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

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Phonaestheme wrote:

I hate advertising, but I just died to dsync so my whole gear set is for sale in softcore. :(
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/292310

Damn dude that sucks, some really solid gear you got their though, might have to look at picking up those boots.

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giroscopic wrote:

Hey Invalesco, Dustbinlid, i just came here to thank for the advices i have been taken to build my CI dagger build. Thought i have taken some variations for my preference, most of the core play.

I came to give you guys a word, because i would have not endured the pre CI phase, without actually reading all the advices and tips i got from this monster of a thread.

*Brofist for you guys.

And for others reading this forums. I dont have super uniques that make me viable, its all yellow crap, and lots of mobility

*Brofist.

very nice. i just queued pvp arena, and i met a marauder.
i tried attack him but no dmg.
i asket him and he told me he got 10k hp, 700hp reg per sec, 70% block chance and reflect when block. i couldn't damage him, because i did more dmg on myself than on him. even if i got vaal pact. how this is possible? you say this build is so strong in pvp, but if every1 can make a char like that then this build is 100% non playable. i made this build just for pvp, i spend all my currencies, and now i find a retard spec that do nothing and i just cant attack him or i will die from reflect. pvp in this game is so funny.
i'm quitting or there is something i can do?

Does anyone knows if the Inner Force cluster, amplifies the buff you get from frenzy charges?

Probably he got Bloodless (enemies can not leech life from you). Thats why u can't leech life and stay alive. :D

yes but even if i could stay alive (because while i had granite flask activated i got nearly no damage reflected) i could not damage him... thats the sad part. how can a physical character kill one that has 700hp reg per second and 70% block?
i did high level pvp in diablo2, arrived 8th in europe one year, and the block chance was 75% when u walked, and nearly half while you run. and there was no such high hp regen. if u get both of those things its impossible to kill you for a phys dmg dealer.

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tempallo wrote:

very nice. i just queued pvp arena, and i met a marauder.
i tried attack him but no dmg.
i asket him and he told me he got 10k hp, 700hp reg per sec, 70% block chance and reflect when block. i couldn't damage him, because i did more dmg on myself than on him. even if i got vaal pact. how this is possible? you say this build is so strong in pvp, but if every1 can make a char like that then this build is 100% non playable. i made this build just for pvp, i spend all my currencies, and now i find a retard spec that do nothing and i just cant attack him or i will die from reflect. pvp in this game is so funny.
i'm quitting or there is something i can do?

yes but even if i could stay alive (because while i had granite flask activated i got nearly no damage reflected) i could not damage him... thats the sad part. how can a physical character kill one that has 700hp reg per second and 70% block?
i did high level pvp in diablo2, arrived 8th in europe one year, and the block chance was 75% when u walked, and nearly half while you run. and there was no such high hp regen. if u get both of those things its impossible to kill you for a phys dmg dealer.

just because you used to own in d2 doesn't mean that you can waltz into POE, not know game mechanics and every single skill, and expect to own.

1. your gear probably sucked as compared to his. how much DPS do you have on Double Strike and Flicker Strike? What's your stats like? You can't expect to pit a poorly geared character against a well-geared character and expect to win, unless you have alternate non-gear based skills to rely on, which I'm guessing you don't because you don't sound like you have adequate knowledge of this game.

2. Also, I'll tell you what you could have done. You could have viper striked him and piled up charges on him, because blocking an attack will not prevent viper charges from being piled up. By piling up viper charges on him, you would have negated his life regen and forced him to use hp flasks while your own character (because CI) can constantly whirl away and regen ES without the need for flasks. You could also have relied on bear traps to deal damage without taking reflect damage.

In short, forget your glory days. POE isn't as easy or straightforward. You'll have to actually learn the game or keep getting owned.

Want to learn how to pvp?

Take a look at these videos and learn what you can: http://bit.ly/poepvp

I was undefeated at high level PvP and had a score of around 300/8 in Level 28 PvP.

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giroscopic wrote:

Does anyone knows if the Inner Force cluster, amplifies the buff you get from frenzy charges?

Nope, frenzy charges aren't considered buffs.

@giroscopic - glad to have helped! :)

Damn. So happy I just walked into this thread on random and saw something as beautiful as that.

Is this dagger good for this build?

Hello fellow Shadows, I have read over the last couple of weeks many posts in this forum that cast doubt upon the ability of this build to achieve end game worthiness; whether it be in survivability or damage to just general usefulness.

Granted, it isn't an easy build to learn or acquire the necessary pieces of gear to succeed but I continued on, encouraging others to do so as well. I want to take the time today to show you what the end game CI Crit Shadow can look like as of right now in the 0.10.4 patch if you are determined enough to get there.

I was first inspired by Invalesco when I was new to this game, downloading the Open Beta after having heard so much about it while playing Diablo 3. Before the release of Open Beta I had no prior experience on Path of Exile but I was a big fan of the idea that you could use your skills as gems that leveled and progressed on their own and the skill tree while massive looked intriguing for the enormity of it all.

First I'd like to give all credit to this build to Invalesco, and thank him for his response to my many inquires over the last couple of months. When I read the title "30K DPS Flicker Strike Ninja" I thought to myself not only did it sound powerful, but a lot of fun at the same time!

As many of you probably were allured by the same promise, it was not an easy road to achieve such power and I honestly feel I would have been bored of playing the Shadow class had it been easy.

So I told myself once I hit level 85 I would post a progress report of sorts in this thread for others to see that the build does in fact still work well, and in many ways is still quite strong. This is meant to encourage those who are still having a hard time seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and to be compare with my peers to see where I stack up amongst them, so here we go!









So why not more auras? Because when running map groups, I often find that we have every aura available, sometimes multiple copies of such. I could obviously drop my Skel-bro totem from my headgear in place of at least Clairity+Grace but I still haven't found the need to yet, honestly. Hatred and Blood Rage are more than enough to kill anything I am doing solo, and as previously mentioned there's an abundance of auras to go around when mapping in a full party.

Although I have Eye of Chayula, I don't find it necessary at all to wear unless I am solo grinding purely for the MF it provides. Dream Fragments are one thing I haven't bothered picking up yet, since the economy has valued them far too highly in my opinion I'll simply wait until I am determined to PvP enough to merit the use of one. These are not necessary in order to be effective with this build, and as Invalesco sorted them into situational gear, that is how they should be used, situationally.

Hopefully this will generate a few responses, I'd like to see some of the other high level Shadows post their stats and inspire the lower level guys who are struggling to get through the rough patch of the build to keep on going, as it's not the end result that always counts but the journey you take to get there.