PoE 3.9 Ranger Scourge Arrow Pathfinder Starter Build (PC,PS4,Xbox,Mobile)

This build can reach 7M single target DPS with current setup after around 5 second ramp up, have Pretty good clear speed (because of Nature's Reprisal poison proliferation and Scourge Arrow hitting whole screens).

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Pros & Cons

• + Great single target. The build can reach 7M single target DPS with current setup after around 5 second ramp up (to calculate the DPS from PoB, add both Thorn Arrows and Release at 5 stagestogether and then multiply it by 1.385 for Mirage Archer).
• + Pretty good clear speed (because of Nature's Reprisal poison proliferation and Scourge Arrowhitting whole screens)
• + 207% increased movement speed (266% while Elusive)
• + 7K+ Life
• + 85% melee avoid chance, 85% projectile avoid chance, 63% spell avoid chance, 94% stun avoid chance
• + 8% less Chaos damage taken (thanks to Infused Channeling)
• + Permanent flask uptime (because of Nature's Boon)
• + Enemies are chilled (reduced action speed) thanks to Summon Skitterbots
• + Enemies are hindered (reduced movement speed) thanks to Wither
• + Enemies are maimed (reduced movement speed) with maim chest
• + Can do all map mods
• + Can do all content (except Hall of Grandmasters)
• + Decent league starter, as it do not really requires anything to function, and can work just fine on Tabula
• - Needs a lot of intelligence from gear
• - Scourge Arrow playstyle takes some time getting used to
• - Enemies do not die instantly so sometimes we can take some dangerous hits (we combat this with our high defenses)
• - Life sustain can be troublesome before getting Cinderswallow Urn

 

Skill Tree

Ascendancy: Nature's Reprisal -> Master Toxicist -> Nature's Adrenaline -> Nature's Boon

Pantheon 

For major god Soul of The Brine King is good pick to avoid being chain stunned in bad situations. If you get boots enchant with 80% chance to Avoid being Stunned if you've Killed Recently or 50% chance to Avoid being Stunned during Flask Effect (from Cinderswallow Urn) switch to either Soul of Lunaris or Soul of Solaris pantheons. Because we are evasion/dodge build, I prefer Lunaris.

For minor god Soul of Soul Garukhan is good choice because again, we are evasion/dodge based build, and extra dodge is always good. Another good option is Ralakesh  to reduce dot from Blood Rage and to get Blind and Maim immunity. Valid options are also Ryslatha for extra charges for life flask and extra life recovery from it, and Soul of Shakari for poison immunity and reduced chaos damage taken (what is basically also reduced physical and elemental damage taken if you are using Darkscorn and Divine Flesh).

Bandit: Kill All 

Passive Tree & PoB

Path of Building Link: https://pastebin.com/UsCXbgYy

 

 

 

 

Gems Setup

At level 1 grab Caustic Arrow + Pierce + Lesser Poison.

At level 4 grab Mirage Archer and add it to main setup. Grab also Dash for movement and self-cast Steelskin for defense

At level 8 grab Void Manipulation support

At level 10 grab Precision aura Withering Step. Also replace Dash with Blink Arrow

At level 12 replace Caustic Arrow with Toxic Rain

At level 16 grab Herald of Agony, Summon Skitterbots and Blood Rage. You will most likely not be able to sustain Blood Rage at this stage, so just start leveling it but do not use it.

At level 18 replace Pierce with Vicious Projectiles

At level 24 grab Plague Bearer and Despair.

At level 31 replace Lesser Poison with Added Chaos Damage and grab Swift Affliction

At level 34 grab Summon Stone Golem

At level 38 get Immortal Call, Increased Duration and Cast when Damage taken supports and replace your self-cast Steelskin setup with this. Also grab Increased Area of Effect and link it with Plague Bearer and Withering Step

When you get to mapping, you can also grab Wither totem setup but before that, it is not really necessary.

After you are done with leveling, drop Toxic Rain, Void Maniplation, Vicious Projectiles, Swift Affliction

And replace them with Scourge Arrow, Deadly Ailments, Unbound Ailments, Infused Channeling

 

Gear Setup

So with this build, you will leveling with Toxic Rain as it is super smooth. After leveling, you can switch to Scourge Arrow. Important! The gems we are using for Toxic Rain leveling are not all same as we will be using after we migrate to Scourge Arrow. Check the end of Gem Progression section for details.

Good Item For Leveling 

And Tabula Rasa

Core setup

After you will be done with leveling, your core item setup will look something like this:

Try to get Scourge Arrow creates an additional spore pod at Maximum Stages enchant on helmet as soon as possible, it makes the build feel a lot better (see Media section).

If you do not have Tabula Rasa but you have Embalmer Carnal Mitts and you want at least 5 link, put your setup inside Embalmer, with Vile Toxins from it you will have 5 link.

If you are done with leveling and you do not have Corralito's and your poison chance is not 100%, respec some points on tree and make sure to grab some extra nodes for poison chance, this is very important.

 

Crafting Gear

For crafting we will be using fossils and resonators. Fossils are currency introduced in Delve league that can be obtained most commonly from Delve as well. Based on fossil type, they improve odds of some mods to roll and also add their own special mods.

Unless the Item Base says otherwise use regular base (so not Shaped or Elder ones). The reasoning for using normal bases are both Shaped and Elder bases add some extra mods, and unless we are aiming for some of them, they are just adding unnecessary clutter to pool of mods, making desirable result less likely.

Crafting poison bow

Item base: iLvl 83+ Thicket Bow (optional: use Perfect Fossil for 28-30 quality or Hillock)

Fossils: Corroded Fossil, Aberrant Fossil, Metallic Fossil

Mod priority:

• 60% chance for Poisons inflicted with this Weapon to deal 100% more Damage

• Adds (47–72) to (98–123) Chaos Damage

• Empty prefix to craft +(33–40)% to Chaos Damage over Time Multiplier on crafting bench

• (14–16)% increased Attack Speed

• Any of the other poison mods (duration/damage)Crafting - mana cost body

Crafting - mana cost body

Item base: iLvl 86+ Assassin's Garb (or iLvl 100 Sacrifical Garb from The Sacrifice divination card)

Fossils: Serrated Fossil, Pristine Fossil

Mod priority:

• Socketed Attacks have -15 to Total Mana Cost

• +(120–129) to maximum Life

• Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 1 Maim

• Regenerate 1% of Life per second

Crafting frenzy quiver

Item base: iLvl 64+ Two-Point Arrow Quiver

Fossils: Corroded Fossil, Shuddering Fossil

Mod priority:

• (3–5)% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge when you Hit a Rare or Unique Enemy

• (30–40)% increased Damage with Ailments

• +(90–99) to maximum Life

• (11–13)% increased Attack Speed

Empty prefix to craft Adds (6–8) to (14–18) Chaos Damage to Attacks on crafting bench

Adds (4–6) to (9–10) Physical Damage to Attacks

Crafting - chaos resistance helmet

Item base: iLvl 64+ Lion Pelt

Fossils: Aberrant Fossil, Pristine Fossil

Mod priority:

• Nearby Enemies have -9% to Chaos Resistance

• +(90–99) to maximum Life

• Regenerate 1% of Life per second

• +(15–25) to maximum Life (2–3)% increased maximum Life