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

" bhavv wrote: I'm a bit stuck at level 63 because I don't have GR / CI yet, but am taking them next. I had to take off my crit chance and multiplier unique gloves for more ES gear, but I also helped Alira in merciless, and passed over a 5L chest from an alt to try using EK, Mana leech, Life Leech, Increased crit multiplier, and power charge on crit. With all my crit multi gear I had plus 4 power charges, I reached 50% crit chance and 700x crit multi (still without throatseeker tree). It was fun until I kept suiciding to reflect mobs, so now its down to 45% / 400x with more ES gear and no more crit multi support gem (faster casting instead). I'll take GR / CI next, then influence and the 2 nodes before leadership to get a huge buff from discipline and to hopefully allow me to run discipline, hatred plus a low level clarity. Then from level 70-80 Id want to head towards Zealots Oath plus two extra power charges and a single mind over body notable. Yeah you definitely have to be careful with really high multiplier, that is super deadly with reflect. That is just the one counter to the build will be critting a phys reflect monster. :( GR super nice for the sustain.	Posted by terrex#7466 on Feb 5, 2014, 2:07:17 PM Quote this Post
Hi! I made a similar build awhile ago, and I'm now level 77 I don't usually follow builds, but I have never done a character with CI, Crit, or EK before so you really helped! Anyway I have a couple of questions if you don't mind my asking. 1: Fork? EK doesn't shotgun which means when casting into groups you will get 10 hits. With Fork in large groups you could get 20 hits if you take the time to line up your shot, however each individual hits will deal less damage. Which means small groups/bosses you will be dealing less damage for no advantage. 2:Chain belt? Have your Rustic Sashes just been really unlucky? I would think 12%-24% increased physical damage > 17 ES. 3: Stun? Without stun immunity: How do you deal with it? If you're stunned while casting EK it still drains your mana, but doesn't actually cast it meaning Mana Leech won't activate so I have to wait about 2 seconds for my mana to regen after I'm done being stunned. Probably just overlooking something. Anyway thanks again! I've had a ton of fun with this char even though only crap gear has dropped.	Posted by Flarezium#2873 on Feb 15, 2014, 6:52:01 AM Quote this Post
" Flarezium wrote: Hi! I made a similar build awhile ago, and I'm now level 77 I don't usually follow builds, but I have never done a character with CI, Crit, or EK before so you really helped! Anyway I have a couple of questions if you don't mind my asking. 1: Fork? EK doesn't shotgun which means when casting into groups you will get 10 hits. With Fork in large groups you could get 20 hits if you take the time to line up your shot, however each individual hits will deal less damage. Which means small groups/bosses you will be dealing less damage for no advantage. 2:Chain belt? Have your Rustic Sashes just been really unlucky? I would think 12%-24% increased physical damage > 17 ES. 3: Stun? Without stun immunity: How do you deal with it? If you're stunned while casting EK it still drains your mana, but doesn't actually cast it meaning Mana Leech won't activate so I have to wait about 2 seconds for my mana to regen after I'm done being stunned. Probably just overlooking something. Anyway thanks again! I've had a ton of fun with this char even though only crap gear has dropped. Hey there, Fork is definitely good for clumped up enemies. It'll really cut back single target but it destroys AoE packs. I use the chain belt for the res mostly :P Double andvarius cut down res and it was just a decent belt to use for resistances. And for stun, it's definitely easy to get stunned and frozen with CI. I just played carefully using totem to lead. There are though the uniques to help prevent this from happening.. Leading with Skeleton Totem into areas that you cannot see is a great way to avoid unexpected damage.	Posted by terrex#7466 on Feb 19, 2014, 8:18:26 AM Quote this Post
Updated for 1.1 passives..	Posted by terrex#7466 on Mar 21, 2014, 8:30:33 PM Quote this Post
Hi , I've used youre build for a charecter and I wanted to thank you for sharing! That's an awsome build , lots of fun and the use of summon skeletons is cleaver. I've got the char to lvl 71 already, having a littel troble finding the right gear but all and all it's a great char! So thanks for sharing!	Posted by NightFoxlz#0233 on Mar 29, 2014, 7:42:28 PM Quote this Post
enjoy it very nice	Posted by Cervante#6713 on Mar 30, 2014, 12:25:19 AM Quote this Post
I just want to say that this build is simply amazing. EK's damage scales even better than my previous Crit Glacial Cascade with spell + elemental passives. I'm still sitting at 18% because I prioritized getting my mana reserves to run hatred and discipline. The Spell totem + summon skeleton is really a good addition for survivability. I'm running the build on a witch so I got the +2 skeleton and it's really tanky.	Posted by shanepaw123#6838 on Jul 21, 2014, 3:06:20 PM Quote this Post
Hi, Long ago that I was not going on here: D Not wait for the patch, I respect my shadow, I really miss the EK I hope you will take a little of your time to update: p Thanks!	Posted by vick666#4139 on Aug 5, 2014, 5:46:11 PM Quote this Post
Hi, is this build still viable?	Posted by Secretmana#4367 on Aug 10, 2014, 2:13:32 AM Quote this Post
Can anyone update the tree?	Posted by GoDLikUS#1609 on Aug 28, 2014, 6:41:00 AM Quote this Post