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

got a question, running this build in the one month race, got the maligaros, infractem, thiefs torment, i plan to do atziri with infractem and i think i should not have issues altought cos i use thiefs and have no life on it im considering staroknjas head instead of rats nest? dunno if the los of 40% and 5% as is worth the 100 but i think it is what u think, is starkonjas to much of a drawback?

Hi, I think I've reached almost the end levels in this build and I've tried some changes (probably a good choice only having similar equip and level):



I found more effective in aoe damage the lightning arrow: LA - chain - LMP - PPAD - WED - Incr CD (around 40k dps that stacks a lot of times thanks to natural LA chain + chain gem)
For single target I use frenzy, that reached around 380k dps with power charges, frenzy charges, flask and vaal haste: frenzy - WED - phys to light - FA - PPAD - Incr CD (or add fire dmg).

Otherwise i reached 108k TS dps ONLY with auras (hatred, herald of ash, herald of thunder) and no flasks or charges, with these links: TS - phys to light - PPAD - WED - GMP - Incr CD (or add fire dmg). The phys dps is obviuosly less but the total output is 30k greater (80k to 108 in my case), also this helps against reflects.

Thanks again to Neversink for this awesome guide, it's a perfect equilibrium between great DPS and defensive skills.

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Darkaleb 님이 작성:

Hi, I think I've reached almost the end levels in this build and I've tried some changes (probably a good choice only having similar equip and level):

I found more effective in aoe damage the lightning arrow: LA - chain - LMP - PPAD - WED - Incr CD (around 40k dps that stacks a lot of times thanks to natural LA chain + chain gem)
For single target I use frenzy, that reached around 380k dps with power charges, frenzy charges, flask and vaal haste: frenzy - WED - phys to light - FA - PPAD - Incr CD (or add fire dmg).

Otherwise i reached 108k TS dps ONLY with auras (hatred, herald of ash, herald of thunder) and no flasks or charges, with these links: TS - phys to light - PPAD - WED - GMP - Incr CD (or add fire dmg). The phys dps is obviuosly less but the total output is 30k greater (80k to 108 in my case), also this helps against reflects.

Thanks again to Neversink for this awesome guide, it's a perfect equilibrium between great DPS and defensive skills.

LA is indeed better in terms of AoE coverage.

However, the guide was designed in mind for new challenge leagues, where the damage output of LA is simply lacking without access to mirror-level weapons.... which is kind of a shame.

Still I'm glad you like the guide and gz. to the great gear.

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got a question, running this build in the one month race, got the maligaros, infractem, thiefs torment, i plan to do atziri with infractem and i think i should not have issues altought cos i use thiefs and have no life on it im considering staroknjas head instead of rats nest? dunno if the los of 40% and 5% as is worth the 100 but i think it is what u think, is starkonjas to much of a drawback?

Personally I never considered using starkonjas before. It's a pretty great though and I'll consider actually adding it and running it next time I'll roll a TS ranger, as a alternative to rat's nest.. at least as a budget option and for the very start of the league.

However for atziri: to be honest. unless starkonjas helps you reach the ~4.4k point where you can survive flameblasts without flask on, I really think you're better off with Rat's nest for Atziri.

Infractem is not a really high damage bow to be honest, you might run into flask trouble, because the fight is taking too long.

Still good luck with your efforts

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Trying to set up a CoH HoL build based on this. Assassins mark + Phys Projectile Weakness seems like it would be great.

I haven't bought anything for it yet, but the one big downside is that unless I choose an alpha's howl over my rat's nest I'll lose Herald of Ice for Herald of Lightning.

Anyone know of a way around that other than Alpha's?

You can pick up the charisma nodes under the shadow tree. With it you have JUST enough mana (with reduced mana level 20x 2x) to run 1 Aura+3heralds. Better have good accuracy, base damage and a high mana leech though.

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For me, Lioneye competes with a harbinger with 15% less dps, see end of ranger build list where I've listed a topic that compares LG to two harbinger.
It's still a very good bow.

I did extensive testing and calculations with lionseye. It's an incredible bow, but it has 3 problems:
1) Low crit
2) Reflect problems
3) High attack speed causes more mana problems (lower leech, less damage/hit, high ManaCost per second)

Still as a temp. solution, you can easily run most endgame content with Lionseye's until you get your hands on a decent harbinger.

Actually chanced a lionseye two leagues ago.

~~Neversink

is that bow viable for this build? please answer me :<

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chokatocheeew 님이 작성:

is that bow viable for this build? please answer me :<

Mastercraft some crit on it and maybe ex it 2 times if you feel ballsy and it'll do great.

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chokatocheeew 님이 작성:

is that bow viable for this build? please answer me :<

Mastercraft some crit on it and maybe ex it 2 times if you feel ballsy and it'll do great.

thank you so much! I've decided to craft attack speed on it instead, and before, I was using the Infractem + Thief's Torment set-up. When I switched to this, I got 7.8k dps from 8.6k dps, but I'm sure it'll be better, since my pierce gems are only low level. I've also respecced to get the pierce nodes at the upper right side
Edit: I might decide to scour the attack speed if I want crit :D
Edit#2: decided to use crit, and my dps was better :D

Big thanks for this complete guide, help me really for 1 month league after 1 year without play.

Hi,

currently running your build in the 1mo HC league, things are going well. I managed to link 3 red and 1 green socket on my
and was wondering if Vaal Grace is a good option for the green socket. I'm not sure if it will work properly, I plan to test it when I get home.

If the cast time and soul/charges are not too much of a hindrance, I think it could be a good option.

24 Souls are quickly reached, but i find vaal grace (+ Increased duration) better self casted (for exemple: before opening a rogue exiled strongbox or before a boss/standing still burst).

Try it, then you should level it so it's not triggered by cwdt