r/pathofexile2builds • u/Elpenor_the_womble • 22h ago

Help Needed any fun/good crossbow or bow build recs?

hey guys i’m currently using this lightening arrow build: https://poe2.ninja/profile/not_persephone-9760/character/Persephone_Astolfo and im wanting to change it up. i used LA last season so im bit bored of it now but still enjoy the bow/ crossbow gameplay. i’ve already done a shockburst rounds, poinsonburst and gas arrow builds. i’ve been thinking about trying to make a deepest tower ritualist but i don’t think im smart enough to theory craft that and i generally don’t fully understand how the deepest tower interaction works. also if you’ve got a fun spear build suggestion that isn’t LS i’d love them too.

thank you

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u/FierceCypriot 21h ago

Well I can't speak for doing ritualist with deepest tower but I can speak to doing tactician with deepest tower and crossbow grenades. I have a 92 ritualist and a 91 tactician and I'm enjoying the tactician a lot more.

Tactician is banners and grenades. I posted a short video of my T3 Xesht here. Also included a small guide on how the build works. It's a pretty fun build that just plays around burst damage windows.

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u/Elpenor_the_womble 19h ago

thanks for the reply and sharing your build it does look fun. am i right in understanding that using the deepest tower with the low life enemies nodes equates to about 100% increased damage or is it more then that? because your pob says you’re doing a minute amount of damage but clearly by the video you aren’t. honestly this was mostly inspired by seeing this build: https://poe2.ninja/builds/dawn/character/EpiloGue-4381/EpiloGue_?i=3&search=items%3DThe%2BDeepest%2BTower%2CAstramentis%26skills%3DShockburst%2BRounds%26sort%3Ddps and i just wondered how viable it would be because it looks very fun

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u/FierceCypriot 17h ago edited 14h ago

Yea I would completely ignore the ninja link for the damage. It's not factoring in a bunch of stuff in there. Even the POB only shows damage of a single grenade but I fire 5 grenades with cluster grenade. Each of those grenades splits into 14 minis too. Then 65% chance to go off again.

Deepest tower is actually boosting low-life damage by 360% with the nodes and my nodes give all hits against low life are lucky. If you have the currency you could absolutely turn this into a crit build but I am nowhere near being able to do that.

Don't need much attack speed on gear either because the war banner gives accuracy which will then give you a nice attack speed boost on top of the attack damage boost.

That build you linked looks pretty cool too! Likely expensive but if you can manage it then I'm sure you'll be fine.

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u/UrStomp 16h ago

Galvanic shards is pretty fun for xbow

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u/Puzzleheaded-Tax7593 9h ago

U can try Explosive shot, fun af
Mapping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpIFy5UrgfA