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

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Baldry wrote:

the main issui that i have at the moment is my mana, i cant keep 4-5 auras and use any skill so i use bloodmagic.I cant use LS with WEP because its to expansiv(i think it was 32 mana) cant use it i am going out of mana to fast :( any idees what i could do?other neck/ring with mana?some passiv?:(

Yep mana is biggest issue by far for me as well. Nagarashi seems to be doing ok , not sure how exactly. I ll try to get mana leech gear because mana regen cant do squat for LS spam I think if one manages get 10% (or even 5% ) mana leech it might be what is needed

This Guide is very well written...
but its close to impossible to pull this off as a new / unexperienced player.

Basicly you roll a Shadow, but you advice getting Templar and Marauder Gear (AR/AS + pure AR)
Good luck trying to get the Green Sockets you gonna need.
I wasted around 250 Chromatics trying to get the right (Green) Sockets on the Gear you advise.

Also past 50 / Act1 Merciless the Damage Output becomes somewhat rediciulous low.
I am trying to creep Ledge, and its not possible without crazy Kiting.

Also you advising "Whirling Blade" as a Backup plan.
Isnt Shield Charge way better since you wear a Shield anyway?

I dunno man, i dont like this at all.

by using blood rage, why not get the +1 max fenzy passive skill?

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ayya wrote:

by using blood rage, why not get the +1 max fenzy passive skill?

there is +1 frenzy point

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smashhell wrote:

I have a question.

Aside from Troll Blood, what other passive are needed in order for the Blood Rage Gem to work?

Are there other regen notes than that?

Thank you!

Can anyone answer my question?

What other passive are needed aside from Troll Blood for Blood Rage to work?

The guide didn't mention it a lot.

Thank you!

Loving this build so far BTW. I don't really have any mana issues. I only run 2 auras ATM which is plenty to aid my DPS. I get away with only using 1 mana flask. Here's the current gear:


All resists are good except chaos is at -30% right now. I'm level 62 and plan to have 30% chaos resist soon, buying some pieces to augment that.

yeah I can't solo merciless at all, I have to party... there's no "sustain" in this build at my current stage(lvl 56), not enough life regen for blood rage, warlord's mark doesn't give enough life/mana steal, run into major mana issues if I try to spam LS. I've upgraded my gear a bit to have 4L helm and Gloves still a 3L armor and no link boots though... I still have not found any reduced mana gems. Can get full 75% res in merciless except still -44% chaos resist. As mentioned before I've had to use life on hit/life steal support gems on whirling blades to get some life sustainability.

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UltimaMegaFlare wrote:

yeah I can't solo merciless at all, I have to party... there's no "sustain" in this build at my current stage(lvl 56), not enough life regen for blood rage, warlord's mark doesn't give enough life/mana steal, run into major mana issues if I try to spam LS. I've upgraded my gear a bit to have 4L helm and Gloves still a 3L armor and no link boots though... I still have not found any reduced mana gems. Can get full 75% res in merciless except still -44% chaos resist. As mentioned before I've had to use life on hit/life steal support gems on whirling blades to get some life sustainability.

Lok at my gear ^ ^. I have a total of 1% life leech, and my sustain is fine. I run 2 granite flasks (surgeons of iron skin, surgeons of resistance), a quicksilver flask, 1 health and 1 mana flask. The key is using your flasks strategically so that you don't require as much healing.

Try to get all of your flasks with defensive mods, either resist or iron skin, this way you ALWAYS have additional DR up while a flask is in use, which should be 99% of the time.

How would adding Blood Magic support gem work with LS? I would probably be able to run a fifth aura and ditch the 1 mana flask I have left. Having enough lifeleech to sustain it as well. Gonna try that out and maybe see in what way it works on a 6L chest (LS - LMP - FA - WED - AFD - BM).

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Vaux wrote:

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UltimaMegaFlare wrote:

yeah I can't solo merciless at all, I have to party... there's no "sustain" in this build at my current stage(lvl 56), not enough life regen for blood rage, warlord's mark doesn't give enough life/mana steal, run into major mana issues if I try to spam LS. I've upgraded my gear a bit to have 4L helm and Gloves still a 3L armor and no link boots though... I still have not found any reduced mana gems. Can get full 75% res in merciless except still -44% chaos resist. As mentioned before I've had to use life on hit/life steal support gems on whirling blades to get some life sustainability.

Lok at my gear ^ ^. I have a total of 1% life leech, and my sustain is fine. I run 2 granite flasks (surgeons of iron skin, surgeons of resistance), a quicksilver flask, 1 health and 1 mana flask. The key is using your flasks strategically so that you don't require as much healing.

Try to get all of your flasks with defensive mods, either resist or iron skin, this way you ALWAYS have additional DR up while a flask is in use, which should be 99% of the time.

I'm not having trouble with the normal mobs, it's the champion packs/yellows/uniques that sometimes screw me over or bosses. This is because you can't refill your flasks without other mobs around. Also the unique enemies in merciless rape me even with almost full resists... I tend to die in ~3 hits. Oh yeah I guess surgeon's on all my flasks would help with that...