[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

For a 5L +2 bow, what should my gems be if I have Empower 2?

CA-VM- RD-CE-Emp or CA-VM-RD-CE-SP?

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Misterh8er escribió:

For a 5L +2 bow, what should my gems be if I have Empower 2?

CA-VM- RD-CE-Emp or CA-VM-RD-CE-SP?

Sp/Pierce

Sorry for this question, but I want to know.

Compared to other MF builds, where can you place this? In terms of clear speed/magic find in gear/late maps? For low, maybe med funded player (so no +3 6L bow with lvl 3/4 empo).

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DamianTaps escribió:

Sorry for this question, but I want to know.

Compared to other MF builds, where can you place this? In terms of clear speed/magic find in gear/late maps? For low, maybe med funded player (so no +3 6L bow with lvl 3/4 empo).

I can't answer this because I prefer the playstyle of this and haven't explored other MF builds, and I don't know follow the forums to know what builds are even out there.

Someone else will have to pick this one up.

My gear is currently this one:



I play in HC Perandus (shadow/trickster tree) and i have 4.1k hp + ~400 Shiel, around 9k eva without any buffs or pots and im really scared of getting one shotted doing merciless labirinth. Should i be worried? If its a yes, what itens should i buy or which setups should i use? Thank you very much for the build and for the help .

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DamianTaps escribió:

Sorry for this question, but I want to know.

Compared to other MF builds, where can you place this? In terms of clear speed/magic find in gear/late maps? For low, maybe med funded player (so no +3 6L bow with lvl 3/4 empo).

I've tried magic find on various builds:

* Dual Totem (flame totem, bladefall totem, flame totem converted to chaos)
* Explosive Arrow
* A bit with a trap build
* Caustic Arrow

What I've found is that the Caustic Arrow build in this thread is better in terms of magic find than the above builds.

What I especially like about this CA build is that:

* It's easy to gear. You can start MF on a budget 5-link and then bit by bit accumulate the rest of your gear.

* It's pretty easy to cap resistances - just make sure to get high resists on your chest and belt when starting out.

* DPS and survivability don't take a huge hit even when magic finding.

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All-in-all, as long as you enjoy a ranged attack play-style, I think you'd really like this build.

I might also add that if you're stuck or want advice with your build, I've found that support from contributors to this thread - especially Serleth and Chrono but from many others as well - is outstanding. Questions are answered quickly and the atmosphere in this thread is very friendly.

If you choose another build, help might not be as easy to come by.

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Reizek escribió:

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My gear is currently this one:

I play in HC Perandus (shadow/trickster tree) and i have 4.1k hp + ~400 Shiel, around 9k eva without any buffs or pots and im really scared of getting one shotted doing merciless labirinth. Should i be worried? If its a yes, what itens should i buy or which setups should i use? Thank you very much for the build and for the help .

I don't normally do gear checks anymore, but I'll make an exception in this case.

Basically, you swap out Carcass, unique MF rings and Goldwyrm for the highest evasion and life gear you can afford when you need to worry about doing difficult content.

4.1k is a bit low for Merciless Lab.

Get about 4.8k and you'll be fine.

Life on your helmet, gloves and belt is fairly low, too. And you have no life to speak of on your amulet. Fix all of that for difficult content stuff. Just get as survivable as you can with shitloads of eva and life.

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Serleth escribió:

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Reizek escribió:

Spoiler

My gear is currently this one:

I play in HC Perandus (shadow/trickster tree) and i have 4.1k hp + ~400 Shiel, around 9k eva without any buffs or pots and im really scared of getting one shotted doing merciless labirinth. Should i be worried? If its a yes, what itens should i buy or which setups should i use? Thank you very much for the build and for the help .

I don't normally do gear checks anymore, but I'll make an exception in this case.

Basically, you swap out Carcass, unique MF rings and Goldwyrm for the highest evasion and life gear you can afford when you need to worry about doing difficult content.

4.1k is a bit low for Merciless Lab.

Get about 4.8k and you'll be fine.

Life on your helmet, gloves and belt is fairly low, too. And you have no life to speak of on your amulet. Fix all of that for difficult content stuff. Just get as survivable as you can with shitloads of eva and life.

Thank you so much for the help and keep up with the good work. This build is amazing.

maybe i missed this discussion, but is there anyway to modify or change the items for speed running merc lab??

like certain uniques and gem links for optimization?

thanks!

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Statusblue escribió:

maybe i missed this discussion, but is there anyway to modify or change the items for speed running merc lab??

like certain uniques and gem links for optimization?

thanks!

Either be willing to spend a lot of chromes to constantly be changing your colours, or get a spare +3 bow, chromed identically except for the IIR slot, which you'll change to green to run Pierce or Slower Proj (doesn't matter which, identical damage increase), swap out MF gear for survival gear (high eva, life, 30% MS boots).

S'about it.