PLEASE CHECK THE VIDEO GUIDE FOR MORE INFO <
https://youtube.com/c/bigducks>
THIS BUILD IS NOT LEAGUE START MATERIAL AND REQUIRES A FEW ITEMS TO GET GOING, CHECK BELOW FOR REQUIRED ITEMS
BEFORE STARTING THIS BUILD.
THE RARE ITEMS IN THE BUILD ARE ONLY SUGGESTIONS. GATHER WHAT STATS YOU NEED. DO NOT IGNORE CHAOS RESISTANCE.
THE ITEMS IN EXPENSIVE ITEMS ARE ONLY MEANT TO BE LOFTY GOALS WITH IDEAL STATS, YOU DO NOT NEED THEM BY ANY MEANS.
ALSO KEEP IN MIND EVERYTHING IN THIS GUIDE IS MEANT TO BE A GUIDELINE, IF YOU ARE AN EXPERIENCED PLAYER AND THINK THAT
SOMETHING I DID WASNT IDEAL FOR YOUR SITUATION, ABSOLUTELY FEEL FREE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. JUST DONT COMPLAIN
TO ME IF THEY DONT WORK =)
======================F A Q======================
Q: What Bandit?
A: KILL ALL.
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Q: What Pantheon?
A: YOU DONT ALWAYS NEED THE SAME ONES, I USE BRINE KING AND GARUKHAN
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Q: I'm dying a lot, what gives?
A: THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE A TANK BUILD, YOU CANNOT STAND IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY AND EXPECT TO LIVE, YOU MUST MOVE AND STAY AT RANGE.
IT IS ALSO A DODGE BUILD AND DODGE BUILDS WILL DIE OCCASIONALLY. HOWEVER EVEN WITH THE LOW HEALTH TOTAL BECAUSE OF THE COMBINATION
OF WIND DANCER AND FOCAL POINT WE DON'T GET HIT SUPER HARD ALL THE TIME, ONLY SOMETIMES...
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Q: Okay that makes sense but do I HAVE to use Vaal Pact?
A: NO BUT ITS GREAT FOR THIS BUILD BECAUSE WE USE OVERLEECH, IT WILL CAUSE YOU TO MAINTAIN YOUR HEALTH AT ALL TIMES WHILE DOING DAMAGE.
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Q: I don't know how to get your bow, how do I craft it?
A: THERE ARE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW ON HOW TO CRAFT IT, I WILL ALSO BE MAKING A VIDEO SOON, LOOK FOR IT.
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Q: Why are you using the Xoph Amulet? Doesn't that take away like 2/3rd of your damage?
A: XOPHS GIVES US AVATAR OF FIRE WHICH ALLOWS US TO CONVERT HALF OF THE LIGHTNING / COLD DAMAGE INTO FIRE. WITH THE ADDITION
OF THE COMBAT FOCUS JEWELS THAT ALLOWS US TO CHOOSE ONLY THE FIRE HIT, THUS MASSIVELY INCREASING OUR DAMAGE.
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Q: Can I go "Insert other ascendancy node here"
A: SURE BUT THESE ARE THE BEST ONES IMO, I TALK ABOUT IT IN THE VIDEO.
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Q: I'm having mana problems... what do?
A: ENCHANT YOUR RINGS WITH - COST OF MANA OF NON-CHANNELING ABILITIES. USE CLARITY IF YOU HAVE TO.
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Q: My dps sucks and I dont know what to do.
A: THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY A QUESTION BUT THE SCALING ON THIS BUILD CAN BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES, EVERY LITTLE UPGRADE MAKES A HUGE
DIFFERENCE IN THE DPS, LOOK AT THE SUGGESTED ITEMS AND MAKE SURE YOU WORK TOWARDS THOSE.
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Q: Okay my clear is better now but my single target is HORRIBLE STILL?
A: ALSO NOT A QUESTION BUT THE SINGLE TARGET IN THIS BUILD REQUIRES SOME SCALING. ASENATH'S IS A HUGE UPGRADE FOR SINGLE TARGET
AND WILL ALLOW YOU TO SPAM YOUR ST ELE HIT WITHOUT NEEDING TO APPLY DEBUFFS. YOU ALSO NEED TO BE NEAR THE ENEMY TO GET THE
BENEFIT OF POINT BLANK.
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Q: Can I go "insert other ascendancy here"?
