[2.2]Low Life Ninja - 180k DPS Crit EK, 9.7K ES, No Mirrors Required!

Really enjoying the build! I've always liked EK, but haven't found a build recently that was clearing fast enough when compared to the speed of SA or TS. Im probably just as fast now and a lot tankier. I'm doing 173k dps with 8 power charges, ~237k with flasks, and 7.4k es. Chancing skyforth made for a real nice dps boost too, not to mention how easy it is to keep charges when combined with assassin's mark. Thanks for sharing!

Hi, im currently leveling to play this build since i got the chance to put my hand on a Shav's and i was wondering: i see a lot of people playing with daggers but noone seems to take any point in dagger crit in the tree. Aren't thoses working for spells too? For exemple i think taking Alder Touch near Ghost reaver is more worth it than going Arcane Potency on the far left of the tree. We also have Nightstalker right near Written in blood that we take, more crit chance and phys dmg.

Pls correct me if i'm wrong cause im planning on taking those.

Could take some tips.
Only sitting @ 55k DPS with 5 powercharges atm. and dont really know how to improve.
Besides getting a good shield and %ES crafts etc.
I just wonder how I can break 100k dps with chain on...I'm lvl 92 so ye...
A good shield might boost me to 60-70k but not more.
My jewels are good too, all of them have spelldmg; projectile dmg and phys%.
EK lvl 21 might bring me closer..but besides that...I'm a bit clueless.
Gear:


Tree

cheers

@skieZ:

you didnt take 44% crit multi in the tree, what value are you sitting at? it's kinda useless to have 100% crit chance if you only got 200% multi tho i think you should be around 50%/250% (maybe more, your stuff is good) I'm not sure a 6th power charge and more multiplier would skyrocket your dps but it's a lead.
also you play with chain which is great for clearing but it might lower your dps tooltip.
and your spell echo is lvl 15....
add to that the no-spell-damage shield.

I really like your doble curse on blasphemy setup, what are the aura you're running (2 on life and how many on mana?) and is the range of blasphemy long enough so you don't have to stay at point blank to get charges (kinda dangerous since you got nothing to avoid beeing stunned)?
EDIT: forgot about the skyforth!!!

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Also about my previous message i'm kinda disapointed that crit with daggers nodes dont work, i tested :'( i'm going to stick with the initial tree

So... I have been running a similar setup to this build and have had some pretty strong results with my changes - was wondering what you all thought about it

Remove - Life Leech gem
Add - chain gem

Remove Curse on Hit setup - Add dual curse blasphemy setup

(You need 20-26% reduced mana reservation from tree)

Aura's using life reservation - Discipline, Herald of Ash (Ghostflame necessary obviously) & Clarity (only the remaining small bits of life here)

Aura's on mana - Blasphemy + Assassin's Mark + Warlord's Mark + Hatred

Currently this takes a level 4 enlighten on boots in order to have enough mana leftover to consistently cast EK (only using a level 3 atm... mainly because I happened to corrupt myself a pair of +1 all gems rainbowstrides -- I haven't even figured out what all I can do with a level 5 enlighten/skyforth's yet... but that's neither here nor there currently)

Now yes - technically this will show a reduced tooltip with chain involved - but tooltip definitely isn't everything. Permanent Ass mark and Warlords mark, combined with having Herald of Ash is pretty nice addition as well

I'm still in the 80's so my build isn't finished by any means (and I'm only running a 5 link shavs at the moment) - but I think the power of this goes up a fair bit because you're essentially getting another link in the chest and not having to use a herald/CoH setup

(That being said, running a map with curse immune is really not doable - I currently just re-roll them)

Sounds really interresting indeed: could you post your lvl 90 planned tree? i'm curious what points you're not taking to get the extra points for auras and doble curse on blasphemy. i feel like every single point is important in the initial tree. i'm playing myself a more auras oriented version with a lvl 91 ended tree and im rlly short on point.(going to post a tree any soon, check my profile if you want an idea, i just need mana reservation nodes).
EDIT:tree planned for 91 without doble curse yet

SkieZ who went auras too left alot of crit nodes and it seems dps is lowered.
the life leech and mana leech from warlord's mark make us win a gem slot and prolly mana regen nodes in the tree, but that's only 2 points.

Also i'm playing with Prism Guardian for more aura and here's the setup im planning on:



last aura group with AA can be modified but i think with HoA and AA you get the perfect balance between dps ans survivability.

I'm going to test some variations when i got the currencies to do so (need to buy a lvl3 Enlighten and some regrets)

thx for sharing your ideas guys

That's what I'm thinking for my 90'ish build.

If I decide on going a bit less tanky I'll drop Energy from within + the Melding wheel and convert that over to the phys damage/force shaper thing - but... yeah, I tend to err on the side of tanky for now.

I went with primal spirit down near ranger start because I'm running Taste + Promise, and the 20 strength is nice with warlords mark really (and ballistic mastery is great as well)


I can't say enough about how awesome permanent warlord's mark is -- constantly having 3 endurance charges and CWDT+immortal call is preeetty nice

Seems more like a 95 build ^^', i am never going to be this high level i think, 91 would be my max but maybe i'll try to grind some more levels.

I was thinking about Poacher's mark which is quite good too (frenzys and life/mana on hit) but its a bad idea i think since it's working for attacks only. It makes me even more sad since it's a good curse for pots also (100% increased flask charge gained)
I am currently playing with Rumi's and Promise and without Primal Spirit and i feel like pot charges generation is just fine. For 1 use i need to kill 30 mobs, with primal spirit only 25, its not a big difference. Poacher's marl would bring it to 15 and that would be interresting but once again it should not be working since we're using spell and not an attack.

Also i'm very interrested by your setup, but my gear is quite bad and i cant do without Throatseeker crit multi, 3 nodes i really need to pick. How is your crit multi without that? You got 1 more power charge which is really good i guess but kinda useless to get more crit chance if your multiplier is low.
This build is really crit oriented, that's the main damage booster of our build.

For exemple i'm sitting at 60%/355% with 5 charges
Let's call D our flat damages
Our damage output with crit is 0.6*3.55*D+0.4*1*D=2.53D
so my crit setup boost my damages by 253%

If i dont take Throatseeker and 1 more power charge instead:
0.63*3.19*D+0.37*1*D=2.38D
damage multiplied by 238%

253/238=1.063=1+6%

so it's around 6% less damage. not quite sure where i want to go with those maths but i needed to check. If someone is good at POE maths and can doble check that.

I think i'll try to play without Nimbless's cast speed to get the doble curse setup, we already got alot of cast speed elsewhere, not quite sure how to do the maths, ill just reset nodes and take a look.

About your plan of droping Melding and EfromW, its 40% ES for 5 points, more than worth it. Maybe you got a good ES shield and can do without thoses nodes, i will never do. Better reset Written in Blood and get 10 more Strenght somewhere else

My gear atm:

Is there any aura that can replace herald of ice?

i started a similar build on talisman based on your guide and have a question:
on the 6l is better added fire damage or controlled destruction? with both gems have similar dps but afd is lvl 19 and cd, lvl 12.

thanks for the guide, is a very funny build to play (except for laggy parties ).

regards