+ A very serviceable bosser with high damage and decent uptime. A subreddit dedicated to Path of Exile, an ARPG made by Grinding Gear Games…Anomalous Siege Ballista is an Alternate Quality gem of Siege Ballista. 61 votes, 56 comments. Bought a 6S/5L evasion body armour for 1C, then used a Screaming Essence of Greed on it. Using Iron Commander Death Bow and this bow has "Siege Ballista has +1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems per 200 Dexterity". Join Commander Kirac's militia and defend the Atlas and Wraeclast itself against these celestial foes. 21 Budge Bow Build (Ice Shot Deadeye) Ice Shot Dead Eye is well-rounded budget bow build for PoE Crucible League. Last league I also went Palsteron's TR ballista build and had a good time farming both blight instances in maps and blight ravaged maps without too much issue. . As per rule 10. 3. Use until you have some res + prefix for bench life craft (3-10 essences needed) Do not forget to use Intrinsic Catalysts before crafting. Build Cost 4. Can comfortably kill all ubers except Sirus because he teleports way too damn much. 2) + 1 = 20. Siege Ballista: pretty much exclusively used as a support skill in bow builds Shrapnel Ballista: used as a main skill with some success Artillery Ballista: given that only two people on poe. When clearing Run Siege ballista, Cold Damage, Cold Pen, Elemental with Attacks, and its up to you what you want on the rest. Path of Exile Forum. This build was originally created by Lunasicc187 during 3. Siege Ballista builds. 21 Crucible League. Swapping to siege ballista for clear alleviated some of the issues but it just felt bad swapping so often. Overall the build is squishy at the start and then becomes a powerhouse with gear. 21 if you find passive on the weapon tree (and it is really exists): Adds 2 to 4 Cold Damage to Attacks with this Weapon per 10 Dexterity. For now, I am using Artillery Ballista but it does not feel optimal. GrizNectar • 9 mo. Originally posted by RandomHero: +1 by default. It deals damage over time too so you can focus on avoiding taking damage. 📺 11 videos found. There's a few videos on YouTube of invitations. ) to 10. Make sure to corrupt al. 5 * 1. Share on Social. . Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand. Iron Commander builds are super lulsy but not the only ones that can make Ballista workable. ~ 145%. Hi all, after reading the patchnote and noticed the small buffs to the ballistas (in general), I was wondering to make a siege ballista build with an Iron Commander (nothing special, just random dexterity stacking). Hierophant Siege Ballista Dex Stacker - Full Build Guide. This is because getting Anomalous Siege Ballista and Divergent Additional Accuracy to 30% quality adds 1. 580K subscribers in the pathofexile community. Includes the Scourge Arrow Pathfinder skill tree, ratings for the endgame, the best gear, the best flasks, and the best support gems for Scourge Arrow. 54K views 1 year ago #PathofExile #lakeofkalandra. +25% to Critical Strike Multiplier against Unique Enemies27%. Atlas progression and bossing on a budget cuts you down a bit, taking out the spell-based DoT builds and maybe Boneshatter, but that still leaves plenty of builds, and if you want to focus on bossing, that adds a couple of builds that have mediocre clear but are safe bossers like HoAg or Siege Ballista. Totem lasts 8 seconds. With it we can get more Siege Ballistas down based on our dexterity. 18 but the defenses on PoE. At 2 extra totems, ballistas = 5 * 25% = 125% DPS, old ranged attack. 0 coins. +1 Unique shield Tukohama's Fortress -OR- Quiver Skirmish. well no. 8 more replies. by zorker;Here's some minmaxing advice for my upcoming Leaguestarter Build, the Toxic Rain Ballista Pathfinder. _____ Skill-gems and setups: Main attack: Siege Ballista, Greater Multiple Projectiles, Faster Attacks, Weapon Elemental Damage, Slower Projectiles (5-link) & Added Lightning Damage (6-link). . TR Ballista totems are supplemental single target damage that provides easy 15 wither stacks for your self-cast TR. 7/7 Cleared. It is based on 3 new items introduced in Heist league: - Alternate quality Shrapnel Ballista v1: Chains +2 times at 20% quality. People who prefer a build that has a video-guide linked to it. 13 Echoes of the Atlas. Sadly poe ninja calculates damage per balista, and not total damage output, which would place the build at top 5 sorted by dps, below the glacial bois After playing aurastacker every league since delirium, my benchmark of 'good dps' was set overly high, however this build surprised and surpassed all my expectations. the skill you are looking for is called siege ballista and not ballista totem. I was playing this build in 3. 18. 