1.1UPDATED- ETHEREAL KNIVES CRIT & MAP GUIDE - ES TANK w/ CHAOS INOC- LVLING INFO + PASSIVES + VIDS

I want to see EK + LMP + GMP + Fork + chain (not sure if this one works) with those giant windmill shurikens. It would probably suck, but it would look so awesome! Anyway, thanks for the guide I will be making one of these guys later today :) I realized I don't have an EK gem if you have a spare it would be much appreciated.

Apologize for the double post, but I just realized you get an EK gem on the third quest as shadow so I won't be needing it :P

I absolutely love this guide and build. The OP is so helpful and I hope he gets all the epic drops he can handle. I did have a question about what % resist are currently running at? I have been off the main build a bit because of my poor gear and mana issues but I have resolved most of those and am starting to re-work my passives for more DPS and crit. One other question dealing with DPS concepts. Which do you think will net me more DPS below.

My current weapon: 53% spell Damage & 10% Cast speed
My EK DPS: 2208.3
My Cast Speed: 45% (w/o Blood Rage)
My Crit: 22.8%
My Crit mod: 416%

Do you think a 80%+ spell damage & 17+% cast speed wand OR 47% spell damage / 71% Crit / 17% cast speed. ( I am new to all the math and I don't have the gear to test. Honestly, just your best guess.)

Thank you so much for your time. Good luck and good hunting!

IGN: NineInchKnives

(Damn, didn't realize this was such a huge wall of text. =)

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Doomherald26 wrote:

I want to see EK + LMP + GMP + Fork + chain (not sure if this one works) with those giant windmill shurikens. It would probably suck, but it would look so awesome! Anyway, thanks for the guide I will be making one of these guys later today :) I realized I don't have an EK gem if you have a spare it would be much appreciated.

Haha, this would be pretty crazy. A screen of knives flying between enemies. If you do need any gems just ask, always willing to give an extra out. The one thing that does suck about the extra projectiles, it does cut down damage quite a bit but does allow for more crit damage and aoe spread. Not 100% sure if fork and chain work together though..

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Diabelski wrote:

I absolutely love this guide and build. The OP is so helpful and I hope he gets all the epic drops he can handle. I did have a question about what % resist are currently running at? I have been off the main build a bit because of my poor gear and mana issues but I have resolved most of those and am starting to re-work my passives for more DPS and crit. One other question dealing with DPS concepts. Which do you think will net me more DPS below.

My current weapon: 53% spell Damage & 10% Cast speed
My EK DPS: 2208.3
My Cast Speed: 45% (w/o Blood Rage)
My Crit: 22.8%
My Crit mod: 416%

Do you think a 80%+ spell damage & 17+% cast speed wand OR 47% spell damage / 71% Crit / 17% cast speed. ( I am new to all the math and I don't have the gear to test. Honestly, just your best guess.)

Thank you so much for your time. Good luck and good hunting!

IGN: NineInchKnives

(Damn, didn't realize this was such a huge wall of text. =)

Hey there, appreciate the post and support. :) It is safe to spec points into more defensive stats instead of crit / crit multiplier. No use in having those stats if you can't put them to good use. For the wands, those wands are exceptionally close. It is a very fair trade off on 71% crit opposed to 33 spell damage. I would try out the crit wand and if you notice the crit hits occuring more often, it is probably the better pick. I've been switching it up between similar wands, the more crit is always nice but you just have to be careful hitting a phys reflect guy on accident. You have a high multiplier so you probably 1-2 shot most monsters with a crit. It's always rewarding to have some crit chain casts and dropping everything before you.

I'm a big fan of having a high base spell damage for EK because it is physical damage. It stuns enemies on hit if you do a large enough damage hit compared to their total % hp. Higher damage means even bigger crits. It is best to find a nice balance between getting your spell damage as high as possible while getting your crit into a number that you are content with. I stopped at around 30-32% currently. 2-3 shotting most normal monsters and it's basically a 1 shot crit on everything. Having a consistent high damage EK can prove to be beneficial from the stun. It is noticeable when you have high enough damage to stun enemies with each cast and then losing that feature.

Wow, thank you again for the great insight and the quick response. I also was wondering what % resists you run at? Good luck and Good hunting!

IGN: NineInchKnives

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Diabelski wrote:

Wow, thank you again for the great insight and the quick response. I also was wondering what % resists you run at? Good luck and Good hunting!

