TIMESTAMP - Dmg fall off / 40m is the max distance for bow for 100% dmg. 1:26 - Rapier Wombo-Combo: 2:51 - Build: 3:10 (BiS) . My current gear: 3:18 . First week fresh gear: 3:43 NWBUDDY link (BiS): www.nw-buddy.de/gearsets/share/ipfs/QmdoQoKoYBQM38Nr98mPsd45QqDo7cBWAFfFffqiFpGT7b Normal Dmg vs medium and light build with good gear = between 3k to 6k heavys Rapier Wombo-Combo: From the first hit of Fleche to the moment FnF staggers, they have literally 1 second. They either dodge instantly, or they won’t be able to dodge after you finish your combo. Full combo is 5 hits, so you end with 5 stacks of Swiftness (15% haste Rapier tree). With full backstab it can "one-shot" people. TRY TO DO THE QUICK LIGHT ATTACK BEFORE FNF. (with high ping it's harder to pull off. When I'm playing with 100ping the timing it's kinda annoying already) 2:02 Game sometime sucks, FnF sometimes do not stagger or last hit does not dmg. It is what it is. It was a "one-shot" combo. Endless Thirst was nerfed (pot nerfs). If you have the Ankh, that’s a good option. I haven’t gotten it yet. The choice also depends on how much Magnify you have. ------------------------ GAMEPLAY This is a nuke/war build, not ideal for 1vX scenarios. You don't want to be tanking any dmg, it doesn't means that you have to play 200m behind your team. Use crouch to hide your name plate and try to catch people from the sides or the back. Our Bow hit hard, but our Rapier has beyond broken dmg, use it as much as possible. To use it as much as possible you can play 200m behind your team. Boltcaster has Shirking perk, try to be aware when it proc so you don't swap to your rapier for nothing, losing 30% dmg in the next hit. Shirking Lightning is a good boost of dmg, so proc it from time to time is good, to proc it, u can't be 200 behind your team.... You get the idea, we are not 5con muskets. ------------------------ FAQs and Choices: - Why Penetrating Empower on Bow? Because I’m a bow user, my role is to deal damage. Someone else will apply Plague. Penetrating Empower (the damage component) has no internal cooldown. For example: If my Rain of Arrows or Pen Shot crits multiple targets, it increases the damage to all of them. It also helps focus on healers, who are almost always running Featherweight. - Why not Keenly Jagged (KJ) on Bow? KJ does NOT stack anymore (max stack: 1). If someone else hits the same target with KJ, my KJ is removed. KJ also has an internal cooldown, making it better for single-target long fight scenarios. - Why Attu Pants instead of Featherweight? I aim to deal damage, not tank or 1v3. Attu Pants allow for a better heavy attack attribute split focus. ------------------------ ATTRIBTUES - Why not more Dex and less Int? Rapier damage is heavily reliant on Int to unleash its full potential. I use the Rapier as much as possible. / More Dex, less Int means: . Less damage with bow heavy attacks. . Less damage with the Rapier. . More damage with bow abilities. Since my playstyle focuses on heavy attacks, I go for Int, and 50 str. - Why 50 Strength and not just more Dex? with Attu pants I get more dmg on heavy attacks going for 50str than 25 str and 375dex (Diminishing returns). I'll have a bit more dmg with abilities tho, but I'll lose significant heavy attack dmg. ------------------------ TREE - Sometimes I drop crit chance and I pick the last perk of explosive shot for the extra burst, but in general I use crit chance to keep the big AoE. Also, in some situations I drop the first perk of explosive shot (burning) to pick Opening Strike, with that, a good opening headshot is a nuke. Useful to trade with other range players. Bow haste if I'm surrounded it's pretty good, 20% free haste until I'm at safe distance. ("Catch me if you can" Perk) Better than extend RoA bleed 2 sec (assuming they don't cleanse it). Maybe 2 ticks of dmg for a total of 300dmg or so, or survive and keep hitting 6k? ez choice. ------------------------ ABILITIES - Why not Rapid Shot? The build revolves around basic attacks (Because Boltcaster is built around basic attacks), and Rapid Shot is not a basic attack. Rapid Shot isn’t affected by Enchanted, which is locked on the Boltcaster. It turns you into a turret, limiting movement. I need to stay mobile to follow my group and avoid falling too far behind. Rapid Shot also doesn’t stack the Boltcaster’s special perk: Bolt (80% extra damage after 3 basic attacks). About Bolt: You need to stack 3 charges with basic attacks. The 4th hit will proc the perk. The 4th hit that procs Bolt can be an ability, but only basic attacks generate/stack the charges. ------------------------ GEAR - Why a 625 Ring if u are full BiS 725? Because I want more crit chance for more dmg, we cap our empower anyway and the extra attributes are not necessary as far as u can have 25str 350dex 150int 150 con or the same but 50 str. - Why not 5 harnessing? Empower breakdown: 7% honing stone 15% dodge 5% ring 10% runeglass 10% mana potions (or/and SnS in the group) 4% harnessing TOTAL = 51% (cap 50%) And I have room for 3 conditioning. - What about earring? Why not Healthy Toast? Because is not a 1vX self sustain build. But Earring is the more flexible item in terms of perks, pick whatever feels good for you. I like Healing Heart because it's some extra bump of health in emergency cases, and I'll use stoneform always in emergency situations as a second life. - Chest and boots are from Worm (Devourer), it's 100% random and it could take months to get, so don't wait for it, if it drops, cool, if not, just use Shirking Energy on your pants and some extra defensive perk on chest. - Rapier: There is not any better option, 37% armor pen it's way to strong, nothing else will "one-shot" people in 2 or 3 sec like that rapier. ------------------------ - Why in hell I made a wall of text instead of add all this to the video? My subscription to the editing software I was using expired 5 min after I exported the video, so I had to rush this part xD I’m not paying for it again (I can’t at the moment), and there’s a free alternative, I just need to learn how to use it 😁 ------------------------ Spreadsheet with more spreadsheet with info and tools: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1szul6q5Jj0HN7K_l3ivPPxqkycDk1_MuvHHuVccMPHw/edit?usp=sharing
Saw boltcaster and opr and instantly thought of that lightning/keen ring haha. Been using it with azoth conductors/mjolnir. Mighty Gavel pancakes all day haha. Good work as always
@lopkodupkoo ahh I got ya I just know with the fire nerds everyone full fire resist . I haven't gone up against many that don't get shredded by my bolt caster.. I'm sure like with any there's a few but not much
U can get it pretty much for free. It cost only doubloons to buy and more doubloons + coconut to upgrade. The cheapest and easier BiS ever haha You can buy in the Well (in Cutlass Keys), and upgrade it in the Well as well (NOT in the kiln like other items)
Nice! I've been interested in making a build for Boltcaster on Pisces. Was able to put together something on Delos but that's more of a tanky duellist with Featherweight and it's not full BIS.