3. And a bit squooshy. This allows you to essentially benchcraft life/convert phys to cold damage first. Asking them to keep insane additional X stacking in the game is dumb, because your ballista build getting 20% more damage also meant frostbolt totems got 40% more damage (because. Give me a thumbs up and click that like button too for the algorithm ;): The Iron Commander, a unique bow that specifically interacts with Siege Ballista is also incredibly weak. Builds. Path of Exile [PoE] 3. It was known as Ranged attack totems or RAT. Rush to Ancestral Bond and then Utmost Might as. COLD CHAMPION SIEGE BALLISTA GUIDE - DPS. Additional Effects From Quality:The cat is out of the bag now. And Mines would give up the attack speed bonus from Juggernaut ascendancy and require investment into throwing speed. + A very serviceable bosser with high damage and decent uptime. Premium Powerups. This setup would allow you to confidently farm maps up to T12. Levelling. 0 2. I am not sure I agree with your logic on the Hiero part. At around 600str. Wallach's Siege Ballista Hierophant (Enjoy Consistent Character Balance) ". Updated build for the most part of the dex totem build from 3. 17 Templar Siege Ballista Hierophant Easy Build . About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright. 25 sec with build 2 (50M/1. Keep in mind this might get nerfed very soon. EarlySetup explanations. . 231 votes, 47 comments. 🔗 PoE forum post. 17 Siege of the Atlas. 3. 👀 94292 🗨️ 60 ⌛ 4 years ago. Primary damage links in order of relative priority: Siege Ballista. Splitting steel received a very significant buff in the patch notes. +2 Passive Templar-Hierophant. An S Tier Bosser and an A Tier mapper? This build is an absolute powerhouse, and largely untouched in the patch-notes. Except that you are also getting 600 dex so you can have 4x Siege Ballista. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright. you need to link ballista totem support to another skill and use it from the bar. This build is using Abyss Jewels to get an absurd amount of Accuracy. 3. Acquisition. This is pretty typical of PoE. Skill. Since you probably won't have access to the second 6-link, it is best to use it in 4-link or mix with Lightning Arrow for a double 5. I also play dex stacking ballistas, so this is a bummer. Introduced to the game. As a physical base build we take full advantage of both. I am playing dex stacking siege ballista hiero and with my current 1800 dex I still seem to have 1/3 to 1/2 of the damage of many people on poe ninja. Maybe I'll try Siege Ballista. Play to build's strengths. You can calculate approximately how many fuses you'll get using the following formula (the "+ 1" at the end is cause the fuse timer only starts once you hit your first fuse): (attack rate x totem count x fuse duration) + 1 = fuse count. Siege ballista is a great and cheap way to gear a char and make some currency for a more expensive 2nd char. PoEDB provides things come out each league, as well as items, uniques, skills and passives. LA (5 proj) + sniper's mark (lvl21, 100+ effct, 10 proj) + barrage support: depends on proj speed and distance and position. 0 then switched to ele (ice dmg). A Path of Exile Guide for Scourge Arrow Pathfinder (Ranger) with Siege Ballista Wither totems. 17 and it was amazing, looking forward to trying it out again. The several Siege Ballista. Being great at boss-killing doesn’t take an ability to map away from this build – it’s more than a fair choice for map clearing as well. The total would be 6 totems (with the anointment and Skirmish Quiver) it actually looks very promising. I knew it was possible to get a 1000 or more stats, as I have seen people getting it on their. 3. If I remember, for toxic rain the additional arrows land pods round the target location while artillery ballista the arrows lands in a line of the target location. 5. 20: The build itself haven't changed and should be just fine as it was in 3. You enjoy the build right now?Projectile Speed: 3260. Attack Speed: 50% of base. Shrapnel ballista targeting range is way lower and thus is really not great for clear. For this build we want to aim for 800+ dexterity (thus 5 total ballistas) with 1000 being our max. 2 hierophant, lead to the thought process behind the build. If you are tired of Toxic Rain or Forbidden Rite Totems, this is a powerful off-meta build that can do most of the endgame content like Sirius 8, The Formed,. . Awesome boost to the build. It kills bosses with huge Ignites and clears whole screens of monsters with the Ignite Proliferation Support. 21 Crucible? #PathofExile #PoE #Cruci. Level with any bow skill you like together with a ballista skill, use Wrath/Anger aura before you can use "Wilma's Requital". Simply run around, dropping your Siege Ballista as you go, and use your Frenzy to generate charges and debuff enemies as needed. If modifying pierce to only the skill does increase it's damage, then it would be safe to assume that ballista will have this interaction. Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand. Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand. . Hey guys, dex stacking Siege Ballista build is here. Normally Chin Sol has a knockback effect at close range, pushing enemies out of the desirable double damage zone. A Fixture of Fate Fallen from Grace Lilly Roth Alternate skill effects Siege Ballista has the following alternate skill effects Your Spell or Ballista totem becomes an Arcane Tome. I thought about playing a Acc stacking char. And chain wont work with it as it has 100% chance to. -Build created. its kind of hard to get so many blue sockets on QOTF so maybe use advanced traps if you are unable to get so many blue sockets. It was known as Ranged attack totems or RAT. Ballista Totem Support is a support gem that modifies the supported bow or wand skill, so that instead of the player casting the skill directly, they summon a balllista totem using the skill. Really nice job on Shaper and uber Atziri! Now make a dual claw Rive build with Shaper gloves :) This build will destroy everything in this game on a BUDGET! T16 red maps are a joke! Destroys all side-content in Path Of Exile. Buy Anomalous Siege Ballista 20/20 because it gives you 2 additional projectiles which is a nice dps boost and qol for map clear. The primary idea behind this build is to scale the damage off of flat elemental the same way you would a traditional crit elemental build. I would appreciate any feedback on this as well as the build in general. Welcome to a full build guide for the Champion Artillery Ballista build in Path of Exile! This build is completely different from Explosive Arrow and is incredibly strong, with an estimated 5 million damage that could reach up to 13 million against bigger bosses. In theory shrapnel DPS should outscale siege ballista but you fix part of that with just using barrage support on siege ballista. This build is oriented around using one of the new Ballista Skills for solid AoE Damage and amazing clear speed. Adapted this build to have good. 17. . 13] SIEGE BALLISTA HIEROPHANT Build > Iron Commander & 15 Ballistas! CHEAP. This build doesn't use Crimson Dance, as by maximizing the speed. Friends don't let friends play siege ballista builds. Links at this point are: Siege ballista > impale > vicious proj > brutality > maim and the 6th is really unknown. Used a 5L instead of the Tabula. You can easily level with generic spells until you reach level 28 and gain access to the Dark Pact skill. 15 Nurfs i wasn't happy with the single target dmg of this build, so i made some changes and started using Focused Artillery Ballista along with Blast Rain and Lightning Arrow. There's some cool new toys to play with on the Explosive Arrow Ballista (EA) for 3. fezz's Toxic Rain Champion - Step-by-Step PoE Build Guide for Beginners & Casuals. 17. Shrapnel Ballista Attack, Projectile, Totem, Physical, Bow. It's a Dexterity-Stacking build that among many other Unique items that scale with Dexterity uses Iron Commander. 1. Hi friends, in this video I'll show you my variation build Siege Ballista Hierophant Templar in PoE 3. Full Siege Ballista Dex-Stacker Build Guide out soon! (Path of Exile, 3. And I wouldn't count Siege Ballista off just yet. 17 I played a dex stacking Siege Ballista build and it made me really like ballista totem builds. UPDATE 3. So what I'm thinking is, should I be getting "Some" life nodes in the tree while. Simply run around, dropping your Siege Ballista as you go, and use your Frenzy to generate charges and debuff enemies as needed. Hello, I'm pretty new to POE and this is my first league. 25 sec or a 6. The build uses the Iron Commander bow to serve as a powerful multiplier for the already respectably high flat chaos damage provided by the Added Chaos Damage. Marking the mastery and you get a list telling that right now. If you are interested in trying out the totem based Dexterity Stacking Siege Ballista Hierophant bui ld you can find a guide for it here Siege Ballista. In Path of Exile: Siege of the Atlas, two new Eldritch Horrors threaten to consume the Atlas of Worlds. Gameplay. Two-stone rings with Dexterity/Res/Life. January 5, 2020. 6W is purely bling. 