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

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Doomherald26 wrote:

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

Hey there. I just checked it out, it looks pretty good but you may want to dedicate a bit more passives to some ES nodes. Since you are going power charge on crit with the 7 charges, you will have massive crit and can definitely drop the 5x ones near the middle to work on more ES nodes. Also Nimbleness is a very cost effective passive to get 8% cast speed. EK has a slow base cast so getting that will be for sure noticeable.

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYAAW8C4welDH0PxBB_ES0RLxGWFVAV1xXnFr8W8xpsHNwmPClPLJwspiy_LR8tRy-dNAo3ZjeDO3w74TyOQZZEq0myTLNQMFBCVa5WY1fJWqZd8mNDZk9tGXBScNVzs3yDfll_xoFJghCESIV9hq6H24hCi3qMNo5kjr6PRo-mkyeZmp2jna6iLqKjpuunCKcrsji297b6uJO4ysBRwcXB88Ntxp7N-tVP14ba3dte3Mfed9-w4vfjhOQi6rrrY-vu7Bjwa_Id8-r3pvyr

In this you gain 40% more ES and Nimbleness for the 10% extra cast. Your crit will be very high using pcoc and the passives taken. This will ensure more survivability and the cast will be great.

I dropped the 5x 15% nodes near middle and the 3x 15% near Blood Thirst top right to gain the other 5x ES nodes and 3x for Nimbleness which is above the starting Shadow area.

Thank you! I completely forgot about those attack speed nodes. I really like how I have so many different options with crit / ES nodes.

Have you tried or do you know if Projectile Weakness works with EK? Knockback + pierce + damage sounds like a pretty nice boost, but I'm too low a level to try it out right now.

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Doomherald26 wrote:

Have you tried or do you know if Projectile Weakness works with EK? Knockback + pierce + damage sounds like a pretty nice boost, but I'm too low a level to try it out right now.

It works. It's nice for an offensive curse. If monsters aren't much of a threat this can just speed up the killing.

Since the EK Stars cosmetic is on sale i'll LOVE this build :D

Again thanks to terrex for showing me the EK stars in-action (they're looking so god damn awesome *_*)

So guys, EK STARS ON SALE TODAY! :D get'em ! what you waitin' for?!


Passives:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYAD8QRLxGWFecWvxbzHNwjGCY8J6kquiymLUcvnTdmN4M7fDvhRnFQQlqmXfJtGXBScNVzs35Zf8aFbYfbiEKLeow2jRyTJ5UgmZqdo6IuoqOm66crtAy297fWuMrAUcHFwfPDbdVP3Mfed-L36rrrY-wY8GvyHfPq_Ks=

Added video of gf and I doing 69 Acton's Nightmare. Cool map. :P

Does the passive skill "Mind Drinker" work with EK?

How u fix mana problems late game? i see u got a lot of mana

Edit: Also how do u keep ur ES up if u are getting hit too hard or the enemy just dont give u time to recover ur es?

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BIGLITRO wrote:

How u fix mana problems late game? i see u got a lot of mana

Edit: Also how do u keep ur ES up if u are getting hit too hard or the enemy just dont give u time to recover ur es?

Never had mana problems. I prefer cannot regen over 50% regen maps because leech keeps you at full mana. My mana pool is only around 145 to cast with too and it is more then enough. This is all preference on how you setup your character if you want a higher mana pool or not. I run 3 auras on mine.

For ES, I don't use ghost reaver or life leech. I just know when to back off on situations that may lead to me being killed. At level 87 now if I die I lose so much time or currency in xp. I sit around 6K ES and back off when I get taken to half. If you adjust your pace depending on map mods / monsters you can clear without dying, this is all left up to ones abilities and how well they take in the information and react to what is going on.

I could adjust my points / link to make this character a lot more tankier and face tank but I prefer IIQ / IIR farming.

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Powerlenny wrote:

Does the passive skill "Mind Drinker" work with EK?

Unfortunately not. Mind Drinker is for physical attacks and EK is a physical spell.

Mana problems early on, pre level 31, are killer :(