@Nicko_Top_Bloke I'm also playing Path of Exile 2, the early access, but if you are new to PoE better wait for full release. I downloaded Marvel Rivals too, to give it a shot, people say it's a fun game. Unfortunately we don't have action combat MMO to choose, and NW becomes a seasonal aimbot, tab-targeting game :V F action combat and long term character progression.
@@lazaromontoya9659 Me alegro que te sea útil! Pronto tratare de sacar otro video explicando algunas cosas que cambiaron en S7 y que nadie está teniendo en cuenta a la hora de hacer bow/musket builds. Hicieron unos cambios en la base de empower/base dmg de las armas de rango (no mágicas). En resumen, bow heavy attack pega 20% mas duro que en S6, por lo que build Boltcaster full on heavys como hice en este video es sin duda la mejor opción.
@@G1leaD Full DoT build es muy fuerte ahora que la regeneracion en general se redujo una barbaridad. Sobre todo porque no tienes que hacer mucho jaja Le tiras todo en la cara y corres, eventualmente moriran. Pero para guerras o matar gente con pocket healer, en general suele ser mas util reventarlos de golpe. Por ejemplo en un grupo de 2 o 3, con full NUKE power, podrias matarlos inmediatamente antes que puedan siqiuera reacionar. Y para eso el combo de Rapier es OP. Eso no quita que full DoT/VG build sea muy fuerte y para 1v1 sea incluso mejor que esta build.
Bro nice vid!! I am from SA, Brazil, a newbie player literally. But have a quick question too. This set works on x1? My doubt is becausa its focused on heavy attack, you, in all you masterized moves, we got time to attack on x1? Or 2vs1. On thr video i saw just u hit far from the enemies, and close use rappier, its? New fan over here, i gonna try this build
Hey! Great videos and thanks for the resources you share! Can I ask why don’t u play Shirking Heals? I know they nerfed self healing, but also with poison changes ttk is crazy fast, a little sustain is now more precious than ever, isn’t it?
Shirking Heals is still VERY good to keep you alive as a solo player. This build is more focus on group/war gameplay, that's why I min-maxing dmg, to blow up enemies that I know, they will have 100% guaranteed a healer, so we need blow them up as fast as possible. (And there is also when the Rapier combo shines, because u can delete people before people can even react) But for more solo queue, or lets say, non-war / group content, SHeals has very high value, and probably even more is S7 with all the pots and Endless Thirst nerfs. And yes, you are right, now DoT's are even stronger because people can't regen it back, so even if u apply dots and just run, eventually they will die xD So DoT builds and SHeals are very strong at the moment, but for war and group content it lose a bit of value (for the cleanse pots and the fact that everyone will have a healer to keep them up and even remove debuffs from them)
@ What do you think of aconite, do you think there’s room to experiment? I saw a build with a crafted spear with poison runeglass was going pretty nice, but the dmg of the bow… it’s meh
@@MrHydra3400 I just got it yesterday and unlocked the perks, I'll try spear and hatchet with it, at 100 str 350 dex and see how it goes. For spear probably in medium tbh, and more focus on Spear than bow, probably. But I need play with it to be sure and have some experience other than how it looks like in paper. I'll share more soon!
@@ThaCousinallright! I look forward to it. Since you mentioned medium armor, have u ever thought about boltcaster with azoth inductors? It can be a meme build but the dmg of the bow won’t change, so we can pair it with spear and electified topaz in it. let me know your thoughts. Pa: thanks for replying and the content you provide! What server r u on?
I think that boltcaster/rapier is the best synergy because it unlash all the rapier potential and at the same time you don't need reduce ur bow potential (INT perks actually boost all about Boltcaster, including Bolt proc and Shirnking Lightning) So to play Spear or Hatchet (offensive hatchet, not just second life utility hatchet), The new bow is probably the way to go. Full thrust dmg bow 100str 350 dex and + Aconite = Insane spear dmg. Same for hatchet, 100 str is really needed for hatchet because it's scale mainly from STR, so pure dex split is shit hatchet dmg. I'm working in a Aconite + Spear build, I'll try to make a video about it. I'm even thinking build it in medium 👀
You should give Aconite a try. It's affinity and hvy attacks are crazy. Tied in with the Woodgrain ring and the rapier damage is crazy. The poison buffs/dots. You can keep your same skill set and use Hvy bows to proc poisoning on them with out poison shot.
