Curse

GodsPatriarch · Nov 19, 2007, 03:36 PM // 15:36

I have been using the Funditioner under builds on this site. I am as far as the desert and dont have Fevered Dreams yet, i was wondering what bows would be good for me to use, right now im using a Storm Bow with a +5 energy and a poisonous string, but it seems like i dont do much for damage with one hit, so i was wondering if there was a bow that would be good for my ranger.

malko050987 · Nov 19, 2007, 03:47 PM // 15:47

A condition-focused build is best with a Poisonous/Barbed bow and you seem to already have that. If you don't have Fevered Dreams, though, I don't think it will be any good.

If you focus on degen/conditions (Apply Poison, Screaming Shot, Pin Down, Hunter's Shot) then you won't be doing much damage with one hit, since the damage is applied through the degeneration.

For this, a good bow would be a Recurve with a poison string, so you can hit as many of the enemies as you can. Something like that:

Apply Poison -> C -> Screaming Shot -> Tab -> Hunter's/Pin Down -> Tab -> Screaming Shot -> etc until you have all the enemies in the battle you're fighting, then start over.

It's MUCH better with Fevered Dreams, tho. If you have access to it (it's a NF skill), try getting Toxicity as well, and focus on Poison spreading. Fragility can be a good adition to this as well, and you should have that.

If you want to do lots of damage with a hit, max out Marksmanship and Expertise and use attacks.

GodsPatriarch · Nov 19, 2007, 04:04 PM // 16:04

Ive been tryin tto use epidemic in place of fevered dreams untill i get it, but doesnt seem to having any effect on anything, jus tryin to be able to cripple, blind, and posion enemies but i can only do them one at a time so i usualy get stompped on lol

malko050987 · Nov 19, 2007, 04:15 PM // 16:15

Well, you need them to be piled up for Epidemic to work properly. The you poison, blind and cripple the one in the middle (or any, if they're on top of each other) and hit him with Epidemic. Move to another one, repeat. Won't work very well, imo, since if you h/h the monsters are rarely piled up.

BoxOfFox12 · Nov 19, 2007, 07:14 PM // 19:14

Fevered Dreams isn't an NF skill T.T if it were, I would have been on that shoit quick...

I use epidemic myself, in order to get creatures closer together, you simply need to have the right approach. Keep your heroes/henchies/allies in back and towards the side, pull them and run in an arc back toward your friends. It will make two groups of physically closer enemies-- the melees who pursue your ass exclusively, and the ranged, which follow and usually attack you in the beginning, until they are approached. The idea is that running in a circle, or running in part of the direction of a circle, will make them group closer together.