[0.11.0] Etup's EK Build

Is there anything I should know about this build that is not in the OP or has been discussed over the 15 pages? Also I'm not quite clear about what gear to wear until IR and stuff... or does it matter? Obviously either armor or evasion or hybrid of those. Also what weapon? Any 2 hander? What stats to look for on weapons?

Thanks in advance!

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Buks wrote:

Is there anything I should know about this build that is not in the OP or has been discussed over the 15 pages? Also I'm not quite clear about what gear to wear until IR and stuff... or does it matter? Obviously either armor or evasion or hybrid of those. Also what weapon? Any 2 hander? What stats to look for on weapons?

Thanks in advance!

You will generally want to run wand + shield until (if) you get kaoms. In wands the most important would be spell damage, proj. speed and cast speed. What Im doing is, I got either a good proj. speed wand or cast speed wand and use faster projectiles gem or faster casting accordingly.

Cool thanks Metallica!

So I reckon the gear listen under the "Current gear" section of the OP is totally wrong and shouldn't be followed? I see a 2h staff etc...

edit: guess you go with 2h once you get a kaom, I see. Other parts of gear can be followed? Jade amulet, belt, jewelery etc...?

I've been running a similar build for a while and this is my current gear. At level 84 I have 7.5k DPS, 5.5k HP, and 10k Armor. The main differences between mine and Etup's setup is I don't run Grace or have IR. Instead, I run Purity, Determination, Haste, and Hatred using the same two 5% reduce mana reserve nodes and leveled reduce mana gems to bring the 150% mana reserve down to like 97%. Overall my setup is just a little more offensive and little less defensive. I have to use an Amethyst Flask for chaos, but The Magnate belt easily makes up for the lost slot. I haven't faced any real survivability issues. With upgrades I estimate I could easily push 9k DPS and maybe up to 10k using life leech and before projectile weakness.

So there are a couple of various ways of going about this build, but the core of it involves synergizing EK, Blood Magic (gem), and Iron Will with a high life high regen high strength build such that survivability, damage, and resource are all interconnected.

Okay, so my EK/Survivability just jumped up in DPS after a few upgrades.



This build/guide is so good. I love being so tanky and doing enough damage to not feel like i'm useless.
Now, if only EK wasn't 65 mana/cast.. Oh well, 5L for BM Gem time :)

Thanks for the write-up on this Etup!

I'm now over 8k DPS with my a wand upgrade and my other one is still very mediocre. Also, once I upgrade my rings especially their resists I can swap my gloves for a Deshret's Vise, which has the 10% global physical modifier and 100 strength making another DPS upgrade.

so you say to help oak in merciless for the endurance charge... but there is a +1 max charge on tree you didnt take tht is right on path meaning the +1 passive point would have same effect but be more flexible wouldnt you say?

Sorry if this has been discussed before but the OP section is still not updated with the "what items to look for" section.

I'm just about to hit the level where I'm supposed to switch to EK and I was looking for wands on the forums and a lot of them have high int requirements and I only have 89 with a 20 allstat onyx. I'm obviously doing something wrong, I can get another 30 int node plus use an Int amulet, is that the solution?

3300 k hp , 6k armour
70-75 all resistance + 75% chaos resistance
only running grace
my gear


spec


if someone know what shuld i change with my spec and gear msg here or pm

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Buks wrote:

Sorry if this has been discussed before but the OP section is still not updated with the "what items to look for" section.

I'm just about to hit the level where I'm supposed to switch to EK and I was looking for wands on the forums and a lot of them have high int requirements and I only have 89 with a 20 allstat onyx. I'm obviously doing something wrong, I can get another 30 int node plus use an Int amulet, is that the solution?

I use some gear with INT and I have a few int nodes, personally.