For Aconite being pure thrust I would play it with hatchet. Bow/Hatchet old school. www.nw-buddy.de/gearsets/share/ipfs/QmenzRVi6seW3LNDn8w5weitdz1sJ1wqESs2y2tHSST59H| Something like that maybe... e.e Do not split and go for 100% str for good hatchet dmg and more thrust dmg boost. In this case it would be really really nice have a sns aura to help us to keep empower cap. But with mana potions and empowering toast we should be ok. I like to use Feral Rush for the stagger slow (adding the perk on armor), but Torrent works too. I'll give it a try :D
@@shaymerchant2264 oh dang it. I'll make a new link when I'm back on my laptop. I was thinking of even trying it with spear as well, and maybe bring back some old school Deity bow/spear gameplay haha
@@shaymerchant2264 let me know if this one works. www.nw-buddy.de/gearsets/share/ipfs/QmQvf9p1BmRaXyRJn8Ns4QiBmVzwfGDKRez5rcBctKehue I like feral rush for the stagger/root, but pick torrent instead if u want. For spear it would be the same concept, just spear instead of hatchet.
Hi mate, This is the empower breakdown: 7% Honing stone 10% runeglsass 15% dodge 7% Ring (or 5% if 625gs) 4% Harnessing x2 = 43% (41% with 625gs ring) + 10% leadership (if sns on group) or 10% pots with empower toast = 53% empower (51% empower, 625gs ring) Cap is 50% I play with sns on my war group and if he is dead or something I have my pots as backup. downtime of mana pots is very low so isn't a problem. This way I have 3 extra slots on my armor to get some defensive perks, or keen for example, with the worm chest. And, it's also easier to get the gear I want.
@@razvanbreazu4020 it was the case in the past, but looks like they removed the uncapped empower (was uncapped so we wanted 50% normal empower anyway) and they compensated it in some other way, basically buffing basics and nerfing abilities. Old empower, already obsolete: www.nw-buddy.de/status-effects/ammoremoval_dmgcompensation?search=deprecated
@@razvanbreazu4020 I'll try to make a video explaining all this, because they actually increased basic (hevays) attack dmg by 20% from S6 to S7, so is a no brainer build it full into heavys.
@@Kobee333 these perk will be always flexible. I think I put 1 conditioning of each thing or something. U can also use a normal ring, drop another harnessing and fee 1 extra armor slot. And ele aversion I think there is at least 2, ALP and boots. But again, the BiS defensive perks never are the same all across the servers/regions. Especially for wars it needs to be adjusted
Noce vid once again, i might try a full glass cannon version 16con! You mentioned pen empower vs healers but does it proc on them? Would you say full glass cannon boltcaster hits harder than musket/lifetaker? On autos/abilities/burst and dps?
@@mrbicboi2540 oh yeah, I should clarify that to pen empower work on healers, now they need some external empower because the trophies do not proc it anymore. But if there is a sns (in their group and not 🐢 tank), leadership do the trick, flails as well, if they are in top of friendly oblivion, and honing stone... I'll test If honing stone proc it. The thing with musket is that u have more distance to play full glass cannon, with bow further than 40m u are losing dmg for fall off. Also, full glass cannon u can't really use Rapier, and Boltcaster Rapier is part of the magic of the build. And you will never prock shirking lighting playing full glass cannon. So for full glass cannon, musket or just hoplite bow with vg are probably better. DI (the DoT perk)is also amplifying Lifetaker Rend, because disintegrate is only 1 thing, DoT and Rend in the same effect, the Rend potency is increased 15% all together with the DoT potency. (More rend, more dmg) Same happens with Pesilence disease/DoT, u can disease even more having DI xD
@@ThaCousin thanks for detailed reply man! whats the benefit of using void harnessing for musket/lifetaker? cant i convert to lightning and use lightning harness, or is it big damage diff? also trying to work out my empower, am i missing something? - 20%from RG +harness, 7%honing, 7%ring (34 permanent). situational is: 10from potion, empowering weakness is 5 but they need a debuff, headshot is 10 but hard. wondering if i should just use mortal empower on ring to get the extra 16 more permanent?
@@simoserrafi7156 yup, it was bug in the past, but they fix it. It can be checked in NWbuddy under dmg rows. Now a charged bow attack is considered a heavy attack. (As it should be) Before the 25 str fix, take 25 focus was a good option (I used to play with it), but now I'm going all in for dmg. (heavy attacks dmg) The abilities actually do less dmg than heavys with this setup so I don't bother much with CDR anyway :p Thanks for your comment mate ❤️
ruclips.net/video/bRc9WUXXDeI/видео.htmlsi=8SxC9MNU3Z_VOiP6 If I play another one with bolt I'll try to remember to record it. Sometimes I don't record because 100ping is enough pain to add lower fps on top of it haha
@@enjthesilence4390 You are partially right, it was bug in the past, but they fix it. It can be checked in NWbuddy under dmg rows. A charged bow attack is considered a heavy attack. (In the past it was labeled as a "light attack", and that's why 25str was applied to light and heavy attacks) Thanks for pointing it out! 🙏
@@GanjaManVids yeah, but it would be an absolute waste. For hatchet I would play 100str instead of int and with the new bow or just not Boltcaster. Or use hatchet just to allow a more glass cannon build and play 5 to 100con. Being hatchet just a second life and a pure utility weapon to keep u alive.
to any new player watching, rapier's counter is literally just right clicking and waiting on them to unload all their cooldowns, it barely does any stamina damage
Yeah, that's a very good tip. Blocking is very VERY strong and it should be use it way more. Usually u know if the other player is really good or not so much just for how much and good they are at blocking, it's one of these things that makes de difference. And as you pointed out, vs rapier and hatchet as well, you can block them for ever haha Against the rapier wombo-combo, if that catch you from the back, there isn't enough time to rotate and block tho, better just dodge, and then rotate and block to block. What hurt my soul the most is watching IG players not blocking 😭 You literally regen stamina while blocking with IG xD
Yeah it does. For example 50 int 450 dex is less heavy attack dmg than 150 int 350 dex. (but 450 dex is more ability dmg) And ofc more int more rapier dmg.
