Toxic Rain Ballista Endgame Guide & Upgrades (Pathfinder) | Path of Exile, 3.21 Crucible

Here's some minmaxing advice for my upcoming Leaguestarter Build, the Toxic Rain Ballista Pathfinder.
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Full Build Guide: • Toxic Rain Ballista Pa...
Leveling Guide: • Leveling Toxic Rain Ba...
00:00 Intro
01:22 Gem Upgrades
02:31 Item Upgrades
06:21 The BIGGEST Upgrade
09:05 Other Tips
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[@ravehammer]

Been absorbing your content lately. Stoked for Crucible

[@ronald3602]

I always like buying upgrades for my starter that will also work on future builds, so i love upgrading with Empower/Enlighten. Great guides! Thanks for the videos.

[@Shanopla]

TR guy through and through here. Late to the party due to being an old man. But. Love the build. Was reluctant to get away from self cast altogether, but after seeing how much the build improves, I can't see going back at this point. The double-dipping on speed is insane. Thanks so much for a thorough guide to a great variation on my all time fav skill!

[@christinacarter2550]

Thanks for showing us 🏆🙂🙏🏼

[@yourrandomshorts4906]

enjoying your videos, keep making em :D

[@sargat3]

Nice! Pretty sure there is another sweet spot for TR overlaps, that is using Anomalous Concentrated Effect with 15% quality and no other AoE increase. That is about 5.4 overlap rate if I'm not mistaken, so you could go for an extra projectile and boost single target DpS

[@Palsteron]

if you wanna boss sure, this is the best setup for anything else.

[@Yaumyt]

Thanks a lot dude

[@saitamaharuhiko8337]

i started playing poe this league, and i found a TR selfcast starter build and when i got to bosses and t16 maps it really didn't perform well, so i asked a streamer for help and he just sent me to your guide, i respeced the build and it feels so good, been farming uber elder and shaper for past 3 days, gearing up to fight uber shaper, i definitely will be starting with this variation next league, hope it won't get nerfed or something, also progenesis is 26 div currently, this is crazy, but i looked at my pob and it will give me 20k EHP straight up, so definitely worth it, great vids, thanks.

[@backer0285]

Thanks for the great work on this build. I'm really enjoying playing it. I did notice that the end game POB shows 25 skill gems with only 24 slots. Am I missing something? If not, where do you recommend making room for it?

[@priotus4758]

See you next time Mr. Palsteron 😊

[@uit17]

Hello. I've had a blast with your Winter Orb Omni Ascendant build from patch 3.17. I've been looking for a similar build since then. Any alternatives/advices?

[@crimsonhakik1234]

Hello, this is the build I have decided to follow and stick with for the season. I'm currently 95 and have follow the Maxroll guide to a T , even saved up and got my Progenisis. I see here that I have more gear options, what do you think would be the ideal item to go for first? Would the bow be a good idea? I'm still using Quill Rain, or one of the other options? Hope you see this.

[@Heinzold]

I'm gonna give this a shot. Last season I started with a venom gyre build but with chain and fork it was so intense that it killed my pc and I had insane lag spikes xD

[@1984psike]

Do you plan to use Death Rush for mapping? cause the double dip with wilma should be pretty op for that builld, right?

[@poet8236]

Great guide, as always. :) One thing I didn't understand: why the Vitality on the Watcher's? Where does this build get Vitality from? Thanks!

[@gjozefi]

Thanks!

[@Palsteron]

Glad you liked the video, thank you! :)

[@CryptoPunk_]

@Palsteron bro is this build capable of doing uber pinnacle bosses in the end game setup ? Its a cool build but I'm actually looking for a league starter that can scale into ubers like EA Ballista Champion but is your build also viable ? God I like it so much .

[@GoodToGoIII]

Thank you for the build, its awesome! Why do you not use "Used when Charges reach full" enchant on flasks?

[@sxz69]

To save you fingers. PF ascendency works like mageblood. Flasks will click automaticly when charges are full and you will have full charges all the time because of ascendency+tree. .

