Byrr's Eldritch Battery Ethreal Knife Shadow

(edit: updated post on page 15)

i get a lot of messages asking for my build so here it is.

I am an Ethereal Knife caster. EK is a great aoe spell but weak on single target dps. To compensate, i use 2 bear trap gems which give me 6 traps in total, or a lot of burst to a single target. I curse people with Projectile Weakness which basically gives me another 30% damage. I plan on running 5 auras, blood magiced Grace and Discipline, as well as Clarity, Determination and Hatred and will have a spell totem of some kind to help with single target damage, im not sure what this is yet.

This is up to mid 30s, you should be able to get this before leaving normal. It has a lot of life and I leveled using a LMP'd Freezing Pulse



around this point i would change to Eldritch Battery, you basically just need to make sure you have a leveled clarity, discipline and inner force before you do it. it will be hard on your mana still so youll have to compensate with mana flasks as well



something like this is what im aiming for at the end. I wont be supporting Ethereal Knives with faster casting, so i pick up a lot of faster casting passive nodes.



If you have any questions, post away and ill try to check back here infrequently and answer what I can.


people have been asking to see my gear, so here it is so far. I need to work on the sockets and linking still, get a 5 or 6L in that armor etc. I dont have a spell totem set up yet and at this point am not sure I need it so we will see how that develops. A lot of gems are just laying around leveling up incase i want to use them at some point, like molten shells, enduring cries, life leech, etc.

What do you choose for bandits?

what kind of armor do you wear? strength armor? or strength/dexterity armor? how reliant is this build on having the aura's come free from kripp's templar? not at all? or very? could you run the aura's you need yourself?

Thanks a lot!

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BowlOFruit wrote:

What do you choose for bandits?

HP from normal
Phys damage from cruel
and skill point from merciless.

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namad wrote:

what kind of armor do you wear? strength armor? or strength/dexterity armor? how reliant is this build on having the aura's come free from kripp's templar? not at all? or very? could you run the aura's you need yourself?

i wear all strength armor and will be using a buffed grace aura for evasion. Im not there yet, but i will be blood magicing grace and discipline, then will be self-reliant on running 5 auras, clarity, discipline, grace, hatred and determination.

What supports do you use on EK?

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chris420 wrote:

What supports do you use on EK?

added fire, faster projectiles, iron will ... after that theres some flexibility. I plan on using Life Leech and 1 more, not sure yet.

Thanks alot for making the post!

Thanks for taking the time to make the post Dave!

First of all thanks a lot for the post, helped a lot since I rolled a new shadow after my marauder died. Secondly, how easy is it to solo with this build? Do I need good gear to solo past normal or can I make do with the yellows I'll find?