It might look good on paper in terms of damage numbers, against people with very little to none ele resist and shit gear in general(new players with logging gear ect) but thats about it. Against properly geared light players with featherweight setup you barely doing damage not to mention how fast you would get rolled versus properly geared medium hatchet/spear gamers. The bow is trash compared to musket/fire staff and its not even remotely close. Its very unfortunate tho, i used to play alot bow myself
It can be easily tested vs geared people in duels. Dmg is there. About resist, is not against 30% lightning ofc, but no one run that on wars or anywhere. If you have 200con FW setup, it will not make a difference if they catch u out of position with sns,spear,hatchet builds. And with FS you have even less chances. FS has WAY less rapier dmg. I mean, in paper it's good, in-game it do the job, but at the end of the day, it depends what you want to achieve with it and if you enjoy it or not. (and how you play it, people play bow like it's a FS, well yes, it do not work like that either) It’s basically the same old bow build concept we played back in the day when the bow was meta: Attu Pants, full nuke, no DoTs. There’s nothing really new or untested here, it’s a concept already been proven to work well in the past and dmg can be tested any time (assuming the server is up xD). Bow it's the most omega broken thing in the world? Well, nah, but I don't think it's trash either.
@@cabo7352 ikr 🤣 kinda express video, when I finish it I had like 10 min left of subscription of the editor software, no time for memes 😂 But I need to learn the new one, It's a better and free software (DaVinci), so it could take me some time to get used to it, but it should help me to increase the quality of the content in the long run.
I UNDERSTANIG THIS VIDEO FOR WHAT U SHOW THIS !. but i dont understand for reasion why u show this for more ppl specialy for aimlock user ... where distance lower 100m its 90-100 % hits in target
Yeah.... game is kinda cooked with aimbot, sadly. But my mates ask me to share my take with Boltcaster, and they still play without aimbot. At this point, tbh, I should stop doing range/magic weapons builds all together if I worry too much for aimbot. AGS is not removing it. But I refuse to use aimbot and lose brain cells playing with it, and making my aim (without aimbot) worse and worse over time. So or I just don't care about it and I'll try to keep playing and doing content on my way, or I will lose my mind (I'll uninstall if I keep thinking in how broken aimbot AND no-aimbot "controller" magnetism )☠ F for the skill expression on this game.
@ThaCousin I mean I been playing for 2 and half weeks . Ain't been hit with aimbot yet .... I come from playing cod so I don't see what they are crying about. Shits clean ! Really enjoy it
To be fair a lot of these people aren’t well resisted. Feather and frigid dawn bolt is terrible into. Bolts only good if you sit back and charge heavies. I think bolt and using it to spam rapier dmg is insane.
Yeah, personally i don't like FW bolt build :P With Boltcaster the sweet spot is kinda in the middle tho, if you are too far in the back, you can get value of the INSANE rapier dmg, and it will never proc shirking lightning. But at medium range, dodging and proccing Shirking once in a while, it really hurts. Realistically this never happen or it's very rare, but IF (big if) u proc Bolt in the same heavy that was charged with shirking, that's an extra 110% dmg, they just blow up haha But it's one every full moon if you are the only Boltcaster around xD
no. i use boltcaster and dive backlines in last season. Im top 9 in OPR kills and top 7 in OPR wins. Averaging 20-30 kils. Bolt is bad if you sit back.
xD You would be surprised. Just in the comments there is one already saying that bow is trash😄 And people don't want to slot bows in wars, in any region. For OPR it was always oppressive tho, mainly for DoT builds and shit layout.
TIMESTAMP
- Dmg fall off / 40m is the max distance for bow for 100% dmg. 1:26
- Rapier Wombo-Combo: 2:51
- Build: 3:10 (BiS)
. My current gear: 3:18
. First week fresh gear: 3:43
NWBUDDY link (BiS): www.nw-buddy.de/gearsets/share/ipfs/QmdoQoKoYBQM38Nr98mPsd45QqDo7cBWAFfFffqiFpGT7b
Normal Dmg vs medium and light build with good gear = between 3k to 6k heavys
Rapier Wombo-Combo: From the first hit of Fleche to the moment FnF staggers, they have literally 1 second. They either dodge instantly, or they won’t be able to dodge after you finish your combo.
Full combo is 5 hits, so you end with 5 stacks of Swiftness (15% haste Rapier tree). With full backstab it can "one-shot" people.
TRY TO DO THE QUICK LIGHT ATTACK BEFORE FNF.
(with high ping it's harder to pull off. When I'm playing with 100ping the timing it's kinda annoying already)
2:02 Game sometime sucks, FnF sometimes do not stagger or last hit does not dmg. It is what it is. It was a "one-shot" combo.
Endless Thirst was nerfed (pot nerfs). If you have the Ankh, that’s a good option. I haven’t gotten it yet. The choice also depends on how much Magnify you have.
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GAMEPLAY
This is a nuke/war build, not ideal for 1vX scenarios.
You don't want to be tanking any dmg, it doesn't means that you have to play 200m behind your team.
Use crouch to hide your name plate and try to catch people from the sides or the back.
Our Bow hit hard, but our Rapier has beyond broken dmg, use it as much as possible.
To use it as much as possible you can play 200m behind your team.
