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

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WILLIE wrote:

So I'm level 51 and having a pretty tough time with this build. I'm in act 3 cruel, and pretty close to beating it. Should I stay in act 3 cruel to level up a bit more? I'm having a hard time soloing and wasn't sure whether to scrap this build and start something else. This is my first character and I'm just curious whether having a hard time with beating cruel is normal for all classes, or is this build just somewhat tough to perfect? I would feel a lot better knowing that no matter what class or build you choose, merciless is tough regardless until you upgrade your items.

If you have any suggestions on how to improve please let me know.

I'm in the same position. level 54 and having a tough time progressing through the 3rd quest in act 3. Whats your dps on ds and ls? How much mana do you have and is that a problem area for you? What aura's do you run?

I'm just realizing how much my damage is suffering from not having all the support gems for ls/ds. Got another one (additional fire damage) for ds and already can tell the difference it makes. In addition to actually aquiring them, I find I'm greatly constricted by mana and being able to house them all in sockets. I have delayed speccing into EB, as my energy shield is only about 130 (thanks to a shield and another piece, cant remember which, which I will only end up upgrading eventually).

Does anyone have suggestions for which armor/glove/shield etc peices to get? I just don't see how to get a lot of bonus mana out of EB. What peices are people getting ES from? 2 auras is really pushing it for me atm. I couldn't imagine more aura's on top of higher mana costs from fully supported abilities.

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BitmapFrogs wrote:

Look and weep for what it could have been... from Docks, today.

might be worth using a divine orb on that?

if he doesnt I will ign loosends

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Alabugin wrote:

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BitmapFrogs wrote:

Look and weep for what it could have been... from Docks, today.

might be worth using a divine orb on that?

You can't roll higher than the limits of the mod itself.

Ergo, if you use a Divine on it, it can reach:

35 to 44% Increased Physical Damage + 31 to 50 Accuracy Rating (this is one mod)
20 to 22% attack speed
+1 mana gained when you kill an enemy
25-29% increased crit chance
4 to 6 - 9 to 10 physical damage

So it's already almost at it's max values within the mod limits.

Just a little update on how things are going:

Apart from the occasional dumb laggy death during map runs, I'll be hitting lvl74 today and if things go well I might even reach 75. Following numbers are with 4 auras up (wrath, anger, hatred, haste).

724 max mana - 135 left with auras
2704 HP
3110 armor -> ~14500 armor (and 60%+ damage reduction) when using granite
Max resistance across the board, 9% chaos resistance

74% accuracy
30.5% crit chance
264% crit multiplier
6k dps Flicker Strike (with higher crit multiplier % as well)
5.3k dps Double Strike
3 to 4k Lightning Strike (depending if I use faster attacks or not - only 4 linked atm)

This is without the frenzy charges from blood rage which I can run without problems and without vitality.

Gear as of this very moment:



Flasks:



I might replace QS flask for (it depends when)



Working on:

1. Getting a higher quality LS gem
2. Getting at least a 5L high Astral Plate, the current one is just a temporary replacement.
3. New gloves
4. Better dagger - want to get at least 250+ physical damage
5. Belt with the same stats but with the +% elemental damage mod
6. Boots with higher armor/es and 4 links so I can maybe run determination, vitality, discipline or even clarity.

You can always ask me any questions @Nagarashi in game.

Would like some input on my gear. Just recently bought that dagger and helm. Curious is the dagger good enough? I know physical dmg kind of low but the attack speed sexy. Paid 2 gcp...



Sitting at 2.4k Lighting strike, 2050 Double Strike, 2145 HP, -11% chaos and 75 lighting rest 60.

Where should I upgrade? I bought the elemenal dmg things on the cheap like a alch each lol

The dagger is decent, judging from your gear you're around lvl60 so that's a pretty good one. It's hard to find a dagger with 200+ physical damage atm, crafting looting and trading.

The helm is decent but misses resists, Should try and pick up a better shield (every kite shield has +to all res) with better mods in it imo.

The amulet looks pretty horrible though. No life, no resists, no crit, no nothing actually.

Other than that I think you mainly need to get better sockets + links on your gear (boots - gloves) and get your resistances maxed (or almost maxed) with positive chaos res. Looking pretty solid all in all.

Got this one - how good is it? Sadly the mana wasn't a resist roll =/


And how do you guys play in act 2 merciless? How many resists do you have? I'm dying quite a lot because my gear is not good at the moment. =/

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Nagarashi wrote:

The dagger is decent, judging from your gear you're around lvl60 so that's a pretty good one. It's hard to find a dagger with 200+ physical damage atm, crafting looting and trading.

The helm is decent but misses resists, Should try and pick up a better shield (every kite shield has +to all res) with better mods in it imo.

The amulet looks pretty horrible though. No life, no resists, no crit, no nothing actually.

Other than that I think you mainly need to get better sockets + links on your gear (boots - gloves) and get your resistances maxed (or almost maxed) with positive chaos res. Looking pretty solid all in all.

Hehe actually i just got lucky with a fusing Used it on gloves and now got 3 linked.

I know 4 linked would be better but would cost me a fortune to get a 4linked with 20%+ chaos resists plus HP/ACC

But yeah good call on amulet was using that cuz i otherwise have no magic find on my gear. Then again i guess the 17% rarity probably doesnt actually do much.

Nice going Nagarashi! Good stuff. You're in trouble now, I'm gonna put you as the one to go to for all questions related to this build :p