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

Hey, i am new to the ranger and looking at the Ascendancy and i have no ide what to pick here

the guide does not help at all in picking and why is he even listing Assassin there?
its not even part of the ranger?

I am used to playing marauder and the ascendancy on that one is changing the whole build with life leach etc
i just dont want to pick the wrong here and gimp my char, i am currently playing the TS build.

can someone explain the ascendancy a little bit better for me?

(also i think Neversink needs to look over this guide as there are a few major typos in it, for example the picture for Split Arrow shows LA instead of SA)

Quick question if someone can look at my level 91 deadeye. I'm sitting at 4.5k hp and really have no idea how the hell to get it higher. People are talking about 5k+ and i can't see how ! halp <3

Also for anyone wondering the Claw nodes are pretty amazing with the build. YOU MUST HAVE A LIONEYE FALL GEM IN THE GEM SOCKET ABOVE ACROBATICS FOR THIS TO WORK. It IS written in the guide.

A few questions on the Default Life Skilltree from a totally new player, sorry if they sound stupid, but this is my first character in PoE ever :)

1) Why is the Vitality Void/Spirit Void cluster ommitted? I see a lot of other builds taking it. Are you supposed to rely on gear for life leech/mana leech?

2) Similarly, why are Aspect of the Eagle and Aspect of the Lynx omitted? Not enough skill points?

3) What is the purpose of taking the claw cluster? We aren't using claws, are we? Is it just for the Soul Raker?

4) What's the general consensus on Vaal Pact - mandatory, optional, down to personal preference?

5) What about the Depth Perception cluster? Would it be useful for this build?

6) The final skill tree doesn't have any +30 Str/Int nodes. Would it be OK to take them to meet stat requirements for gear? Or is it a waste of points?

Those are a few things that caught my eye after comparing this build with other ranger builds. Any comments would be greatly appreciated :)

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DGTLDaemon 님이 작성:

A few questions on the Default Life Skilltree from a totally new player, sorry if they sound stupid, but this is my first character in PoE ever :)

1) Why is the Vitality Void/Spirit Void cluster ommitted? I see a lot of other builds taking it. Are you supposed to rely on gear for life leech/mana leech?

2) Similarly, why are Aspect of the Eagle and Aspect of the Lynx omitted? Not enough skill points?

3) What is the purpose of taking the claw cluster? We aren't using claws, are we? Is it just for the Soul Raker?

4) What's the general consensus on Vaal Pact - mandatory, optional, down to personal preference?

I think I combined those questions right. You need to put the Lionseye Fall gem into the gem socket right above the acrobatic trait. This makes those claw traits into bow traits, except for one, but it's worth it.

Basically soul reaper and Vaal pact instant heal you when you do dmg. For example in my case Instant heal from almost 0hp back to 4.5k HP in almost a second after doing damage. Also I've found the mana leech that soul taker gives (think that's it) to be more then enough. That's the easiest way for me to put it, but I haven't been playing long so others may have a more in-depth answer.

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Vashtii 님이 작성:

I think I combined those questions right. You need to put the Lionseye Fall gem into the gem socket right above the acrobatic trait. This makes those claw traits into bow traits, except for one, but it's worth it.

Basically soul reaper and Vaal pact instant heal you when you do dmg. For example in my case Instant heal from almost 0hp back to 4.5k HP in almost a second after doing damage. Also I've found the mana leech that soul taker gives (think that's it) to be more then enough. That's the easiest way for me to put it, but I haven't been playing long so others may have a more in-depth answer.

Ah, got it! So it's more like a long-term investment, for when you're wealthy enough to afford Lioneye's Fall. OK, makes sense. Then I'll keep my Vitality Void/Spirit Void for now, and respec out of them and take the claw cluster when I can afford the gem.

Hi and thank you for your great build , i have one question ? a 400 DPS Citadel Bow vs 350 DPS harbinger
. Which is better ?

