(Outdated) Scion light arrow chain (Scion)

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Lightning Arrow/Chain, elemental hit

Suggested Leagues: Standard

Passive Skills

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Gems

Gem Set #1 Chest

Lightning Arrow

Fires a charged arrow at the target, causing them to be struck by a bolt of lightning which damages nearby enemies.


Lightning Arrow
Added Lightning Damage

Adds lightning damage to a skill.


Added Lightning Damage
Chain

Projectiles chain to nearby enemies as they hit their targets.


Chain
Lesser Multiple Projectiles

Causes 2 additional projectiles to be fired by projectile skills.


Lesser Multiple Projectiles
Life Gain on Hit

Restores players life when they hit an enemy.


Life Gain on Hit
Reduced Mana

Reduces the mana cost of the skill.


Reduced Mana


Gem Set #2 Bow

Elemental Hit

A standard attack (with any weapon) that adds damage of a random element.


Elemental Hit
Added Lightning Damage

Adds lightning damage to a skill.


Added Lightning Damage
Weapon Elemental Damage

Increases elemental damage dealt by weapons.


Weapon Elemental Damage
Life Leech

Restores players life based on damage dealt to enemies.


Life Leech
Faster Attacks

Increases the attack speed of physical skills.


Faster Attacks
Culling Strike

Enemies die when they are reduced to 10% or less life.


Culling Strike


Gem Set #3 Auras

Reduced Mana

Reduces the mana cost of the skill.


Reduced Mana
Wrath

Casts an aura that adds lightning damage to the attacks of you and your allies.


Wrath
Determination

Casts an aura that grants armour to you and your allies.


Determination
Grace

Casts an aura that grants evasion to you and your allies.


Grace


Gem Set #4 Shock Conductivity

Cast When Damage Taken

Supported skills have a chance to cast supported spells when you take damage. You cannot cast supported spells directly. Also reduces damage taken.


Cast When Damage Taken
Arc

An arc of lightning stretches from the caster to a targeted nearby enemy and chains on to additional targets.


Arc
Added Lightning Damage

Adds lightning damage to a skill.


Added Lightning Damage
Conductivity

Curses all targets in an area, making them less resistant to lightning damage and giving lightning damage a chance to shock.


Conductivity


Gem Set #5 Defensive Set

Blood Magic

This skill is cast using life rather than mana.


Blood Magic
Decoy Totem

Summons a totem that taunts nearby monsters to attack it.


Decoy Totem
Reduced Mana

Reduces the mana cost of the skill.


Reduced Mana
Clarity

Casts an aura that grants mana regeneration to you and your allies.


Clarity


Bandits

Help Oak in Normal Difficulty - Rewards +40 to Maximum Life
Help Kraityn in Cruel Difficulty - Rewards +6% to Attack Speed
Kill all the bandits in Merciless Difficulty - Rewards 1 Passive Skill Point

Guide

This build focuses on ele damage, phys damage is irrelevant. End game would use voltaxic, but something like lioneye's or a ele thicket bow can be used.

I use added lightning damage instead of weapon elemental damage with lightning arrow/chain because of the +10% possible chance to shock, and duration and the damage isn't too terribly different with the reduced damage multipliers.

Because this build utilizes mana, there have to be items that focus on regeneration. In the skill tree, passive nodes make up for 120% regeneration and 56% inc mana, so it is advisable to use something like Atziri's Foible.

Life nodes make up 218% inc life at the moment, with 20 nodes remaining for more life regeneration. There is also a base 2% life per second with passive nodes.

Gem choices can change; I use reduced mana in some instances instead of blood magic to take advantage of this. It is possible, since this hasn't been tested, that passive reduced mana nodes may have to be used. I also selected MoM as a keystone, but whether or not its viable remains to be seen.

As a final edit, I changed the last link to include a aura run on life instead of magic: clarity, since its based on a flat life reserved, not a % reserved. With the passive skill gems, 31% reduced mana is reserved, and with Alpha's, it can be 39% reduced reserved, not counting the reduced magic node. With a lvl 20 blood magic, reduced magic and alpha's howl, it will reserve 0.71*0.69*1.96* 440 = 422 life reserved. its high, but not unreasonably high with decent levels of life.

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