[0.10.0] Eldritch Battery Ethereal Knives Shadow [Videos Included]

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GonzalezMelvin wrote:

I want to know if this build as a whole will still be viable in OB. Still not sure what I want to play and it's only 2 days away lol

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Unimatrix wrote:

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GonzalezMelvin wrote:

I want to know if this build as a whole will still be viable in OB. Still not sure what I want to play and it's only 2 days away lol

EK with heavy aura support will still be very good. I'm planning to do something like that myself - not sure if it'll be my first char, though. But then again, I don't care about "racing" to endgame and being the first to do the highest maps. I'll never stick to just one build and farm all day long to get the best gear - way too much awesome diversity I got to explore. :P

But yeah, EK is and will be very fine!

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Rec73 wrote:

Thanks for posting this build Invalesco.

Used it in the 1 week race and ended up coming in 8th and had a ton of fun.

Spec:

Spoiler

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYAAnEEswdjCPQMfRB_ES0UTRXnFm8WvxmFGjgabBzcJDwkqiaVJ6kpTyycLR8tRzGINuk62DvhRKtJUU3YUEJVS1WuVcZXK1ptXfJgbWHiYqxtGW17cFJw1XNTc7N5A3yDfll_xoFvgh6DOIfbi3qMNox2jr6PRo-mkFWdgJ2unjyhbaIAoi6io6cIpyunXKeEuJO8n8BUwfPGns36z2XQ0NQZ1U_WndsL3nfi9-Nq45_kIuw48B_wa_Pq

Thoughts on the build in general is that the armor makes it so that 1 shotting yourself on a physical reflect pact is quite difficult but still possible if the pack/level of the mobs is large/high enough.

The largest difference I had between the standard build and mine was not using mana leech and supporting the build through clarity. Eventually I was at approximately 140 mana/s but I did have to pick up a 59% mana regen ring in order to acquire that. This allowed me not to run 2 mana potions and instead I had 2 instant healths, 1 granite, and 2 diamonds. With high projectile speed, soloing packs was extremely quick by just grouping them together and diamond EKing. Alternating diamonds lets you keep them up almost 100% and gives you insanely fast clearing which helped a ton when the group had to grind 60-62s due to unlucky map drop. Definitely thinking about using this build in the OB, but maybe a more melee focused one as I found careful positioning while playing this spec is the key efficiency difference in clearing.

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GonzalezMelvin wrote:

Have you actually tried it out in alpha? What makes you so sure it'll still be fine? Not trying to discredit you, I just want a solid answer =P

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sizun wrote:

so we have patch notes, is this build still viable in ur opinion ?

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Invalesco wrote:

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sizun wrote:

so we have patch notes, is this build still viable in ur opinion ?

Yup, nothing much has changed with this build actually, which I'm thankful for as it has lessened my workload, but I'll still be making a few tweaks here and there. Will let you guys know when I've updated it