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

Im having trouble deciding on which items to use at low lvl (21 currently), What should be my priority? which gems should i be using by this lvl?

Im at Level 36 on Hardcore now.
But my problem is the single target DPS.
Im using Bear Traps but it only has 3 charges.
Are there any Physical Single Target Damage Casts like EK but only for 1 target ?

Does this build have any downside? It seems like it has insanely high clearing capabilities, huge survivability and lots of AoE/single target damage. I think this is by far the most powerful build O_O

reflect might kill you. Yeah this builds seems to be really strong. The only downside is the lack of energy shield in late game so you have to have enough hp to compensate that.
I'm currently eveling this build (that means I would if I didn't get dc'd avery 10 seconds).

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TheDarkJack wrote:

reflect might kill you. Yeah this builds seems to be really strong. The only downside is the lack of energy shield in late game so you have to have enough hp to compensate that.
I'm currently eveling this build (that means I would if I didn't get dc'd avery 10 seconds).

DC boss too hard ><

I see. Hmm contemplating making this build or a summoner witch. Seems like this build is safer and more damaging and faster clearing than any other build.

Maybe this is a question that should be asked in general and not specific to this guide, but what sort of priority is generally placed on armor, evasion, energy shield, socket combos and complimentary mods while leveling?

Should I continue to use a rare that has good mods (life, mana, str, int, resistances, etc) but low values for armor/es/evasion and sockets that don't quite work with support gems, or should I look for whites that have the sockets and high values for armor/es/evasion over lower level rares with good mods?

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Kaean wrote:

Maybe this is a question that should be asked in general and not specific to this guide, but what sort of priority is generally placed on armor, evasion, energy shield, socket combos and complimentary mods while leveling?

Should I continue to use a rare that has good mods (life, mana, str, int, resistances, etc) but low values for armor/es/evasion and sockets that don't quite work with support gems, or should I look for whites that have the sockets and high values for armor/es/evasion over lower level rares with good mods?

Evasion/armour and life is the best option in normal. Energy shield is paltry and can be neglected.

As you progress in difficulties, just keep stacking life. that's the main important thing. anything else doesn't matter as much if you're not melee.

Life + resists + sockets is usually the priority for me

Just keep wearing your good rare but be on the lookout for whites with nice links (3Ls/4Ls) if you can find any, quality them then alch them. If its good, switch gear. If its bad, chaos it once or twice. If its good, switch gear. If not, keep looking.

My planned build is pretty much the same that you posted with a few minor differences. I built out to 111 points just for fun.

However at level 32 I am having some mana issues. To help counter this I went south of shadow to take the 32% maximum mana nodes for now until I switch to EB. Even with this my mana is eaten pretty quickly by EK.AddedFireDamage and I haven't been able to add Fork or faster projectiles yet.

So far I am using this build at 32:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYBES0c3B4aJ6kqWyycLR8tR0SrUEJTNVVLVa5WLW0ZbWxte3yDfll_xow2jr6Pppu1oqOsf7VIwfPDOs360hnVT9bR3nf_kw==


end game 111 point build:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYB3nfVT_-THhrSGdbRKlu1SG17VUsmlYw2UEKiLl3ycNVwUvPqwFEWv4fbYeItRxzc45_UGbyff8YnqVptJDynXElRoqPB8_F2gh7bC4hC8h1tGS0fj6ZEq1WuLJyOvhEtfIPN-riTDH0Qf8aepwidrhpsGYUkqjbp42rkIo5k96a2-ilP7DgaOKeEkFU62E3YnjyBb4x2BLPwH6IAFE2DOJ2AYG2PRoFJsjhmT_rSZp5xTZrPQ2O3MVj1ncQPxNzHO3xaprjK0NDPZVXGFm8Rlp2j_KvrY5matvcRLzgb

Oh and I think I got lucky and found this weapon...nice for a EK build early on!

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Evasion/armour and life is the best option in normal. Energy shield is paltry and can be neglected.

As you progress in difficulties, just keep stacking life. that's the main important thing. anything else doesn't matter as much if you're not melee.

Life + resists + sockets is usually the priority for me

Just keep wearing your good rare but be on the lookout for whites with nice links (3Ls/4Ls) if you can find any, quality them then alch them. If its good, switch gear. If its bad, chaos it once or twice. If its good, switch gear. If not, keep looking.

At what point is this feasible/worth it (I think I only have 3 alchs and 1 or 2 chaos orbs)? I was under the impression it was best to save crafting stuff until late game (or will I start to find more of them in cruel?).

Should I value whites with higher armor/evasion and 3-4L (without using crafting mats) over lower level rares with resists and life mods?

Nooby question time.

I have a ring that adds 2% physical attack damage back as mana. Ek is a Physical damage spell, does that mana leech apply at all?