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

I have question how different 1Ek/2Ek that 2Ek do more damage than 1EK.

2 EK set-up does 10.56% more damage than one EK set-up.
seriously, just use any other spell, that's be better.

I see a lot of people here using a Purity aura as their 3rd one together with Grace+Hatred. Why is that so?

Because then you can concentrate on more offensive or more IIR gear.

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Exiled_Wanderer wrote:

I see a lot of people here using a Purity aura as their 3rd one together with Grace+Hatred. Why is that so?

There's almost no res available in the skill tree where this build goes and none on maligaro's virtuosity/rat's nest. You also cant get that much from diamond rings. Those items give you more than a few skill nodes would.

With those items pretty much the only way to get max res is using purity. 3 aura nodes for 29 res is pretty a good deal (+8% effet of auras for hatred/grace).

I use vaal pact so i have access to that +12 res all node and i've considered refunding the 3 aura nodes, using that one, getting more res and saving two skill points but honestly it's a pain in the ass to make it work and kills your flexibility (for example, it would make it next to impossible to keep max res while using big IIR/chaos res ring or ungil + stone of lazhwar which has no res). That's with solid tri res boots + belt.

Using it also means you can easily switch to purity of lightning for some bosses without having to dump grace or hatred. Using purity of elements only for ele weakness maps would be pretty bad as again you'd have to dump grace or hatred. IMO you're better off switching gear for those maps, most likely rat's nest and/or maligaro's. I use this thing for ele weakness maps:

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blaes wrote:

2 EK set-up does 10.56% more damage than one EK set-up.
seriously, just use any other spell, that's be better.

If you have 2 available gem slots, the maximum DPS output combination would be EK-Added Fire/Faster Attacks.

If you have 3 available gem slots, the maximum DPS output combination would be EK-EK-Added Fire/Faster Attacks/Fireball or EK-PCoC-Discharge(better if going CI).

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Wishinan wrote:

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blaes wrote:

2 EK set-up does 10.56% more damage than one EK set-up.
seriously, just use any other spell, that's be better.

If you have 2 available gem slots, the maximum DPS output combination would be EK-Added Fire/Faster Attacks.

If you have 3 available gem slots, the maximum DPS output combination would be EK-EK-Added Fire/Faster Attacks/Fireball or EK-PCoC-Discharge(better if going CI).

/facepalm

How hard is it to put some gems in and look at EK damage? increased crit damage adds way more damage than added fire.

and the added damage from added fire dmg is nowhere close to lvl 20 fireball.

You dont even have a danmaku, your build is more of a discharger, so even if you have tested anything (highly doubtful) the gems wont quite have the same effect.

Hence, do the community a favor and stop posting here. You're just as bad as backreap, it's almost as if you're a mission to mislead people.

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drake1666 wrote:

/facepalm

How hard is it to put some gems in and look at EK damage? increased crit damage adds way more damage than added fire.

and the added damage from added fire dmg is nowhere close to lvl 20 fireball.

You dont even have a danmaku, your build is more of a discharger, so even if you have tested anything (highly doubtful) the gems wont quite have the same effect.

Hence, do the community a favor and stop posting here. You're just as bad as backreap, it's almost as if you're a mission to mislead people.

Wouldn't be nice if I said that you don't even have the right to talk to me because you are forced to use 4 mandatory gems (BM, CoCs, Cyclone, Life Leech), leaving you with only 2 gems to play around while I have been testing with 3. We all have our opinions, as far as we know Backreap has been doing a lot of testing and contributing, please do not put someone down just because he/she has differing opinions from you.

You prolly get more damage from Increased Critical Damage gem if you spec for purely crit. Someone who specs for Spell Damage will not get the same results as you. That's why I input the different possibilities. For example, if you do this build through the Witch route, you have access to so many Spell Dmg nodes. You can also get as high as 90-100% Increased Spell Damage from the shield offhand and 20+% Spell Damage from amulet(any class can use this).

Just to be a bit more specific, no one has 'Danmaku' now :/ It's gone forever.

I don't think I need opinion from someone who doesn't even know about Armor mechanics. Just kidding bro :)

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Wishinan wrote:

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blaes wrote:

2 EK set-up does 10.56% more damage than one EK set-up.
seriously, just use any other spell, that's be better.

If you have 2 available gem slots, the maximum DPS output combination would be EK-Added Fire/Faster Attacks.

N..no ... it wouldn't. If you have 6L ie. 2 available attack CoC slots best damage output is done by two spells (EK+something) rather then added fire /it can be calculated easily actually. FB gives best flat damage although those shock stacks on arc could be sweet too. Ice versions are also good but more defensive (arctic breath).

Never tested increased crit damage must admit but I know from before that messing with crit damage could hurt you on reflect.

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If you have 3 available gem slots, the maximum DPS output combination would be EK-EK-Added Fire/Faster Attacks/Fireball or EK-PCoC-Discharge(better if going CI).

I ... this variation of post danmaku has no 3 attack slots usually, 2 at best, because you are pretty much forced to use Cycl-BM-LL-CoC which takes 4 slots. There is never enough place for faster att. and added fire in not great solution as well.

I tried to run on mana once, it's doable but requires much sacrifice in gear and tree and it's still chunky at best (had to use 2 attacks not just cyclone) - there is not way to leech enough of life or mana when you attack with spells/ with phys. damage it's easy.