For all who league-started with or thinking about Explosive Arrow Ballistas. Here is a mini guide on playstyle, budget and commonly made mistakes in Archnemesis League (TL,DR in comments)

ACT 1: Mule onslaught from scion, or ask your friend very nicely to give you one. B-B-G x 2 B-B Freezing Pulse - Onslaught - Arcane Surge (Swap later) Stormblast Mine - Added lightning - Swift Assembly Support Orb of Storm - Frost Bomb - Onslaught Frostblink - Arcane Surge Smoke Mine Lvl 10 Flame Dash - Arcane Surge LF: Mov speed boots Recipe: If you can make a wand recipe before mervail you will have a much easier time (1 normal rarity resistance ring with magic wand and 1 alteration vendor recipe) Regex string for act 1 vendors: B-B-G|B-G-B|G-B-B|G-G-B|G-B-G|B-G-G|nn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT 2: Herald of Thunder - Summon Skitterbots Wave of Conviction (act 2) Rest the same ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT 3: @lvl 28 Swap to Arma Brand and Cremation: Cremation (act 3) - Concentrated Effect (act 2) - Lesser Multi Projectile (act 1) - Elemental Focus (act 2) Arma Brand (act 3) - Combustion Supp (act 1) - Onslaught (mule) - (Cruelty or Faster Casting if you have a 4th link act 2) Arcane Surge (act 1) - Desecrate (act 2) - Flame Dash (act 1) Herlad of Ash (act 2) - Summon Skitterbots (act 2) Elemental Weakness or Flammability (act 3 - depending on your wand craft) Smoke Mine (act 1) RECIPE: Wand (magic) + Ruby/Sapphire Ring (rare) + Alt x2 for both wands Ideally you want to use ruby rings here. Level Wrath in off hand ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT 4: DO LAB once you reach crystal veils waypoint for MASTERMIND OF DISCORD Greater Multiple Projectile as Quest reward lvl 38 and buy Immolate Support (Act 4) After Malachai take Cruelty from Act 2 LF B-B-R-G for Arma Brand - Combustion - Cruelty - Onslaught (you can mix and match gems if you dont have appropriate colours, immolate is good too) ACT 5: If needed take 30 Dex Node Cremation - GMP - Immolate Support - Concentrated Effect Arma Brand - Combustion - Cruelty - Onslaught Arcane Surge - Desecrate - Flame Dash Elemental Weakness Herald of Ash Summon Skitterbots Smoke Mine Granite Flask or Quartz Flask (based on what you have) as Reward and w/e Jewel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT 6: All stays the same Buy Steelskin - Ballista Totem Support - Elemental Dmg w/ Atk Support - Explosive Arrow - Wrath - Combustion Support - Unbound Ailments (lvl them offhand) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT 7: All stays the same ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT 8: @lvl 55 DO LAB FOR SHAPER OF FLAMES Start looking for Thicket Bow and Quiver TIME TO SWITCH in Blood Acqueduct: Explosive Arrow - Ubound Ailments (Act 1) - Ignite Proliferation (Act 4) - Ballista Totem Support Fire Trap - Combustion Summon Skitterbots Wrath Steelskin Smoke Mine Use Silver Flask instead of Quartz At the beginning grab Elemental Equilibrium node and Ancestral Bond ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT 9 and ACT 10: All stays the same @lvl 68 DO LAB FOR SHAPER OF STORMS EARLY MAPPING: Wrath Defiance Banner Arctic Armour (To avoid Frozen till Pantheon) Blink Arrow - Faster Attacks Flame Dash Steelskin Explosive Arrow - Elemental Dmg w/ Atk Support - Ignite Proliferation - Ballista Totem Support ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------