IGN: NineInchKnives

I used to run about 78 fire, 79 cold and around 30 light res. Yesterday I respecced out of a bit of crit to get the 2x 15% light res passives. The resistances make such a difference in mitigation. It is well worth getting the resistances as high as possible.

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYAAuMFQgelD8QRLxGWEdsVUBXXFecWvxbzF9gabBzcIxgmPCepKPoquiycLKYsvy0fLUcvnTdmN4M4Gzt8O-E8jkGWRKtGcUmyUEJVrlZjWqZd8l76Zk9qP20ZcFJw1XOzfll_xoFJghCESIVthq6H24hCi3qMNo0cjmSPRo-mkc-SOJMnlSCZmp2jna6iLqKjpuunCKcrrrOyOLQMtve2-rfWuJO4ysBRwcXB88Nt0DnVT9eG2t3cx95337Di9-Qi6rrrY-vu7Bjwa_Id8-r3pvyr

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This my tree right now with the 2x light res nodes. I got rid of 4x 15% crit near the middle. Light res is one of the best because shocking stacks can cause a large burst of unexpected damage. Now in maps Fire/Cold 79 and light 76. Purity increasing the max res. I am a sucker for the andvarius rings...

Also, updated OP on leveling passives. Made it a bit more clear and some direction on what ones are updated in each build.

hahaha, awesome. I am doing the same exact thing with lightning. =) Thank you again for all the help.

So guys,

i decided to write a small wall of text to this guide and this awesome OP (terrex).

This build/guide is pretty fun, but it's hard to master (if you even can master it lol), i played this build 'till lvl 51
and i wanted to try another builds and chars etc.

After played around 3-4 chars to lv 50+ i got my char/build - it's this one here!

Why? So just let me quote terrex "It's because of the crunches" - well, he's right, hearing crunches
while EK is hitting 2-3 mob packs is music in my ears.

I had lot of fun while leveling my other chars, no doubt, BUT everytime it brings me back to my EK shadow and yeah...
i'll keep leveling him and big thanks to terrex :P

And guys, terrex is such an awesome guy, he's helping a lot, even when he's mapping, he's answering so many questions without small answers to be honest.
(we need more guys like him with such a good kind to "new" players) - Thanks again to you terrex for your ingame helping :D
(even when it was kinda annoying ;P)

Keep it up terrex :)

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kewkie wrote:

So guys,

i decided to write a small wall of text to this guide and this awesome OP (terrex).

This build/guide is pretty fun, but it's hard to master (if you even can master it lol), i played this build 'till lvl 51
and i wanted to try another builds and chars etc.

After played around 3-4 chars to lv 50+ i got my char/build - it's this one here!

Why? So just let me quote terrex "It's because of the crunches" - well, he's right, hearing crunches
while EK is hitting 2-3 mob packs is music in my ears.

I had lot of fun while leveling my other chars, no doubt, BUT everytime it brings me back to my EK shadow and yeah...
i'll keep leveling him and big thanks to terrex :P

And guys, terrex is such an awesome guy, he's helping a lot, even when he's mapping, he's answering so many questions without small answers to be honest.
(we need more guys like him with such a good kind to "new" players) - Thanks again to you terrex for your ingame helping :D
(even when it was kinda annoying ;P)

Keep it up terrex :)

Heey :P thanks for this. Always appreciate the feedback and support. The community for this game so far has been great, really enjoy to be able to help out and contribute to it. This game can be so rewarding, this character has been great so far and still having a lot of fun on it each day in maps. High rewarding factor and it is so cool to see it in action. If anyone struggles throughout their experience, please do message me and I can try to help out. ;)

Hey Terrex, I just made this build very similar to yours, but I decided I wanted mad power charges (7 with the bandit one, and 2% spell damage per charge) and Inner Force. Just wondering if you could take a look and tell if I missed something :)

Thanks.

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYAAuMFQgelDH0PxBB_ES0RLxGWFVAV1xXnFr8X2BpsHNwpTyoLLJwspiy_LR8tRzdmN4M7fDvhQZZEq0myTLNQMFBCU7hVrlZjWqZd8l76Y0NmT2o_bRlwUnDVc7N8g35Zf8aBSYIQhVWFfYauh9uIQonTjDaOZI6-j0aPppMnmZqdo52uoi6io6brpwinK66zsji297b6uJO4ysBRwcXB88Ntxp7N-tA51U_Xhtrd217cx95337Di9-OE5CLquutj7Bjwa_Id8-r3pvyr