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

Yea, to not be so boastful over an average piece of ES gear that you got lucky on. This is at least the second thread you've posted that junk armor in looking for attention, congrats you got some.

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Anamaeus wrote:

Yea, to not be so boastful over an average piece of ES gear that you got lucky on. This is at least the second thread you've posted that junk armor in looking for attention, congrats you got some.

3rd i think

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Anamaeus wrote:

Yea, to not be so boastful over an average piece of ES gear that you got lucky on. This is at least the second thread you've posted that junk armor in looking for attention, congrats you got some.

lol!

he got served :(

I hear that lightning strike is a very weak AoE ability in this build in groups and you also wouldn't use warlord's mark in groups as well. How would you change the gems for grouping or soloing maps? Can you use a different ability than lightning strike?

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Dravok wrote:

I hear that lightning strike is a very weak AoE ability in this build in groups and you also wouldn't use warlord's mark in groups as well. How would you change the gems for grouping or soloing maps? Can you use a different ability than lightning strike?

I use LS in groups all of the time when running maps, and it isn't weak at all. But it is hard to use Warlord's Mark since someone else will tend to drop another curse on top of yours. So in group play, probably the best curse to use if using LS is Elemental Weakness. In certain groups you can also use Critical Weakness. Your third choice would be Conductivity.

As for an alternative to LS, there isn't really a great AoE ability. You can try Double Strike with Melee Splash. Some people seem to like that in lieu of LS.

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DeathTouch wrote:

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Dravok wrote:

I hear that lightning strike is a very weak AoE ability in this build in groups and you also wouldn't use warlord's mark in groups as well. How would you change the gems for grouping or soloing maps? Can you use a different ability than lightning strike?

I use LS in groups all of the time when running maps, and it isn't weak at all. But it is hard to use Warlord's Mark since someone else will tend to drop another curse on top of yours. So in group play, probably the best curse to use if using LS is Elemental Weakness. In certain groups you can also use Critical Weakness. Your third choice would be Conductivity.

As for an alternative to LS, there isn't really a great AoE ability. You can try Double Strike with Melee Splash. Some people seem to like that in lieu of LS.

I guess I could try out the Double Strike with melee splash idea. How do you handle physical reflect and lightning thorns with this build?

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Dravok wrote:

I guess I could try out the Double Strike with melee splash idea. How do you handle physical reflect and lightning thorns with this build?

Sufficient life leech (I use blood rage--6% fully leveled; 10% fully leveled w/20% quality--and Warlord's Mark if need be. Jewelery works too) and granite flasks. I do 43K damage with flicker strike and physical reflect isn't that much of a problem for me. Elemental Reflect is actually a tad worse with LS, but I swapped out Weapon Elemental Damage for Melee Damage on Full Life (quality) and it's not only more powerful (DPS wise and leech wise--both life and mana) but reflect is more manageable.

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Sufficient life leech (I use blood rage--6% fully leveled; 10% fully leveled w/20% quality--and Warlord's Mark if need be. Jewelery works too) and granite flasks. I do 43K damage with flicker strike and physical reflect isn't that much of a problem for me. Elemental Reflect is actually a tad worse with LS, but I swapped out Weapon Elemental Damage for Melee Damage on Full Life (quality) and it's not only more powerful (DPS wise and leech wise--both life and mana) but reflect is more manageable.

Placebo effect, it's been discussed and confirmed by devs that Melee damage supports don't affect LS projectiles, only the melee hit.

Which I personally think is retarded since the projectiles are based off the melee hit, but apparently the projectile % of the melee hit is calculated before supports.

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Kirarik wrote:

Placebo effect, it's been discussed and confirmed by devs that Melee damage supports don't affect LS projectiles, only the melee hit.

Which I personally think is retarded since the projectiles are based off the melee hit, but apparently the projectile % of the melee hit is calculated before supports.

Ah, I didn't realize they changed the Melee support gems in 0.9.12 to not affect the LS projectiles. Gay. Back to WED, I guess.

Hey guys had a quick question regarding total str for this build.

Just specced out of life at level 64, and after taking out conditioning and fitness, my lightning strikes is over leveled for my str attribute.

Currently using a belt to get me by, but was wondering what is the ideal str to reach for this build? Aside from lightning strike, there's also reduced mana and the melee damage support gems to consider.

Would it be worth getting gear now to max out str to fully level these gems? (before getting the ones near vaal pact and inner force)

Thanks in advance!