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Intro & build description
With the upcoming Metamorph league burning arrow is receiving some serious buffs to overall damage and burning damage and to be honest it looks very promising. With proper itemization and passive skill tree, burning arrow already can pack a punch, but with buffs introduced in 3.9, I am seriously excited to see how far we can push it.
Build Pros
- Great league starter build
- Burning arrow is receiving a nice buff in 3.9
- Satisfying gameplay
- Tanky, 7k+ HP
- Dirt cheap to begin with
Build Cons
- Can't do elemental reflect maps
Passive tree(s) and Path of Building
[3.9] Skill treesBandits
| Bandits Quest Choice |
| Kill all bandits |
Ascendancy skill points
| Labyrinths | Skill point choice |
|---|---|
| Labyrinth 1 | Ramako, Sun's Light |
| Labyrinth 2 | Tasalio, Cleansing Water |
| Labyrinth 3 | Hinekora, Death's Fury |
| Endgame Labyrinth | Ngamahu, Flame's Advance |
Skill gem setup
Helm
Cast When Damage Taken
Steelskin
Wave of Conviction
Summon Flame Golem
Body Armor
Vaal Burning Arrow (Single Target)
Elemental Damage with Attacks Support
Deadly Ailments Support
Burning Damage Support
Combustion Support
Barrage Support
Gloves
Anger
Enlighten (3lvl+)
Herald of Ash
Precision
Boots
Blink Arrow
Faster Attacks Support
Faster Projectiles Support
Blood Rage
2h Weapon
Vaal Burning Arrow
Elemental Damage with Attacks Support
Deadly Ailments Support
Burning Damage Support
Greater Multiple Projectiles Support
Combustion Support
1h Weapon
None
Offhand weapon / shield
None
Build uniques / Example rare gear
Tip: Click on the item to view it on PoE Wiki or to view similar rare items in poe.tradeHelmet
Starkonja's HeadStarkonja’s Head is budget item to increase our overall stats. Use rare helmet with high life and resistances till you get Starkonja’s.
Body Armour
Belly of the BeastBelly of the Beast or any rare body armor with high life and elemental resistances.
Gloves
Rare GlovesRare gloves with high life and elemental resistances. Ideally we want Shaped gloves with “+16% to Fire Damage over Time Multiplier” and the Corrupted implicit “Curse Enemies with Level 11 Elemental Weakness on Hit” mod. Tombfist unique gloves can work as well if you can cap resistances without rare gloves.
Right Ring
Rare RingSecondary ring should be a rare Opal Ring with:
+ Maximum Life
Added Fire/lightning To Attacks
+#% Cold Resistance
+#% lightning Resistance
+DEX
Belt
Dyadian DawnDyadian Dawn is super cheap and offers some great life, resistances, strength and ignites we inflict deal damage 35% faster.
2Hand Weapon
Xoph's NurtureXoph’s Nurture is getting a buff in 3.9 and this will be the core bow we will be focusing on in this guide.
Quiver
DrillneckDrillneck is great quiver for both damage and defense + Arrows Pierce an additional Target which helps with clear speed.
Jewel
Tempered MindTempered Mind help to cap accuracy. This jewel is usually around 10-15c early on in the league. Socket it into jewel slot next to ”Instability” notable.
Flask
Flask Setup- Panicked Eternal Life Flask of Staunching
- Experimenter’s Granite Flask of Warding
- Cinderswallow Urn
- Dying Sun
- Experimenter’s Quicksilver Flask of Heat
can i expect this build to do well against new end game bosses?
Anyways, thank you for your great job on the site!
Considering that Burning Arrow got pretty good buff, yeah, it should fare pretty well vs new bosses.
What items should i looking to upgrade from this? Crafted bow? Xoph’s blood?
Shaper Amulet with Fire damage over time multiplier comes to mind. We should also wait for the new item influences, no doubt there will be some great options.
I don t know about this build for starting out in a league, drillneck, xoph,s nurture and starkonja will be expensive this league and dying sun will be absolutely insanely priced, the budget seems a bit too much for starting out
That’s by no means the gear you need to make the build work in maps. Starkonja can be easily replaced with rare helm, Drillneck can be farmed with Divination cards pretty quickly (The Fletcher), if you don’t want to buy it. Yes, the bow will be quite expensive, but bows like Infractem and Silverbough would work very well when mapping. Dying Sun is a luxury though.
Is there an updated skill tree or POB link?
This is the updated skill tree, just the one on pathofexile.com is not yet converted to 3.9.