PoE Burning Arrow Build 3.25 – Path of Exile: Settlers of Kalguur

The Burning Arrow build in Path of Exile offers an exciting playstyle for those who enjoy incinerating enemies from a distance with fiery projectiles. This build focuses on maximizing fire damage and ignites to deal significant damage over time. Here’s a comprehensive guide to mastering the Burning Arrow build.

Burning Arrow Skill Mechanics

Burning Arrow (Level 20):

  • Type: Attack, Projectile, Fire, Bow
  • Mana Cost: 14
  • Attack Speed: 70% of base
  • Attack Damage: 420% of base
  • Effectiveness of Added Damage: 420%
  • Quality: +20%
  • Requires: Level 70, 155 Dexterity
  • Skill Mechanics:
    • Fire Damage: 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage.
    • Ignite Chance: 25% chance to Ignite enemies.
    • Increased Damage with Ignite: 20% more Damage with Ignite.

PoE Burning Arrow Build 3.25

Building a Burning Arrow Character

Weapon Choice

  • Bow: Choose a bow with high fire damage, critical strike chance, and attack speed to enhance the damage output of your Burning Arrows.

Passive Skill Tree

Focus on Nodes that Enhance:

  • Fire Damage: Boost the fire damage dealt by your Burning Arrows.
  • Elemental Damage: Increase overall elemental damage.
  • Bow Damage: Improve overall damage when using a bow.
  • Damage over Time: Enhance the effectiveness of your ignites.
  • Life and Resistances: Ensure survivability in higher-level content.

Ascendancy Choices

1. Deadeye (Ranger):

  • Gathering Winds: Provides Tailwind, increasing action speed.
  • Ricochet: Enhances the ability to hit multiple targets.
  • Far Shot: Increases damage dealt at longer ranges.
  • Endless Munitions: Adds additional projectiles for more damage output.

2. Elementalist (Witch):

  • Shaper of Flames: Grants more fire damage and enhances ignite effectiveness.
  • Mastermind of Discord: Increases elemental damage and penetration.
  • Paragon of Calamity: Provides elemental damage leech and resistance.

Support Gems

Main Skill Setup:

  • Burning Arrow: Primary attack skill.
  • Support Gems: Elemental Damage with Attacks, Combustion, Ignite Proliferation, Deadly Ailments, and Swift Affliction.

Utility Skills:

  • Flammability: Curses enemies, reducing their fire resistance.
  • Vaal Haste: Provides a temporary boost to attack speed and movement speed.
  • Herald of Ash: Adds extra fire damage and causes burning explosions.
  • Summon Skitterbots: Increases shock and chill effectiveness.

Gear and Accessories

1. Armor:

  • Body Armor: Seek high life, resistances, and elemental damage.
  • Helmet, Gloves, and Boots: Prioritize life, resistances, and movement speed.

2. Accessories:

  • Amulet and Rings: Focus on increased fire damage, life, and resistances.
  • Belt: A Stygian Vise with high life and elemental damage is ideal.

Flask Setup

1. Life Flask:

  • Instant Recovery: For emergency healing.

2. Utility Flasks:

  • Quicksilver Flask: Increases movement speed for repositioning.
  • Diamond Flask: Enhances critical strike chance.
  • Silver Flask: Grants Onslaught, increasing attack speed and movement speed.
  • Basalt Flask: Provides physical damage reduction.

Combat Strategy

1. Engaging Enemies:

  • Use Burning Arrow to initiate combat, applying ignite to enemies and causing significant damage over time.

2. Maximizing Damage:

  • Apply Flammability to reduce enemy fire resistance, and activate Herald of Ash for additional fire damage.
  • Use Vaal Haste to boost attack speed and clear enemies quickly.

3. Positioning:

  • Utilize Quicksilver Flask and movement skills to stay mobile and avoid enemy attacks while maintaining optimal positioning for maximum damage output.

Example Build

Deadeye Burning Arrow Build:

  • Focus: Increased fire damage, elemental damage, bow damage, and ignite effectiveness.
  • Key Passives: Gathering Winds, Ricochet, Far Shot, Endless Munitions.
  • Support Gems: Elemental Damage with Attacks, Combustion, Ignite Proliferation, Deadly Ailments, Swift Affliction.

Conclusion

The Burning Arrow build provides a powerful and satisfying playstyle for Path of Exile players who enjoy dealing devastating fire damage and watching enemies burn to ashes. By focusing on enhancing fire damage, ignite effectiveness, and utilizing the versatile mechanics of Burning Arrow, you can create a formidable character capable of tackling endgame content with ease. Equip your bow, ignite your arrows, and incinerate the battlefield with the Burning Arrow build.

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