I created this build and its not falling behind anything
https://wolcengame.com/forum/gameplay/builds-guides/bow-build-white-arrow-mark-of-impurity/

Another suggestion is this build:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li-cQ1_RV0A&t=959s

Hello Maya,

thanks for sharing this.
I don't really know what I am doing wrong to be honest, because I am using a veeery similar build, however I feel like I made a mistake by going bow and investing time into only going for bow build-focused items.

I don't really know how I could share my profile so you could potentially give me some tips, but I believe I am definitely doing something wrong :S

Thanks a lot for your insight
S

Well what are the issues you are having is it toughness or dps etc?
My first advice would be to follow gate of fate in my guide.
Second is it the spells you are using that are similar or is the gate of fate build in particular?
I haven't had any issues in expeditions so far, sure I die sometimes due to I am a bit slow on dodging or whatever, but dps wise, its a breeze really.

For the campaign I only died doing the act bosses, and sure it was a bit frustrating but then I realized I had to slow it down a bit and learn the mechanics. That said I actually liked the challenge, and the fact it wasn't a complete snowball like in so many other ARPG.

Hey!

I watched the video you linked also and I noticed that this guy has 100+ hp on level 73, where I am at 10k on level 60. Where does this difference come from?

I am pretty much getting 1-shot by everything.

Damage is solid though.

Thanks a lot again for taking the time.

Best,
S

Yeah seems like a very strong build :) more dot oriented though. Not my thing hehe.
He almost spent everything on toughness and his gate of fate is a lot different, Probably a lot of his passives are defensive oriented.
Glad to help.

10k at 60 is really quite low, all the builds ive made or seen people playing on streams etc seem to have around 35,000 - 50,000 by that point. you just get life on gear and on the tree, thats about it really, maybe put in a little toughness in the attribute panel. toughness gives a lot of life. also put life gems in defense 3 sockets on your gear.

Maya, no offense, but your build is a generic archer. Anyone with half a brain would go for something like that, because our options are quite limited. I myself have something similar. Your damage is straight out pathetic compared to bleeding edge and spin-to-win builds and even AOE nuker mages. The OP is totally right.

No offense taken - It indeed is generic. But damage wise it performs better than what I expected. I just hit Master tier in expedition and at this point I actually only feel like its toughness I need and not DPS,
This build still hits for 100k-200k pr mob explosion and can literally one shot everything if you execute it well.

I simply do not like the playstyle of bleeding age/whirlwind builds. I always disliked it in both diablo and POE.

Ziggyd made a ranger/mage hybrid that seems to do content well at higher levels.

I use pistol/sword myself. Wailing Arrows with mob multi damage clear whites easy and even blue/yellow mobs at high density. I use Railgun for statis application and rage regen. For single target I use Brand. As fillers I use shout for more throughput and the dash attack to get behind bosses for easy Brand dps (helps a lot against the shield wielders.

I sit at 5k unbuffed average damage at lvl 63,around 28k HP with some force shield and 2000+ resistances.