[@SokoladoFabrikas]

What is the best enchant in this matter? Used when reach full or used at the end of its effect?

[@SyntheticaYT]

@@sxz69 they asked why he doesn’t use it?

[@akkathor]

Thanks for the Build! Any reason why you dont use unnatural instinct? Id there any Discord you recommend (besides yours) for me to be able to buy Lab Enchants?

[@ae_evolution2197]

Hello Pal', and thanks for your guide(S!). Quick question/suggestion, as it seems rarely mentionned in any "guides", even if it's most of the time a no-brainer. Having a quick TLDR of map mods that can be annoying/build disabling could be nice to have over a build presentation/demo. Some people when they look at a build to pick as a starter likes to go for something not too frustrating to play due to certain map mods, as an exemple "gosh, i'll go for a chaos build this time, fuck the corrupted red maps bricked due to elem reflect" or stuff like that. Here, the only one that can maybe matters are : - Players have 60% less Recovery Rate of Life and Energy Shield - Players gain 50% reduced Flask Charges - Players cannot Regenerate Life, Mana or Energy Shield And keeping in mind that we are not really "ailment immune" so Shocked ground and stuff like that in fact "matters" i suppose? Thanks for your time again, and cheers !

[@claudiahelmer4706]

what for sure are we ailment immun

[@ae_evolution2197]

@@claudiahelmer4706 Sorry, but from what? Extinguish? It doesn't immune you. (To ground elemental ailments, for exemple). Again, it's about having a quick tldr of what to be mindful of.

[@claudiahelmer4706]

@@ae_evolution2197 oh so. i don't care about such things, storm shroud and good, i don't really look at the map mods either, that's the whole idea of toxic rain.

[@ae_evolution2197]

@@claudiahelmer4706 "i don't care", the whole idea of my post was an suggestion for guides onward. Not especially for "me" or this build. (:

[@claudiahelmer4706]

@@ae_evolution2197 so something meaningless

[@BeyondTP]

Hi Palsteron - is the POB linked in the description the final itteration?

[@cameroncushman8314]

Pal, do think this build could do well with delving?

[@TheBeeFart]

I'm very curious what the class specific Toxic Rain tier 5 crucible passive will be. It's been confirmed that all "main" skills will be getting one. It could potentially even double our damage but more realistically maybe 40-50% more damage.

[@David-uu1lo]

It would be pretty cool if they brought back the old tr mechanic

[@GobbiLuiz]

@@David-uu1lo How was that?

[@David-uu1lo]

@@GobbiLuiz the aoe didn’t spread the pod apart so more aoe = more overlap

[@olsev_baiden2597]

I think that a Quill Rain with a fitting weapon skill tree will be best of both worlds (comfy + damage boost).

[@Zinochron]

If its something actually meaningfull, maybe TR projectiles hav x% chance to spawn 2 pods (single location or minimal offset) or Pods have x% chance to explode twice (effectively resetting their duration), both would just be X% Damage more, i think

[@neonraven1610]

You made a great build. Built it out, it works, its strong. Put together tunas light arrow, regret spending anything on it, its terrible. 😂

[@appleender959]

Something worth noting, the new arcane surge at lvl 10 would be up permanently, and grant us some cast speed for free. Worth putting in the build somewhere maybe for the attack speed conversion.

[@ajack3526]

where would u put it?

[@Maximumblaze]

would stick to quills but dont want to miss out on the weapon skill tree power, depends on how hard is it to get on uiniques

[@frankpoulsen4749]

Maybe a noob question - but how does the DPS compare to RF jugg build? Thx for the amazing guide!

[@simonhughes4546]

Would it be worth going Ashes of the Stars to try and cram Purity of Elements into the build. Then go for phys as an element watchers eye to mitigate phys damage even further?

[@alexos8259]

Hey Palsteron, first of all thanks for the guides, May I ask what do you drop for Enlighten, since I saw you on your POB you have everything active including Blood Rage, and your Aura gems are in your gloves and so is Despair. So just wondering what would you drop for it. And again, love the content

[@Canal2Playerz]

Hey. Have you discovered what he did with Blood Rage? I'm having the same issue.

