[0.11.0] Eldritch Battery/Armour Crit Dagger Shadow (Based off the CI Crit Dagger Shadow concept)

What about endgame viability then. Would you consider this build stronger once you get into the 70s/80s? If so I'll suffer through the learning curve for now, otherwise im considering rerolling.

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my0s wrote:

What about endgame viability then. Would you consider this build stronger once you get into the 70s/80s? If so I'll suffer through the learning curve for now, otherwise im considering rerolling.

Yes this build is very strong and extremely fun with the right gear later on. Till date it's still the most fun i've ever had with any build. Was quite sorry to see my character get wiped but it happens!

Invalesco, You've got quite enough questions so I'll just NOT ask any and say thanks a ton! Currently level 40 in act 1/Cruel and I'm laying waste to just about everything now and have yet to even die by just being a bit cautious in new areas(SC though :( friends all play SC). As somebody else earlier did I picked the extra skill point by mistake(IE I fail at reading) and promptly dropped that into mind drinker which although not great at this level does certainly help some and LS spam is really not an issue now. I got lucky and found the unique helm Goldrim(+36 all resists) so currently even in cruel having all resists at 60+ is Very nice. Sitting at 1100ish hp/380 mana but only 100 ES or so. Have not really found any good armor/es gear yet @sadface@ STILL have not found any decent daggers but I will say dual claws add a LOT of survivability. Anyhow, thanks a ton! Having a blast :D

PS: I lied lol, I just have to ask this after thinking of it. Do you have any farming spots you found decent in cruel(or any difficulty really)? I've seen some people mention ledge? Also brutus and oversoul were great in normal. It's too bad act 3 boss was such a jaunt or I'd have farmed there a bit before moving on. Thanks!

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Invalesco wrote:

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Fexamir wrote:

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Invalesco wrote:

With regards to Mana, it will remain a problem until you guys attach the mana leech support gem to your lightning strike which you will get as a quest reward somewhere in cruel or so.

What about the aura gems? I'm keeping always active Hatred and Wrath, but I can't use Vitality & the other ones at the same time

Don't worry about vitality. Just level it for now but there's no need to switch it on at all. Only use it when you want to keep blood rage on, which will be all the way in merciless and when you're at 0% chaos resists. it'll still be a while yet

Allright, but what about Haste and Anger? You can't just keep all those things on <.< I think I'm a bit confused here.

Adder's Touch seems like a great passive, to bad it's not viable as the very last skill points though =(

Do you still spec out of Nullification later? That's the only place I found where you used refund points in your build plan.

Why do you wait so long to get EB. Is it possible that if we want more mana we can get it earlier? If not, please elaborate.

@anyone, not just Invalesco:

how are you guys finding weapons (dagger + claw)? I'm level 30 and I'm using the same yellow level 20 weapons I got a while back. I can't seem to find ANYTHING even remotely better than what I have now.

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tangosmango wrote:

@anyone, not just Invalesco:

how are you guys finding weapons (dagger + claw)? I'm level 30 and I'm using the same yellow level 20 weapons I got a while back. I can't seem to find ANYTHING even remotely better than what I have now.

I've used a few orbs of alchemy for mine. I would find the best white with good gem slots add 20% quality to it and then try my luck. Has worked most times so far although I hate doing it and using up those orbs. Still, if you need some new weapons :P

I'm up to 34 atm, and I'm really struggling in both damage and survivability, mainly because of the limited mana pool. I've been hoarding mana reg gear along with my armor, but I probably have to pick up Clarity so I can stop chugging mana flasks every five seconds.

It's definitely a pretty rough build early one, and probably not the best to pick as a novice like myself, but I'm not one to diss a challenge. That said, when does the build turn around? I heard cruel was rough on melee, but damn.

Props for the brilliant guide in any case, been following it to the letter. Will keep on pushing, but tips are welcome.

So on the guide it says we should have 32 skill points at level 29? I think that we should only have 31 if we didn't take the skill point from the bandit quest.