[3.16][HC][ON BREAK] Caustic Arrow Raider, DoT Focused | Tanky | 6k+ Health | All Content | In-depth

Hello,

I haven't played in a long time and decided to try this build in Heist HC
I have been having a lot of fun with it, it feel fast and safe. I'm now lvl 89 and progressing in the Atlas (currently T10, and guardians are dealt with very fast)

I'm a bit scared of Sirus because when I played before he didn't exist, so I don't have much practice.

I plan on crafting +3 Bow, but if anybody could have a look at my gear and tell me which upgrade to go for next, it'd be very nice.
I think I have set my character public, but let me know if it's not the case. (Char is Andromeda_galaxy_)

Thanks for the very detailed build and the fun I have with it.

Great build indeed. I have made some modification to fit it to my playstyle. Uber Elder, Uber Atziri, A8 Sirus are all joke.

My Gear

Hi,

The description of what cluster jewels you choose and your passive tree does not match. If I go for 1x large jewel and 1x medium jewel, there is not enough skill points to match your tree which is not reflecting what is happening there inside the cluster jewel tree.

Can you please expand on this topic?

Thanks for this guide! Started the same route but in the 90s I've been playing with +7 Frenzy and pushing TR more as ST using CA as AOE with Arrow Nova. Built off of this and added Skill Effect duration and with the cluster jewels you suggested it's been pretty nuts.

Simply put this is the smoothest character I've played into end game and very fun.

Hi!
This is the best "CA without TR" build! I really enjoy my CA, after read your deep guide and drop TR for Frenzy setup. Great clear speed, pretty fast and safe any boss kill, easy 8-mods T16 maps - and all this deathless on SSF.
Many thanks and good drop to you!)

where's the pastebin or the new tree? some parts of this guide seem old

"Before you begin mapping, it's wise to pack as many CA gems to level as possible (if you didn't already). Once they hit lvl 20, you can corrupt them with Vaal orbs for a chance to get lvl 21 gem. You can have up to 11 gems levelling at same time."

Do I need to get every gem to +20% quality before having a try with corruption?

well your build suit me thank for the build sharing =)

hopefully you have new build coming soon ^.^!

Any help with the Nashta contract would be appreciated.
She pwnz me hard.

It took a bit of time, went here and there with my own decisions to optimize the build for more casual playstyle and here I am with over 1M DoT dps (same number will be shown in PoB) and missing only watcher's eye with DoT increase while affected by malevolance (not buying since they went up from 40 to 70 ex for no reason). Since the creator of the build is not playing anymore, I am happy to answer any question on how to work out the build and grind through with cheaper gear. You can also check what I am wearing in my profile > IMPOSTERarrow character.

Things that I chosen to go my way:
1. Bow with most base attack speed (it may not affect your damage, but the faster you spread your clouds on the ground, the less you have to worry about someone hitting you if you can't move a lot or got stuck. Elemental dmg does not do a lot of impact on the DoT dps so why worry).
2. Helmet enchant makes only 0.6 second of a difference, but has huge impact on dps. May be a bit tricky to get, but if you are not looking for an OP base, it is a piece of cake, so I went with CA damage, rather than duration.
3. Rather than buying an overpriced quiver with additional pierce, I went to craft the pierce stat on the helmet and save a lot of exalts. This allowed to respec 2 passive points and stuck in another jewel for more chaos DoT dps.
4. HH is now cheap AF, put it on and roll like a boss. Took around 60 ancient orbs to roll 5 HHs, some might say lucky, I could only say that this is imho the cheapest and fastest way to get it, rather than grinding for those 60-70ex, as it will buy itself off anyway. The faster you get it, the faster it will get you back the wealth.
5. Damage on full life has no upside in terms of damage, at least not that I would have noticed, thus I am keeping conc effect, since we are using ruby flask anyway, the covered area is sufficient.
6. Get one jewel with "corrupted blood cannot be inflicted on you" to save some precious time and xp, this will help not to die A LOT.

Other than that, the build is awesome, A8 Sirus, 100% delirious maps and bunch of other end game content goes well, trying to see the what is the limit of the delve now.