[@alexos8259]

@@Canal2Playerz He told me on stream that you only use vitality if you get the watchers eye, so practically you drop vitality if you are running it.

[@Canal2Playerz]

@@alexos8259 Nice to know. But if I'm using Vitality, should I drop any other? :x

[@alphaomicron880]

God's work

[@ZurrueOficial]

Starting with this totem tr build in SSF. Praying for the helm drop so hard

[@1akemper]

Can this do ubers? If you want to stick with one build? Or should you just get voidstones then move over to a more dpser build?

[@eslamg.kahled5219]

Love it

[@BlaiseP]

Toxin Rain or Toxic rain ballista for league start(softcore trade)? what do u think?some pros and cons too both builds?

[@jonaspettersson4207]

What is the best endgame mechancis to run for this build? (What to go for in the atlas tree)

[@chielzzmew]

How significant are all the extra totem nodes south of Duelist area, are the totems actually more durable or is it just a meme? Or could you get away with anointing Panopticon and spend the points elsewhere.

[@ovuncdogan46]

why not "used when charge reaches full" for auto flasks instead of resused at the end of flask effect @palsteron ??

[@posaunenrori]

hey dumb question, but tr is supposed to have 39% AOE? I cannot find the 39% in your POB or do i miss something

[@TheRewyn]

Hey, did you see mana forged arrows? Might be a way for us to automate frenzy or entangling shot when we fire the other?

[@Palsteron]

Could be good, I'll have to test it out first though! Will probably talk about it in one of the update vids in week 1

[@profuter]

Hi. Will new Widowhail bow good for TR with the Totem Quiver? +3 totems is good for us?

[@sarvashaktimaan7106]

Do you have any thoughts of running Cloak of defiance with replica sorrow of the divine? I am considering completely duping armor and going for ES/Evasion bases. This way I should be able to get a decent chunk of ES. If sorrow of the divine is not suddenly ultra expensive this will also solve all early and late mana issues. Morover, I can take the new life mastery as Cloak of Defiance has no life mods (unless mind over matter somehow counts, lol). This will obviously reduce physical mitigation greatly but I believe it should be overall tankier with just taste of hate in most circumstances as I look for other ways to mitigate physical and farm up for progenesis. Obviously, on softcore trade.

[@sarvashaktimaan7106]

Vilma's also gives energy shield which is otherwise basically a dead stat on this build. I would consider also taking the 3 evasion/es nodes near the start as it should be efficient at overall low %increased with the goal of hitting ES around equal to the flask regen per second.

[@krosmoc9598]

Should i make build from ziz or from palsteron, i cant choose, please help

[@RenkoQC]

Can you add these suggestions on the final pob ? please....

[@eyeofanewt]

Hey im following this for affliciton league... you say in endgame we no longer use lifetap.. do we also not use petrified blood then if vitality lets us regen? im a little confused there, and if so what are we replacing life tap with if anything?

[@SoulSenpai1510]

Maybe stupid question , but why Lightning coil , is it just purely for the 50% phys taken as lightning? could I maybe use skin of the lords to supplement the levels till I get +3 bow??

[@andersandersen9941]

That is your Slogan. "Since I still dont have a Slogan, Sea next time" ;)

[@Angelsergiuboy]

what does fall off means ? I can't get it to do ubers fast ? should I stick to my EA balista totem elementalist ? does that scale better ? I played it for like 6-8-10 leagues now and was the only build I did for the whole league.

[@alex7435]

If you specifically want to kill ubers ea ballista is a better choice, yes.

[@drevsviper]

hey Pal! is it possible to do ubers easy with about 20-30 mill. dps with this build?

[@Canal2Playerz]

Please help. Blood Rage is not allocated? Because on your POB it is marked as enabled. Other than that, you have set 30% reduced mana cost as a custom modifier, even tho you get it at the skill tree. After removing it the Toxic Rain Ballistas costs 9 to 11 mana. How to zero that out? I'm a bit lost. Please help :)

[@Zinochron]

MOM, MOOOOM the No-Slogan-Guy posted a video!!

