3.23 EXPLOSIVE ARROW BALLISTA ELEMENTALIST - League-Start to End-Game. Easy mode.

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Dromlin escribió:

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teh_llama escribió:

Honestly even some map bossess. I'll replace the ring pronto and add some accuracy and see if it feels better.

I'll do my best Headtourist!

You haven't mentioned anything about survivability, so I'm assuming you're only here because damage is low. So, the first thing I think I would change out are some of your jewels/charms. Get some small jewels with fire/damage over time multi and ailments deal damage faster.

I would replace your affliction charms with ones that will actually contribute to DPS. Get a charm with inflicts ash on rare/unique and replace your Polaric Devastation. Get a ring with more fire DoT multi and accuracy (maybe chaos res) for a quick fix and replace it with a better ring later. If you're feeling real lazy, get a Pyre or The Taming for a quick DPS boost. Not bashing these rings (Anena is using The Taming), but for your build you have other things you need to improve before they can be as effective as they are for Anena.

Second charm could be banner skills have no reservation and now you can have defiance banner and precision (about level 12 by my PoB config) to help your accuracy. If you had to pick one, I would pick precision in your case because the banner is only adding 2% evade/phys reduction. If gem slots are an issue, the least useful one I can see is advanced traps, but I know that creates a mess with your links.

Speaking of links and previous suggestions from Headtourist, I think the flame surge link is agreed upon as one of the essential links for this build. Devouring Diadem allows for more flexibility with it in place of lifetap for all gems, but in your case it should still be worth it to sacrifice blood rage for a flame surge/brand/flammability setup.

Your Megalomaniac is adding almost nothing for you. I would respec those points into inc skill effect duration to get you up to your max fuses. You don't have the Damage Over Time Mastery above Elemental Overload. That may be a personal preference for clear speed, but it's not doing you any favors on bosses. Pick one of the other skill effect duration circles to get enough for max fuses. I played around too much with your char import so I can't remember exactly all the changes (plus alcohol XD), but if you increase your accuracy as pointed out earlier then you should need the Damage Over Time Mastery and 2x 10% increased Skill Duration Effect nodes to reach max fuses.

If you improve all those things you should be up to max fuses, BUT you'll also need to get an EA gem with 20 qual! At max fuses, a 20/20 EA gem is stronger than a 21/0 EA, but obviously 21/20 is best.

I know you have a HH, but honestly this is not the build for making the best use of it. Even in the OP description with pros and cons it talks about potentially having to backtrack for drops during mapping, and HH is best for just blasting through everything and not having to turn back.

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lololoth escribió:

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Since you went for Devouring diadem, empower instead of lifetap etc, you can take a look at Anena's current build (about 3 times your output against ubers) for inspiration : https://pobb.in/3lcbJjAU36wf

Thank you very much for Anena's PoB. I'm still struggling where the huge improvements regarding Ubers are coming from. Sure, I'm missing the +2 amulet, the charms and some damage jewels but are these 3 times damage worth? With Haste instead of Grace I'm very squishy :/

After some PoE Ninja studies I saw the "Doppelgänger Guise" version. Is it worth to give it a try in your opinion?

Regards

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e_sen escribió:

first of sorry if im mistaken. im newbie trying to learn this game.

my questions is:

outdated guide?


even if you copy build and convert to 3.23 hit chance is low because of losing enhanchments etc.

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LadyLoriana escribió:

Hello, thanks to all the great advice given in this thread, I have improved my character a lot and now mapping and killing bosses feels great even with some wisps added in t16 maps. The normal version of endgame bosses die pretty fast.
My question is, how much ignite DPS in pob is needed to take on ubers?

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After some PoE Ninja studies I saw the "Doppelgänger Guise" version. Is it worth to give it a try in your opinion?

Regards

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Saw that too but im too broke to try it out atm :( Also saw a Reddit post from one EA Balista Player using it while doing Uber Sirus and Simulacrum Wave 30... hope its ok to post it here?! If u are interested in trying it out ofc :) In the comments he said hes able to tank Sirus Meteor with Iron Reflexes taken. So it seems pretty tanky?

https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/18s0ap2/ea_ballista_elementalist_on_wave_30_simulacrum/

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Headtourist escribió:

And in case behind this troll post you're really looking for ways to upgrade your build, Anena's currently sitting at 28M against ubers, using a devouring diadem and goodies from this league ( https://pobb.in/3lcbJjAU36wf )

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teh_llama escribió:

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Headtourist escribió:

And in case behind this troll post you're really looking for ways to upgrade your build, Anena's currently sitting at 28M against ubers, using a devouring diadem and goodies from this league ( https://pobb.in/3lcbJjAU36wf )

I'm weighing switching to devouring diadem - having a hard time rethinking my links. If I could get a little more reservation efficiency I could drop lifetap from one of the the arcanist brand setup but that's the only modification I can think of. I did score a pretty good That Which Was Taken that is similar to Anena's for quite cheap yesterday which freed up a charm slot.

Anena's DPS is a LOT higher than mine and even with a better amulet it doesn't get that much closer. Seems like more of it is from haste and empower.

PS. There a guide for crafting the bow?

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Headtourist escribió:

It's very specialised in physical mitigation and i doubt it does that well against other ubers.

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Durahal escribió:

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Headtourist escribió:

It's very specialised in physical mitigation and i doubt it does that well against other ubers.

Im playing Divine Flesh Dopple and only have attempt Uber Maven and Eater, but both of them melted.

Switching to this with a significant survivability boost personally.