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

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Marbleshade wrote:

I had to switch to Spectral Throw because of the desync problems I was having with Cyclone, and I like it a lot more. If you keep Spectral Throw at level 1, it only uses 8 mana before support modifiers as opposed to Cyclone's base of 30. Also, Cyclone needs to be leveled up to increase its attack speed (for more EK's per second), which in turn increases its base mana cost (and greatly increasing the amount of mana used after being linked with supports).

Using Spectral Throw allows you to keep your EK-triggering skill at level 1 without any real drawbacks, since Spectral Throw doesn't gain anything with gem levels other than damage (which we don't care about). It also allows you to drop the Blood Magic gem for something else (I'm using Power Charge On Crit, for example; Iron Will is another good option).

Using this setup, my Spectral Throw costs 16 mana per use. Mine can be cast at around twice per second, for a total usage of 32 mana per second. It's extremely easy to get enough mana regen to support this without having to go out of your way for it. This also allows you to run 2 60% auras and Purity (30%), which helps a lot with overcoming the resistance loss you probably ran into by equipping Tabula Rasa (this obviously doesn't apply to those of you with a "normal" 6-link chest).

The tradeoff seems to be that Spectral Throw will not cause as many EK triggers as a Cyclone will in a lot of cases (Spectral Throw came out way ahead for me due to my desync issues, though). It does, however, allow you to play safer by staying further back or kiting (along with the other advantages listed above).

I apologize if anything in my post had been covered earlier in the thread, I'm pretty late to this build and didn't read every page. Also, thanks to DonaldF for posting such a fun build!

EDIT: I also made a quick list of the uniques that would have (I think) considerable impact on this build. I haven't tried any of these, myself, but I thought maybe someone would find something useful or interesting here:

Ezomyte Peak +20% increased physical damage
The Magnate +25-40% increased physical damage, +40-50 to strength (8-10% extra physical damage with Iron Will gem)
Deshret's Vise +10% increased physical damage, +100 to strength (20% extra physical damage with Iron Will gem)
Doedre's Tenure +40-50% increased spell damage
Maligaro's Virtuosity +50% global crit chance, +40-50% increased global crit modifier
Rat's Nest +60-75% global crit chance (obviously listed in the OP)
Gifts From Above +20-30% global crit chance, +20-30% global crit chance
Infernal Mantle +3-10% spell damage, +100% global crit chance
Alpha's Howl: if you want to run 3 60% auras, you'll need this