22) Published. Simply run around, dropping your Siege Ballista as you go, and use your Frenzy to generate charges and debuff enemies as needed. It offers very high single-target damage, but also an insane clear speed with entire screens of monsters falling down to Split Arrow's Piercing projectiles. I'm just trying to theorycraft possible damage and I've made a spreadsheet that I believe to be fairly accurate based on what I consider to be pretty attainable numbers. Yes, ele version is quite a bit stronger because we are unable to scale phys trough crit, there simply isn't enough talent points due to having to travel around so much and you really,. Grace is the best defensive aura for this build and gives very high evasion. Welcome to our list of Raider builds for Path of Exile’s Trial of the Ancestors league (3. Juggernaut can't be slowed too and gets bonus movement speed. I thought this is a Meme Build, but it turned out to be extremly strong. 20. I am working on making a Siege Ballista hierophant in standard, and i'm looking at a lot of other siege ballista builds, and i'm noticing a large lack of defenses on most of these characters - many rely on evade from dex, and some spell suppression chance, but have little or no armour, run no defensive auras, don't take a lot of defensive nodes in the tree. 4. You can always messag. iron commander = +1 ballista per 200 dex and 1-3 phys damage per 25 dex. Welcome to our list of Raider builds for Path of Exile’s Trial of the Ancestors league (3. 22. Path of Exile The Forbidden Sanctum releases this Friday, December 9th at 11am PST. Artillery Ballista. This chest was inspired by Palsteron's latest build idea to use Inquisitor as a Siege Ballista ascendancy. Path of Exile 3. Ziz's character sadly died to a Crucible unique monst. Siege Ballista with Barrage Shot Gun Ballista already has alots Projectiles. I agree with everyone else in this thread about there being better blight builds, but TR ballista does fine in blight especially with the ensnaring arrow slow while the towers do all the. with old EA you wouldve gotten 100+5*20 = 200 dmg. 10% of Leech is Instant18%. Generally siege ballista builds don't bother picking up any of the totem specific nodes, on account that siege ballista scales with all your projectile and bow damage nodes, and Iron Commander already gives you a ton of extra siege ballistas so +1 extra totem is pretty useless. Every 200 points nets us another Ballista, translating directly to damage. He has an old guide on the forum but you can click his profile he still plays the build every single. I made this build in 3. . The Siege ballista is one of the most potent boss-killer builds in the game. Hollow Palm Ground Slam until level 38 and switch to Vaal Ancestral Warchief. When you are able to use "Wilma's Requital", swap into pure ballista build (frenzy as support skill), and start using Haste aura. (chain isn't great with siege ballista, though, because a projectile has to use up all of its pierces before it chains). Well, it appears that the classic Iron Commander Siege Ballista build is still one of the best, if not the ABSOLUTELY best “RAT” possible. . 22] MoM Crit Power Siphon Totem Hierophant. . 9 was the Ranged Attack Totem revamp into Ballistas, giving us a significant amount of extra totems, totem life, and some other helpful nodes on the passive tree. This build can be used with any of the Ballista Totems, according to CheapBunny, but they found the Artillery Ballista to be. I’ve explored different possibilities, added some cool tricks and juiced up the build to the max here. Im currently playing ice spear hierophant and at the top end you can hit 72million and swap to freezing pulse to map but on the dex stack ballisa totems you can hit that with less investment and it has a higher ceiling but it's considerably worse for mapping so if you're just bossing I'd go with dex stack ballista. I went with a pretty hipster concept - scale base phys damage, then convert to lightning and stack flat lightning on top of it. Also use hypothermia in your 6 link instead of bareage support for map clearing. #PathofExile #PoE #CrucibleFull Build Guide: can work just fine if you build for it, but you do have to build for it. How is the build working for end game content? I have been doing cheapbunnys artillery ballista build this league. 45% reduced Siege Ballista attack speed per Siege Ballista. Depending on crafting and all, you do have the option to invest into more expensive bases and craft from there. Summons a ballista totem that attacks with piercing arrows. Adds (8-12) to (16-24) Physical Damage. But in order to actually get to 20 EA stacks, we'll have to use ballista totem and barrage. However, it does struggle with multiple monsters on screen. But every once in a while, someone gets that itch, and there is no other way to scratch it. I started the game with a ranger and have been trying to force a siege totem build to work. The leaked crucible node for it was slightly confusing so i wanna make sure i got it right. Now grants +2 to your maximum number of summoned totem s at all gem levels. 