What is better to hunt Prospectors with as RP, Envenomed Arrows or Crystalline Arrows?

Question

Hello there,

so, monsters in Thaian cave in Edron (Barren Drift),

Cursed Prospector and Evil Prospector are really strong to physical damage. This makes it hard for paladins to hunt them / make bestiary.

Therefore I'm asking,

is it better to use Envenomed Arrows or  Crystalline Arrows? Or maybe do you have any better ideas? Thanks for any feedback!

Comments

Elemental imbue on bow? :o

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My bad, edited the question!

Answer 1

There is no way to make elemental imbuement on distance weapons... But lets take a look at their defenses:

	Evil Prospector	Cursed Prospector
Physical:	35%	40%
Earth:	100%	100%
Fire:	100%	100%
Death:	110%	100%
Energy:	70%	100%
Holy:	65%	50%
Ice:	100%	100%

 Envenomed Arrows has the highest elemental damage of all ammunition: 27 Earth Dmg, and as we can see, earth is a neutral element for both creatures, making envenomed arrow the best option for a single target hunt.

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But, let's make some calculations here:

•  Envenomed Arrows (27 Physical + 27 Earth)
  • Total "Atk" for Envenomed Arrow: 27 (Earth) + 27*0,35 (Physical) = 27+ 9 = 36 Atk
• Diamond Arrows (37 Physical)
  • Total "atk" for Diamond Arrow: 37*0,35 (Physical) = 13 Atk

Therefore, if you are hitting 3 or more creatures, your overall damage will be higher with diamond arrows (I'm not even considering the fact that Diamond Arrows never miss)

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As Popicii mentioned in the comment below, Evil Prospectors will reflect Fire, Energy and Poison damage. So, if your goal is to deal the most damage and you don't care about the damage you'll take, then my answer above is still valid. 

But, if you rather mitigate the damage reflection, then I would recommend  Infernal Bolts + SD instead.

Comments

Worth to mention is that Evil Prospectors will reflect damage. They will reflect fire, energy and poison damage. Meanwhile Cursed Prospectors wont reflect damage. Here is a small test I ran on the Evil Prospectors and their reflection:

Great Fireball Rune (Fire). 100% damage reflection
You lose 392 hitpoints due to an attack by an evil prospector. (damage reflection)
An evil prospector loses 392 hitpoints due to your attack.

Thunderstorm Rune (Energy). 143% (?) damage reflection
You lose 541 hitpoints due to an attack by an evil prospector. (damage reflection)
An evil prospector loses 379 hitpoints due to your attack.

Stone Shower Rune (Earth). 100% damage reflection
You lose 477 hitpoints due to an attack by an evil prospector. (damage reflection)
An evil prospector loses 477 hitpoints due to your attack.

Envenomed Arrows (Earth). 100% damage reflection, since it's earth damage
You lose 162 hitpoints due to an attack by an evil prospector. (damage reflection)
An evil prospector loses 162 hitpoints due to your attack.

Unless the person is having a lot of earth protection (though I would recommend life drain, energy and holy) and doesn't mind healing after every hit with Envenomed Arrows on Evil Prospectors.

Didn't see anyone mention the damage reflection. Feel free to use the small data I gathered, or even collect more yourself, to add to your answer :)

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Wow Popici, I love your comment. You should add it as an anwer. Do you have any idea with what RP could hunt the Prospectors then?