[1.0] Magic Find Ethereal Knives

The biggest change is of course losing Righteous Fire from the build. The tooltip DPS is cut in half but you don't necessarily take twice as long to kill the same enemies. Physical reflect is no longer a problem which can be looked at as a bonus as it opens up more map mod capabilities. A few of the points were changed around so now I no longer deal with the low light radius 'annoyance' (Arcane Vision passive) and it's still a capable character but it won't do as well on higher level maps.

As I no longer have to run Righteous Fire I was able to sell the Shavronnes Revelation ring and wear the Andvarius ring full time so I jumped up about 80%+ in Item Rarity which has definitely made a noticeable improvement in the amount of uniques/rares that drop.

So all good things must come to an end and the RF nerf definitely made this build less exciting but overall, it's still a good farming character. Still fun to play and LOTS of loot drops everyday.

This build fell into place as I was getting tired of playing the popular Sporker MF build. While spork was very effective in finding items/currency the playstyle, for me, was very stale. I wanted to find a build that had the same MF capabilities while still having an engaging and fun style that made grinding more enjoyable. Taking a lot of the items that the spork build afforded me I chose to use Ethereal Knives as the basis and build out from there.

The reason I chose Ethereal Knives is that you need to invest very little to nothing in damage passives to make it effective so that allows you to stack defensive nodes to help keep you alive.

The main purpose of the build is Magic Find but with a few simple changes to gems (Added Fire + Crit Multi instead of Item Quantity/Rarity) and some gear changes you can have a high damage build that can play in higher level maps (74+). My focus is just on having an effective boss and 66-70 map clearer.

I've been playing this build for the past month and switched it to the 1.0 tree. Check it out if you're interested.

+94 to Strength
+63 to Dexterity
+333 to Intelligence

+226.5 to maximum Mana
20% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
21% reduced Mana Reserved
12% increased Radius of Auras
38% increased effect of Auras you Cast
24% increased Spell Damage
30% more Spell Damage when on Low Life
24% increased Cast Speed
3% increased Attack Speed
4% increased Movement Speed

40% increased Critical Strike Multiplier for Spells
130% increased Critical Strike Chance
20% increased Critical Strike Multiplier
60% increased Critical Strike Chance for Spells

+99 to maximum Life
Evasion Rating: 53
98.6% increased Evasion Rating
204% increased maximum Energy Shield
55% increased Energy Shield Cooldown Recovery
+66.6% Energy Shield
104% increased Armour

+38% to all Elemental Resistances
23% additional Chance to Block with Shields
+20% Elemental Resistances while holding a Shield
55% increased Defences from equipped Shield
+2% to maximum Fire Resistance
+2% to maximum Cold Resistance
+2% to maximum Lightning Resistance

Light Radius is based on Energy Shield instead of Life
Life Regeneration applies to Energy Shield instead of Life
Life Leech applies to Energy Shield instead of Life

The build is currently at level 84 and here is where I'm at on the new tree.

UPDATED 1.0 TREE

For the bandit rewards I chose all 3 skill points and the only optional point I would take is the 4% cast speed from Alira in Cruel.

Ethereal Knives
Faster Casting
Life Leech
Mana Leech
Item Rarity
Item Quantity

Added Fire Damage (DPS)
Increased Crit Multiplier (DPS)

Whirling Blades (Level 1)
Faster Attacks

Discipline
Purity
Hatred
Haste
Tempest Shield (Optional)
Reduced Mana

Cast On Damage Taken
Enduring Cry
Molten Shell
Vulnerability
Reduced Mana

Optional:
Rejuvenation Totem
Decoy Totem
Devouring Totem
Portal

(Note: Some gems are just being leveled in open slots and are not used in the build currently)

Ideally you'd use a high damage wand but I chose to use Whirling Blades as my getaway skill so I needed to stick with a dagger. Heartbreaker gives some ES, mana and has culling strike so I feel it's the best option currently. Divinarius does a bit more damage and helps with the mana gain so that's an option as well.

Prism Guardian is a much more important piece of the build now with the aura changes. I only lost 1 aura from the build due to still having this shield. I never felt like the loss in ES from not using a high ES shield hurt the build. You do enough damage and Life Leech restores enough ES to rarely put you into danger of dying. The dexterity saves you a skill point and the 49% inherent resists is huge.

The other pieces speak for themselves.



The flasks should be focused on the status ailments you'll encounter. Divination Distillate is a good choice for even more MF.

Pre-release:

Ethereal Knives Offense
Ethereal Knives MF
Ethereal Knives Defense
Ethereal Knives DPS setup

What you can expect if you come across a Wealth pack

1.0 Release

Ethereal Knives Offense
Ethereal Knives MF
Ethereal Knives Defense