[3.8]Champion Impale TS/Barrage | Leveling guide

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Dying__Lights escribió:

Hi All,

I would like to add my 2 cents here.
I made the build last league (Legion) as my 2nd character and I started this league with this char.

To be honest, ALL Tornado Shot builds will be clunky without investment. But that is beyond the point since most people have already started the league with this build, I'd like to help out with what i've learned.

1. Yes, this is not a cheap build and you wouldn't be able to blaze through to T16 with just found gear. It needs big investments to really start to shine. HOWEVER...

2. Chin Sol, Magnate/Belt of Deceiver, Bloodgrip and Oskarm are the cheap uniques you should target while you save up for Arborix and Maim/Daresso's 6L chest. I have never played with Lioneye's Vision so can't really say anything about it. I'm currently lvl 85 and doing red maps on a Tabula with a 4 link Barrage. I used the chin Sol while I farmed for the Arborix.

3. Spec into Point Blank while you're waiting on Arborix and you'll reach enough damage on a 5 link to do the low red maps easily. Cannot stress this enough if you're short on currency for the Lioneye jewel.

3. Tornado Shot needs a specific aiming mechanism to get the best out of it. You need to aim "BEHIND" the monster for the most damage. this way the mob gets hit with the main projectile as well as the secondary ones. If you're struggling for damage and do not know this bit, please try it in the next mob encounter.

4. TS and Barrage really shine with extra arrows. For this, even a Reach of the Council would do nicely. If you decide to use it, don't use a GMP/LMP gem. Instead, go for Vicious Projectiles on the TS links. Greater Volley has the same reduction in damage as GMP so you don't want to double dip on that.


Some additional tips -

1. If you're getting shafted buying 5 links for 40c+, bear in mind that the Jeweller's touch prophecy is just 25-30c. You can make a 5 link Lioneye's vision for just the cost of the prophecy and the 1c armor.

2. Same goes for the nomad. poe.ninja was reporting it to be 40c price while the prophecy for it was going for 25c. (Magnate is a 1 alch belt). Arborix is also a recipe weapon and usually sells for higher than the cost of its component because people do not know how it is made. A couple of people I know bought it for 1.7 exalts while the Beltimber Blade and Grelwood shank had a total cost of 1 exalt.

3. I don't know how badly the build was affected because of the Fork fix, but I've done Uber Elder on builds with 2-3 mil shaper dps. And this build achieves higher dps even without the bug, so don't worry about its endgame viability.

TL;DR
the build will do decently in single player mapping with smaller investment. But like all TS builds, it scales rapidly with investment.

If anyone wants to, they can contact me ingame for any discussion or tips on equipment. IGN - DistilledWater

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Nevzat escribió:

Once we have arborix do we take point blank? The tree on front page doesn't have it, and the one on POEbuilding does.

thanks