A: SURE BUT THAT IS A DIFFERENT BUILD SO DONT BLAME ME IF IT ISNT GOOD OR DOESNT WORK.
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Q: I am intimidated by the cluster jewels... can I avoid them?
A: YOU CAN SKIP THEM BUT THEY ARE A HUGE SOURCE OF DAMAGE AND NOT THAT EXPENSIVE AT THE CURRENT MOMENT. TRY USING
HARVEST TO CRAFT WHAT YOU NEED.
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Q: Why do you always type in all caps in here?
A: BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT!
also because its easier to read on certain screens, the font for lower case in PoB kinda sucks IMO.
======================REQUIRED ITEMS=======================
YOU WILL NEED TO OBTAIN ALL OF THESE BEFORE TRANSITIONING INTO ELEMENTAL HIT.
XOPH'S BLOOD AMULET
CRAFTED BOW (NOT AS EXPENSIVE AS IT MIGHT SEEM)
LIGHTNING COMBAT FOCUS JEWEL
COLD COMBAT FOCUS JEWEL
======================LEVELING SECTION======================
THIS IS NOT A LEAGUE START VIABLE BUILD. DO NOT LEAGUE START AS IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO CRY YOURSELF TO SLEEP.
-----------------------------------THINGS TO GRAB FOR LEVELLING-----------------------------------
UNIQUES
Tabula Rasa
Goldrim
Wanderlust
Karui Ward
6 Link Silverbranch
Silverbough Prophecy (The Silverwood)
Hyrri's Bite
-----------------------------------ABILITIES TO USE-----------------------------------
IF YOU CHECK IN THE SKILLS SECTION YOU WILL SEE EARLY GAME ABILITIES AND SETUPS. THE SUPPORT GEMS ARE IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE.
MEANING IF YOU HAVE A 4 LINK USE THE FIRST 4 GEMS, 5 LINK USE THE 5TH ETC.
-----------------------------------LEVELING THE BUILD-----------------------------------
YOU WILL BE STARTING WITH CAUSTIC ARROW EARLY ON AND USING IT THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN. YOU WILL ALSO OBTAIN TOXIC RAIN AND
USE IT TO ASSIST YOU FOR SINGLE TARGET.
USE CAUSTIC ARROW TO CLEAR EASILY WHILE RUNNING THROUGH ZONES AND THEN FOR BOSSES KEEP ONE CAUSTIC ARROW UP AND THEN SPAM TOXIC
RAIN.
AT AROUND 38 YOU CAN SWAP OVER TO ELEMENTAL HIT, WITH 2 SEPARATE LINKS, IF YOU ARE USING PRE-SET GEAR WITH 6 LINKS THIS IS POSSIBLE.
IF YOU ARE USING RANDOM STUFF YOU FIND I DO NOT SUGGEST SWAPPING UNTIL MUCH LATER.
-----------------------------------ASCENDANCIES-----------------------------------
WHILE LEVELLING IT IS ADVISED THAT YOU DO THE FIRST ASCENDANCY AS SOON AS YOU ARE ABLE (AROUND LEVEL 30) AS IT IS A HUGE BOOST TO MOVEMENT
SPEED AND CLEAR SPEED.
THE FOLLOW UP ONES ARE NOT SUPER USEFUL UNTIL YOU SWAP OVER TO ELEMENTAL HIT, GRAB THEM AS YOU SEE FIT.
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ONCE YOU HIT MAPS YOU SHOULD LOOK TO FILL OUT THE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET ITEM SET AS WELL AS CHANGE OVER TO THE LINKS AND SKILLS USED
IN THE ENDGAME SETUP.
======================PLAYING THE BUILD======================
THIS BUILD WORKS BY CONVERTING AS MUCH DAMAGE AS WE CAN TO FIRE WITH THE ELEMENTAL HIT SKILL.
ELEMENTAL HIT HAS TONS OF BASE DAMAGE AND WHEN WE CONVERT IT TO FIRE AND USE 2X COMBAT FOCUS JEWELS TO MAKE SURE
THAT IT CANNOT CHOOSE LIGHTNING OR COLD WE ARE ABLE TO GET AN INSANE AMOUNT OF BASE DAMAGE.
USE THE ELEMENTAL HIT IN YOUR CHEST WITH CLEARING LINKS TO CLEAR MAPS EXTREMELY QUICKLY
USE THE SINGLE TARGET VERSION IN YOUR BOW TO DEAL WITH BOSSES AND DIFFICULT RARES.
