[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

I know that once we get +1 all skills on bow, empower becomes very powerful. But if I have 5L +2 bow, it won't be better if I do CA+Void+Decay+Conc+Pierce, don't add any points in pierce cluster and, instead, do that near shadow start point? There is 50%+ chaos damage. This will be better than 5L +2 with empo lvl 2?

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DamianTaps escribió:

I know that once we get +1 all skills on bow, empower becomes very powerful. But if I have 5L +2 bow, it won't be better if I do CA+Void+Decay+Conc+Pierce, don't add any points in pierce cluster and, instead, do that near shadow start point? There is 50%+ chaos damage. This will be better than 5L +2 with empo lvl 2?

I can't answer your question, but I can advise you to use this calculator.

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DamianTaps escribió:

I know that once we get +1 all skills on bow, empower becomes very powerful. But if I have 5L +2 bow, it won't be better if I do CA+Void+Decay+Conc+Pierce, don't add any points in pierce cluster and, instead, do that near shadow start point? There is 50%+ chaos damage. This will be better than 5L +2 with empo lvl 2?

Depends... 50% pierce chance on the tree is only 3 points, so that's equal to only 30% chaos damage near the shadow start point.

Also, leveling a pierce gem that will eventually become relegated to the 'used to use' pile seems a bit wasteful. Personally, I opted to run with CA - Void - Decay - Conc - IIR, swapping the IIR for Increased AoE on tough battles. This way I generate a lot more currency, which I used to buy better gear, and of course my clear speed with massive CA clouds is better, too.

Just found a Voltaxic Bow.. how would it do on this build? Would it be any better than a +1 +2 self crafted bow?

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NemoSushi escribió:

Just found a Voltaxic Bow.. how would it do on this build? Would it be any better than a +1 +2 self crafted bow?

This build scales the cloud damage based on gem level. Even a +1 gem bow beats out Voltaxic for CA.

Anyone needs these pieces, to use, of course, I'm not stocking other folks shops, you're welcome to them for free, just catch me online. IGN Arischadel. I'm online a fair bit, Pacific times.

Has anyone gotten any Caustic Arrow helmet enchants?... The wiki shows 35%/40% skill damage, and I'm wondering how much that actually increases our DPS, and/or if its just initial damage and not cloud damage boost... there's also a radius increase enchant and cloud duration enchant...

I haven't put much time into the Labyrinth, but have been enjoying the build in maps and other content... recently was able to drop Purity for Grace while maintaining 75% resists with double Andvarius, and feel my survivability increasing with every aura level... I think my survivability is my weakness right now... 3.7k HP, 16/213MF, 5L +2 bow, 38% evade now with Grace (Was 25% before Grace aura), lvl 85...

Reading other comments here I've gotten better about using Wither Totem and Blink Arrow in addition to the usuale Flame Golem for distracting triple bosses like Museum/Arena... Most annoying thing I've tried to kill with this build is Argus, especially Merciless Argus... I pretty much drop caustic clouds and other things when he's distracted by golem and run in circles while he's berserk... takes forever and I keep dying to mistakes or lack of flask charges before kill... seems much harder than Izaro who usually kills me with the traps (altho I'm gaining confidence in weaving through trap areas there)

This build is a blast. Thank you very much for the guide. By now they are really expensive and I was lucky with the deals I got, but I can highly recommend ventor's gamble for this build. I'm sitting on 4.8k life and 37/303 mf. Quite comfortably clearing Tier 9-10 maps at lvl 90 and I have the trading challenges out of the way which tend to be annoying later on in the league. Haven't tried Atziri yet but once my empower dings it shouldn't be a problem. Currently leveling out my 20% supports in offhand. My tree is pretty much the one in the op so i'll skip linking it. I haven't had any problems with mana. I haven'T leveled with this build so I don't know how it is early game but although I run Grace and Purity of fire and have only mana for three shots that is usually enough since we are running around so much.
I really like how mobile this build is as long as your survivability is high enough to run 2 run speed flasks. And compared to other builds is cheap as hell. I don't even need a linked carcass. Caustic arrow and the 4l Essence drain is more than enough for bosses up to T10. I'm gonna try for a +1 arrow corrupt on drillneck since we are overcapped by 10% anyway for that extra aoe but 2 arrows are enough for most situations. Luckily drillneck is really cheap this season.
Anyway, keep up the good work.

I bought cheap +3 bow (sadly, no room for res/dot, and only 1.25 aps) and now have question.

Now using 5L +2 bow and, when I buy andvarius and carcass jack, I should:
-try 5L this +3 (it will cost 1-1,5 ex probably)
-buy +3 5L (its 2-2,5ex, but no risk)
-screw bow, make money and eventually buy 6L +3 for 6-7 ex in the future
-buy clean 6L (~2ex) and mastercraft it (~5-6 ex)

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DamianTaps escribió:

I bought cheap +3 bow (sadly, no room for res/dot, and only 1.25 aps) and now have question.

Now using 5L +2 bow and, when I buy andvarius and carcass jack, I should:
-try 5L this +3 (it will cost 1-1,5 ex probably)
-buy +3 5L (its 2-2,5ex, but no risk)
-screw bow, make money and eventually buy 6L +3 for 6-7 ex in the future
-buy clean 6L (~2ex) and mastercraft it (~5-6 ex)

You would be better off either linking it yourself or using Vorici rather than buying a +3 5L; since for those 2.5 ex you could buy ~300 fusings and either try for a 5L and possibly get lucky on a 6L, or just pay 150 and get your 5L for just over 1 ex worth of fusings.


The other option is to just mix your 2 last options - the final link isn't required to make a lot of currency, even with a 5L and no IIR gem I'm still coming out of maps with a full 6 inventories full of rares.

My suggestion is to just hold off until you acquire everything else you want from this league, and then go ahead to min/max your bow. Others may have other opinions though.