Hardcore lvl 87 - Mullet's EK Tanky Mofo Guide [REVISED...AGAIN] - now with conduit

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Lachis wrote:

Your mana regen is good enough because you have too many es nodes :P

Life on hit doesn't work with spells. But rememebr you can only leech 20% of your maximum life in 1 hit. So it scales better with more life you get. Keep that in mind for your future attack base builds. If you are hitting multiple targets and dont have a large life pool then use life on hit.

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waffenheimer wrote:

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kudos888 wrote:

I could use blood magic gem with grace I suppose if I was really struggling on mana
- but my mana regen is fine

In terms of the blood magic passive....
....... I run 5 auras including a 40% (determination) and 30% (hatred).....
Therefore if I went blood magic...
..... I would reserve about 80-90% of my life...
So instead of 5.7k currently, I would have 1.1k Hp
= welcome to scrubcore

Mullet

one thing I'm running into problems with is maintaining auras.. I noticed you only have 1 piece of gear with ES on it, but your rings give a lot of mana.. how much unreserved mana are you comfortable with this build?? what's your mana regen /second at?

i'm lvl 54 right now and can only maintain clarity + discipline + hatred. if I add determination (don't have the slots yet to reduce mana on it) i'm down to like 140 mana.

I guess it's cause I don't have prestigitation yet? i'm working towards that now. does that lower skill cost node on the way reduce aura costs??

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kudos888 wrote:

have a look at the pic on the front page....

The reduced mana cost doesnt work for auras.

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Darksunne wrote:

Wondering if which build would be better for survivability: Lachis's or Kudos?

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BEWBTUBE wrote:

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Darksunne wrote:

Wondering if which build would be better for survivability: Lachis's or Kudos?

Personally I prefer Kudos', I really like the Templar passives and the massive buffs to shields that lets me drop an Armor/ES shield with high resists for a pure armor shield.

The only real scary thing about any EK build is phys reflect mobs/maps. The thing about those things, though, is they're easily dealt with if you know what you're doing. For example, I personally support EK with Fork, Added Fire, Mana Leech, and Iron Will. In my experience this outputs a lot more AoE DPS than Kudos' suggested supports for EK. However, this is much more susceptible to Phys Reflect mobs. Fork means I'm hitting them more time, Fire and Iron will means I'm hitting them harder as well. The smart thing about Kudos' build is that it doesn't focus on Critical Strikes, this means you aren't going to crit yourself to death. So you can throw an EK at the group with Granite up and if your HP dives you know you have to change your gems out. Run away and do just that. I'd swap Iron Will for Life Leech and if that wasn't enough I'd swap Fork for Faster Projectiles and I've resolved any problems I might have with phys reflect. PErsonally, I know when I can handle a pack of phys reflect mobs and which supports to switch out when needed. It's no real issue once you've got the hang of it.

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maryn wrote:

so u wasted plenty of points to get EB and %es nodes but dont use any ES items Oo

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kudos888 wrote:

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maryn wrote:

so u wasted plenty of points to get EB and %es nodes but dont use any ES items Oo

only need to use 1 item for the ES. Do u see the boots? are they not ES?

mana regen fine so can use armour items for rest of gear.

i get those nodes for armor, the es is jus a bonus + gives all res.

do u have any suggestions or jus trolling and dont know how to read?