[@MrJonnyk999]

When you say if you want to stick to quill rain, get +2 on the armor. As a newer player, what does that mean? I have about 5 divines so far. I cant figure out how to search that on trade.

[@ScottySkilz1]

does mark on hit work with this build? im guessing no since you not directly hitting the enemy

[@SzaQak]

I always play one build per league because I'm average player. So if I make arround 20div in league.. this is a good build for me?

[@Zack-dv6rz]

Maybe I missed it, but is there a recommended upgrade order?

[@LochyMacleod]

Do u think this will be stronger than EA Ballista at end game?

[@rktmwow2170]

Can the lightning damage you take from Lightning Coil apply shock to you? Is that why you use the "Grants Immunity to Shock for 16 seconds if used while Shocked" mod on the life flask?

[@Rakschas666]

Yes it can, and that is likely the reason he did. That being said you can also opt for mods on rings that give reduced effect of shock (and chill) on you. That and the Garukhan Pantheon can give you a substitute for the shock flask for example. Theres plenty of alternatives.

[@SoL-bb7br]

why isnt the covenant used for Toxic rain? (i used it for CA ballista last season). Is it because the +3 skill dmg boost >> added chaos?

[@Vexferen]

I'm still full of doubts on which type of TR build im gonna follow. I usually like to go for builds that i can league start with and juice them up till i can clear all ubers, wave 30 sim etc, 80%deli, etc... I've seen: TR + ballista, TR+CA and now only ballista. I feel like only ballista will feel clunky if the totems get oneshot all the time vs uber endgame. Havoc recent video on how to clear the campaign looks really good, I still need to watch everything from Ziz PoB and check if Steelmage did all ubers with TR or just the normal version. It would be awesome if any version of TR can handle all ubers even if the budget goes up to 150-250divs or a bit more even. It looks really comfy with all the flask QoL and delayed damage taken but still doubtful about the final damage output vs endgame content

[@elantonelle]

Why not respec into something better

[@giri3224]

Does the helmenchant "Toxic rain deals x% more damage" also work with ballista?

[@landon1500]

does Despair and or Flame dash not have a spot in this POB, gloves don't have 5 sockets

[@GeassBreaker]

Hi Palsteron, is charge recovery for flasks the best mod on this build? What about gain charge when hit or reduced charge used? Thanks as always!

[@mrbraunyzockt3318]

Getting more projectiles does benefit Toxic Rain or no?

[@sheltierox]

Did those build in endgame will be fine with 30 deliriums stage ?

[@royoel69]

Where are you getting the "custom 200" resists that you list in POB under the calc section as I can't seem to figure out how you have so much resists yet only 2 rings, sentinal, taste of hate, lightning coil, wasting, searching eye jewel and progenesis. Maybe I am missing something here @Palsteron

[@royoel69]

Sorry just saw the section in POB under the configuration tab which basically says each person would have to make up the 200% resists in the various gear items

[@ceowylon]

Any thoughts on using the new bow?

[@elantonelle]

Garbage

[@parkerkitrarkor]

is it possible to remove the ballista and use the rain manually?

[@gambitgo]

How are you getting lightning resist with the -60 from the body?

[@kirilld.1541]

Just get more lighting resistance wherever you can.

[@Petrstanka1]

Sorry maybe stupid question, but why is projectile speed so important for toxic rain?

[@Genesisfury]

Just a couple of notes for people and **cough** Palsteron *cough*. PoB has 25 active gems when you can only have 24. If you go with Enlighten, you'll need to take out another gem somewhere else. Best option is Frenzy and GMP. You'll find you never actually manually cast Frenzy to get stacks so you don't need it in a setup. Custom config has -30% Mana cost when it's also selected on the tree. Remove the one written in the custom area of config so it doesn't double dip.

