[3.14] Bleedsplosion Bow Gladiator | League Starter | Beginner Friendly | Assailum

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Yarik85 escribió:

Hi there.
I'm slowly downloading PoE again, and considering playing a bow build.
A bleed bow gladiator is one of my main possibilities. I see that OP is playing a Toxic Rain Trickster at the moment.

OP, or anyone else who's had experience with both builds, what would you recommend between the two these days, bleed bow glad, or toxic rain trickster (or pathfinder?).

Some background info to hopefully help you with a recommendation.

My internet right now is so-so, and I will probably not play TOO much this league, so not a whole lot of farming for me.

I am looking for a build that is hopefully able to run tier 16 maps without losing it's steam in t13-t14, and have to resort to expensive upgrades (due to loss of DPS or getting too squishy).

Also, I've mostly been running caster builds the last couple of leagues that I played, so I have no idea which one between a gladiator and a trickster has better survivability.

Basically, whatever you could advise/recommend would be greatly appreciated.

(as a point of reference, I was looking at a Vortex Occultist, but from the last few pages of comments, I see some people saying the build is squishy without very optimized gear, and that boss killing capability is kind of meh, again without fairly good gear. Basically, a similar story to the VD spellslinger was. Good mapping, horrible bossing unless you go from a 5ex budget up to a 30-40ex budget, if not more.

Granted, it might just be them, but I am hoping for a build that has a smooth progression, both in gear, dps, and survivability, without very big snags).

Sorry for such a wall of text.