Boltcaster has Shirking perk, try to be aware when it proc so you don't swap to your rapier for nothing, losing 30% dmg in the next hit.
Shirking Lightning is a good boost of dmg, so proc it from time to time is good, to proc it, u can't be 200 behind your team....
You get the idea, we are not 5con muskets.
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FAQs and Choices:
- Why Penetrating Empower on Bow?
Because I’m a bow user, my role is to deal damage. Someone else will apply Plague. Penetrating Empower (the damage component) has no internal cooldown.
For example: If my Rain of Arrows or Pen Shot crits multiple targets, it increases the damage to all of them.
It also helps focus on healers, who are almost always running Featherweight.
- Why not Keenly Jagged (KJ) on Bow?
KJ does NOT stack anymore (max stack: 1). If someone else hits the same target with KJ, my KJ is removed. KJ also has an internal cooldown, making it better for single-target long fight scenarios.
- Why Attu Pants instead of Featherweight?
I aim to deal damage, not tank or 1v3. Attu Pants allow for a better heavy attack attribute split focus.
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ATTRIBTUES
- Why not more Dex and less Int?
Rapier damage is heavily reliant on Int to unleash its full potential. I use the Rapier as much as possible.
/ More Dex, less Int means:
. Less damage with bow heavy attacks.
. Less damage with the Rapier.
. More damage with bow abilities.
Since my playstyle focuses on heavy attacks, I go for Int, and 50 str.
- Why 50 Strength and not just more Dex? with Attu pants I get more dmg on heavy attacks going for 50str than 25 str and 375dex (Diminishing returns). I'll have a bit more dmg with abilities tho, but I'll lose significant heavy attack dmg.
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TREE
- Sometimes I drop crit chance and I pick the last perk of explosive shot for the extra burst, but in general I use crit chance to keep the big AoE.
Also, in some situations I drop the first perk of explosive shot (burning) to pick Opening Strike, with that, a good opening headshot is a nuke. Useful to trade with other range players.
Bow haste if I'm surrounded it's pretty good, 20% free haste until I'm at safe distance. ("Catch me if you can" Perk) Better than extend RoA bleed 2 sec (assuming they don't cleanse it).
Maybe 2 ticks of dmg for a total of 300dmg or so, or survive and keep hitting 6k? ez choice.
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ABILITIES
- Why not Rapid Shot?
The build revolves around basic attacks (Because Boltcaster is built around basic attacks), and Rapid Shot is not a basic attack.
Rapid Shot isn’t affected by Enchanted, which is locked on the Boltcaster.
It turns you into a turret, limiting movement. I need to stay mobile to follow my group and avoid falling too far behind.
Rapid Shot also doesn’t stack the Boltcaster’s special perk: Bolt (80% extra damage after 3 basic attacks).
About Bolt:
You need to stack 3 charges with basic attacks. The 4th hit will proc the perk.
The 4th hit that procs Bolt can be an ability, but only basic attacks generate/stack the charges.
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GEAR
- Why a 625 Ring if u are full BiS 725? Because I want more crit chance for more dmg, we cap our empower anyway and the extra attributes are not necessary as far as u can have 25str 350dex 150int 150 con or the same but 50 str.
- Why not 5 harnessing?
Empower breakdown:
7% honing stone
15% dodge
5% ring
10% runeglass
10% mana potions (or/and SnS in the group)
4% harnessing
TOTAL = 51% (cap 50%)
And I have room for 3 conditioning.
- What about earring? Why not Healthy Toast? Because is not a 1vX self sustain build. But Earring is the more flexible item in terms of perks, pick whatever feels good for you. I like Healing Heart because it's some extra bump of health in emergency cases, and I'll use stoneform always in emergency situations as a second life.
- Chest and boots are from Worm (Devourer), it's 100% random and it could take months to get, so don't wait for it, if it drops, cool, if not, just use Shirking Energy on your pants and some extra defensive perk on chest.
- Rapier: There is not any better option, 37% armor pen it's way to strong, nothing else will "one-shot" people in 2 or 3 sec like that rapier.
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- Why in hell I made a wall of text instead of add all this to the video? My subscription to the editing software I was using expired 5 min after I exported the video, so I had to rush this part xD I’m not paying for it again (I can’t at the moment), and there’s a free alternative, I just need to learn how to use it 😁
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Spreadsheet with more spreadsheet with info and tools:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1szul6q5Jj0HN7K_l3ivPPxqkycDk1_MuvHHuVccMPHw/edit?usp=sharing
Saw boltcaster and opr and instantly thought of that lightning/keen ring haha. Been using it with azoth conductors/mjolnir. Mighty Gavel pancakes all day haha. Good work as always
@SteveBiscuit1440 best part is nobody specs for lighting resist their all fire. That's why it shreds!!
@@dhampir216 opals buddy
@@lopkodupkoo your point?
@ my point is that, some people go full opals which means you have lightning resist as well
@lopkodupkoo ahh I got ya I just know with the fire nerds everyone full fire resist . I haven't gone up against many that don't get shredded by my bolt caster.. I'm sure like with any there's a few but not much
Great video as usual. Much appreciate your work and effort! Thank you!
Liked, great vid as always 👌
Great video brother!!! Especially because of the low budget build, all the build channers never share low budget sets, but not u!!!
Great video as always bro! Gonna try this out for myself
Great video as always. Did you get that rapier from the crate with all those perks on it?
U can get it pretty much for free. It cost only doubloons to buy and more doubloons + coconut to upgrade. The cheapest and easier BiS ever haha
You can buy in the Well (in Cutlass Keys), and upgrade it in the Well as well (NOT in the kiln like other items)
Nice! I've been interested in making a build for Boltcaster on Pisces. Was able to put together something on Delos but that's more of a tanky duellist with Featherweight and it's not full BIS.
