EK - easy, fast and cheap to maps - base build with huge lategame potential
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Hi,
I am playing PoE since closed beta and have done a lot of builds till now and most of them were EK builds. After trying a lot of EK builds I found my new favourite and I think it is a good idea to share it with you, because I never got so fast and easy to maps solo and SELFFOUND and still have a lot of potential left for lategame. Currently my Scion is lvl 82 and does 7.5k DPS with a 4L lvl 19 EK and additional 2.6k DPS from my 4L lvl 18 EK totem. Introduction
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EK is a totally mediocre skill. It is mediocre in terms of AoE and singletarget. It doesnt require a lot of investment to get pretty ok DPS, but it is pretty hard to get really high DPS. In other words, EK neither has a lot of advantages, nor a lot of disadvatages.
-> This makes the skill perfect especially for newer players. Pro/Cons
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Pros:
+ Cheap for the start + Fast lvling + Solo able + Selffound able + good DPS while having proper defense + Lategame potential + High movement Speed Cons - reflect will always be more or less a problem (depending on your gear) - You wont get super high DPS like cast on crit builds - You wont get super high defense Build explained
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Well first of all, this build is designed for SC, I concentrate more on offense than on defense. This build does NOT use 'Mind over Matter' and only a lower lvl arctic armour (or lets say the lvl depends on your gear - currently I am running a lvl 9 one). You COULD do it on HC mode, it is NOT a glass cannon and will have decent defense, but I dont recommend it... Keystones
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The two most important nodes are 'Eldritch Battery' and 'Ballistic Mastery':
Eldritch Battery EK has pretty high mana cost and the build has rather high castspeed, so we need a lot of mana. Energyshield is useless for us because EK is a short/mid range spell and so we will get hit quite often. Ballistic Mastery Projectile Speed is important for EK because it will give you more AoE (= better clearingspeed) and more saftey becasue you dont have to get that close to monsters. This node together with the unique amulet 'Karui Ward' will allow us to skip Projectile Speed support gem for another dmg support (=> running maps with a 4L is possible) Class Scion
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Scion is the optimal class for an EK build (except pure crit builds).
Scion gives us a lot of mana and mana regen, a lot of castspeed and a big life circle early on. There also is some spell dmg, Projectile dmg and movementspeed aswell and last but not least the way to our two important nodes EB and BM isnt that far. Skilltree
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If you look at the skilltree, only the Scion, Witch and Shadow/Ranger tree is interesting for an EK build.
Sure Templar, Marauder and Duellist have some nice life and other defensive nodes, but no dmg nodes for EK at all and we also get enough defense from scion, witch and shadow/ranger tree Skilltree 'Base build' The lvl 84 core-build in numbers
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Health 204% increased maximum Life 36 to maximum Life 1% of Life Regenerated per Second Mitigation 40% increased Armour 24% increased Evasion Rating and Armour 16% to Chaos Resistance 10% to all Elemental Resistances Damage 72% increased Spell Damage 65% increased Projectile Damage 36% increased Cast Speed 30% increased Critical Strike Chance 20% increased Projectile Speed 12% increased Physical Damage 10% increased Attack Speed 6% increased Movement Speed Other 180 to Intelligence 140% increased Mana Regeneration Rate 130 to Strength 120 to Dexterity 72% increased maximum Mana 42% increased effect of Auras you Cast 36 to maximum Mana 25% reduced Mana Reserved 12% increased Radius of Auras => currently lvl 82 with 7.4k DPS + 2.6k DPS totem (currently I dont use my totem because I dont have a free 4L atm) => if my calculations are right, I should do about 15-20k DPS with lvl 95 and good crit gear together with a a 5-7k DPS totem Bandids
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Normal: Help Oak Cruel: Help Oak merciless: Help Alira or kill all (depending on lategame plan with that build) Skills used:
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Main attack: 4L: EK + Lifeleech + faster casting + added fire 5L: EK + Lifeleech + faster casting + added fire + empower 6L: EK + Lifeleech + faster casting + added fire + empower + xxx* *) xxx = PowerchargeOnCrit/crit chance/mana leech/faster projectiles/iron will/culling Strike/IIR (depending wich way you want to go in lategame lvl 85+) Secondary attack (spell totem): 4L: EK + spell totem + faster casting + empower/added fire (additional DPS and defense in one - good vs reflect packs and hard bosses) Auras 4L: red. mana + clarity + hatred + determination (determination is better than grace+IR with high end armour gear) Defense (not fixed still trying around) 2L: CastWhenDmgTaken lvl 1 + immortal call 2L: CastWhenDmgTaken lvl x + Molten shell (lvl depending on your health - it should procc often so dont lvl it too far) 1L: Enduring cry lvl 20 Curse: 3L (wand): increased AoE + enfeeble + Proj. Weakness Mobility: 3L (shield): Lightning warp + faster casting + reduced duration (if you decide to go crit in lategame and wear a dagger, you also could do whirling blades) Leveling Tips
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I recommend using bow skills with the following starter gear till lvl 40-45 and then switch to EK as soon as you found a wand and shield with some spell dmg :
