[3.8]Champion Impale TS/Barrage | Leveling guide

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Camaron wrote:

How is this build for farming T14+ blighted maps in HC?

Also how is it vs T14+ map bosses?

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tanteMYN wrote:

how does your roa-setup looked duality :)?

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vchintada wrote:

@duality Yeah I struggled a bit and gave up on Aul even though all other bosses were so easy with this build. I keep dying to random one shots. I guess I need to keep trying :)

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Hiroyama wrote:

Not the OP, but I decided to try out this build.

Here's a video of me clearing Vaal Temple and a T16 Synthesis Map/Boss:

https://youtu.be/Jw3sXpcpcAo
https://youtu.be/InpfHLbk2E0

All in all, I am loving this build. The leveling process was smooth and I had made enough currency with my league starter to get everything I needed to make this build as powerful as possible. I still have some room for improvement, and once I hit level 91 or 92, I'm gonna take down the Guardians, Shaper, and Uber Elder.

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mcout wrote:

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Hiroyama wrote:

Not the OP, but I decided to try out this build.

Here's a video of me clearing Vaal Temple and a T16 Synthesis Map/Boss:

https://youtu.be/Jw3sXpcpcAo
https://youtu.be/InpfHLbk2E0

All in all, I am loving this build. The leveling process was smooth and I had made enough currency with my league starter to get everything I needed to make this build as powerful as possible. I still have some room for improvement, and once I hit level 91 or 92, I'm gonna take down the Guardians, Shaper, and Uber Elder.

I am currently doing this build, and the more I play it and read this thread the more I see that it isnt worth if not for you liking the build itself.

The guy above has:
3.5ex helm
4ex bow
4ex armour
2ex quiver
2ex gloves
1.5ex amulet
4ex boots
4ex rings(both)
2ex watchers eye
2ex 2xlioneye's fall

Thats 25ex build and it doesnt look that amazing for its price, its not very fast, its not very tank and its doesnt have huge damage.
The only thing the build has going in my opinion is the fact that its a pure phys tank bow build.

If you want a fast, tank and with lots of damage I would advise to go with SA raider. This build if more if you like the playstyle, which I am loving right now.

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Hiroyama wrote:

You're greatly overestimating the amount I spent on my gear. I 6-linked the bow and chest myself. Enchanted the helmet myself. Enchanted the boots myself. My rings were WAY less than 4ex, I believe I paid 1ex for the assassin's mark ring and 10c for the other ring. The amulet was less than an exalt also. The only thing you're correct about is the price of my quiver, gloves, and watcher's eye.

I think anyone playing this build isn't playing it for the "GOGO SPEEDRACER" playstyle. If you are, you should roll a deadeye for the crazy movement speed. This build has been the best jack of all trades build I've played in a few leagues. It can farm at a fairly fast pace, especially if you swap in a Devoto's instead of the life helmet. It can clear screens at a time due to TS and chain. It can complete all endgame bosses. It's incredibly tanky with Vaal MS. It isn't a huge currency sink, but definitely more expensive than say a miner or necro. Although min-maxing any build is gonna be a currency sink if you try to squeeze everything out of it. It can certainly be a league starter, although I started with a Lightning Arrow Deadeye and transitioned to this once I made 10ex. That's also how I know I spent less than what you listed for all my gear.

We're all entitled to our own opinions, so if you enjoy a SA Raider more, that's great. I highly doubt a SA Raider is tankier than this though since a Raider will likely rely on evasion.

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mcout wrote:

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Hiroyama wrote:

You're greatly overestimating the amount I spent on my gear. I 6-linked the bow and chest myself. Enchanted the helmet myself. Enchanted the boots myself. My rings were WAY less than 4ex, I believe I paid 1ex for the assassin's mark ring and 10c for the other ring. The amulet was less than an exalt also. The only thing you're correct about is the price of my quiver, gloves, and watcher's eye.

I think anyone playing this build isn't playing it for the "GOGO SPEEDRACER" playstyle. If you are, you should roll a deadeye for the crazy movement speed. This build has been the best jack of all trades build I've played in a few leagues. It can farm at a fairly fast pace, especially if you swap in a Devoto's instead of the life helmet. It can clear screens at a time due to TS and chain. It can complete all endgame bosses. It's incredibly tanky with Vaal MS. It isn't a huge currency sink, but definitely more expensive than say a miner or necro. Although min-maxing any build is gonna be a currency sink if you try to squeeze everything out of it. It can certainly be a league starter, although I started with a Lightning Arrow Deadeye and transitioned to this once I made 10ex. That's also how I know I spent less than what you listed for all my gear.

We're all entitled to our own opinions, so if you enjoy a SA Raider more, that's great. I highly doubt a SA Raider is tankier than this though since a Raider will likely rely on evasion.

I did not say how much you spent on your gear, I said how much its worth. How many people can just enchant a TS helm? If it was that easy the helmet wouldnt cost 4ex..
If you paid 1ex on the assassin's mark ring you got a huge deal. That ring is easily worth 3+ex. You gear is very easily worth 25+ex. And even if you 6link both the bow and the chest yourself you still sinked currency on it. Or did you really got luck to use under 1000 fuses for both of them? From what you told me you are either the luckiest guy on the league or lying about how much you spent on the gear. I spent over 6ex trying to six link just my bow this league.

Either way, if you got luck or not to get your gear, thats not how it will play out to everyone else.

I just posted before to warn people that may come here looking for an efficient build, and this is not it. You will feel weak and squishy until you have sinked a lot of currency on the build. In my opinion there are a lot of other builds out there that are tankier, faster and has more damage than this one while needing less currency to work and a less step power progression. This build is for people who enjoy the playstyle. Again, I like this build and this is why I will continue play it.