I got incorrectly banned on pisces.......
@@Nicko_Top_Bloke oh that sucks! Suspended for a week?
@@ThaCousin yes mate. It may be time to find another game.....
@Nicko_Top_Bloke I'm also playing Path of Exile 2, the early access, but if you are new to PoE better wait for full release.
I downloaded Marvel Rivals too, to give it a shot, people say it's a fun game.
Unfortunately we don't have action combat MMO to choose, and NW becomes a seasonal aimbot, tab-targeting game :V
F action combat and long term character progression.
@ThaCousin haha I hear u mate
Some mates got me back onto Arma series and I'm loving the challenge!
Hermano Exelente video , era justo lo que buscaba para mi build , gracias
@@lazaromontoya9659 Me alegro que te sea útil!
Pronto tratare de sacar otro video explicando algunas cosas que cambiaron en S7 y que nadie está teniendo en cuenta a la hora de hacer bow/musket builds.
Hicieron unos cambios en la base de empower/base dmg de las armas de rango (no mágicas).
En resumen, bow heavy attack pega 20% mas duro que en S6, por lo que build Boltcaster full on heavys como hice en este video es sin duda la mejor opción.
@@ThaCousin Mejor que HOPLITA full dots? :O
@@G1leaD Full DoT build es muy fuerte ahora que la regeneracion en general se redujo una barbaridad. Sobre todo porque no tienes que hacer mucho jaja Le tiras todo en la cara y corres, eventualmente moriran.
Pero para guerras o matar gente con pocket healer, en general suele ser mas util reventarlos de golpe.
Por ejemplo en un grupo de 2 o 3, con full NUKE power, podrias matarlos inmediatamente antes que puedan siqiuera reacionar. Y para eso el combo de Rapier es OP.
Eso no quita que full DoT/VG build sea muy fuerte y para 1v1 sea incluso mejor que esta build.
That rapier combo is sick
Bro nice vid!! I am from SA, Brazil, a newbie player literally. But have a quick question too. This set works on x1? My doubt is becausa its focused on heavy attack, you, in all you masterized moves, we got time to attack on x1? Or 2vs1. On thr video i saw just u hit far from the enemies, and close use rappier, its?
New fan over here, i gonna try this build
Oi, parceiro! Obrigado pelo seu comentário!
@ThaCousin :O What a awnser! If my coin wasn't six times less than u, i'll give some donate. For sure a new fan
Hey! Great videos and thanks for the resources you share! Can I ask why don’t u play Shirking Heals? I know they nerfed self healing, but also with poison changes ttk is crazy fast, a little sustain is now more precious than ever, isn’t it?
Shirking Heals is still VERY good to keep you alive as a solo player. This build is more focus on group/war gameplay, that's why I min-maxing dmg, to blow up enemies that I know, they will have 100% guaranteed a healer, so we need blow them up as fast as possible. (And there is also when the Rapier combo shines, because u can delete people before people can even react)
But for more solo queue, or lets say, non-war / group content, SHeals has very high value, and probably even more is S7 with all the pots and Endless Thirst nerfs.
And yes, you are right, now DoT's are even stronger because people can't regen it back, so even if u apply dots and just run, eventually they will die xD
So DoT builds and SHeals are very strong at the moment, but for war and group content it lose a bit of value (for the cleanse pots and the fact that everyone will have a healer to keep them up and even remove debuffs from them)
@ What do you think of aconite, do you think there’s room to experiment? I saw a build with a crafted spear with poison runeglass was going pretty nice, but the dmg of the bow… it’s meh
@@MrHydra3400 I just got it yesterday and unlocked the perks, I'll try spear and hatchet with it, at 100 str 350 dex and see how it goes.
For spear probably in medium tbh, and more focus on Spear than bow, probably.
But I need play with it to be sure and have some experience other than how it looks like in paper.
I'll share more soon!
@@ThaCousinallright! I look forward to it. Since you mentioned medium armor, have u ever thought about boltcaster with azoth inductors? It can be a meme build but the dmg of the bow won’t change, so we can pair it with spear and electified topaz in it.
let me know your thoughts.
Pa: thanks for replying and the content you provide! What server r u on?
Damn cuh out here bullying people again XD great vid and build as always
Do you think it would be possible to use spear instead of rapier ? would it be good combo as well ?
I think that boltcaster/rapier is the best synergy because it unlash all the rapier potential and at the same time you don't need reduce ur bow potential (INT perks actually boost all about Boltcaster, including Bolt proc and Shirnking Lightning)
So to play Spear or Hatchet (offensive hatchet, not just second life utility hatchet), The new bow is probably the way to go.
Full thrust dmg bow 100str 350 dex and + Aconite = Insane spear dmg.
Same for hatchet, 100 str is really needed for hatchet because it's scale mainly from STR, so pure dex split is shit hatchet dmg.
I'm working in a Aconite + Spear build, I'll try to make a video about it. I'm even thinking build it in medium
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You should give Aconite a try. It's affinity and hvy attacks are crazy. Tied in with the Woodgrain ring and the rapier damage is crazy. The poison buffs/dots. You can keep your same skill set and use Hvy bows to proc poisoning on them with out poison shot.
For Aconite being pure thrust I would play it with hatchet. Bow/Hatchet old school.
www.nw-buddy.de/gearsets/share/ipfs/QmenzRVi6seW3LNDn8w5weitdz1sJ1wqESs2y2tHSST59H|
Something like that maybe... e.e
Do not split and go for 100% str for good hatchet dmg and more thrust dmg boost.
