[3.10] OneShotKill Elemental Hit Ballista Hiero - 9.6 million DPS - EZ Boss Killer + budget friendly

Ah Thank you. I did miss that (my fault) I have been going over this guide the past couple of days off and on along side a leveling guide to refresh my memory on which quests give which rewards and things like that now as I go. I am rather looking forward to this league and thank you yet again for the guide and all the excellent feedback and replies I keep seeing.

I did look at poeninja and it looks like ele hit is only being used by less than 1% of the player base(unless I misread the stats..which is very possible lol) . That kind of surprised me since it was so fun the last time I played it. I guess this is really a niche build.

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Apostolos เขียน:

I did look at poeninja and it looks like ele hit is only being used by less than 1% of the player base(unless I misread the stats..which is very possible lol) . That kind of surprised me since it was so fun the last time I played it. I guess this is really a niche build.

In General, Totems(Like Mines and Traps) are a small minority of players, around 2-5%(Over the course of the league) of the top league population plays Totem. And to top that off, Ele Hit is a small minority of Totem Players which makes us like Headhunter rarity(Ok maybe not that rare) :P but ya you get the idea.

I would think Totems and etc isn't like a traditional type of playstyle compared to say, "Self Cast" and Summoner builds so people won't really think of it normally and if they heard of it maybe they might not want to it try out.

But yup, this is a Super Fun build for me too, first build I loved so much and played for so long(Since Legion), I mean I even wrote a guide for it lol....

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Apostolos เขียน:

I am rather looking forward to this league and thank you yet again for the guide and all the excellent feedback and replies I keep seeing.

You are most welcomed!

So here's a question for you Vei.

In standard, what bow would you recommend?

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Ahewaz เขียน:

So here's a question for you Vei.

In standard, what bow would you recommend?

Interesting Selection!

Let's find out by comparing them :)


Details of this comparison
- Using the Default 7 Totems EV 3.11 Pastebin
- Damage shown are without Berserk Activated and is per Totem
- Damage Sorted from highest to lowest
- Damage are versus Shaper

- I also added 2 more bows for comparison (Also want to find out how they fare compared to the rest)

1. Quill Rain with "18% Crit" Corrupt Implicit
2. Quill Rain with "Bow Fire and Additional Arrow" corrupt Implicit(For Barrage Comparison)

- 3 scenarios(So we can see the power of the bows that shine in certain scenarios):

A. Default
B. Point Blank Keystone taken and projectile travelled distance set to 1(To see the power of good old Chin Sol)
C. Combustion in Frostferno Helm swapped to Barrage Gem (To see how good the DPS is from the +4 arrows from Reach of the Council)


Result

A. Default

602k - Empyrean Thirst Thicket Bow
480k - Quill Rain(18% Crit)
453k - Quill Rain(13% Increased Physical Damage)
382k - Reach of the Council
362k - Chin Sol


B. Point Blank taken and projectile travelled distance set to 1

941k - Chin Sol
782k - Empyrean Thirst Thicket Bow
623k - Quill Rain(18% Crit)
590k - Quill Rain(13% Increased Physical Damage)
495k - Reach of the Council


C. Combustion in Frostferno Helm swapped to Barrage Gem

695k - Empyrean Thirst Thicket Bow
612k - Reach of the Council
568k - Quill Rain(+1 Arrow)
536k - Quill Rain(18% Crit)
506k - Quill Rain(13% Increased Physical Damage)
402k - Chin Sol


Base on the above results, the winner is....

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Vei เขียน:

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Ahewaz เขียน:

So here's a question for you Vei.

Base on the above results, the winner is....

สปอยล์

Empyrean Thirst Thicket Bow - The 1 Bow for All Occasions :)

Thanks! I guess I know what to use when I am stuck in Standard waiting for the next league lol. I need to get a life.

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Ahewaz เขียน:

Thanks! I guess I know what to use when I am stuck in Standard waiting for the next league lol. I need to get a life.

No problem! The wait is definitely long when we don't need to search for builds to play/test with ;)

The alternative quality gems announcement is neat.

Some of those are pretty useful.

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Vedajo เขียน:

The alternative quality gems announcement is neat.

Some of those are pretty useful.

Yeah these few caught my eyes

- Frenzy - Alternate Quality 1: Fires an additional Projectile

We can then remove GMP and free up a Gem Slot.


- Cast When Damage Taken - Alternate Quality 1: Supported Skills have 20% increased Skill Effect Duration

Longer Immortal Call, fantastic!


- Combustion - Alternate Quality 2: Supported Skills deal 20% increased Fire Damage, Ignites from Supported Skills deal Damage 10% slower

We don't deal much ignite damage so a slower ignite in exchange for 10% Increased Fire Damage is a great deal.


- Ballista Totem: Alternate Quality 2: 20% increased Totem Range

This is different wording compared to the Ancestral Reach Notable which says "25% increased Totem Placement range" which by the way I tested it before it doesn't increase the range that we can place our Ballista Totem. If this quality refers to the aggro range which determines how far they can "see" for the purposes of targeting enemies with attacks, then this is awesome!

This might be overlooked but it says both in 05. Gem Setup and 07. Passive Tree Preview and POB Pastebin that they're updated for 3.12 but the Gem setup in PoB and Gem setup in the guide is not the same.

Or is it that the Gem setup in PoB should be the Double Curse version in the guide, which is not updated yet? But even if that's the case, the setup in PoB is not using the Double Curse setup so, yeah.

Great guide by the way! Cheers :)

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_mrkvn เขียน:

This might be overlooked but it says both in 05. Gem Setup and 07. Passive Tree Preview and POB Pastebin that they're updated for 3.12 but the Gem setup in PoB and Gem setup in the guide is not the same.

Or is it that the Gem setup in PoB should be the Double Curse version in the guide, which is not updated yet? But even if that's the case, the setup in PoB is not using the Double Curse setup so, yeah.

Hi, so the "Single Curse Option" is the default choice and I actually meant the Pastebin to just reflect this "default" Option.

But I think you bring up a good point, I think what I can do is create an additional Pastebin Link for the Double Curse Option and label both so viewers can view whichever they want.

Thanks for highlighting! :)

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_mrkvn เขียน:

Great guide by the way! Cheers :)

Thanks so much, means a lot to me <3