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

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Shoujo 님이 작성:

First off I want to say thank you for the guide. It's very detailed and noob friendly. The passive skill tree itself seems like a work of art with the minimum number going to wasteful attribute nodes (the +10 ones) that aren't close to good skill clusters.

That said I'm having trouble understanding the differences between the aggressive and defensive trees. To me it looks like the only real difference between the two is the duelist evasion/life cluster plus extra life node picked up near king of the hill. From what I can tell from the visual skill tree, the core of the build mostly lies in the ranger/shadow clusters and not the duelist clusters so if you build the core during the early - mid levels (when the game is easier and the extra defense isn't terribly necessary?), the defensive tree doesn't actually become that more defensive than the aggressive variant until pretty late in the game.

My question is does picking up those life nodes at such a late stage make the build overall that more defensive? Should one make a beeline for those life nodes during the early-mid levels? On the one hand it lets you benefit from the extra life earlier, but that also seems a bit wasteful when such excess defensiveness is unnecessary and the slower killing speed may mean remaining at risk longer. The ranger/shadow areas also have plenty of life clusters as well which seem like making a beeline for the duelist defensive nodes unnecessary.

Right now I'm really leaning towards the aggressive variant, perhaps with a more defensive skill gem setup that finds its way in HC builds (i.e. enfeeblement as an option instead of assassin's curse, the use of arctic armor to make kiting easier and extra damage mitigation). Possibly with the use of ice shot as a primary until crit/king of the hill become available/reliable as crowd control powers.

The two wasted nodes near the flash freeze and celerity cluster in the defensive tree hurts my soul lol

Would appreciate any thoughts/feedback :) Thanks again!

Note: Still a noob and not actually playing HC, but even when I play SC I play as if I were in HC.

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Sevani88 님이 작성:

For the life of me I cant find information regarding what type of bow to use with LA. Everything Ive searched, googled, looked up on you tube, scoured the internet is either conflicting or out of date. So Im asking this to the pros in hopes of an answer.

When looking for a bow should I look for a pure phys bow, try to find multiple element dmg or go with a unique like lions eye or Chin Sol? Or should I not even try and bother with LA and just go split because it may be easier to itemize for? Any help/tips would be tremendously helpful.

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returnofsnow 님이 작성:

When you get to have like 30-40k TS or Split Arrow dps, you should respec into the defensive tree. That damage is more than enough to carry you through maps.