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

Donald has updated his original post to include a shield version of this build.

Why is cyclone not included as an option for one of the block builds?

is the shield version simply better for farming piety/dominus, and also end game 74+ maps?

also wondering approximately how much DPS do you lose by going from the "dual daggers" to the Shield build? is like like 80% less damage? or?...

will do more twitch of build tomorrow in morning

I'm going to give the shield version a shot. For anyone who wants to follow it, there are a few inefficiencies in his skill tree, so I recommend people look it over. Also, the shield version is a lot more gear dependant (hence more expensive) than the dual dagger version. Also be aware he's using quality and lvl 20 gems for most of his damage.

Should be a few days and I can report back.

yeah, I'm also curious about the damage/killing speed with the shield build vs. the dual dagger version

If anyone can comment on this, that would be great.

It's pretty simple. The dual wield version is going to do more damage than 1h and shield.
The number of lost crit nodes and physical damage modifiers isn't small.

The cyclone version is going to do more damage than spectral throw.

How much all depends on your gear.

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TheBigNasty wrote:

I'm going to give the shield version a shot. For anyone who wants to follow it, there are a few inefficiencies in his skill tree, so I recommend people look it over. Also, the shield version is a lot more gear dependant (hence more expensive) than the dual dagger version. Also be aware he's using quality and lvl 20 gems for most of his damage.

Should be a few days and I can report back.

I'm more curious with regards to the shield build because it seems safer.

I haven't gone through all 54 pages of the thread yet but I had intentions of seeing if this was hardcore/nem viable but the last thing I wanted to do was grind it up and then bullrush into 20 mobs and get one shot to lose a character.

A quick few views of some videos of people trying the dual dagger build does show people spiking health quite alarmingly.

I'm going to back away from the shield build I think, you can modify this character for tanking purposes in a smarter way without loosing damage.

The only real enemy I've had (once I reached a reliable crit chance) = desync

GGG has no love for the melee. /oos macro is a must and it's still not enough

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TinkerOperative wrote:

I'm going to back away from the shield build I think, you can modify this character for tanking purposes in a smarter way without loosing damage.

The only real enemy I've had (once I reached a reliable crit chance) = desync

GGG has no love for the melee. /oos macro is a must and it's still not enough

Any advice on doing so?

Having gone through about the first 20-30 pages, i've not actually seen anyone done serious attempts at taking this into hardcore/nemesis so i'm not sure where to start making sure it's safe.

Comparatively, the two popular hardcore/nem ranger builds are ranged base probably for a reason so going with melee seems especially risky.