[3.0] NeverSink's ♣ INDEPTH Tornado&Archer Guide ♣ Beginner friendly ♣ Rapid clear ♣ All bosses

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Panini_aux_olives wrote:

I just don't use bloodrage. The blood dance is perfect for mapping and I switch to Step only for specific caster hard bosses, and then I put blood rage in a socket, in case I may need it.

As for LA, yes, it somehow shotgun against walls. But with Pierce your mana cost remains well controlled, you can really go with GMP (I used LA/GMP/Pierce back in 1.0/1.1 where mana was harder to manage).

I have a question about blood dance. do you use frenzy for your main attack? is it hard to maintain charges on bosses without running frenzy (skill)?

also, why not run bloodrage AND blood dance? you still out regen + you get all that attack speed with blood rage and the life steal.

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Panini_aux_olives wrote:

Res can be capped with gear.
There's no cap on life, and those 40 hp translate to 100+ with the % increased life from tree.

If you lack some res, just temporary spec into Cloth and Chain or Survivalist. You can always refund it later when you have the appropriate gear.

Being tri 40%+ res jewellery priced several exalted each piece, wouldn't be wiser to regret the bandit choice later? Especially given that the nodes you're suggesting take 2/3 passive points, which could be spent in otherwise useful way.

40 extra life from oak translates in 100 total life bonus if we skill % increased maximum life for 150% total, which, as a ranger, take up 25 passive points, which are all the points around the passives we use, minus the two behind Revenge of the Hunted. I didn't even consider the two nodes before Profane Chemistry as they look like a waste of skill points to my eyes, definitely wouldn't go till up there for a miserable 6% increased maximum life.
On the other hand, 10% to every elemental resistance... It looks so much better to me. At low level, and why not even at top level!

If I remember correctly (I've been away for quite a while), before 2.0.0 helping Kraytin in Normal was a very common choice, and if I remember correctly he used to give 12% to all resistances, which is still not far from the 10% it gives now.

Finally, 40hp are good, but plenty of endgame gear gives you 80hp when not 100/120hp, and with these bonuses those 40hp disappear in worth, especially in front of an HP pool of 4K; as for Normal and Cruel, while on normal we come out pretty much safely without investing more than half dozen of points in HP nodes, even on cruel those 40hp (actually 60~70hp) don't seem so amazing compared with a +10% to all resistances that you might have troubles to have already capped given the continuous upgrade of the gear that not always have the necessary resistances.

So, all in all, I thank you for the reply but I'm still not convinced over that bandit choice...

"Don't Be a Dick"... Well said! :-)

Removed, solved my own problem.

Great guide, thanks.

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Panini_aux_olives wrote:

regretting the bandit: 20 regret orbs
cloth and chain = 2 passives = 2 regret orbs. And it also adds 36% armor & eva.

Kraytin has never been a common choice. In normal it has always been either Oak or skill point (for ll). Actually a skill point is roughly equal to 40 hp, as 5% life will net you also around 100 life with "endgame" gear. Check other guides, you will always see these recommendations.

+40 life is more than 5% life for a decent build.

Wow ! Best guide i ever seen in my life! Congrats for profesionalism!

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unlucky_child wrote:

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NeverSink wrote:

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unlucky_child wrote:

i use nado, faster attacks, ppad, lmp and ppad. I have 126 dmg. When i remove ppad, i have 128 dmg :D

Can you link your bow please?

This should only happen if you're using a bow tuned towards elemental damage.

It is magic bone or composite bow with 4G slot. It has + around 20 fire magic dmg. Unfoturnately, i sold it. Will try to buy new one to test again. And i had heralds of ice and light on.

The problem with having ppad lower my dmg is that, ppad has -10% atack speed. Anyway, if you still want to see, i have screen shots