Eckalina | SC | FARMBUILD [Amazing dps and IQ/IR] | Dual Spark | Low Life Mode - RF |

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hoofart wrote:

Little feedback on lvling as Ecka asked me to write about my experience.

I'm only lvl 58 atm, still could be useful for some ppl to read about my journey.

Before I decided to give this build a try, I had a 70+ summoner, which was ok but I wasn't entirely happy with it.

Before you get into this build, let's be sure that one thing is pretty clear: this is a farming build, as Ecka said it a million times, so if you're aiming to get to lvl 100 asap, you are at the wrong place. The reason I;m saying this because even I had a romantic idea about this build in my head, with all the shiny loots and insane dps but forgot about the cost. And the cost is survivability.
I'm not saying you're gonna die in every 2 minutes, but definitely will be squishier than a regular character.

If you still think this is what you need, here is what I've been experiencing so far.

Early lvls: as the guide says: buy some twink gear, just try to get to lvl 31 no matter how. It took me way more than 3 hours, a good idea is to team up as much as possible. As a general guide, look at the highest lvl of mobs in the act that you are in, add about 3 more lvls on top of that and that's what you're aiming at before you move onto the next chapter. An example: if Act 1 normal's highest lvl area- at the final boss- let's say lvl 15, you want to be 18 before you finish the chapter. This can be used on any difficulties, however don;t take it as your bible.
Parties that always easy to find for farming XP:
ACT1 The Ledge
ACT2 Fellshrine Ruins
ACT3 The Docks

Always look for parties with the most ppl, preferably 5/6, more player means more xp for you.
Once you got to the lvl you are happy with, try to look for specific parties who aim for doing certain quests. Going solo could be tempting, but it slows you down and also means less xp.

Follow the passive build recommendation written by Ecka, however once you almost finished Cruel, start getting those ES nodes, otherwise you're gonna be in serious trouble just like I was once got into Merciless. My biggest mistake was to focus too much on totem tooltip dps and ignored the Es nodes, so learn from my mistake.
I wouldn;t actually recommend going solo at all during the lvling process, it's really easy to find a party at almost any time of the day. Other ppl grabbing your loot could be annoying, but think about where you're heading, and don;t bother about that lvl 20 yellow 2H axe someone ninja'd from you.

As I said, I'm only 58 at the moment, just started act 2 on Merci, planning to do some XP farming in Fellshrine till 62-63, finish the act then move on to act 3.
No point using blood magic until you start farming the docks, just get to about 2K Es, aquire a 5L chest and let the fun begin. To be honest, I'm really looking forward to it, especially because it seems so close now.

In summary, so far I'm enjoying the build, it helped me a lot once I understood and accepted it's flaws and strengths. Trying to write a bit more once I get into farming docks and see how the gear improves.

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shaokim wrote:

Would it be worth it using dual ice spear crit totems instead of spork for added survivability (even if it has a slower clearing spead)?

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ResidentHippy wrote:

Very nice build, low life build with shavronne will yield the highest iir possible and will make those uniques pop, the only thing you will lose is IIQ since you will not be able to use Goldwyrm.

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pNR wrote:

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ResidentHippy wrote:

Very nice build, low life build with shavronne will yield the highest iir possible and will make those uniques pop, the only thing you will lose is IIQ since you will not be able to use Goldwyrm.

why u cant use goldwyrms on a low life build?? makes no sense to me. could u plz explain?

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Goldrim + aurseize = 30IQ / 50 IR

some good regen mana
armor eva ....
5%move (10-5)
15 elem resist (we dont care we have so many)
fire resist (we dont care we are hardly capped even with 2 andvarius we still capped :D)

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Wondertrap + glove(endgame we will talk)
The glove i link is mid game

Possibly 25IQ / 132 IR

Wonder
100 IR
Some es from
10 all attrib
15% mouvement speed

Glove HL
25IQ max
32IR max
HIGH ES from glove (Max seen was 280)
Some cool stats

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more dps (Optimize the way)
More es and es recovery
16% Chaos resist
-2 power charge
Mana and mana regen added (feel better in map)
Health node added (For feel better with haste and discipline)