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

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SaoDiSeng wrote:

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Instant kill Boss ver
Cyclone - CoCS - Multi - EK - EK - EK

Hi Donald,

I tried the instant kill boss ver, but mana regen is not enough. how do you resolve it?
Also, my char will randomly fly here and there, which is really annoying... >_<

Since u get bloodmagic-lifeleech-cyclone-ek-ek-cast on crit

u wont have mana problems

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m0tY wrote:

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SaoDiSeng wrote:

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Instant kill Boss ver
Cyclone - CoCS - Multi - EK - EK - EK

Hi Donald,

I tried the instant kill boss ver, but mana regen is not enough. how do you resolve it?
Also, my char will randomly fly here and there, which is really annoying... >_<

Since u get bloodmagic-lifeleech-cyclone-ek-ek-cast on crit

u wont have mana problems

You are right, that's what I'm using for other mobs, but I will die very quickly when I'm facing Dominus, and I believe my gears are not worse than Donald's.

That's why I would like to try the instant kill boss ver. I thought I won't die if I can kill him quickly, but I failed again. >_<

currently I'm lv 64, and got 8300 armour (after grace), 2800 hp, resis 75/61/75, the only problem I guess is my CS chance. Main hand 60.3%, and off hand 54.8%, is that too low?

Yes, but "bloodmagic-lifeleech-cyclone-ek-ek-cast on crit" is not even close to an "Instant kill Boss ver", so SaoDiSeng's question still stands.

What's up guys I'm currently in Act 3 Merc and annihilating everything faster than norm and cruel. My gear is not great right now but I am trying to find upgrades.

Gear

Sadly, i bought this ammy last night thinking i could possibly do without the life leech gems but then discovered it was only with phys attacks not phys spells. :( anyone want to buy it? :)

Man this sucks ... I hope the amulet wasn't too expensive. I wasted 8 chaos to get life leech stuff aswell, so, ya, happens.

Anyway, since we all go the same build, probably nobody will buy this amulet. Because it doesn't work for us too :).

I was a little bit lukier...

I was thinking about to use claw to leech life WITH EK, because those passive nodes only says "4% of physical damage dealt with claws leeched as life", looks like it doesn't have to be "attack"

Then I leveled a new char, then I found it sucks. EK cannot leech life from those nodes. Finally I deleted this char before lv 20.

I didn't waste my currency, heehee....

Asshole :) ! Well, live and learn.

Anyway, Piety had to die a few times, but I think I found a mana-reasonable way of a kinda instant boss killer.

*Tusch*

ST-Life Leech-CoC-EK-EK-EK ...

You can easily have enough mana regen from passives and gear, the reduced damage from LMP is gone and you don't need LMP anyway vs one mob since multiple projectiles won't increase your chance to crit. Because, well, there is only one thing to hit.

The attack speed is on par with Cyclone, and with 34 mana spent each second (16 mana, 2.12 attacks per second) it is way cheaper, as mentioned. Piety dies in 3 volleys if Critical Weakness is cast on her.

I'm pretty pleased and if I should ever find a nice Golden Kris I'll try this out on Dominus.

If you come up with something better, let me (us) know.

The advantage of cyclone over ST is the increased attack speed and stun/knockback immunity. You'll get more total crits with cyclone over st.
The disadvantage is the strong desync frequency the skill causes.

Hello Guyz, probably my 1st post here, so lets see....

I play a Shadow, 2 dagger ST in Dominion, about 63 lvl now. My items are poor, cause I am new and a bit n00b :)

I use 2 MightFlays as weapons. They provide pure dmg increase and 10 HP per enemy hit(by all attacks), so it is 2x10= 20, and I dont need to use Lifeleech gem (Merc act 2 tested). 8/10 of the times I survive Return Dmg packs too using ST.

I go in my Tabula Rasa as : ST - Greater Multiple Proj. - COCD - EK - EK -

and last spot if it is too easy I go with either Item Rarity.
Or if its hard I use Power Charge On Critical.

Why power charge on critical and not another EK...?
Well with 5 projectiles when 1 of em gets a critical I have about 60% chance to get 1 power charge. Trigers all 3 of em in 1-2 sec.
Each power charge gives 50% increase to Critical Chance. And at 3 power charges I get 3x50 = 150% increase to critical chance. So more EK triggers...

Havent try it with Cyclone, cause I am squishy , my res and armor still not good enough for Piety Merc. So I farm in Fellshrine with IIR+Q in Merc till I gear up....

Thats my passives as a Shadow till now. 63lvl, act1+2 took passives from Indians... :P

Btw, in closed rooms I tend to use Spell totem + Ice Nova + Added Cold Dmg (extra chill effect) + Faster spell Casting.... Slow + freeze so I can nuke em easier while I walk in the closed rooms. (At the begginin this method was "easier" than finding proper gear to withstand everythin, but I still use it, hehe)

I am open to suggestions or corrections.... Have fun :)


EDIT: Forgot to mention that I tried different things in my sixth spot in Tabula rasha:
Curses:


Spells:

I personally see no point in using GMP, the mana multiplier is higher and the damage reduction too, which also effects the EK you CoC. All you want to do is trigger your CoC and throw EK doing high damage, and that is best done with LMP.


And I would never waste my 6th link with something like a curse or Power Charge on Crit. You can easily link the curse to a reduced mana gem on a dagger plus a third aura, in my case Clarity so I don't have to waste one of *my* precious links with Mana Leech.

The biggest problem I see is that you didn't help Oak in cruel, though not helping him in normal is pretty bad too as we are life based with a lot of +% life nodes.

You will never make up for the +18% physical damage Oak would have given you in cruel. It is so incredibly good, EK deals physical damage after all.

I strongly recommend rerolling, though that's probably not what you wanted to hear.

@TheBigNasty: True, true, of course. But I just can't afford Cyclone mana wise, especially when desync makes me whirl in an empty hallway, then not even Mana Leech (which I refuse to use, same for a mana flask) so my suggestion was not about top notch insta kill boss nuke but more about mana-reasonable high boss damage ... with some survivability through Life Leech since we won't one-shot any boss this way.
Once I can somehow reach 160 mana regen per second I'll look up an /oos makro and switch to the cool Cyclon, that's the plan. Until then, well, gotta work with what you got.