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

It's been a tough ride but I managed to improve my character a bit. ES is 3.2k, RF dps is 1736. Crit chance 18%, multiplier 300%, 2.2 casts per second, IIQ 108%, IIR 272%.
Have had much fun slowly improving my gear, but when I see how much I'll have to pay to get some serious upgrades, I want to cry. Gale Emblem is ~70ex, I saw a 500ish ES shield for 45ex today, and so on.



I've decided to get out of static blows, my 11%q conductivity adds a 13% chance to shock plus 11% increased duration and the Shock Node close to Mental Acuity adds a 5% chance, so it's a much more (point-)effective method of shocking them.

Hope to be able to get a decent shield soon (not gonna pay 70ex, sorry..) and then get the 3 30% more ES from shield nodes so I can maintain RF without Springleaf.

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yumb88 wrote:

thanks, im remaking char today for all skill points on oak, getting more es helm/shield and getting a new dex/ir/iq/res ring :) ill have more life/es/quantity and easier to maintain rf. thanks for the suggestions !

This is a bit late to party but I thought it worth posting nonetheless. An interesting note on accidentally taking the Life reward from the Bandit Quest in Act 2 Normal:

40 Base Max Life + 8% Max Life = 43.2 Life. So a raw 43.2 extra damage per second from RF - which gets reduced to about 8.64 extra damage per second assuming you have 80% Fire Resist. Assuming 2.4% ES Regeneration per second based on your maximum ES you would need an 'extra' 360 ES to counteract the extra damage. I've purposely broken this down to help explain it but see the spoiler below for the quick way.


The two issues with accidentally taking the HP reward is:

a) Actively causing yourself to take damage which you have to counteract, i.e. lose 8.64 ES Regen.
b) The cost of the forgone alternative, i.e. the loss of a Passive Skill Point or 8% All Resists.

So it's a double whammy really. That said neither are going to destroy the character and make it unplayable. Ultimately though considering how easy it is to re-roll a new character and level them up you might as well do that (and just use the gear from the abandoned character). You can always keep the old one around in case either there is another Passive Skill Tree reset or until we can re-spec the Bandit Rewards. Depending on the level & how far you've progressed with the build it may also be a viable to use Regret Orbs to facilitate the use of a different build.

Have fun gaming!

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I feel like my dps is very low, but maybe I specced more defensive than other people. I am using Heartbreaker for the culling bonus and the other pieces of my gear are



Are the dps number with the two MF gems or not? Trying to get an accurate assessment of my dps.

FWIW I use off hand Righteous Fire

@Karitas

First of all, I'm very jealous of your 6L shavs ^^ you should totally swap me for my 5L + currency :D. Kidding.. kinda...

On to your question though. You have a lot of ES nodes which I don't really think are needed. Grabbing void bearier is a big investment and I think you're missing out on a lot damage by doing so (however, I too wish I had more ES). Although I understand why you're using the shield you are, and have allocated the specific nodes to the far left (except Phalanx, you can drop this), I think you really need to prioritize getting res on your jewelry and maybe even drop andvarius to make it easier on yourself and free up passives for damage.

Because I don't know your dps, I'm not sure how mine compares. Do keep in mind that the 4k+ damage people have posted in this thread is with the beyond godly mirrored shield on default which not only adds an absurd amount of ES, but also damage. That being said I'm currently running around with ~2300 (non quality faster casting/righteous fire, lvl 19 spark, and no inner force) using heartbreaker (moonsorrow is ~2600).

Hope this helps

Is your 5L using the same gems I am? I'm currently under 1.7k for DPS.

I was considering taking off the Perandus in exchange for a Res+ES belt and removing the shield for an ES + spell dmg/crit shield. The helmet I use is pretty low ES as well so I have room to improve. I was also considering taking the 3 passives that increase ES bonus on shield for extra es. Might be a little better on the ES total to take those nodes instead.

Actually the 4k dps for these people comes from a mirrored wand and shield. That's 100+ ex alone, not even counting Shav or any other expensive items. So comparing yourself to people whose networth is ~200ex on that one character alone is not a smart idea.
Besides, 4k dps is overkill. What are you aiming for, killing Piety in less than 1 second? Why not save shitloads of exalts and kill her in 2 or 3?
That being said if I found a mirror, I'd take that shield asap.

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I was considering taking off the Perandus in exchange for a Res+ES belt and removing the shield for an ES + spell dmg/crit shield. The helmet I use is pretty low ES as well so I have room to improve. I was also considering taking the 3 passives that increase ES bonus on shield for extra es. Might be a little better on the ES total to take those nodes instead.

That defies the logic behind this build. Getting 3k dps as a sporker is doable, doing the same as a MF sporker with ~300 IIR ~100%IIQ is a much, much more expensive task. FWIW, your character is lacking IIQ already, losing those 11% won't do you any good MF-wise.

By the way, your gem setup on your chest is standard. You can check your spark stats if you hit "C" and click on the 6L spark icon. It shows your total IIQ, IIR, crit chance, multiplier, cast rate and so on.

Edit: For comparison, I got 2.2k dps buffed at 112% IIQ and 225% IIR.

Are you saying getting ES is bad? I realize that the build is advertised as high dps and IIR/IIQ, is that really at the cost of high ES and general survivability?

That was not my point, getting ES is good. It's just that you lack IIQ and are about to sacrifice ~20% of your IIQ to get some more ES. That will hurt your MF big time as IIR and IIQ are multiplied. Better check before if you couldn't squeeze in some IIQ (head, rings, amulet) and try to keep the belt while still maintaining decent ES.

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MyTeacherTouchesMe wrote:

Actually the 4k dps for these people comes from a mirrored wand and shield. That's 100+ ex alone, not even counting Shav or any other expensive items. So comparing yourself to people whose networth is ~200ex on that one character alone is not a smart idea.
Besides, 4k dps is overkill. What are you aiming for, killing Piety in less than 1 second? Why not save shitloads of exalts and kill her in 2 or 3?
That being said if I found a mirror, I'd take that shield asap.

You don't need a mirrored shield and wand to get over 4k. I had 4,692 before I stopped playing dual sparks 3-4 weeks ago without a mirrored wand. Actually the reason I'm posting is to shamelssly plug the wand I used for sale here http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/365749 (cataclysm edge in the taking offers section near the top). Most people criminally underestimate crit multi.

4k dps is not overkill. Piety is not a fast kill at 4k. Let alone at 3k where she actually might be kind of hard. And if you are doing Piety without static blows....have fun.

A lot of people go straight for shavs when they should go straight for the mirrored shield in my opinion. Lunaris is a great farming spot and doesn't require shavs.