[2.2] I Cast Magic Missile! - Cantrip's guide to Ethereal Knives / Bladefall. 7K Life, 100K+ DPS!

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IceLancerSR wrote:

Has any of you guys noticed this bug? with bladefall

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1515760

Its very problematic

Yup. Very annoying bugs with the spell after the patch, but the insane dps is worth it until they fix it.
I mean, 34k or so without Conc Effect, times 2 with a level 18 gem, is quite nice. And my gear is meh, jewels are shite.

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CantripN wrote:

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IceLancerSR wrote:

Has any of you guys noticed this bug? with bladefall

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1515760

Its very problematic

Yup. Very annoying bugs with the spell after the patch, but the insane dps is worth it until they fix it.
I mean, 34k or so without Conc Effect, times 2 with a level 18 gem, is quite nice. And my gear is meh, jewels are shite.

Well maybe..
Because at higher level it forces you to go into melee range vs bosses which will one shoot you. Like Academy boss with tornados..I tried and ripped twice.Its very deadly when u have to think where can u cast and to be so upclose..

P.S high dmg is nice but that is mainly because of controlled destruction. If u take that out dmg gets down a lot.

I will admit it almost made me switch back to EK, and I still might, but I hope GGG fix it. EK is certainly easier and safer to use.

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CantripN wrote:

I will admit it almost made me switch back to EK, and I still might, but I hope GGG fix it. EK is certainly easier and safer to use.

Thanks for response.. it seems that no one is listening who isnt using bladefall..just like crying in the dark..

I am switching to EK right now.. lvl 85 and i am heaving serious boss issues which force me to be upclose like that

I just might myself, later. Tested on Standard, my last EK from the League would have over 150k dps now just with Charges, with Blasphemy instead of AA.

btw i have made interesting setup maybe u find it interesting too.
I used mings heart with "the consuming dark"
you loose just a touch of dps but gain some serious chaos damage on top of high chaos resist.

Just curious - do you guys have any problems with Atziri using this spec?

I tried her at 80, with about 35k (50k when buffed) dps on EK, 4.8k hp and 50 dodge/55% spell dodge / 40% eva, and I got wrecked. Dps felt pretty low, so it took a long time to get her hp down in every phase, which meant she eventually whittled me down with flameblasts. Tried to stay in close range to take advantage of blasphemy / WM, but that led to eating more flameblasts/stormcalls.

Any tips?

Also, do you think this build has a shot at uber at all with proper gear?

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Ashnazg01 wrote:

Just curious - do you guys have any problems with Atziri using this spec?

I tried her at 80, with about 35k (50k when buffed) dps on EK, 4.8k hp and 50 dodge/55% spell dodge / 40% eva, and I got wrecked. Dps felt pretty low, so it took a long time to get her hp down in every phase, which meant she eventually whittled me down with flameblasts. Tried to stay in close range to take advantage of blasphemy / WM, but that led to eating more flameblasts/stormcalls.

Any tips?

Also, do you think this build has a shot at uber at all with proper gear?

At this point i wouldn't be surprised that dps tool-tip is misleading really.Because at 38k dps that shouldnt take that long

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IceLancerSR wrote:

btw i have made interesting setup maybe u find it interesting too.
I used mings heart with "the consuming dark"
you loose just a touch of dps but gain some serious chaos damage on top of high chaos resist.

Hmm. That might be a decent idea if you're not using the Poison Gem. Would make Added Fire much better and Poison is quite nice. And the INT... Yeah, this might be a good idea since we have to use a Dagger anyway.

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CantripN wrote:

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IceLancerSR wrote:

btw i have made interesting setup maybe u find it interesting too.
I used mings heart with "the consuming dark"
you loose just a touch of dps but gain some serious chaos damage on top of high chaos resist.

Hmm. That might be a decent idea if you're not using the Poison Gem. Would make Added Fire much better and Poison is quite nice. And the INT... Yeah, this might be a good idea since we have to use a Dagger anyway.

Unfortunately i had to redesign your idea of skill tree, after lvl 85 and 6.2k life i found out that one hit physical can be just way too deadly..

So i went different route with even more life more dps and converting all evasion to armor.
Right now i am at 40% physical reduction. Which makes quite a difference. and at 10%life regen from tree. at 92 i plan to take more life regen /life/and some dmg nodes

current tree

going for heart of oak and physical and chaos damage in shadow starting tree path.

Plan is to use RF on top.
Running only 4 frenzy charges atm

End result should be 225% increased life with 11% life regen from tree and +2 regen from unique jewel=13%