged as Projectile, just Attack, Bow and AoE. If it's going to benefit from things like Point Blank, shouldn't it have the Projectile tag?

As far as I know, Bow skills aren't tagged as "Projectiles" but as "Bow". Probably because it's implicit that Bow skills are also projectile skills.

Just checked some other Bow gems....I'm an idiot.

PB affects RoA.

I run an All in Dodge/PB/Rain/Frenzy Spec with nearly no defense, about 300 Life in Cruel ^^d. (Dodge and 50% movement Speed to stay alive) Basically if you get the extra stun duration for bows talents, slap on some elemental damage. The Stun from the arrow impact allows you to just kite by firing up, take a step back over and over, and just maintain frenzy to increase the speed. It's really great.

Also a note, at point blank you gain 50% at midscreen you would gain zero damage, at full screen you lose 50% damage. Then there is all the %'s between those 3 locations. Generally keeping stuff close/mid will always be a huge bonus to damage as stuff is running at you constantly or ur in a group with tanks.

It works ;) During closed beta i always run races as a RT Templar together with a friend who went for a PB RoA duelist (and the effect of PB was obvious), a quite good combintion if i may add :P

Thanks to all for the responses, I am going to give it a try.