[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

Honestly, I hadn't even considered looking at Hidden Potential - thanks for pointing it out! Missed out last league when it looks like it was one of the top ways to build for CA. Might have to start collecting ilvl 84 pieces to roll for life/resist.

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gastank escribió:

Honestly, I hadn't even considered looking at Hidden Potential - thanks for pointing it out! Missed out last league when it looks like it was one of the top ways to build for CA. Might have to start collecting ilvl 84 pieces to roll for life/resist.

You're welcome =)

But just a heads up, you only really need ilvl 72 for the T2 res roll (42-45) and ilvl 73 for the T2 body armour life roll (100-109). Gloves, helmet, boots, accessories all have sub-73 ivl requirements for their maximum available life roll.

Given that you'll only need a 40-41% roll on any given piece of gear for resistance, you should only concern yourself with a higher ilvl chestpiece. Ilvl 81 is the requirement for the T1 life roll.

So unless you're really keen on maximizing your res rolls for ele weakness maps, you can save yourself some coin by just farming ilvl 73 gloves, helmet, boots, rings, and amulet, and an 81 chest piece.

Remember as well:

Your boots are probable to be rare MS boots (where you can get dual or tri res), and you can roll your gloves, amulet and helmet first, and that way you'll know what type of ring you'll want to work with to cover off missing resistances.

So say you get good lighting res on your amulet and gloves, you can use a Ruby and Sapphire ring to help with your Fire/Cold res and then roll for whatever else to balance it.

hey guys I need help! can someone please check my gear and passive if what do I need to do to improve my dps my current Caustic Arrow dps is that the image below (buff active: clarity, grace, purity of elements + fire golem). And what dps range were supposed to be aiming with this build?

my current are:





PASSIVE:

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAABAABeAO4DHgUtBbUIZw5IES8TbRQJFHUVIBa_GNsZjhm0H0EhwyP2JogmlSpNKlsrCizpLYMtqC4jMHw1kjY9PydDMUd-SshNklFHUuxX4VuvXfJh4mKsZU1qjGyMbmluqnTtdct2gntue8N9dYJeguSDCYazhweKr419jX6Nv5ARkNaTmZchnaqhIqLZo4qw2LGQtMW00bVItfK3MLe2t9a7nrvjvTa-gL6nvrzBfMLsxKLIDMgU037V-Ni92sHbWd0N4q3qYutj7YPuDu969Pj1b_aj-WX-ug==

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glocknine escribió:

hey guys I need help! can someone please check my gear and passive if what do I need to do to improve my dps my current Caustic Arrow dps is that the image below (buff active: clarity, grace, purity of elements + fire golem). And what dps range were supposed to be aiming with this build?

my current are:

PASSIVE:

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAABAABeAO4DHgUtBbUIZw5IES8TbRQJFHUVIBa_GNsZjhm0H0EhwyP2JogmlSpNKlsrCizpLYMtqC4jMHw1kjY9PydDMUd-SshNklFHUuxX4VuvXfJh4mKsZU1qjGyMbmluqnTtdct2gntue8N9dYJeguSDCYazhweKr419jX6Nv5ARkNaTmZchnaqhIqLZo4qw2LGQtMW00bVItfK3MLe2t9a7nrvjvTa-gL6nvrzBfMLsxKLIDMgU037V-Ni92sHbWd0N4q3qYutj7YPuDu969Pj1b_aj-WX-ug==

When you switch from your leveling gem combo to CA, you need to respec all those passive points you've spent that go up from the Scion node. That will give you 11 more nodes towards the final tree, which should boost your dps a fair bit.

Also, I'm not sure I'd be using Empower in a 5L with only +2 to bow gems. I'd likely re-chrome to use Rapid Decay until I had a bow with +2+1. OTOH, I'm not 100% this would boost damage, so check it first!

Unless you've filled up with 2xdamage or damage+life jewels already, you can also spec out of the 18% resist nodes to the south of the starting point and take the other route for projectile damage.

Single damage + double resist affix jewels can be found fairly cheap, and they give you 10%+ damage and 40%+ combined resists at a cost of 2 or 3 nodes. They can also give you enough leeway to get helm & amulet with higher rarity & hp but lower resists.

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grimjack68 escribió:

Also, I'm not sure I'd be using Empower in a 5L with only +2 to bow gems. I'd likely re-chrome to use Rapid Decay until I had a bow with +2+1. OTOH, I'm not 100% this would boost damage, so check it first!

In a +2 bow, you need Empower 3 to beat out Rapid Decay.

In a +3 bow, they're almost identical (200-500 dps difference) when considering Empower 2 vs Rapid Decay.

ok so i changed back to rapid decay, but what is the dps should I be aiming for?

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glocknine escribió:

ok so i changed back to rapid decay, but what is the dps should I be aiming for?

In a +2 bow, I wanna say around... 12-14k with Rapid Decay?

Sorry, I don't exactly track dps values as gems level, as the character levels, or as I change gear.

Like it was mentioned earlier, respec those levelling scion nodes and keep frenzy charges up and you'll notice you're much closer to around that range. You said that the screenshot doesn't include frenzy charges, meaning you're missing a bare minimum of 12% multiplicative damage.

In a finished build, you'll be at 23.5k tooltip (21 CA, Empower 4, all frenzy charges, but no flame golem) if you go for a more survival-centric tree like I have.

You'll break 24-25k tooltip if you go more damage-oriented.

I would like to thank Serleth for this build, and also I would like to thank everyone that helping out here. Thanks to this awesome build I got my first %100 achievement. So Kudos.

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Hvakhshathra escribió:

I would like to thank Serleth for this build, and also I would like to thank everyone that helping out here. Thanks to this awesome build I got my first %100 achievement. So Kudos.

Gratz!