I Cast Magic Missile! - Cantrip's guide to Ethereal Knives 2.0

Made some changes to the tree (Tempada gave me the idea), and got a new idea...
I can give up:
4% Reduced Mana Reserved
6% Increased Aura Effect
6% Cast Speed
6% Move Speed
26% ES + 20 ES
8% Mana

And get:
30% Life
+5% Mana Regen
+5% Elemental Resist

If I end up doing this, I gain 600 more Life, but my Clear Speed may go down... Will need to think about this.

EDIT: Well, I tried. I ended up having to take 2 extra mana nodes to cover for the "Reduced Mana Reservation". In short, I lost 1.2K DPS, 6% MS, and got 400 Life. Not worth it in my book, so I'll be fixing it back later (or not, we'll see - I like my DPS).
*If* I can find a way to bring the Mana left with gear, it's a good deal (at 600 Life), but not 100% sure as it is - for HC this path is certainly better.

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Trees:
Current


New Idea

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CantripN wrote:

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jeremys73 wrote:

Empower 1 is....... disappointing. But the good news is I found one last night and once it levels up it will do good things for my DPS.

Empower 1 is like an Egg, 2 is like a hatchling, 3 is a Bird, 4 is T-Rex.

Waiting for my T-rex to hatch will give me plenty of time to 6l my belly of the beast. Or 5l for that matter.

What about pledge of hands?

Wouldn't that allow you to get rid of a lot of mana nodes? and with just a 5 link you're set for pwnage already?

Just wondering.

No gameplay vids?

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RXXQ wrote:

What about pledge of hands?

Wouldn't that allow you to get rid of a lot of mana nodes? and with just a 5 link you're set for pwnage already?

Just wondering.

It should work ok if you have one, but you realize a 6L like I use costs LESS than an unlinked Pledge, and works better? Yes, you might be able to save a few Mana nodes, but you also lose block and spell block, and other stats on wand+shield...

It has it's perks, and you can even use a Kaom's Heart with it, but I don't have either, so I can't test it for you.

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@TheRabbit303 - I'll make some eventually. Not sure my laptop can handle that :D

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CantripN wrote:

@TheRabbit303 - I'll make some eventually. Not sure my laptop can handle that :D

Representing! Glad I'm not the only one who plays on a laptop.

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Tempada wrote:

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CantripN wrote:

@TheRabbit303 - I'll make some eventually. Not sure my laptop can handle that :D

Representing! Glad I'm not the only one who plays on a laptop.

*raises hand in air*

Level 90.

EK 21. DPS: 34K.

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CantripN wrote:

EK 21. DPS: 34K.

Are you going to try Atziri?