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

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Headtourist wrote:

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Vassili666 wrote:

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Headtourist wrote:

How do you craft that bow? With alts until you hit bow and socketed gems and then make an imprint of weapon and slam regal for as ?

It's a variation of the EA/TR bows that Brunowa seems to be using on his pob.
So i tried to see how i could make it.

Pre-steps : i was able to make a decent crucible tree out of the trees i stored with crucible mechanics. Wasnt able to save the third nod for 32 fire unfortunately. The +1 gems and lifetap support seemed the most important (that's a 7 link bow with +1)

Step 1 : thicket bow base, spamming shrieking essence of dread.
Guarantees +2, and looking for T1 attack speed (got best T2 roll on my bow, decided to try it.
Gamble annul other prefix/suffix on the bow till I hit ONLY +2 and attack speed remaining. If not, back to essences and so on.

Step 2 : From there, benchcrafting "can have up to 3 crafted mods for 2 div, and then adding no attack mod for 1 div.

This way the bow has our 2 mods from step 1, and 3 suffix.

Step 3 : slam exalt.
Since there's the 'cannot roll attack modifiers', adding a modifier to the item can only give +1 to gems.

Step 4 : Remove crafted mods on benchcraft.
At this point, the bow has +2 +1 and the attack speed mod.

Step 5 : Again 2 div for "can have up to 3 crafted modifiers" then add fire damage over time multiplier + fire damage as extra chaos damage, all from the benchcraft

(then, 6 socket recipe*, 6 link recipe, hillock for 24+ quality (you want at least 24 quality) and harvest craft 1 attack speed per 8 quality.

Note : i avoided use of chromas by going 1 socket by one on the bow, starting from 2 red socket, +1 -1 until 3 red, then again for 4 red, then made the 6 link, which granted 2 green socket (most favorable odd since it's a dex item).

Below, screen for "best case scenario" steps, in craftofexile :


( https://ibb.co/6JqMx37 )

Total cost of the steps :
- From a few to several hundred essences (1c each), cause the last annul on step 1 only works 1/3 time so you'll have to start again several times unless lucky, and you rarely only have one affix to annul... That's why I settled for T2 attack speed (also knowing i had as in my crucible tree).
- several annuls (1-15 in my case)
- 5 divines
- 1 exalt
- a few c for the final mods.

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Profemi wrote:

Hi guys. long time EA player here :) Why doesn't the 3.21 POB Ignite DPS numbers change when you switch passives/equipment? its just always stuck at 35791394.0 ...

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Mateo_swe wrote:

Yeah but can you can do additional damage with other skills?
35M from EA DoT and say you use gloves with poison for additional poison damage.
Maybe that was a bad example as poison also is a DoT but Chaos DoT type, but other skills with other damage types then.
Or is the Total, all total damage capped at 35M or just the Fire DoT damage (or all DoT damage type)?

35M should be enough for everything but it would be nice to know how the mecanics work.

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enuitt wrote:

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Prof549 wrote:

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enuitt wrote:

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The Determination alone would give you a huge boost in survivability.
Defiance banner would push it more.
Molten Shell would buff it slightly more.

Unless you can 1-phase bosses(and this build can't, at least not on mid-budget) - there is no point going all-in on damage. If you are dead - you are not dealing damage. And the build is squishy enough as it is.