In this case it would be really really nice have a sns aura to help us to keep empower cap.
But with mana potions and empowering toast we should be ok.
I like to use Feral Rush for the stagger slow (adding the perk on armor), but Torrent works too.
I'll give it a try :D
@@ThaCousin link for some reason doesnt work? would be highly interested in an aconite variant. was thinking tumblers setup w hatchet myself
@@shaymerchant2264 oh dang it. I'll make a new link when I'm back on my laptop.
I was thinking of even trying it with spear as well, and maybe bring back some old school Deity bow/spear gameplay haha
@@shaymerchant2264 let me know if this one works.
www.nw-buddy.de/gearsets/share/ipfs/QmQvf9p1BmRaXyRJn8Ns4QiBmVzwfGDKRez5rcBctKehue
I like feral rush for the stagger/root, but pick torrent instead if u want.
For spear it would be the same concept, just spear instead of hatchet.
www.nw-buddy.de/gearsets/share/ipfs/QmQvf9p1BmRaXyRJn8Ns4QiBmVzwfGDKRez5rcBctKehue
Hey ! Thanks for the vid ! Quick question, why not 2% lightning damage on every gear ? Instead of health for example on the gloves ?
Hi mate,
This is the empower breakdown:
7% Honing stone
10% runeglsass
15% dodge
7% Ring (or 5% if 625gs)
4% Harnessing x2
= 43% (41% with 625gs ring)
+
10% leadership (if sns on group)
or
10% pots with empower toast
= 53% empower (51% empower, 625gs ring)
Cap is 50%
I play with sns on my war group and if he is dead or something I have my pots as backup. downtime of mana pots is very low so isn't a problem.
This way I have 3 extra slots on my armor to get some defensive perks, or keen for example, with the worm chest.
And, it's also easier to get the gear I want.
@@ThaCousin Thanks for answering !
@@ThaCousinfor bow and musket empower is 70% for abilities after they removed the ammunition
@@razvanbreazu4020 it was the case in the past, but looks like they removed the uncapped empower (was uncapped so we wanted 50% normal empower anyway) and they compensated it in some other way, basically buffing basics and nerfing abilities.
Old empower, already obsolete:
www.nw-buddy.de/status-effects/ammoremoval_dmgcompensation?search=deprecated
@@razvanbreazu4020 I'll try to make a video explaining all this, because they actually increased basic (hevays) attack dmg by 20% from S6 to S7, so is a no brainer build it full into heavys.
Dope😮
For the bis build.. only 1 ele aversion and 1 ench ward? especially for wars?
@@Kobee333 these perk will be always flexible. I think I put 1 conditioning of each thing or something. U can also use a normal ring, drop another harnessing and fee 1 extra armor slot. And ele aversion I think there is at least 2, ALP and boots.
But again, the BiS defensive perks never are the same all across the servers/regions. Especially for wars it needs to be adjusted
big fan
Noce vid once again, i might try a full glass cannon version 16con! You mentioned pen empower vs healers but does it proc on them?
Would you say full glass cannon boltcaster hits harder than musket/lifetaker? On autos/abilities/burst and dps?
@@mrbicboi2540 oh yeah, I should clarify that to pen empower work on healers, now they need some external empower because the trophies do not proc it anymore.
But if there is a sns (in their group and not 🐢 tank), leadership do the trick, flails as well, if they are in top of friendly oblivion, and honing stone... I'll test If honing stone proc it.
The thing with musket is that u have more distance to play full glass cannon, with bow further than 40m u are losing dmg for fall off.
Also, full glass cannon u can't really use Rapier, and Boltcaster Rapier is part of the magic of the build.
And you will never prock shirking lighting playing full glass cannon.
So for full glass cannon, musket or just hoplite bow with vg are probably better.
DI (the DoT perk)is also amplifying Lifetaker Rend, because disintegrate is only 1 thing, DoT and Rend in the same effect, the Rend potency is increased 15% all together with the DoT potency. (More rend, more dmg)
Same happens with Pesilence disease/DoT, u can disease even more having DI xD
@@ThaCousin thanks for detailed reply man! whats the benefit of using void harnessing for musket/lifetaker? cant i convert to lightning and use lightning harness, or is it big damage diff?
also trying to work out my empower, am i missing something? - 20%from RG +harness, 7%honing, 7%ring (34 permanent). situational is: 10from potion, empowering weakness is 5 but they need a debuff, headshot is 10 but hard. wondering if i should just use mortal empower on ring to get the extra 16 more permanent?
idk if they fix it or not but 25str used to boost heavies on bow, like that u would be able to go 25 focus for cd. Great gameplay tho
@@simoserrafi7156 yup, it was bug in the past, but they fix it.
It can be checked in NWbuddy under dmg rows. Now a charged bow attack is considered a heavy attack. (As it should be)
Before the 25 str fix, take 25 focus was a good option (I used to play with it), but now I'm going all in for dmg. (heavy attacks dmg)
The abilities actually do less dmg than heavys with this setup so I don't bother much with CDR anyway :p
Thanks for your comment mate ❤️
Do you have any war vods of you playing with this build?
Yeah, I should have some vods.
I'll check tomorrow and drop the link here. :)
ruclips.net/video/bRc9WUXXDeI/видео.htmlsi=8SxC9MNU3Z_VOiP6
If I play another one with bolt I'll try to remember to record it.
Sometimes I don't record because 100ping is enough pain to add lower fps on top of it haha
does 50 strength work with a bow?
a charged attack does not count as a heavy attack, I think I checked that only 25 strength works with light attacks
@@enjthesilence4390 You are partially right, it was bug in the past, but they fix it.
It can be checked in NWbuddy under dmg rows. A charged bow attack is considered a heavy attack.
