DonaldF's EK DANMAKU Ranger Extremely High DPS /Jan.14 little update [Videos]

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feverjadan wrote:

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shdwknght wrote:

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feverjadan wrote:

(Sorry in advance. Im new)

How do you start up building this? Do you just skill everything as it shows or is there an order? Also, what do I do to start this from level one in general? With the Glass Shanks and then just getting better daggers along the way or do I need to equip certain things?

I just hit level 31, made my self a raggidy ass 4 link GGGR Cyclone - CoC - EK - Reduced mana (for my level the reduced mana is a must...). I made sure to grab all the chances to crit and the eldritch battery on the tree, some life nodes. I equip a Malachai's Simula (its worth 1 chaos or less on domination) and activate clarity on my life, then switch back to my other helm and activate Hatred aura. i have 177 mana to play with and a few pieces of gear have physical mana leech. Im using an Atziri's Foible amulet for the great mana regen and +maximum mana, and dual Ungil's Gauche daggers (for the time being its decent).. my crit is 46% and i curse bosses with Critical Weakness. I gotta say, this is playing extremely smooth and is very powerful at clearing both groups and single targets, not to mention, FUN :)

im following this tanky build linked by another poster earlier (i modified it to play as shadow. I much the double +12% spell damage at the beginning instead of some mediocre life and evasion nodes at the start of ranger. I plan to slot EK + another spell of my later choosing so they will both benefit from +24% spell damage. I might remove some block chance from this build and node all the way to Charisma so i can run extra auras, I'll have to see how this all works out for me and if the benefit of extra auras is greater than 8-10% block chance.

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Tanky build

but you could also follow the original poster's dual wield build or the other one linked a few posts ago

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dual wield + auras + mana regen

if i were to go dual wield personally i would take this one, looks good to me. (i optimized one node just below Pressure Points. replaced the +10 dex node with +4% atk speed.

p.s: sry about the item namedropping, you'll have to check them yourself. I dont know how to link ingame items on forums and too lazy to read up on it atm.

How did you start off? I get that a step by step guide would be a bit much to ask, but some good guidelines would help c:. Thanks!

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shdwknght wrote:

So I've been messing around with the tree and I think this is the build thats most going to suit me. Its attainable by level 89 which is easy if you grind for a couple weeks.

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Dual wield + high evasion + auras + mana

It makes you tanky without sacrificing a bunch of crit and atk speed. It also includes improved aura buffs and some mana + regen to run arctic armor, and it goes around the evasion circle for an extremely high amount of armor using grace + determination. I calculate being able to reach between 12-15k armor with these two and good evasion gear. It has plenty of life nodes without wasting a bunch of points getting to them as they are exactly in the way. The only thing it lacks is the spell block the shield Danmaku would have. I dont know how much of a big deal it is, but considering the dps would be a lot higher.. probably lets you run the high level maps even without wearing much, if any, evasion gear.

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Enidras wrote:

You guys definitely should try Cyclone + EK + detonate dead (+ EK) and switch DD for EK when needed. It's just like merging the danmaku and the infernal blow + melee splash builds together.
Awesome vs numerous packs, and since you have way more mobility than with infernal blow, elites die pretty fast

I believe it's only better when leveling. I'm lv 68 and i guess it will be better to use 3x EK on late game.

Pretty fun to play anyway, a must try imo !