Z's **0.9.12** LS CI GR! Spec

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hisokasp wrote:

Only untill you face me off, lol. Im gonna beat the shit out of u, stun-freeze lock u so hard with my LS Shadow that you will have to call your parents to bring u back, just kidding, at the parent's part, hehehehe.

Cant wait for the pvp also. Really excited.

Aight.

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You've ruined my day, sir =(. LMFAO

Hey all. I have a question on for the OP on his build.

Why take "Blaze" and "Freeze" (+fire damage and +cold damage)? I thought most of the damage from the build was coming from lightening?

Do these skills ADD fire damage to total damage? or INCREASE fire damage by a percentage?

They increase fire and cold damage by a percentage. But since you might get a lot of other elemental damage through support gems, jewelry and weaponsn they are srill useful. And also consider that enemies which are immune to lightning need to die as well ;)!

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C4ph wrote:

They increase fire and cold damage by a percentage. But since you might get a lot of other elemental damage through support gems, jewelry and weaponsn they are srill useful. And also consider that enemies which are immune to lightning need to die as well ;)!

i prefer to keep elemental hit on switch for the occasional mob with high light res.
i'm taking a slightly diffrent approach here :

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i'm foregoing the blaze and freeze nodes, get some more lightning damage at the top left of the witch starting point, grab the 12%dual increased attack speed node and the +1 frenzy node (to use with BR once you get CI ) and approach the outer rim from the bottom, this way i can cut out some 10 int nodes, grab a few more dex and a +30str&+30int node for an overall higher stat increase.
I also grab the 3 15% increased ES cooldown nodes below the CI node to have it regen that much quicker. :)

My dps is insane at the moment but i'm having survivability problems.

What gear should a CI LS shadow wear ? Eva + ES ?

What auras should i be running ?





Edit 1: At the moment because of my survivability concerns i might want to go 1h + shield. Waiting on advice =)

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Ezciel wrote:

My dps is insane at the moment but i'm having survivability problems.

What gear should a CI LS shadow wear ? Eva + ES ?

What auras should i be running ?

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Edit 1: At the moment because of my survivability concerns i might want to go 1h + shield. Waiting on advice =)

Once ES leech is introduced in the next patch, survivability should get a lot better.
looking at your gear, you do not even come close to having enough ES.
dodging attacks through evasion is nice, but you need something to soak the damage you still take.

Try to get some eva/ES gauntlets (with +attack speed on em as well)
getting a GG ES armor might be a bit harder though, it's tough getting a good roll on increased and +ES.
last thing is probably your res, i'm seeing a lot of cold res (rings) and some fire on your armor, but i'm seriously doubting you are hitting full res across the board. i personally allways try to get at least 60%+ on all resists.

Aura wise hatred is easily the best for an increased dmg output. Grace and discipline are gg too if you can run them both. after those 3, it's going to be pretty hard fitting another one in without having too little mana xD

Hatred ? Or would wrath + anger be better ? I've always liked hatred but the 30% reserved is retarded lol

Okay any thoughts on the patch? I am having a hard time deciding wether to keep on dagger+shield or if switching to claw+shield and going full leech might be better? I am really afraid of allocating all those statpoints right now haha!

My apologies for not responding to recent posts. This thread got somewhat buried & I wasnt aware :P

I have yet to spec out this build for .9.12. Admittedly, I needed a new challenge & made an Elemental Bow Shadow.

I'll get an updated spec out today.

Updated 0.9.12 Build

I havent tested this yet but can just tell we will crank out a stupid amount of damage. We have more passive points from a consolidated skill tree with new shortcuts. 4 new skillpoints from quests.

I took more crit chance, finished the mana/es/es delay nodes & picked up Ghost Reaver.

On another Shadow I have Soul Siphon, which gives 25 mana per kill. It is extremely useful. When higher levels become easier to achieve I'll shoot for picking it up.