[3.0] NeverSink's ♣ INDEPTH Tornado&Archer Guide ♣ Beginner friendly ♣ Rapid clear ♣ All bosses

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Aerox escribió:

This got asked about 10 pages back and I didn't see a response, so I hope people don't mind me asking again.

I'm relatively new to PoE and completely new to Ranger. Is there an incremental skill tree for this build anywhere, or at least a rough order of which Keystones I should be heading for first?

No but basically you want to go for survival stuff first. You do plenty of damage if you keep your gear in check. If you feel you survive plenty then take some of the damage nodes. I did most of the routes first with survival modes here and there then hit some of the damage. Generally the sockets are the very last unless you get amazing gems. The only exception is around level 75-80 get the socket below the claw nodes for the lion eye conversion gen for lots of crit/crib multi and leech.

Guess this question was asked a thousand times but anyway, what is the point of taking Soul Raker ? It gives only life and mana leech for 5 points. I can take 1-2 0.4 mana/life leech nodes, isn't it better ?
BTW I got lucky and got the jeweller's touch prophecy. What is the best choice for 5 link body?

Sorry if this has been answered, but what the devil does CONC stand for in the Blast Rain links?

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Sorry if this has been answered, but what the devil does CONC stand for in the Blast Rain links?

CONCentrated Effect

Why are there claw damage nodes specced? The only thing I could think of is that it's for the mana leech but that seems incredibly wasteful.

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xenolithic escribió:

Why are there claw damage nodes specced? The only thing I could think of is that it's for the mana leech but that seems incredibly wasteful.

Neversink gave an answer in the guide.

A few more dumb questions from a n00b player, please bear with me :) This time skill-related:

1) If I'm using Tornado Shot as my primary attack, do I need a secondary single-target skill? I've tried both Barrage and Frenzy in that capacity, but found that they provided little benefit over TS. Is it worth trying Blast Rain + Concentrated Effect, or should I just stick with TS as my universal attack skill?

2) NeverSink's guide suggests using Hatred + Herald of Thunder + Curse on Hit + Assassin's Mark. Am I correct to assume that with this setup, Assassin's Mark will be cast automatically when you attack with your primary attack (Tornado Shot)? Will the combination of Herald of Ice + Curse on Hit + Assassin's Mark work the same way?

3) If I choose to cast my curses (Assassin's Mark or Poacher's Mark) manually, do I need to link them to any other gems, or can I just use them in a standalone socket? Are there any support skills that curses can benefit from?

4) Similarly, do I need to link Hatred to anything, or can it be used standalone?

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1) If I'm using Tornado Shot as my primary attack, do I need a secondary single-target skill? I've tried both Barrage and Frenzy in that capacity, but found that they provided little benefit over TS. Is it worth trying Blast Rain + Concentrated Effect, or should I just stick with TS as my universal attack skill?

TS is enough for both single target and AOE, but you need a way to gain frenzy charges:
1.Using Frenzy
2.Using raider ascendancy
3.Using Blood rage(health dgeneration effect)
Since i have a Reach bow i did the following: Frenzy-AM-CoH-Pierce. There are better ways to spread curses but in this case i don't care much about cursing the whole pack, i am interested in cursing enough to gain few power charges. This combo generates both Frenzy and Power charges.

Don't like Blast rain since it has a delay.

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2) NeverSink's guide suggests using Hatred + Herald of Thunder + Curse on Hit + Assassin's Mark. Am I correct to assume that with this setup, Assassin's Mark will be cast automatically when you attack with your primary attack (Tornado Shot)? Will the combination of Herald of Ice + Curse on Hit + Assassin's Mark work the same way?

No, in this case HoT will spread the curse, but its radius is pretty low and it spreads the curse randomly...and it gives less damage. The only profit is full automation of cursing, but with attack speed over 4 i preffer cursing packs myself.
HoI will curse only targets that were close to shuttered enemy.

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3) If I choose to cast my curses (Assassin's Mark or Poacher's Mark) manually, do I need to link them to any other gems, or can I just use them in a standalone socket? Are there any support skills that curses can benefit from?

Not a good choice since you lose time for casting and in this case you are limited to the radius of the curse and have to aim the curse. If you want cast it manually you can keep it in isolated socket. Only blasphemy and Coh can support curses.

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4) Similarly, do I need to link Hatred to anything, or can it be used standalone?

Look at aura page on the Wiki. I don't use any.

Hi, I started Legacy with a TS char.


I'm a noob, this is my 3rd char over lvl 15. Loving the guide so far, going for the life-based version.

I'm trying to decide between Pathfinder and Raider. So far Raider seems preferable, a bit more noob-friendly and linear. But the poison from Pathfinder is very compeling.

1. It seems Raider will benefit more with Ele Dmg and Pathfinder Chaos Dmg, is this correct?

2. for this build, what are the best ascendancy nodes for Raider and Pathfinder?

Thanks in advance,
ExchangeServer

Can anyone help with my build? Im following the ES-CI tree but my damage seems low. And its stressing me out lol
Lvl 60-61ish in merciless
I also went with deadeye, should i switch?