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You will also need some nice rares (rigs, amulet, quiver) with flat dmg and/or weapon elemental dmg as well as some gems (Rain of arrows, singletarget bow skill, weapon elemental dmg, faster attacks, life gain on hit) If you use that lvling gear, then you should start: 1. with mana regen 2. then those projectile nodes (to boost your stormcloud bow) 3. those mana nodes 4. again mana reg 5. straight to life circle Pick as much life nodes as you need, maybe some resists too if needed. 6. Take those spell ldmg nodes and make your way to Ballistic mastery 7. after you got Ballistic mastery (if you want you also could take those projectile dmg nodes) make your way up to shadow tree/EB 8. Pick those 3 life/mana nodes (respecc from your lifecircle if you have to and need that mana) 9. Pick more life, castspeed and spell dmg 10. Pick EB and the chaos resist node pretty late (EB depending on your gear, Chaos res before doing maps) If you didnt use those lvling items (but you really should - way faster!) then dont pick those projectile dmg nodes early on but spell dmg/castspeed and go to Ballistic mastery more early. Gear
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My current crappy gear (selffound except belt and one ring)
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Quality gems: First you want quality on your lifeleech gem, then EK and castspeed. It seems like the quality on added fire dmg doesnt do anything while linked to EK. At least my tooltip DPS doesnt change at all when I swap a qual added fire with a non qual added fire gem... For me it looks like a bug... It helps a lot if you have a qual empower (or two if you want to use geofris helmet for your Ek totem) - lvling empower lasts forever - I just reached lvl 2^^ Optimal gear:
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Helmet: Geofri's Crest http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Geofri%27s_Crest Has Armour, aswell as ES (=mana), gives triple res and chaos res and the +1 gems boosts the EK gem from totem setup to lvl 21, and empower to lvl 4 => lvl 24 EK-Totem Amulet: Karui Ward http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Karui_Ward Gives us needed dex and str for gems and armour chest, movement speed for kiting Projectile speed for AoE (Clearingspeed and defense) Together with Ballistic Mastery it gives usan additional dmg support gem as we dont need proj speed gem anymore. Wand/Dagger: Depending on lategame variation either a wand with high spell dmg, castspeed and projectile speed or a crit wand/dagger with spell dmg (no void battery since we wont have that many powercharges) Shield: Rare shield with ES, spell dmg and life (if possible spell crit chance and/or mana/manareg or resistances) Rathpit would work too, but there are much better rares possible... Chest: High Armour, life, resist, if possible some ES I dont recommend using Lightning coil because you'll miss a lot of armour and determination works as better as much armour you have. In addition to that you'll need even more resist and the liferoll isnt that good either. It could be a good option till you get a good rare armour but I would never trade my standard 2.4k armour chest with 100+ life and double res + all res stat for a lightning coil ;-) If you have a nice chest with high armour, life, resist and ES it would be even worse to wear lightning coil as you would loose a lot of mana Rings: Life, resist, mana/mana reg (castspeed and/or crit chance as offensive stat) Gloves: Life, resist, Armour/ES, mana Boots: Movement speed, life, resist, Armour/ES, mana Belt: %Phys dmg, Life, Resist, Armour/ES, if possible 'flask charges gained' or 'reduced flask charges used' Changing the build for lategame (lvl 85++)
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If I really play this char so long (Domination ends soon) I see two possible ways to go with that build:
1. go crit - Take all the bigger crit nodes in shadow tree, the 60% crit node near EB and thw crit nodes from ranger tree. Together with some crit gear, you should get to 30% crit chance even without power charges + a lot of freezes + high killspeed (oneshotting a lot) + dont have to respecc the tree much - more prone to reflect - maybe even bandid respecc needed if you want to run powercharges and didnt helped alira before http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgAACGcRlhbzGDwZihqPHNwdqh6UIcMmPC2DLagvby-dMZ41kkZxSshN41YtV-FvnnC7f8aCHoMJiPGQ1pMnkzqXBpu1plesP6xZrH-xkLQMt9a9J8M6xKLKStkT2wvbWdxX4Yjyl_ba-WX56PsJ_o864fJF_grnY7c-QYfGrmbZtHMY1zS-8XZ-WSepWm0kPKdcSVEOSJ2qYqzWnVBCjDZzs_BrFefVT953VUtteyaVBfkV8DpYBH6HGYhC8h2do_yrXfJw1XBS51Qk_dUAwFHz6rXybqrjhC1HY0PBxQ== 2. go low life with Shavronne or dual Mings Heart + higher ES pool than life) + additional aura(s) + high DPS without high dmg spikes + Stun immunity with Unwavering Stance + High leech from vaal pact + More resists from passives + Freeze immune by e.g. Alpha howl - more expensive - big tree respecc needed - less armour (only grace + IR) - shock is pretty annoying - good granite flask timing is more important - no EB -> probably have to run mana leech, no arctic armour http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgAACGcRlhbzGDwZihqPHNwelCHDJjwtgy9vL51WLVfhb55wu3_GgwmQ1pMnkzqXBpu1rD-sf7QMt9a9J8M6xKLKStkT3Ffyl_ba-WX56PsJ8XZ-WVBCjDZzs_BrFefVT953LUfBxSymN2Y0ClfJAW88joRI6ro3g6brm12omlpSSsg_JypNFSAs6d0NW69OKiml7BjDbY_6e9fb50cGX2rC7LTFKwrBANsaEHv1S746oqPB820ZO-Hi96crGNt08SFgQKDvTii1Kjii6hLhYSEaVWSjNugB55_LRnFcig== I think I'll put my next points into crit and spend my money for crit gear. Cannot afford a Shavronne and I see more drawbacks in a low life build than in a crit build. You also could take more defense in lategame instead of those two offensive ways I planned and add e.g. resistances to be able to wear IIR stuff.. I hope you have fun with that build - critique is welcome Greetings, Az Last edited by azraelb#0313 on Jan 1, 2014, 8:51:51 PM
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