[0.10.0] Eldritch Battery Ethereal Knives Shadow [Videos Included]
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Hi Invalesco!
Thanks for such an awesome build. I was just wondering, what would you say is the best defensive stats to go for (pre-EB). Right now I am level 49 and am having some survivability issues. I think this may be because I have focused mainly on armor gear properties and mods. My stats are roughly: 1060 armor, 1036 hp, and 137 ES. So what would you recommend going forward? Thanks. |
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I would suggest getting more life nodes (especially if hardcore). I have 1.1k life at lvl 33 on my recent reroll, though I am using Byrr's updated build.
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I have been able to follow this build pretty well, and things are going smoothly at Level 34, except for one thing. I am still wielding two claws and using Dual Strike when I'm up against a single enemy, rather than spamming EK/Freezing Pulse. And based on the items I see available for my level, with their whopping 14% spell damage increases and lack of green gem slots, I don't really see a big advantage to dropping my dual wield weapons anytime soon. Even looking at the Trade Forum, I see level 50-type wands/daggers only putting out increased spell damages in the range of 20-25%. And finding items with things like Cast Speed% and Global Spell Crit is super rare.
I guess what am asking is: am I correct that it is pretty damn hard to find a good caster weapon for this build? | |
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I dont get why you take acceleration, none of your abilities goes with attack speed right?
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Muiy, get the double bear traps with Added Fire Damage (and Culling Strike, if you can find it). Mine does 1888 dps, without Culling, at level 41.
Also, I'm using this weapon, 80% crit inherent daggers still trail behind. Though I hope to switch it soon for something that has better slots (and, if possible, faster cast) Grottsa, it's easy dex. Most of the gems the build uses are green, and the build doesn't go for the ranger side. Real men play HC with Chaos Inoculation and Eldritch Battery. Last edited by HGlobus#0111 on Feb 9, 2013, 7:12:15 AM
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" You should be using Bear Trap + EK by this level. I believe my Bear Trap was at 1500 damage at your level and by level 45 it was doing twice that number. I'd suggest finding a decent caster weapon (dagger/wand/claw/mace) with good spell damage and +stats and getting a decent shield with +spell damage. With the correct items and correct support gems EK and Bear Trap will easily outperform Dual Strike/Pulse. As far as getting a decent caster weapon goes I was able to get an upgrade every 5 or so levels without much effort. |
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Hey! I'm using this build and worked fine up till 45+ and I'm lvl 50 now, the most problem is survivability and progressing, I'm just in the start of Cruel A3. Anyone got any tips on what to improve?
Gear:
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Right now I'm aiming for a bit more armor but don't know if that's the best choice at this level. Stats:
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Stats:  Melee Offense:  EK:  Melee Defence:  Bear Trap:  Thanks in advance! |
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Invalesco,
Thanks for the really awesome build. I'm using it right now and the journey to level 48 has been awesome. I have a question with regards to the curse though. Why not use Vulnerability instead of Projectile Weakness? I find Vulnerability to synergise with EK AND Bear Trap rather than just EK. The ES delay's also good for bosses. |
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" You eventually pick up 24% projectile damage from it. Well worth it. I ask again: How do you guys feel about Doedre's Tenure? -20% cast spell for 50% spell damage. Curious how much of a DPS change it would be, it would also help Mana issues significantly. |
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" You will lose dps using that. Doedre's is only meant for builds where casting speed doesn't matter. |
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