Barrage Wonder Wanderer – how to DEMOLISH maps (1.3.X)

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kurtgui wrote:

I thougth EK is physical damage, why carnage heart life leech on physical attache does not apply to EK?

Thanks.

Hope somebody can answer this.

Rarity: Unique
Carnage Heart
Onyx Amulet
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+14 to all Attributes
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+20 to all Attributes
25% reduced maximum Life
25% reduced maximum Energy Shield
+20% to all Elemental Resistances
7% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
Extra gore
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EK is a spell, not an attack

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SilkTopHat wrote:

What are you asking with the first question? Are you wondering if a second CoC link will trigger independently of your primary link? It won't, if that's what you're getting at.

This is the passive tree I use. You can see that it ends up with +246% increased maximum life, which is respectable. Additionally, I use a Lightning Coil and do not use Rat's Nest. I count another +78% nearby to the paths I've taken, so if +246% is insufficient, you could easily take more.

Your gear looks good for the most part. The amulet is good for damage, but not so great for life or resistances. I'd prioritize those over damage.

My bad, I misunderstood CoC's description. Guess I have to replace chain with Arc to improve my single target dps.

Your passive is good but why no Vaal Pact? Without Insta leech this build seems very squishy.

I replaced my old amulet with this one. Low life, No crit multiplier, but...eh... I'm out of orbs.

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Nooobie765 wrote:

I'm thinking about switching over elemental with fireball and Arctic Breath. So kind of stats do I need to switch? physical damage from my belt? more spell damage? also I'm considering between voll's protector and lightning coil, I'm more toward lightning coil for survivability but I also need power charge on critical and dont wanna use 2 skills so I think I may get the voll's protector. However if I opt for lightning coil, what are the benefits of it beside physical damage reduction? What should I do to compensate lightning resistance loss?

Do you mean switching to elemental, or switching from elemental? If you're switching to elemental damage, you don't need physical damage of any form - you want spell damage or elemental damage. If you're switching to EK, yes, it's nice to have.

Lightning Coil adds a decent amount of life for a unique chest. Also, it doesn't tack a -50% maximum mana afffix. I run a Purity of Lightning aura to both offset the loss in resistance and to further reduce incoming physical damage.

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kurtgui wrote:

I thougth EK is physical damage, why carnage heart life leech on physical attache does not apply to EK?

Thanks.

Hope somebody can answer this.

Ethereal Knives is a spell. Spells aren't attacks. Carnage Heart provides leech for physical attack damage.

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camapngu133 wrote:

Your passive is good but why no Vaal Pact? Without Insta leech this build seems very squishy.

I replaced my old amulet with this one. Low life, No crit multiplier, but...eh... I'm out of orbs.

I never found that I needed it. Damage output to groups is monstrous, and your hits freeze. The only concerns are damage reflection mobs or maps. Only double elemental reflection is an issue (map + mob reflection sources), in which case, I turn off Hatred and play normally.

Double physical reflection is a bit less straightforward. In that case, I actually want to hit as many enemies as I can in one attack - ideally, all enemies are bunched in one small group, where I can wipe them all out in a small fraction of a second. In this case, I curse with Critical Weakness, activate Atziri's Promise, and cast Barrage once from up close - and it works fine. In this case, I trigger a CwDT - Enduring Cry - Immortal Call - Increased Duration link due to reflected damage. However, Ethereal Knives deals damage in many small hits rather than one large one (like Flameblast or Discharge, for example), so what happens is that only a rather small amount of damage is reflected before Immortal Call is cast - at which point, I can deal as much damage as I want until it expires. This is where being close to the pack of enemies and drawing the enemies in close is important - Immortal Call doesn't last very long (unless you have 20q IC and 20/20 ID), so you want all of the chained EK hits to fly to their last targets before the spell wears off.

Additionally, I use a Topaz Flask and a Granite Flask. I don't know exactly what sort of physical reduction the armor + Granite flask provides, but the Lightning Coil + Purity of Lightning aura + Topaz flask combination reduces incoming physical damage by 36%.

Playing like this has resulted in zero deaths due to damage reflection of any sort. My shadow is level 87 at the moment.

Separately, I expect to acquire Atziri's Acuity in the vaguely near future, so reflection of all forms should be a non-issue.

Lastly - that's a nice amulet. You might find it desirable to find one with a larger life affix in the future, but I'm sure that one will do fine for now.

is elemental path much more powerful since its using 2 skills: Fireball and arctic breath compare to only EK?

also in 1.1.5 EK damage will be nerf'ed by 20% however there is a new Lightning ball skill which is quite interesting. ;)

If I was to get atziri gloves what would I spent points on rather thenvaal pact health?

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also in 1.1.5 EK damage will be nerf'ed by 20%

Nooo!! Say it Aint So!!
is this true and how do you know?

unconfirmed 1.1.5 changes:
EK damage -20% = less damage for coc builds
cast speed -20% = more damage for selfcast builds

hmm.. we shall see ... too bad though as i was just ripping through the content with this amazing build ...

My current two wands are


I just found this


Should I replace Eagle Chant with this? Will it be an upgrade?

If you replace, you'll get more crits but less dammage because the new wand has no spell damage on it..

Loved the build, played it on invasion with a slightly different play style:

All my gear was acquired on invasion, got to level 84 before ripping to desycn



Skill tree (As of level 87)

Running MoM + AA + EB and using a shield instead of duelwielding wands

Comments of tree:



Gear:


Auras:
Clarity, Hatred, Purity of Lightning

I run purity of Lightning to counter ele reflect from arc and because my current lightning resist is to low to handle ele weakness maps without it.