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

Hey guys,

Sorry for the noob question.

Do you know why the guide promotes the use of LMP instead of GMP ?

Would like some advice on it.

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Baldry wrote:

just one questen : how are you guys getting the right gear?i mean str/int with that many green sockes?i already spend over 40 chromo and didnt get them :( my gear

It physically hurts when I read something like this. DON'T use chromatic orbs to get green socket on gear that doesn't have dex as a requirement. The chance to get it is so small it's practically zero so don't attempt it. Chromatic orbs will roll whatever color is in the item requirements.

I'm not the best in game mechanics knowledge but from my understanding, when items drop the sockets are completely random meaning they are not limited by the STR/DEX/INT->RED/GREEN/BLUE socket synergy. In a few words you can drop all kinds of combinations but you can't force those combinations with chromatics. That's why some items like pure evasion or pure armor having 4L R-R-G-G are very valuable. The other day I dropped 4L R-R-R-R gloves pure evasion. So you will mostly need to buy/trade those weird combos.

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aGn wrote:

Ok guys can anyone help me, i need some ideas. Im 68lvl in merciless act3. And now im stuck so hard after lost in love quest. Every monster practically one/two hits me. I have no idea how to move on. My resist is 75/75/63.

Resists only work against spells. Against physical damage you need ARMOR. In the guide pay attention on the "End-Game Gear" section. You need pure armor gear except shield and 1 of 3 (head,boots,gloves) which should be hybrid Armor/ES. Follow the rest of the guidelines, get HP etc. Also I hope you haven't deviated a lot from the skill tree cause you need all those +HP points. Check out the forum shop to find gear you need.

@Agn: I recommend investing in a better dagger first as well as looking at your gameplay. The entire point is not to be a tank getting in the face of mobs and just soaking up dmg.
Blood rage for example is not meant to be for some gimmicky fun with flicker strike, it's meant to cap your lifeleech. The higher your physical dmg, the more you leech health and mana, the faster mobs die, the less damage you take, etc etc etc. In the end, it all starts with a good weapon.

Apart from that, I see only 3 items giving bonus HP. You should look out more for bonus hp (and higher values than 50) on your defensive gear. The second point is that you don't seem to have a lot of armor, every item piece you have is an evasion or a hybrid piece with evasion (not counting the shield), you're not able to take a hit or two if you don't have any defensive stats to keep you alive.

@Eladir: It is very much possible to use chromatics and roll green sockets on strenght gear, red sockets on pure dex gear, etc. I did it multiple times myself. It's just random dumb luck, nothing else. I once used 50 chromatics on a dagger to get the right sockets, didn't get it. When I got a new dagger, I used 5 and I got the colors I wanted. I rolled the sockets on all of my item, none of them I bought or found with the colors already in place.

Yo,
just realized my initial post was tl:dr and also most of my questions have been cleared..

anyways, im level 32, at the beginning of act3 normal and am doing fairly well, but the last few levels have been a drag somewhat, im guessing im heavily under-geared..

also thinking about switching over to the CI build - anyone tested both and can tell which one is more effective in end-game?

Any pointers on what I should change next? Im lvl 70 in hardcore.

Helm - Shield - Chest (random order).

Thinking helm first, gives barely any benefits. Low armor, low es, no hp, low resist (and only cold).

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Diddler wrote:

Any pointers on what I should change next? Im lvl 70 in hardcore.

You need chaos resistance sooo badly it seems.

<-- wishes he made an ES build that revovlves around chaos inoculation.

Very nice build :D <3

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Nagarashi wrote:

Helm - Shield - Chest (random order).

Thinking helm first, gives barely any benefits. Low armor, low es, no hp, low resist (and only cold).

Aight. Thanks for the heads up both of you. The guy below your post aswell. I only got vaal left in merciless a2 but Im still -60 chaos res so need to fix that one up first. Thanks for the advices. Much appriciated!

Hey so, do you need vitality for using blood rage? Or do you need gear with life regen? Or is having around 0 chaos resist enough plus the 1.8% life regen from nodes enough?