[outdated] King of the Forest (Crit version)

Ok, so I wanted a HC-viable char, though fps/allies can't die rares in Breaches has put pay to that idea for now.
I went Slayer, because mad leech, 20% cull, and the two-handed weapon nodes apply to Bows.
I'm curious how I compare vs cmphx's setup and what people's thoughts are on this take.
On a 5link I'm 9k cold Barrage dps in hideout, 19k charged & having recently killed a rare, and 20.5k with a Sulphur flask on top.
I just hit level 89 and gems are starting to roll over lvl20, and I've 3 points spare atm. Bandits were life, attack speed, power charge. 5.7k life atm.
If I get slightly better resists on my boots I can use any (enchanted) helm with life & accuracy (ideally with chaos res).





During uber Izaro, before my Reach, it was worth having PCOC Frenzy and AA instead of HoI, and I can see I'd certainly want a Wither totem setup for end-game single-target.
I was originally going to use an Atziri's Promise, but now I'm not sure it's worth the slot, vs having such immunity suffixes.
In lower tier content I run Haste, because I really feel the lack of MS from no QotF, and can't find a good way to increase that.
Also, the chaining EK gloves enchant ain't half bad with our setup!
edit: new boots & helm, no big difference but I can drop the lightning res on the belt. Either for Flask Duration, MS, or something like a very highly rolled Dyadian (not that phys reflect is an issue either).
Couldn't find any other unique belt worth using (other than maybe The Retch/Headhunter) when not caring about being overcapped.

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Indraugnir wrote:

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BundesHeinz wrote:

Hey everyones!

I'm level 84 at the moment and I feel really weak. Tooltip damage is about 16k with all charges and flasks up. I'm regularly dying at t8-10 bosses. Just tried Uber lab twice and couldn't manage to get through... Izaro just takes ages to kill. At first I thought it'll come with levels but well.. it kinda didn't.
Can anyone telll me what I need to change or upgrade or if I'm doing anything particularly wrong?

Here's my gear and tree:

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Your gear seem to be low on resistances.

Well, I'm not very much overcapped, but about 100% all res in merc.

Idk, I just feel like everything one-shots me...

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cmphx wrote:

yeah, split arrow is definetely something you can try out - i am not a fan of it, because i think lightning arrow has superior clearspeed than anything, but my opinion is also biased. If you cant use reach/opus, split arrow is definetely good !

if you have opus thouggh, i suggest trying out the same link setup for LA as for reach, and see if you are comfortable with "only" 3 arrows. if not, try LMP or split arrow instead ! Dont use GMP with opus, its too much damage lost.

Great i've managed to link my gear!
So for now, that's what im using. Im lvl 82. What do you think cmphx ?

Hi fellow Exiles. Just hit lvl 70 and wanted to share my gratitude to cmphx for this great build. Keep some time bookmarked and decided to try out king build, so long satisfied. This is my current gear, looking for upgrades constantly but prices in standard are kinda too much for me atm



Don't have jewels yet, rings have open prefixes for crafting (Elreon only lvl 6), what should I upgrade first?

One question about tree, I followed original tree, there is a small diff at you progress post, should I change?

English is not native lang, and tnx again for this build.

ReMa86, you're not going to want to level the Slower Proj linked to Blink Arrow, it'll slow down your mobility skill and probably get you killed. Swap it with some other levelling gem.

Tree differences were explained as depending upon how you got enough int and resists from gear.

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BundesHeinz wrote:

Well, I'm not very much overcapped, but about 100% all res in merc.

Idk, I just feel like everything one-shots me...

I kill Izaro in literally 5 seconds or less when I actually do damage to him and aren't waiting for mechanics to spawn. In last phase, I also add a Culling Strike gem to my LA (since I'm not gonna use it on that fight) and kill him in a single Decoy Totem.

Pre-stack Frenzy in last phase if you can on one of the fonts, and make sure you are on the move when he actually activates - first hit will always be on you. I have died to him just straight up charging me once while I stood still, don't do that (and keep in mind that it CAN happen, but what you're trying to do is to end the fight as soon as possible). In phases 1 and 2, I just stack Frenzy while waiting for the things to spawn, just passively/calmly running running around and shooting with the Frenzy skill at him every now and then. When I do go ham on damage, he 'dies' in 5 seconds too.

Run Barrage with the 6 link, not LA. Not really sure what else to say, if you're indeed res capped in merc and have like ~5.5-6k hp, it's a matter of execution and not the setup. I'll admit that I did have panic moments and deaths against him too, and if the fight goes on for too long, you're kinda fucked. You want to kill him during flask buffs.

Speaking of flasks, what I personally do is have a set of Basalt flasks with the Surgeon mod (flask regen from crits) + one of the mods required to counter his mechanics (e.g. Curse immunity vs fonts). I just buy them depending on what I need on a specific day and keep them around in a stash tab whenever I need to counter that specific mechanic again. He can only oneshot you through a Basalt buff if he has some big damage buffs.

Edit: also make sure you are full on flask buffs before entering, and make sure the flask buffs (especially Basalt) is up before the first strike (which will most likely be a charge). Pre-cast Decoy Totem too, so he goes to it after the charge.

Barrage damage is definitely there....but LA damage is negligible.

Not as OP as the masses say overall.

Is it still recommended you link immortal call+cast on damage taken? would it be noticable with no endurance charges?

Would cast temporal chains on damage done be better?

Anyone else having trouble to survive in T11+ breaches? I have 5.6k life...

Someone tried Vaal Pact?

Managed to level my assassin to 90 on BHC, but it feels too squishy. Old one (champion) with FW was much better immo. :|
Atm sitting at 5.8k life and 8.2k barrage tooltip in town. Still scared of uber izaro as fck. Also, decoy totem nerf hurts a bit, it dies almost at the time when i'm fully charged with frenzy :|