[1.0.6] CI Crit Dagger Shadow (30k DPS Flicker Ninja) [OB video up!]

Got yesterday another nice Dagger, so now I can't decide between:

but I think I will go with the first one, because it got higher Attack speed. The only reason why I want stuck with the Demon Edge, is the higher Crit Chance.
Oh and I finally got my hands on an itemlevel 70 Pure ES chest. So, now I will play the Chaos game :)

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Vitalidze wrote:

Don't take Vaal Pact. I spent all my refund points, and sacrificed like 2k dps, to throw 8 points to Vaal Pact and shitty int-str nodes. And I didn't noticed any difference in gameplay. On double strike it's actually noticeable, when fighting single fat boss (don't have problems with them without VP too, thou), but for lightning strike against groups - it's useless.

you dont use life leech on LS?

I don't know guys, i have half (or less) gear than you. Right now i have 2666 ES and im CI since lvl 72 with 1800 ES without problems.

About 5k DS and 2,5k LS, docks/sarn/catacomb all the way. Never used grace cause of mana, running wrath, hatred, discipline and clarity.

3 Granites (all surgeon / move speed, life leech, evasion) 1 elemental resist (if docks fire resist, barracks topaz) and 1 quicksilver with armour (is like my panic button)

Switch between vulneravility and warlord since one friend have a duelist with warlord.

The only big problem here are 250 ms :(

Puncture mobs are your worst enemy! If you're punctured, stop running! (If you run you will take more damage) Stand still, switch on a Granite, tank them and kill them.


<--- Does this mean insta death as it goes through shield, or will you just take more damage?

Anyone has ES chest (500+) wanna let go for lvl 50s+ ?

PM me.

Ok heres what i dont get.
i got 704 mana pool. which feels quite high in this build.
A friend did some math for me what i would need to run haste as a 5th aura.
we came up with like 1119 mana pool. to have about 70 mana left to play with for spells.
i thinbk that number might even have been calculated including if the 2 reduced mana gems were quality 20% and reduced the static (numeric aruas, since the quality only helps those auras, not % ones).

where the hell we get 500 extra mana from. im even still runing the %incr mana nodes, which i think u sugested to remove.

Any help would be appriciated. on what type of mana we need to play 5 auras.

Will wisper invalesco aswell. if he cant read this massive thread in a while.

i do not recommend this build for hc at all, the game simply cannot handle the flicker/whirling blades combo without desyncic so hard to get you killed
i was clearing crematory LV2 at lv70 and while fighting 2 mobs i somehow desynced and got killed in less than a second, and here is my gear for reference:
sadly i really loved this character now it somewhat all went to waste, i had all resists almost maxed 69/72/75 and had 4k evasion with grace 4803 Es, i dont even want to imagine what would have happened at a higher level map

or could it be i did something wrong?

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Djangooo wrote:

Puncture mobs are your worst enemy! If you're punctured, stop running! (If you run you will take more damage) Stand still, switch on a Granite, tank them and kill them.


<--- Does this mean insta death as it goes through shield, or will you just take more damage?

Just use whirling blades and you wont take any dmg from punture.

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ramilfish wrote:

you dont use life leech on LS?

Nope. I was thinking about it, but I don't have free red socket for it. Sacrifice WED for it... Too big dmg loss.

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Focusix wrote:

docks/sarn/catacomb all the way

Yeah, that's definitely endgame.

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DevilsmilE wrote:

i do not recommend this build for hc at all, the game simply cannot handle the flicker/whirling blades combo without desyncic so hard to get you killed
i was clearing crematory LV2 at lv70 and while fighting 2 mobs i somehow desynced and got killed in less than a second, and here is my gear for reference:

sadly i really loved this character now it somewhat all went to waste, i had all resists almost maxed 69/72/75 and had 4k evasion with grace 4803 Es, i dont even want to imagine what would have happened at a higher level map

or could it be i did something wrong?

That actually is very good gear devil. Sorry to hear about your demise, RIP.

There's nothing wrong with your stats at all. In fact, with those kind of stats you wouldn't have had any problem clearing act3. The thing about this build is that it's fun to spam flicker and whirling, but sometimes you can have so much fun doing that that you get complacent and start flickering into the middle of desync-prone mobs (such as rolling golems, whirling undyings, snakes) and end up putting yourself in dangerous situations, especially when it's an indoor area. This build because of it's high mobility and agility will excel in outdoor areas but will also feel somewhat limited in indoor areas and enclosed spaces when there are doors and bars etc.

One needs to keep the flicker and whirling spam in moderation when in enclosed areas, but how much is too much can only be learnt via experience. I saw the post about how you died. Rolling fire golems use whirling blades and are prone to desync. In crematorium, flicker strike can also allow you to flicker through bars. My guess is that it was a mixture of your fast gsmeplay style together with the rolling golems that combined to desync you in a corner, effectively meaning that although you were moving about in your client, server side you were actually just standing still in one of the fiery paths and getting burned to death without being able to ES leech. My advice would be to always be wary and take things slowly when in indoor areas and when encountering desync-prone mobs, especially when it's a combination of the two.

On the bright side, at least you're a little wiser now and you get to roll a new build! Don't give up and come back stronger :) There's gonna be some happy default dagger shadows who would love to have that gear though if you're planning to sell it.