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

You have to level it up of course. At least the ones linked with EK or any attack spell.

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Silent_UK wrote:

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Silent_UK wrote:

Hey I tried the build out tonight on a high level ranger I've got and I noticed when using Cyclone+COCS+EK+EK (all lower level gems) I seemed to be only getting 10 daggers when the EK triggered?, not 20 odd? This was also confirmed in the skill tab where it stated only 10knives or so)

Has something changed to stop this working where you get 20+ knives from the EK doubling/tripling up?

Thanks

Any help on this? :)

Each EK has it's own tab in the skill overview, so if you go CoC+EK+EK you have 2 EK-tabs, each showing you 10 knives, 20 total, works.

I levelled my CwDT to 16 to use level 17 EK. Doesn't proc too often, but when it does it kills.

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GrimmGerim wrote:

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Humanhead wrote:

hi, i just started leveling for this build. and you say that i should use EK + 2H weapon for leveling. could you explain why? why a 2H weapon if i could use e.g. a shield

You don't use EK and a 2h weapon, you use ST and a 2h weapon. Because damage.

Anyway, I has a question: I hate wasting a slot for mana leech, so to try things out I bought gloves and 2 daggers with "2% of physical attack damage leeched as mana". I didn't expect to leech much from ST which does about 9-16 physical damage, but I thoght when EK procs I would leech a lot. That is unfortunatly not the case. And I don't get it since EK does physical damage. I don't leech mana and no mana leech is shown under the stats. When I put a mana leech gem in I leech mana and mana leech is shown under the stats tab. Obviously it doesn't work, but why? And ... how do you combat your mana issues? I'm kinda sad my thought about leeching mana with gear is wrong.

Additional thought here: If "physical attack damage leeched as mana" from gear doesn't work, why do we take Mind Drinker?

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TheBigNasty wrote:

You have to level it up of course. At least the ones linked with EK or any attack spell.

Thanks a lot!

I'm in act 3 merc and having a lot of fun, but a really hard time with any kind of elemental damage. I don't have great gear yet as this is my first char, but I was wondering how you do you survive with no resists on tabula?

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PandaCodeRed wrote:

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TheBigNasty wrote:

You have to level it up of course. At least the ones linked with EK or any attack spell.

Thanks a lot!

I'm in act 3 merc and having a lot of fun, but a really hard time with any kind of elemental damage. I don't have great gear yet as this is my first char, but I was wondering how you do you survive with no resists on tabula?

You get resist gear on everything else. You also run purity of elements. It doesn't take a lot of money to get decent gear for this type of build.

The most difficult thing I've found is the chromes used for the 3Ls.

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TheBigNasty wrote:

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PandaCodeRed wrote:

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TheBigNasty wrote:

You have to level it up of course. At least the ones linked with EK or any attack spell.

Thanks a lot!

I'm in act 3 merc and having a lot of fun, but a really hard time with any kind of elemental damage. I don't have great gear yet as this is my first char, but I was wondering how you do you survive with no resists on tabula?

You get resist gear on everything else. You also run purity of elements. It doesn't take a lot of money to get decent gear for this type of build.

The most difficult thing I've found is the chromes used for the 3Ls.

do you use 3 ek and one cwdt or cwdt leach life and 2 ek?

Definitely Leech with each 4L.

The OP has updated the first post listing the gems. That's essentially my setup.

Will Instant Crashes ever be fixed?

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yorick1992 wrote:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYA_5MeGtIZ1tEqW7VIbWxte1M1VUubtYw2JpXDOhmKUEJWLS2D-wmiLqx_lwb22g5IXfIF-cSiGo_jhKc0naoRlnDVFfDAUWNDYqx_xp2jVupwu3BS-WM6WOdU8-rWnSepwcX8qwV9GtsEfiT9Wm2IQu4OhxkkPJAb8h0j9lb6p1xwVu_w_MVJUZoTWkhnoN0N29SHdluvSn3Q7k4q96MppbZBYnk0kxX2Y3AABu_jvqfSTW5pwA_EuNX4XvrQORfY

u get 100% mana regen, 20% reserve reduction

My build so far as Shadow, u can do it with ranger to.

my gem set up is

Cyclone + Power charge on crit + life leech + CoC + EK + EK

ST + LMP + Life leech + CoC + EK + EK

No need to focus on cyclone or ST Dps. U will sustain mana easy (Still need 1 mana pot with cyclone though)

Just go for kris daggers with spell damage + Crit + Crit spell, ( u can use attack speed to)

my ethereal knives dps = 3,3k each.

cwtd:


cwtd + molten shell(lv7) + enduring cry(lv5) + immortal call(lv3)

Aura's:

reduced mana + hatred + clarity(lv13) my mana regen per second is 86.

Curses u can better cast on ur own. Reduced mana + (curse on choice)

Any reason you didn't take Master of the Arena?

This is what i'm going to be experimenting with



I changed some points around in order to Gain:

+18% dual wield block
Acrobatics + Spell dodge + Arrow Dodge (If this doesn't work out it's a quick fix back to IR)
15% attack speed


I sacrifice:
IR
Some crit, I will make up for this with power charges (see gems)
some HP
Aura buffs (don't care much about aura's)


Basically, the plan is to maximize my use of CWDT by getting hit rarely but when I do get hit it will trigger a higher level CWDT easily. high attack speed will mean Life leech/LGoH will heal me up between hits (in theory). My defense should be solid with a combination of block, dodging, evading, and endurance charges. one or two ungils will be used to give even more block since I don't care about the damage of cyclone (only EK)

Gems:
Tabula rasa = Cyclone, BM, LL/LGOH, EK, EK, EK (or possibly blind)
4L = CWDT (mid level), Enduring cry, Inc Duration, Molten Shell
4L = CWDT (low level), EK, PCoC, LL/LGoH(or another EK or possibly blind)
4L(alpha howl?) = Reduced Mana, Auras
3L = CWS (or high level CWDT), Immortal call, Inc Duration
3L = CWDT (low level), Curse, Inc AoE

The only socket colors that would be hard to get would be GRRR on an EV piece of gear. But I could always end up with an EV/AR hybrid.

The damage might not be AS high, but I don't think you can go wrong with 2-3 high level EK's on cyclone. I feel that he CWDT EK's are not a good enough way to kill mobs.


PS - The IR version of this if acrobatics doesn't pan out:

Higher HP, Crit, block and armor than the OP's build at the cost of aura buffs