Help with Build.

[DELAMAIN]

So i am doing map now. Just got to endgame.
WitchHunter.

Ideaa was to make physical bleed crossbow.
Bec i am sick of everyones lightning

I use ArmourPierce rounds (with chain effect ) -> breakarmour -> armour explosion -> trash packs clear.
Problem is that for Rare and Unique mobs and bosses it doesnt feel good. ..
And whole Bleed thing dont feel great.

I tried to use High Velocity Rounds to consume arnor break and do BIG BLEED.
But in reality i do better bleed if just continue to ArmourPierce....
Also Bleed doesnt proc WitchHunter Explosion....
And Armour Explosion - fire damage...

IF THERE WHOULD BE A WAY TO CONVERT ELEMENTAL-> TO PHYSICAL....
mb bandit will bring something....

I allready think to play same but go towards Fire Type build....but theb why whould i use Armour Break...

[Pandorian]

I ran a Bleed x-bow until T3 maps but it just doesn't work as well as a Bleed Bow. Bleed bow you get snipe and all the synergies that go with it for your single target damage. X-Bow is more suited to elemental or grenades.

[DELAMAIN]

Originally posted by Pandorian:

I ran a Bleed x-bow until T3 maps but it just doesn't work as well as a Bleed Bow. Bleed bow you get snipe and all the synergies that go with it for your single target damage. X-Bow is more suited to elemental or grenades.

I just made new post about bleed...

[Pandorian]

Originally posted by DELAMAIN:

I just made new post about bleed...

Yes, I saw. The issue isn't with Bleed, it's with the skills that are currently available for X-Bow. I also ran Armor Pierce/Fork/Armor Explosion for packs and High Velocity for Single Target. Some weapons just tend to do better in certain playstyles. You can run Bleed X-Bow but it won't be as effective as if you ran a Bleed Bow or an Elemental X-Bow.

[DELAMAIN]

Originally posted by Pandorian:

Originally posted by DELAMAIN:

I just made new post about bleed...

Yes, I saw. The issue isn't with Bleed, it's with the skills that are currently available for X-Bow. I also ran Armor Pierce/Fork/Armor Explosion for packs and High Velocity for Single Target. Some weapons just tend to do better in certain playstyles. You can run Bleed X-Bow but it won't be as effective as if you ran a Bleed Bow or an Elemental X-Bow.

Any ideas for armour explosion in fire build?
If i put +25% fire damsge in skill with armour explosion i think it will boost it?
But damn then its loosing sence to break armour at all....
And no goood options for x-bow fire based bossing skills...

[Decidedly Uncouth]

Your build doesn't work, hence why no one is playing it, hence why you are here begging for help, even when you know you should go lightening.

[Pandorian]

Originally posted by DELAMAIN:

Any ideas for armour explosion in fire build?
If i put +25% fire damsge in skill with armour explosion i think it will boost it?
But damn then its loosing sence to break armour at all....
And no goood options for x-bow fire based bossing skills...

There are quite a few lightning/elemental nodes that Merc shares with Ranger/Monk and is what I ended up eventually switching into. I'm not too sure on fire/cold as I didn't pay that much attention. If you did an elemental conversion of fire to lightning or fire contributes to shock then the armor explosion could have the potential to be more powerful.

The Three Dragons Solid Mask will make fire damage contribute to shock instead of ignite.

A better idea would probably be fire to cold conversion as there are quite a few uniques that do that.

[DELAMAIN]

Originally posted by Pandorian:

Originally posted by DELAMAIN:

Any ideas for armour explosion in fire build?
If i put +25% fire damsge in skill with armour explosion i think it will boost it?
But damn then its loosing sence to break armour at all....
And no goood options for x-bow fire based bossing skills...

There are quite a few lightning/elemental nodes that Merc shares with Ranger/Monk and is what I ended up eventually switching into. I'm not too sure on fire/cold as I didn't pay that much attention. If you did an elemental conversion of fire to lightning or fire contributes to shock then the armor explosion could have the potential to be more powerful.

The Three Dragons Solid Mask will make fire damage contribute to shock instead of ignite.

A better idea would probably be fire to cold conversion as there are quite a few uniques that do that.

Yeah but this helm kinda bad...
Only gives shock chance from fire. No magnitude. Meaning i still to go for lightning clasters...and no point to do it anymore bex i xan just go full galvanic build...

Thats why u say PoE2 has build variety problem

[Drake]

Originally posted by DELAMAIN:

Originally posted by Pandorian:

There are quite a few lightning/elemental nodes that Merc shares with Ranger/Monk and is what I ended up eventually switching into. I'm not too sure on fire/cold as I didn't pay that much attention. If you did an elemental conversion of fire to lightning or fire contributes to shock then the armor explosion could have the potential to be more powerful.

The Three Dragons Solid Mask will make fire damage contribute to shock instead of ignite.

A better idea would probably be fire to cold conversion as there are quite a few uniques that do that.

Yeah but this helm kinda bad...
Only gives shock chance from fire. No magnitude. Meaning i still to go for lightning clasters...and no point to do it anymore bex i xan just go full galvanic build...

Thats why u say PoE2 has build variety problem

Lightning doesn't give magnitude to shock either, it only helps for the threshold.

For shock magnitude you have to pick shock or non damaging ailment magnitude clusters, whatever build you make, even with a regular lightning build.

Only damaging ailments (poison, bleed, ignite) benefit from the initial hit damage for magnitude.

If that helm gave magnitude to shock it would be the best item in the game for any shock build and lightning builds would be useless becasue you would just pick the helm and make a fire build because fire has a better average dps than lightning.