[3.4] Pasta's Dex Stacking Build Crit(Barrage/Scourge Arrow LA/TS/Ice Shot) All Content Viable

how to use scourge arrow? have to charge it or spam? Thx you

HI, i have some currency to try this build...but i have a question: who is better, craft bow or buy one decent crafted?...because one 4 socketed fossil cost around 80-90 chaos each...and i tried like 8 times with 3 sockted fossils and don't get cold dmg per 10 dex :/

I spent 8x (Powerful Chaotic Resonator) and did not get the right prefix.
(Adds # to # Cold Damage to Attacks with this Weapon per 10 Dexterity)
Using a combination of Serrated + Metallic + Prismatic + Corroded.
Full random.

I'll repeat once again for those newer to dex-stacking bows:

Getting a good shaped bow is your LAST point of order, the build works perfectly without one. Also, the Shaper mod is very, very rare. Even running the optimal fossil combo you only have like what feels like a 10-20% chance of rolling it.

So don't plan on running the optimal bow for this type of build without either significant currency investment or getting very lucky.

Don't fret - the stacking setup is still exceedingly strong with any type of bow and bow skill you choose to build around.

Still loving this build, but somehow, I feel I am not very strong even tho I am at level 89 now.

https://pastebin.com/fmFY0cxY

Can you guys please give me some feedback how I can improve?

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ripslyme00 wrote:

Still loving this build, but somehow, I feel I am not very strong even tho I am at level 89 now.

https://pastebin.com/fmFY0cxY

Can you guys please give me some feedback how I can improve?

Head enchant, missing 3% IAS on the quiver, potential % dex corrupt on belt, get better rings (Opals or Dex rings with good WED), better flasks potentially (if you manage to balance a Wise Oak you'd get a little more dps out of it as well as very good 10% reduction to ele damage taken).

Switching to a 2 socket Tombfist with 1 Murderous socketed would net you about 10% more dps for the intimidate, as well as more life.

Generally Crit Multi will give you more DPS over IAS in your setup, by quite a bit, you might want to look into switching your abyss jewels.

Just some things i thought might help o/

Thank you for the tips! However, I got the tombfist, and I feel extremely squishy...

Bow ranger builds will generally be squishy, that's the trade-off =)
You can mitigate that by stacking as much evade as possible via tree and gear, running Grace/Vaal Grace, flasks, etc.

The philosophy behind bow ranger builds is usually "deal enough damage to kill stuff before it manages to actually land hits on you". That, and speed.

Since people seem to get varied results, I decided to do 15 more attempts crafting a bow (using the 4 fossil method with jagged, serrated, corroded, metallic). Only two of them got the relevant mod (cold per dex), so it would seem I was just very lucky earlier. I'm editing my posts as to not potentially spread misinformation.

It's definitely a very, very rare mod, i think the tier of a tyrannical roll is about right.

I've thrown probably 10 ex worth of currency in forms of alt/aug, chaos, fossils in all variations at my bow just for shits and giggles and to see if maybe a mirror roll happens, i got the Shaper mod I think twice in all those attempts.

You'll definitely have a much better chance with the proposed fossil combo, but that also amounts to just under 1 Ex per attempt, so it's costly no matter what.

I think it's a very fun crafting game and great to hunt, but like the last few leagues when i played this build and recommended it, people really need to leave the bow for last in their upgrade process.

(Or luckily craft one/find one on the side before starting the build ;)