21 if you find passive on the weapon tree (and it is really exists): Adds 2 to 4 Cold Damage to Attacks with this Weapon per 10 Dexterity. Getting 600 dex should be quite easy so that's 4 totems without Ancestral Bond. Building for 1500 omni is incredibly inefficient these days, and the best way to build it imo is to target 1100-1200 omni, then make use of very strong uniques such as kaoms gloves, hyrris ire, or perseverance for scaling. I think a taunting siege ballista would be a. The totem uses the player's currently equipped bow or wand for the damage. I played this build in the perandus SC league, but I do believe it could work on HC as well, HC players can make their own judgement I. I've been using this the past leagues but never went above 1000 dex. The Iron Commander, a unique bow that specifically interacts with Siege Ballista is also incredibly weak. Neither are expensive in 3. Focused ballista was great, but I think like to Artillery ballista without it, don’t exactly know why. I am not sure I agree with your logic on the Hiero part. 17. 15% increased maximum Life if there are no Life Modifiers on Equipped Body Armour30%. Here you can find usefull info like POB and links to my crafting videos:Leveling POB with full leveling guide which i have followed last league from Wallach:. It's an excellent single target support if you have at least one extra projectile from another source. It summons a ballista totem that fires a powerful, piercing bolt after a build-up time. This version of the build uses Siege Ballista for single target, combined with Farrul's Pounce gloves to deal damage similar to Puncture. so the build is viable again. Without nerf : boss lasts 5 sec with build 1 (50M/10M) and 25 sec with build 2 (50M/2M) With nerf : boss lasts 6. And make sure that it's a proper guide, so check. 3. 22 Trial of the Ancestors begins this Friday and to prepare we have several new League Starter guides to get you started! Along with the new guides, our existing build guides have been updated to the new patch as well as our currency farming guides. 1)I bought a gripped glove base with only two mod being t1 dex and temple cold mod on a gripped gloves. 20: The build itself haven't changed and should be just fine as it was in 3. Ondar's Clasp Wrapped Mitts. This build will be the build Tuna is league starting and after it got buffed by 44% in the patch notes is looking to be the best and most promising all rounder starter build for PoE 3. Really hard to dodge everything, and unless you are next level gamer, portals. If you don't feel weirdly compelled then I recommend you stay away. I was expecting to be able to nearly instaphase normal bosses with 1800 dex but the fights still take a while which is a problem given the lack of tankiness for the build. This build is fairly simple to play once put together. This bug was fixed on 17. Split Arrow/Puncture is currently the best combination of Bleed Skills in Path of Exile. Hits will kill you though, so you'll have some issues on uber shaper. its kind of hard to get so many blue sockets on QOTF so maybe use advanced traps if you are unable to get so many blue sockets. 50% damage effectiveness * 50% speed = 25% DPS. 4. CryptoI need help on what to improve on my siege ballista build. The Siege Ballista Hierophant is another strong dexterity stacking build that utilizes dexterity to increase its damage and the number of Siege Ballista totems the player can have out at once. This is pretty typical of PoE. 21 Update. All 3 ballista totem active skill gems are attack skills. Patch 3. I played SSF SC 2 leagues ago and went with storm rain ballista with focused ballista. OP I am not currently playing the build, but would agree with this comment that while crucible shenanigans are fun, all my PoB work indicates Siege Ballista is the best bet for poison ballistas. Beginner's Page. Find a guide with a skill that looks most fun to you. 20 Cons: everything is much more expensive. Thanks for watching! Check below for all links mentioned in the video_____Patreon N. 15% increased maximum Life if there are no Life Modifiers on Equipped Body Armour30%. Ballista totems is a type of totem. 17] Wallach's Siege Ballista Hierophant (Preliminary 3. Level: 1–20. Level: 1–20. Siege Ballista Inquisitor is the best Boss-Deleter I've ever played, period. 8% increased Damage for each of your Aura or Herald Skills affecting you29%. honestly that chest is so underrated. 19. Although, barrage seems pretty busted but with the “I kill you first before you kill me” play style, while Artillery Balista feels like a hit and run kinda. . 