(In the past it was labeled as a "light attack", and that's why 25str was applied to light and heavy attacks)
Thanks for pointing it out! 🙏
I rock bolt caster with a GS and i only do oprs. Hive once a week. It slaps. Im in a full light build hitting for 9 10k non crits
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does this build work with hatchet?
@@GanjaManVids yeah, but it would be an absolute waste.
For hatchet I would play 100str instead of int and with the new bow or just not Boltcaster.
Or use hatchet just to allow a more glass cannon build and play 5 to 100con.
Being hatchet just a second life and a pure utility weapon to keep u alive.
@ThaCousin aight thanks bro, is the new bow better btw?
to any new player watching, rapier's counter is literally just right clicking and waiting on them to unload all their cooldowns, it barely does any stamina damage
Yeah, that's a very good tip.
Blocking is very VERY strong and it should be use it way more.
Usually u know if the other player is really good or not so much just for how much and good they are at blocking, it's one of these things that makes de difference.
And as you pointed out, vs rapier and hatchet as well, you can block them for ever haha
Against the rapier wombo-combo, if that catch you from the back, there isn't enough time to rotate and block tho, better just dodge, and then rotate and block to block.
What hurt my soul the most is watching IG players not blocking 😭
You literally regen stamina while blocking with IG xD
damn, i miss thaCousins in AP
:( Yeah, AP was fun, small but cool community ❤
tbf there is any really "big" community anywhere hahaha
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@@ThaCousin atleast we get to see how you bully those pre-mades assholes in our server hahaha
I thought int no longer works on boltcaster?
Yeah it does.
For example 50 int 450 dex is less heavy attack dmg than 150 int 350 dex.
(but 450 dex is more ability dmg)
And ofc more int more rapier dmg.
It might look good on paper in terms of damage numbers, against people with very little to none ele resist and shit gear in general(new players with logging gear ect) but thats about it. Against properly geared light players with featherweight setup you barely doing damage not to mention how fast you would get rolled versus properly geared medium hatchet/spear gamers. The bow is trash compared to musket/fire staff and its not even remotely close. Its very unfortunate tho, i used to play alot bow myself
It can be easily tested vs geared people in duels. Dmg is there. About resist, is not against 30% lightning ofc, but no one run that on wars or anywhere.
If you have 200con FW setup, it will not make a difference if they catch u out of position with sns,spear,hatchet builds. And with FS you have even less chances.
FS has WAY less rapier dmg.
I mean, in paper it's good, in-game it do the job, but at the end of the day, it depends what you want to achieve with it and if you enjoy it or not. (and how you play it, people play bow like it's a FS, well yes, it do not work like that either)
It’s basically the same old bow build concept we played back in the day when the bow was meta: Attu Pants, full nuke, no DoTs.
There’s nothing really new or untested here, it’s a concept already been proven to work well in the past and dmg can be tested any time (assuming the server is up xD).
Bow it's the most omega broken thing in the world? Well, nah, but I don't think it's trash either.
Dam BoltCaster exploiters xD. Where are the inserted Memes?? lol
@@cabo7352 ikr 🤣 kinda express video, when I finish it I had like 10 min left of subscription of the editor software, no time for memes 😂
But I need to learn the new one, It's a better and free software (DaVinci), so it could take me some time to get used to it, but it should help me to increase the quality of the content in the long run.
I UNDERSTANIG THIS VIDEO FOR WHAT U SHOW THIS !. but i dont understand for reasion why u show this for more ppl specialy for aimlock user ... where distance lower 100m its 90-100 % hits in target
Cry more kid. This build is everywhere don't need a video for it .. build is a dime a dozen
Yeah.... game is kinda cooked with aimbot, sadly.
But my mates ask me to share my take with Boltcaster, and they still play without aimbot.
At this point, tbh, I should stop doing range/magic weapons builds all together if I worry too much for aimbot. AGS is not removing it.
But I refuse to use aimbot and lose brain cells playing with it, and making my aim (without aimbot) worse and worse over time.
So or I just don't care about it and I'll try to keep playing and doing content on my way, or I will lose my mind (I'll uninstall if I keep thinking in how broken aimbot AND no-aimbot "controller" magnetism )☠
F for the skill expression on this game.
@ThaCousin I mean I been playing for 2 and half weeks . Ain't been hit with aimbot yet .... I come from playing cod so I don't see what they are crying about. Shits clean ! Really enjoy it
To be fair a lot of these people aren’t well resisted. Feather and frigid dawn bolt is terrible into. Bolts only good if you sit back and charge heavies. I think bolt and using it to spam rapier dmg is insane.
Yeah, personally i don't like FW bolt build :P
With Boltcaster the sweet spot is kinda in the middle tho, if you are too far in the back, you can get value of the INSANE rapier dmg, and it will never proc shirking lightning.
But at medium range, dodging and proccing Shirking once in a while, it really hurts.
Realistically this never happen or it's very rare, but IF (big if) u proc Bolt in the same heavy that was charged with shirking, that's an extra 110% dmg, they just blow up haha But it's one every full moon if you are the only Boltcaster around xD
no. i use boltcaster and dive backlines in last season. Im top 9 in OPR kills and top 7 in OPR wins. Averaging 20-30 kils. Bolt is bad if you sit back.
@ yeah I said it better for you offhand
@ i only use rapier for escape.
@@Sirhands123 oh nice! U grind it hard! 🔥
“Bow does not dmg” lol. Said no one ever.
xD You would be surprised. Just in the comments there is one already saying that bow is trash😄
And people don't want to slot bows in wars, in any region.
For OPR it was always oppressive tho, mainly for DoT builds and shit layout.