The BEST Corruption Pusher - ZHP Ballista Build Guide | Last Epoch Cycle 1.1

Detailed Build Guide: ZHP Ballista Falconer

In this guide, Bina discusses the ZHP Ballista Falconer build, focusing on zero HP investment in damage and utilizing Silver Shroud for mitigation.

Understanding Silver Shroud and Mitigation

• Silver Shroud is a buff that enables dodging the next hit received and provides a ward per stack of Silver Shroud.

• Smoke bomb and Coordinated Fade grant Silver Shroud stacks.

• Adjusting ability bar placement affects when Silver Shroud procs.

Importance of Dexterity and Intelligence

• Stack dexterity and intelligence for optimal damage output.

• Aerial Assault buffs ballistas with increased damage per intelligence point.

• Focus on maximizing damage output for efficient corruption pushing.

Corruption Pushing Strategy

• Leveraging mechanics like Shade of Orbis to accumulate gaze stacks without losing them upon death.

• Dying strategically against Shade of Orbis can boost corruption significantly.

• Higher corruption levels enhance loot drops and item rarity in Merchant Guild gameplay.

Building the Character

• Utilize Morning Frost items to scale dexterity rapidly, benefiting ballistas' damage output.

• Maintain pace by upgrading gear solely for damage enhancement.

• Early access to powerful items like Falcon boosts character progression efficiently.

Enhancing Ballista Performance

• Optimize ballista performance through various damage multipliers and strategic potion usage.

• Prioritize acquiring damage multipliers, crit stats, duration enhancements, and mana cost reduction.

Teleportation and Ballista Mechanics

In this section, the speaker discusses the mechanics of teleportation and how it interacts with ballistas in the game.

Teleportation Skill Interaction

• Teleporting after using a traversal skill allows the player to bring their ballista along, eliminating enemies around them. Potions are dropped by ballistas at two points during their duration.

• Ballistas drop potions only when they hit an enemy, preventing players from exploiting potion drops without engaging foes.

Element Stat Ratio and Falcon's Role

• Element stat ratio affects armor shred, cold shred, and physical shred provided by ballistas.

• Falcon is not just for damage but also applies ailments like fear. Fear is crucial for crowd control in a ZP build.

Skills and Gear Setup

This part delves into specific skills used in the setup, as well as gear preferences for optimal performance.

Skill Selection and Usage

• Smoke bomb serves dual purposes: traversal skill for Silver Shroud acquisition every 5 seconds during boss fights.

• Decoy plays a vital role with its two charge duration to divert enemy attention, allowing time to set up and utilize ballistas effectively.

Gear Preferences

• The speaker provides a link in the description for detailed gear setup. Different versions of the build cater to various playstyles such as ZHP Turret Blista or ZHP Explosive Blista.

Gearing and Passive Skills Overview

In this section, the speaker discusses the importance of specific gear attributes and passive skills for optimizing the ZHP Ballista Falconer build in Last Epoch.

Gear Attributes

• Flat bow lightning damage roll is crucial for high damage output.

• Aim for a high roll of flat damage, closer to 32, as it significantly boosts damage.

• Prioritize increasing bow Critical Strike chance to reach 100% crit chance.

• Opt for shared minion crit multi on Idols or plus flat damage for ballista.

• Focus on increased armor shred effect and armor shred to maximize benefits.

Passive Skills

• Emphasize maximizing damage through passive skills.

• Prioritize dexterity, minion damage, crit avoidance, and flat damage in skill progression.

• Consider adjusting points in Relentless talents or expediency based on a minor bug in skill selection.

Blessings and Corruption Progression

This part delves into blessings selection and corruption progression strategies essential for enhancing the ZHP Ballista Falconer build's effectiveness.

Blessings Selection

• Opt for Critical Strike multiplier and increased cold damage in blessings.

• Choose Critical Strike avoidance on Grand survival of Might to scale crit multi effectively.

• Focus on increasing minion damage from Spirits of Fire for added effectiveness.

Corruption Progression

• Aim to increase corruption levels gradually while maintaining efficiency in clearing bosses.

• The build is projected to excel at higher corruption levels due to its optimized setup.

Build Performance and Conclusion

The speaker concludes by highlighting the build's performance potential, suitability for softcore playstyle, and similarities with Explosive Ballista builds from previous versions.

Build Performance

• The ZHP Ballista Falconer build excels at pushing corruption levels efficiently with strong offensive capabilities.

Suitability

• Recommended primarily for softcore play due to occasional deaths but promises an enjoyable gameplay experience.

Similarities with Previous Builds

• Draws parallels with Explosive Ballista builds from version 1.0 regarding defense scaling and offensive prowess.