2023. My new Bosser Build for 3. Empire's Grasp: Reverses knockback effect and grants lvl 10 knockback to socketed gems. I had around 15 Exalts to start with, then slowly upgraded my gear as i got more currency. ninja Metamorph uses them, I assume the skill is quite low tierDiscussion about Path of Exile, a free ARPG made by Grinding Gear Games. Main 6L Siege Ballista 6L Lightning Spire Trap Support gems for lightning Spire Trap can be changed depending on the colour of sockets you get. 7/7 Cleared. Cost: 6–11 Mana. Siege ballista - great clear, ok-ish bossing. Now is two variants: ele/champ EA ballista and Siege Ballista Hierophant. It stood the test of time, though, and in the hands of the Totem Master, we can reach 17 totems!! What the Siege. #PathofExile #Sentinel #BuildGuide/////☑️☑️ 3. Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand. 73 fuses. Hey Guys, I have posted a video on updates/changes to the build with a bit of a guide too. If you want ballista to be better, ask them to improve ballista. Enjoy! 👍 don't forget to subscrib. Ballista Totem. Got one question though. Siege Ballista is a bow attack skill. 🔗 PoE forum post. So far all gems that related to ballista totem have totem and projectile gem tags. 26. Start levelling with siege ballista. 52% plays it with lightning arrow 22% artillery balista 12% ice shot 8% barrage 7% frost blades 6% sst 6% molten strike. Hey Guys, I have posted a video on updates/changes to the build with a bit of a guide too. Check me out on Twitch! go easy on me, this is my first build guide video and goes decently in depth. Ballista Build? I'm a huge Siege Ballista fan in PoE, and ever since 0. Includes the Siege Ballista Hieorphant skill tree, the best support gems for Siege Ballista, ratings for the endgame, the best gear, and the best flasks for a Siege Ballista Hierophant. I feel like I should be able to push the damage a bit higher but I'm stuck. Requires a Bow. Allright, thanks. -Decent clear speed I guess-We can proudly equip the mighty Briskwrap-Hard to die as you can hide behind a wall of totems. 59 * 1. Iron Commander is awesome, and getting dex isn't as hard as it might seem. As I noticed siege ballista is not very popular now, maybe it's too nerfed. Siege Ballista is an interesting skill, it deals lots of damage, its able to kill stuff 2 screens away, but it suffers a bit from "slow" attack speed. Eirikeiken has Siege Ballista + Ele damage w/ attacks + Damage on full life + ele focus + added cold + cold pen. Regardless, I don't expect either to be unaffordable in the first few days, shouldn't be an issue. Path of Exile Action role-playing game Hack and slash Role-playing video game Action game Gaming comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment. Ballista totem skills are sub-type of totem skills. I. UPDATE 3. 22) Published. I'd say switch around 60 from whatever you're leveling with. This would allow you to roughly sit at 1. An Old Man and his 15 wooden friends!this is the build for you. So with 50 ex budget you would be around 30 mil dps without problems. Advertisement Coins. Path of Exile's 3. ~45 % vs. This build has a really nice balance of clear speed, damage, survivability, budget, and quality of life. 9, I decided to write a small supplementary update post for the build in the same thread as I really love the build. I started as EA Ballista for leveling and when i acquired certain build enabling uniques like Wildwrap, Iron commander bow, Astramentis and Fractal Thoughts mask then i have swaped to Siege Ballista's. 18 and now 3. You can get more or less depending on how you want to build your character. 17 my league starter was Pohx's RF which was an absolute mad lad and carried me through all the content very easily. Shrapnel Ballista also has much worse base damage and effectiveness of added damage (because it can shotgun). Zizaran talks briefly about the Poison Artillery Ballista Pathfinder, a new build he came across with. +1 Unique chest armor Soul Mantle. All it really needs is a level 21 Ballista Totem support or cheap Shako, Eye of Innocence, Quill Rain, and Torchoak Step to easily run through T16s. You can also check our other Path of Exile builds right over here Odealo's Crafty Guides - Full List 1. So far all gems that related to ballista totem have totem and projectile gem tags. . So for example our midgame gearset gives us: (2. 17 Changes) By Wallach. However, ideally I could skip totems altogether and just use some bow skill (like Barrage or LA with Barrage Support). This build can be played in several different ways: 1. Flask setup. + Ludicrous damage in groups of mobs. (30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance. Since then. Level 32 Level 62 Level 85 Level 98 (if you fancy) So which Ascendancy do you choose?Some comparisons between Toxic Rain Ballista Pathfinder and Explosive Arrow Ballista. So i started using Focused Artillery Ballista along with Blast Rain and Lightning Arrow. 9 introduced several new Ballista/Totem Skills which offer completely new and unique playstyle.