1. Right now I'm running a fire build with CA and Multishot, but I'm interested in switching to the cold rocket build. Would that be a good idea with my gear level? I have an Etrayu in my stash, but the stats aren't that great.
2. Several pieces of gear have less than ideal enchants since I rolled them before doing research on this site and the official forums. Which ones should I look to reroll/replace first?
3. I just got a second Unity and have a templar with the "follower can't die" relic. However, I'd take a big DPS loss (about 150k) breaking up the Natalya's set. Is not dying worth losing that much damage?
Hi there... the dmg loss that you see will be mainly due to the atk speed loss. Looking at your current set up, you're only hitting the 2.842 breakpoint, so whatever excess atk speed you have is wasted. If you swap over to the Etrayu, you'll be hitting the same 2.842 breakpoint. It being a bow and has cold% dmg, you'll be hitting harder actually (I'm assuming you have cold% dmg and +dmg% rolled on your Bow)
Some recommended rerolls/item change for your consideration:
1. You have trifecta Taskers - ditch the vit and reroll that to 10% crit chance.
2. Natalya's reflection - you're better off with a cold SoJ or Compass Rose for party; and unity for solo ... i personally prefer the Compass Rose for the extra stat slot.
3. Bracers - Slave Bonds will be best in slot here with cold% and 6% CC
4. Ammy - ideally you want cold%, CC, CHD & socket... if not, Dex, CC,CHD & socket
5. Helm - 15% cluster arrow + 6% CC
6. Shoulders - try to find one with 8% cooldown reduction with 15% sentry
7. Belt - if you don't have a Witch Hour, Hellcat is a good alternative... if you prefer more survivability, then try String of Ears.
I see what you mean, I thought the DPS loss was from breaking up the Nat set but from playing around with other gear it is from the attack speed. I'll start looking for gear and building up enchanting mats to switch to a cold build. The Etrayu has 17% cold and can reroll for +dmg, but the base dmg bonus is 1073-1267 so it's not quite ideal. I'm guessing "ammy" is the amulet, right? If so, do I look for those stats on another Flavor of Time or something different?
As far as the ammy goes, it might be worth trying for a hellfire amulet. and hoping to get one with decent rolls, and a good passive like Steady Aim or cull of the weak. Also, might pay to try replacing some of the diamonds in your chest/ legs with emeralds for the added dex and try swapping the amethyst in the helm to diamond for some more CDR. you never want to be right ontop of the enemy with the DH so having a little less toughness/ vit shouldnt be too much of an issue aslong as you can keep your distance and dodge damage. A stone of jordan is also a good second ring to use for the cold build because you can roll Cold dmg onto it and also have elite dmg. However you do loose the damage reduction that unity provides. You'll just need to test both rings and see what works best.
Yup... ammy is amulet. there are a few amulets you can look out for which will be pretty good.. of course the best in slot will be a Hellfire Amulet, the next best will be immunity amulets: Countess (Arcane) and Xephirian (Lightning)... then there's Traveler's Pledge to go with your compass rose
Here's my current setup. it's by no means perfect, but i did manage to clear GR40 with it
Gotcha, lots of good info here so thanks for the help. My biggest problem in grifts is killing things fast enough to keep up with the progress bar, though dying definitely hurts when Awareness doesn't stop two one-hit kills. I've heard the strat now is to place sentries and pull mobs to them, is that the way to go with a cold rocket build?
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And here are the questions:
1. Right now I'm running a fire build with CA and Multishot, but I'm interested in switching to the cold rocket build. Would that be a good idea with my gear level? I have an Etrayu in my stash, but the stats aren't that great.
2. Several pieces of gear have less than ideal enchants since I rolled them before doing research on this site and the official forums. Which ones should I look to reroll/replace first?
3. I just got a second Unity and have a templar with the "follower can't die" relic. However, I'd take a big DPS loss (about 150k) breaking up the Natalya's set. Is not dying worth losing that much damage?
Thanks much!
Some recommended rerolls/item change for your consideration:
1. You have trifecta Taskers - ditch the vit and reroll that to 10% crit chance.
2. Natalya's reflection - you're better off with a cold SoJ or Compass Rose for party; and unity for solo ... i personally prefer the Compass Rose for the extra stat slot.
3. Bracers - Slave Bonds will be best in slot here with cold% and 6% CC
4. Ammy - ideally you want cold%, CC, CHD & socket... if not, Dex, CC,CHD & socket
5. Helm - 15% cluster arrow + 6% CC
6. Shoulders - try to find one with 8% cooldown reduction with 15% sentry
7. Belt - if you don't have a Witch Hour, Hellcat is a good alternative... if you prefer more survivability, then try String of Ears.
Here's my current setup. it's by no means perfect, but i did manage to clear GR40 with it
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Kylione-6871/hero/6054495