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

Hey guys, been playing this build for a few days, just wondering where my next step is? I can clear Shaped Strand fairly easily, the boss is a bit tough, but manageable. My big issue is that I only have 3k health at level 73. I can easily bump that up to 4k through a few nodes and jewels, but I kinda get stuck there. Any hints? For gear or stats or whatever. Doesn't have to be health related, I just feel like my build has stalled a bit. I know the bow needs to be better, I've been crafting it myself and ran out of materials for the moment, so I left it at a decent place for farming. Will replacing the bow with a 350+ make that big a difference?

Thanks for the help :)

(Please note I only have 30 hrs in-game)
Hi! Enjoying the build so far. I'm level 31 in act 3 now and have no idea what I should spend my skills on. I have Ballistic Mastery, Herbalism, Fervour, Heavy and Deadly draw. I'm planning to go farther north to get Soul Raker to get rid of the mana flask and deal more damage. Is this a wise choice, or what should I consider?

Hey, I've got some questions regarding the build.


I'm currently playing SSF and building my Char around this build.

I wonder why you would use chain instead of pierce on the Ice Shot setup. The Dmg is almost doubled with pierce compared to chain. Is it just a QoL gem?
If it is QoL, wouldnt LMP with Chain be better than GMP with chain?
Im running around with Tornado Shot mostly, but thought about going for Ice Shot for defensive reasons. The Chain overall does not seem worth it.

I do have a 6-link and a Lioneyes Bow (thanks RNGesus).

I also have a Question about the Skills themself.
Ice Shot is Split into 2 things. Arrow and Cone. Do both, the Arrow Damage and the Cone Damage hit the monster?
Also, how is Tornado Shot calculated with its multiple arrows coming out of the tornado?

Example:

Tornado Shot deals 100k Dmg (fire 3 Arrows (LMP))
Ice Shot deals 150k Dmg from arrow and 200k dmg from Cone (LMP).
(Path of building numbers).

Does Ice Shot actually deal 350k?
And do the arrows/Cone Overlap so that I could potentially hit 1 monster with 3 Arrows / Cones?
and How much would the effective Dmg from Tornado Shot be? Is it 100K per arrow that comes out of the tornado? How many arrows actually come out of the tornado?


Also, I took the Primeval Force Cluster, it seems worth it considering the amount of Elementaal Damage this build deals with PTL etc

Thanks in advance.

Wouldn't Primeval Focus be great for damage and to avoid ele reflect?

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_Saranghaeyo_ schrieb:

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AntSunrise schrieb:

Wouldn't Primeval Focus be great for damage and to avoid ele reflect?

People have literally been hyping this up since the patch notes came out

So, is the skill tree outdated and I should go for it?

Thanks for info and links. Yellow maps are no problem for me so far a slong as no ele reflect. But thanks ! Will check more out.

I am having mana problem with this build, but i barely see anyone nor anything from the guide telling me something about it. Also, the build doesn't recommend to use any mana flask. That's where i'm confused at. Could someone enlighten me?

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bayuperdana schrieb:

I am having mana problem with this build, but i barely see anyone nor anything from the guide telling me something about it. Also, the build doesn't recommend to use any mana flask. That's where i'm confused at. Could someone enlighten me?

I personally used mana leech on my tabula until I got the .8% mana leech from the claw wheel. Once you have that you shouldn't have any other mana issues. If you do, try to fit in clarity for some easy extra regen.

Hello there,

Firstly i would like to thank you for all the hard work and dedication you've put into making this guide and all of the community contributions you've made, I'm also using your loot filter :D.

Now for the tricky part, after I've cleared the game on merc I kinda got overwhelmed by the options of skill gems that I should use, namely TS and gems that I could use like HOI+AM+COH vs Hatred+HOT+AM+COH for example.

For now I'll probably farm Dried Lake and start some small scale mapping.

Also reviewing my general setup and the above mentioned gems that i should use and gem combinations-links, would be rather helpful, since I lack the game knowledge and could use some advice.

And of course which gear should i look out for and improve. Also so far I have Lioneye's Glare Imperial Bow and Death's Opus Death Bow.

Again thanks for all the great stuff, cheers!

P.S. I've made sure my character isn't set to private.

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dksdragon schrieb:

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bayuperdana schrieb:

I am having mana problem with this build, but i barely see anyone nor anything from the guide telling me something about it. Also, the build doesn't recommend to use any mana flask. That's where i'm confused at. Could someone enlighten me?

I personally used mana leech on my tabula until I got the .8% mana leech from the claw wheel. Once you have that you shouldn't have any other mana issues. If you do, try to fit in clarity for some easy extra regen.

Regarding the Soul Raker notable:
I don't see much use in wasting 4 points along the way to get to a notable you're only using at 50% efficiency. Only the leech increase on Soul Raker actually gets used, more life leech per second is redundant once you get Vaal Pact.

If you're just experiencing mana problems - especially during leveling - it makes more sense to spec three points into Essence Sap.

For the late game skill tree, I'd put the 5 points from the claw cluster into the Vitality/Spirit Void cluster.

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Azezzel schrieb:

Now for the tricky part, after I've cleared the game on merc I kinda got overwhelmed by the options of skill gems that I should use, namely TS and gems that I could use like HOI+AM+COH vs Hatred+HOT+AM+COH for example.

For now I'll probably farm Dried Lake and start some small scale mapping.

Also reviewing my general setup and the above mentioned gems that i should use and gem combinations-links, would be rather helpful, since I lack the game knowledge and could use some advice.

And of course which gear should i look out for and improve. Also so far I have Lioneye's Glare Imperial Bow and Death's Opus Death Bow.

If you're confident in your ability to handle reflect mobs (you already have Atziri's Promise), switch to the Lioneye's Glare and try to get the crit nodes near Shadow ASAP. This will be a major boost to your DPS.

As far as Aura/Curse setups go, Hatred + HoI is a very solid setup, regarding offense/defense balance.

IIRC Curse on Hit works better with HoT than with HoI. Not really sure about that, though. Manual cursing always seemed detrimental to the overall clearspeed by comparison to a CoH setup.
I don't get the point of using Frenzy+CoH+AM without LMP/GMP. Perhaps, you'd be better off swapping the HoI in your Bow with GMP.
Or maybe switch to Raider Ascension for passive-based frenzy charge generation, so you can use Split Arrow+CoH+AM for power charge generation only.