======================CRAFTING THE BOW======================
THE BOW IS QUITE EASY TO MAKE HOWEVER THE FINAL FINAL VERSION MAY TAKE YOU QUITE SOME TIME TO ACCOMPLISH
START WITH AN ILVL 100 6 LINK IMPERIAL BOW, THERE IS A DIVINATION CARD CALLED IMPERIAL LEGACY
QUALITY THE BOW TO AT LEAST 20%, IF YOU WANT TO USE PERFECT FOSSILS YOU CAN GET 30% BUT IT IS NOT NEEDED.
OBTAIN THE COLORS YOU NEED FOR YOUR SINGLE TARGET LINK AND THEN WE USE FOSSILS TO CRAFT
USE A 3 COMBO OF FOSSILS IN A 3 SOCKET RESONATOR
CORRODED + METTALIC + JAGGED
THIS WILL DISABLE ELEMENTAL, PHYSICAL AND CHAOS MODIFIERS FROM BEING ROLLED THUS GIVING US A VERY HIGH CHANCE
OF HITTING +1 +2
I ATTEMPTED MAKING THIS BOW SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS ABLE TO HIT THE COMBO WITHIN ROUGHLY 5 ATTEMPTS BUT YOUR
LUCK MAY VARY.
IF YOU HIT +1 TO ALL GEMS AND +2 TO BOW GEMS YOU CAN STOP AND USE THAT BOW TO DO MOST OF THE CONTENT.
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS TO LAND ON +1 +2 AND IT CANNOT ROLL ANY OTHER PREFIXES, IDEALLY YOU WOULD LIKE CRIT CHANCE
AND ATTACK SPEED AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL ARROWS. THE CHANCES OF YOU GETTING ALL OF THIS ON THE FOSSIL IS VERY LOW.
ONCE YOU ROLL THE BOW CRAFT EITHER ELEMENTAL PENETRATION OR ELEMENTAL WEAPON DAMAGE ON THE BOW AND THEN YOU WILL
CONTINUE CRAFTING THE BOW THROUGH HARVEST CRAFTING.
THE SIMPLEST WAY OF DOING THIS IS TO USE THE "REROLL SUFFIXES AND KEEP ALL PREFIXES" MOD OVER AND OVER UNTIL YOU HIT
SOME COMBINATION OF THE STATS YOURE LOOKING FOR.
IF YOU MANAGE TO GET +2 ARROWS AND ARE ABLE TO REMOVE THE OTHER SUFFIXES YOU CAN ADD/REMOVE CRIT UNTIL YOU GET
CRITICAL STRIKE CHANCE AND THEN ADD/REMOVE SPEED UNTIL YOU GET ATTACK SPEED.
THIS WILL BE VERY EXPENSIVE.
======================CLUSTER JEWELS / THREAD OF HOPE======================
THE LARGE CLUSTER IS RELATIVELY CHEAP AND IS A HUGE UPGRADE TO OUR SUSTAIN AS WELL AS DAMAGE, WE ARE ALWAYS LEECHING
BECAUSE OF THE BELT SO WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE THESE EFFECTS.
THE MEDIUM CLUSTERS ARE VERY GOOD AS WELL AND THE COMBINATION YOU SEE IS VERY CHEAP, YOU CAN GO FOR ANY OF THE CRIT
MODIFIERS THAT WORK FOR THE BUILD, THEY ARE ALL GOOD.
YOU CAN CRAFT THESE BUT I SUGGEST SIMPLY BUYING THE FINISHED PRODUCT.
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THE THREAD OF HOPE IS EXTREMELY POWERFUL AND I SUGGEST THAT YOU GO FOR IT. IT GIVES YOU A SIGNIFICANT POWER BOOST FOR ALMOST NO DOWNSIDE.
YOU ONLY HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR 15% RES IF YOU GET A MIDDLE ROLL.
IT PROVIDES US FRENZY AND ENDURANCE GENERATION AND DAMAGE.
======================FINAL THOUGHTS======================
THIS IS PROBABLY THE CHEAPEST METHOD OF GETTING A MASSIVE CLEAR BOW BUILD GOING AND AFTER SOME MASSIVE TRIAL AND ERROR
I HAVE GOTTEN TO BUILD TO A POINT WHERE I AM HAPPY WITH IT.
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