[@rmxcq]

where you get ele res ? i dont see it

[@WizardDoom]

I play one build every League because I suck and never had 100div...so it doesnt matter anyway

[@SirVipAvernus]

How can you fit 5 gems in your gloves in POB?

[@bigplayerpl1]

best panteon for this build pleas?

[@amirrekabpour7722]

Whats the head enchant?

[@pedroreisdealmeida6911]

What happened to the 2x toxic rain gems?

[@sloesty]

Crucible is going to make quill rain more expensive than the plus three bow because for the thicket bow, you can just combine cheap thicket bows, but for quill rain, you will need to not only combine quill rains, you will need to have good crucible trees. This will make quill rain more expensive too, since people will be melding instead of selling drastically lowering the supply, while the demand stays high.

[@milk8888]

i dont thinks quill rain is rare enough to make a big diference... maybe it will hit the 10-20c mark, but i dont think it will be much higher...

[@Temsen]

We don't know that to be fair. The map that enables you to make a skill tree on uniques might be super rare, and that will lead to market flooding with Quills like usual. Can only wait and see

[@adalos1953]

quill rain will also be significantly lower ilvl and won't have access to the best nodes

[@TrivialTax]

@Palestron Any idea why you have Physical Overwhelm in Enemy Stats section in PoB? Its not a default option and I was wondering why its selected.

[@faekri]

is the weapon thicket bow or quill rain? from the guide on maxroll it is quill rain???

[@DrGaryNope]

Quill rain is the starter/mapping weapon, crafted thicket bow is a massive DPS boost for bossing/tanky rares

[@sable5269]

helm enchant wilma 5 div?

[@markusmeier8520]

wasnt there supposed to be an EA update by palsteron?

[@Sharlice87]

I will play a version of this build with caustic arrow + toxic rain totem. I will not use Wilma's because caustic arrow has no use for it.

[@anonimosincero3392]

This bhild can do uber boss easy ?

[@ZhoraHA]

Have text format guide?

[@ghostfreax]

Will this build be sufficient to get me to 40 challenges ? Please do note that i am a filthy casual :)

[@mclovin4974]

PoB shows different dps than one in the video

[@chriswilliams663]

tattoo's for the build in 3.22?

[@LifeWatcher]

Progenesis ~35-40 divs now :D

[@francoiss.5173]

100 now

[@StoyanD]

Hi Pal, why Ensnaring aroow?

[@thomaswerner5120]

hey , why i dont understand this : you have max resistance but no resistance on item . how you do that ?

[@blackoutman6]

I would like to know also haha

[@muratsalimov4176]

Artillery Ballista: All damage can poison nice?

[@FriendsFighting]

softcore build?

[@LegendKev9719]

Also a question how does the change or fix to wilmas affect the build, they fixxed that the highest atk spd or cast only apply?

[@1604MafiaBest]

why you think they change it?

[@autoglobus]

I think you are misunderstanding that bug fix. I think it specifically addresses the interaction between Wilma's and Anomalous Kinetic Blast, both of them having similar effects and stacking with each other if used in the same build.

[@kobi2643]

you can't fit 2 skills with 5link body in your pob or 1 skill with 6l

[@iamthatguy6907]

How about you show the actual skills you've got equipped and linked at the end ?

[@nhatnoshida6928]

what aura do i swap to get for vitality buff

[@abcDoinWorkxyz]

Run Vitality along with the rest of your auras (Malevolence, Haste, and Petrified Blood). Should not need to disable one of those auras to fit in a level 1 Vitality.

[@grdndl]

where do the +200 base res in pob come from?

[@arzanpatel]

He assumes you add res to your gear (none of the gear has res )

[@dennisbliek60]

What enchant do we go for?.

[@alejodavison8656]

Malevolence reservation

[@xungu5964]

Hi, can this build farm uber maven?

[@elantonelle]

You want way more damage for farming uber maven so you can skip phases

[@Rakschas666]

That's a nice life flask, but why not make them regret Master Surgeon get the power of two perfect ventors with a single 1c flask?

[@apurbakundu3939]

where is ailment immunity?