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

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viper9494 wrote:

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Robert_Paulson wrote:

I have no issues with reflect, and barely notice the damage when running reflect maps.
Vaal Pact is not needed if you build some armour (I have about 12k, 50k with flasks).
CwDT+Immortal Call is nice.

12k seems pretty obtainable have about 9k right now. Mind posting your gear and flasks?

I have spent a grand total of 3 passives on evasion nodes, in addition to Iron Reflexes to get that 12k. I run determination over hatred, as I do plenty of damage without it.
I haven't yet bothered to roll decent surgeon's flasks, tbh I barely use my flasks other than the quicksilver. The second health flask isn't really necessary, but the removes curses can be handy. One day when I have plenty of alts, I'll get to optimising flasks, but it just isn't a priority for me atm.

Don't really know what to do now. Feels like Cyclone will definitely be the death of me if I keep using it in high level maps. It desyncs way too often for me to feel comfortable with it in nemesis. Spectral Throw isn't as fun to use but feels way way safer. I absolutely hate the single target dps of Spectral Throw, though.

Another fun thing I noticed is that even when I run a level 1 Cast when Damage Taken it won't proc more than just a couple of times per map, due to my level 19 Arctic Armour removing so much damage. :)

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Hookt wrote:

Don't really know what to do now. Feels like Cyclone will definitely be the death of me if I keep using it in high level maps. It desyncs way too often for me to feel comfortable with it in nemesis.

Cyclone is one of those skills that can be prone to desync a lot, but can be minimised once you learn how it works.
I played multi-cyclone back in OB, and it was just desync hell. Cyclone until desync, then leap slam (also with multi) until it resyncs.

With this build I just do a lot of very short cyclones, not only does it make your crits more consistent, but causes less desync from my experience. I like to hold down right mouse button (where I have my cyclone) and just keep the cursor a very short distance in front of me.
Avoiding impassable ground objects is also key to keep monster pathing running smoothly.

But in saying that, I have a very old PC, and a terrible net connection, so I don't stray into those HC leagues. Call me a softcore scrub if you will, but only a sado-masochist would attempt HC/Nemesis in my situation. xD

Great job!

This build/setup it's amazingly good. The clearing speed leaves behind any other CoCS builds, discharge builds. And it's cheaper!

In terms of survivability I have no problems at all without Life Leech. Probably because of Whirling Blades and good setup with CoDT & CwS.

GEMS


Currently I have a bit more life than my CwDT leveled gem, but once I get more life will work better.

GEAR

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akaflux wrote:

This build/setup it's amazingly good. The clearing speed leaves behind any other CoCS builds, discharge builds. And it's cheaper!

I'd like to direct you to my work in progress, the Power Pulser, which I think once optimised, could match this for damage, or possibly exceed it, with up to 225 freezing pulses per second (I obviously play both builds).

In saying that, I fucking love this build, and it has become my main Domination character (with 6-7 endgame characters already built).

with 3 auras i have only about 30 mana left, how do i sustain arctic armour? do i just let it re-procing with cwdt?

I don't use arctic armour, but if you move with cyclone...

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kaylerah wrote:

with 3 auras i have only about 30 mana left, how do i sustain arctic armour? do i just let it re-procing with cwdt?

I doubt you can. You can use Whirling Blades to get around without draining your mana if you can't really sustain it such as in half regen maps but you will still need a decent mana pool.

Can someone explain to me why soul taker is the best off hand weapon in the dual wield version of this build?

It doesn't have crit chance, etc...

Just wondering, how exactly does attack speed effect cyclone?

Also i noticed this build can be impacted a lot by movement speed, when using cyclone, especially if you spam short paths of cyclone. It causes ALOT more crits for me, iunno about you guys.

So because of the movement speed, im wondering whether attack speed from weapon has really any affect if you are just using short paths of cyclone