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Level 96 Crit Siege Ballista Hierophant3.25
Life: 3,42183%
ES: 182
Mana: 106
Dex: 1,932
eHP:
20,829
Resistances: 75%/75%/75%/8%
Evade: 33%
Armour: 8,194
DPS: 19,921,890
Speed: 2.82
Hit Chance: 100%
Crit Chance: 88.65%
Crit Multi: 324%
Config: Pinnacle, 15% Shock, Frenzy
Bandit: Kill All
Pantheon: Soul of the Brine King, Soul of Ryslatha
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Gems
Siege Ballista
Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks
Faster Attacks
Hypothermia
Awakened Cold Penetration
Awakened Added Cold Damage
Hatred
Summon Skitterbots
Bonechill
Enlighten
Immortal Call
Cast when Damage Taken
Portal
Cast on Death
Frostblink
Frostbite
Blood Rage
Summon Ice Golem
Ensnaring Arrow
Mirage Archer
Barrage Support
Frenzy
Manaforged Arrows
Precision
Tree Preview


- 5% increased Attributes

- 40% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage

- 15% increased maximum Life if there are no Life Modifiers on Equipped Body Armour

- 1% increased Projectile Damage per 16 Dexterity

- 60% increased Global Critical Strike Chance if you've Summoned a Totem Recently
Notes
HELLO. WE ARE THE SUCKY BOYS COMMUNITY This guide is written by the community of sucky boys, all informations was extracted from POEguy below you can find his videos. (I recommend you to still watch the videos since there are plenty valuable information to understand the build throughly). SIEGE BALLISTA BUILD GUIDE ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2miLRgDqVPg&t=0s ) UPDATED LEAGUE START GUIDE for Siege Ballista ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIUy2o0m4TQ&t=0s ). GAME PLAY ACTS 1-4 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfR47W-F9WU&t=29s ) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ACT 1 - 3 ( TREE: Use Act 1 - 3 LEVELING [HF TOTEM] ) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ First Town. buy Purifying Flame complete quest Breaking some Eggs. go back to town. Buy Holy Flame Totem. This will be your main skills till you reach act 3 (Library). then transition/swap to Explosive arrow ballista. Main setup:- - Purifying Flame (YOU DROP THIS WHEN YOU GET TO ANCESTRAL BOND KEYSTONE, refer to Tree.) - Holy Flame Totem - Combustion (link it to above skills for more damage) - Elemental Focus Utility:- - Frost Blink - SteelSkin Auras:- - Clarity - Herald of Ash TIPS:- 1- its okie to have trash items with suitable link items to make this setup works. 2- look for items stats to boost your damage such as: - % increased spell damage / fire damage 3- ( OPTIONAL ) Look for a Sapphire ring ( %gives cold resistance ) to help you in the Merveil fight. 4- RegEx that can be helpful finding main links. [ b-b-r|b-r-b|r-b-b|nne|Flam ] 5- ( SIOSA, ACT 3 ) Buy and level in off-hand these gems to make transition easier: -Explosive Arrow -Ballista Totem Support -Elemental Damage with Attacks -Lesser Multiple Projectiles _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ACT 3 - 10 + Early mapping (white and yellow maps) ( TREE: Use Act 3 - 10 LEVELING [EA BALLISTA] ) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Once you reach the Library, you should be buying this setup for next Acts and early mapping till you hit level 73 aprox. If you need to level up your gems -> Go to "The Docks" and kill some monsters there Main Setup: - Explosive Arrow - Ballista Totem Support - Elemental Damage with Attacks - Lesser Multiple Projectiles (when you find a 4-link item) Utility:- - Frost Blink - SteelSkin - Frenzy - Manaforged arrows (Optional) Auras:- - Clarity - Precision (after completing the campign swap Precision with Purity of Elements) TIPS:- 1) ALWAYS CHECK VENDORS FOR LINKED ITEMS. 2) DO NOT WEAR A QUIVER THAT HAS *PIERCE EFFECTS* 3) BUY Siege Ballista WEAR IT IN YOUR WEAPON SETUP 2, SO IT LEVELS UP TO MINIMUM LEVEL 14 FOR TRANSITION TO SIEGE BALLISTA BUILD. 4) COMPLETE 3 RUNS LABS BEFORE MAPPING. Recommended:- a) first lab - ACT 5 ( allocate pursuit of faith ) b) second lab - ACT 9 (allocate ritual of awakening ) c) third lab - before you kill Kitava in ACT 10. (allocate convication of power ) 5) YOUR MAIN STATS ARE 1- Dexterity 2- Maximum life 3- Elemental Resistances _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Siege Ballista Transition. ( TREE: Use EARLY SIEGE BALLISTA TRANSITION ) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1) 5 mandatory items to have:- Helmet: Fractal Thoughts Bow: Iron Commander Chest: Briskwrap (recommended) or any Rare with 5-link set up (Siege Ballista=Faster Attacks=Added Cold Damage=Life Tap=Elemental Damage) Quiver: The Poised Prism Gloves: Hrimsorrow 2) Level 73 and above 3) A Siege Ballista skill gem level 14 and above Main Setup: (Chest) - Siege Ballista ( NEEDS 20% QUALITY ) you can get it to 20% quality naturally when you do your ascendancy labs! - Lifetap - Elemental Damage with Attacks - Added Cold Damage - Faster Attacks Utility:- - Dash + Second wind + SteelSkin + Lifetap - Frenzy + Mirage Archer + culling strike + lifetap - Frostbite + Lifetap Auras:- - Purity of Elements - Grace _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Siege Ballista Hiero. ( TREE: Use SIEGE BALLISTA HIERO ) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1- Refer to POB Tree, Items, Skills 2- watch youtube for more information. LINK HERE: https://youtu.be/2miLRgDqVPg?si=GBeFLzE2AZFIxSiH&t=1201 Reminder. this is part recommended to watch the link above. !!!IF YOU WANT TO UPGRADE THIS BUILD FURTHER MORE!!! 3- How to get a CHEAP but GOOD Timeless Jewel on LEAGUE START SCENARIO GUIDE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWwlMwkA3IQ 4- Thread of Hope, Crimson Jewel. if this jewel is expensive. please click the link and watch variants on how to allocate skill tree from the current one. https://youtu.be/2miLRgDqVPg?si=9QMNZSz9pIWusI_J&t=1809 5- Pantheon: Major God - Soul of Lunaris Minor God - Soul of Shakari ( remember to fully unlock them with DIVINE VESSELS )