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Yeah, but not at all. There are some answers but no indication on what ascendancy points worth taking. The only thing made clear is that Deadeye is too glasscannon. If someone could pleas explain some key points of ascendancy it would be very good, not only for me but also for the others not-so-experienced players that use this build.

Here is my point about Deadeye.
Since it doesn't carry any utility and defence,eventually, you will hit the wall dying all the time. In this case you need respec to Raider. It will cost you 40 regrets to do that or wait until a major patch.
Difference in dps between Deadeye and Raider is not that high, but raider provides huge defence and escape options.

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What do you all run with immortal call to get endurance charges?

No need to generate any endurance charge to make use of IC since it procs for 0.4 sec even without endurance charges. That's enough to survive two consecutive oneshots. Otherwiser Daressos's defiance is a good chest to generate EC.


Select raider.
Assassin here as one possible classes for this build.

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Great build so far - but why did you skilled the Claw nodes to the right?

Lionseye's fall

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Quick question if someone can look at my level 91 deadeye.

Change privacy settings to make your char visible. I have same issue with Deadeye and exactly on 91 level. Switched to Raider and got 2 more levels.

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1) Why is the Vitality Void/Spirit Void cluster ommitted? I see a lot of other builds taking it. Are you supposed to rely on gear for life leech/mana leech?

Soul raker gives everything you need in one node

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Similarly, why are Aspect of the Eagle and Aspect of the Lynx omitted? Not enough skill points?

Too many nodes needed to reach Lynx. Simply not worth it.

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What is the purpose of taking the claw cluster? We aren't using claws, are we? Is it just for the Soul Raker?

Lioneye's fall

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What's the general consensus on Vaal Pact - mandatory, optional, down to personal preference?

Optional-prefer not using it since i much rely on my 120+ hp regeneration to mitigate Blood rage helth degradation.

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What about the Depth Perception cluster? Would it be useful for this build?

Nope-doesn't worth it.

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The final skill tree doesn't have any +30 Str/Int nodes. Would it be OK to take them to meet stat requirements for gear? Or is it a waste of points?

Take it if needed, then try to compensate it with gear.

Heya,

I am not new to archer builds, yet I never really tried one with Drillneck. And since I just dropped it while levelling, I thought I might give it a go.

So my question is - what links do I use in 5link TS for that?
My idea was TS-Pierce-Phys to Lightning-Faster Attacks-GMP (basically leaving out PPD)

Even more important question is, how do you reach 100% pierce?
Gem - 50%
Quiver - 10%
??? - 40%

I saw the nodes in tree(Piercing shots), but that's 3 additional nodes to reach that. Is that the way to go?

@ZerotuL: Thanks for the detailed explanation :) Just one more question: what level should I approximately count on getting Lionseye's Fall at, if I just complete the act content normally? I see it's worth around 25 chaos on poe.trade, but I'm only lvl 18 now, and haven't got a single chaos orb yet. Comparing it with prices for ranger's leveling equipment such as Death's Harp, am I correct to assume that it is a high-level end-game item?

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I am not new to archer builds, yet I never really tried one with Drillneck. And since I just dropped it while levelling, I thought I might give it a go.

The only use if pierce is a little faster clearspeed. TS already has initial projectile pierce and with decent attack speed it compensates absence of pierce.

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@ZerotuL: Thanks for the detailed explanation :) Just one more question: what level should I approximately count on getting Lionseye's Fall at, if I just complete the act content normally? I see it's worth around 25 chaos on poe.trade, but I'm only lvl 18 now, and haven't got a single chaos orb yet. Comparing it with prices for ranger's leveling equipment such as Death's Harp, am I correct to assume that it is a high-level end-game item?

Forget about Lionseye's fall for now. it's kind of end game solution. If you get it early-fine-take it, but stick to the rule#1 in POE-"Defense is top priority". Resistances, HP and evasion should be prioritized. Try improving dps without sacrificing defense.