1.2.0 - Spectral Throw Crit Dagger (HC Viable)

Aloha, just hit 61 with this and had good fun so far. Thanks by the way for keeping this thread up to date.
Quick question: Did you consider taking the cluster around 'Brutal Efficiency' instead of the one at 'Fencing'? From there you can invest another four points to get to 'From the Shadows' (which effectively would have to be deducted from the duelist part).

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Vollwertkost wrote:

Aloha, just hit 61 with this and had good fun so far. Thanks by the way for keeping this thread up to date.
Quick question: Did you consider taking the cluster around 'Brutal Efficiency' instead of the one at 'Fencing'? From there you can invest another four points to get to 'From the Shadows' (which effectively would have to be deducted from the duelist part).

Unless you really need the accuracy the Fencing nodes are a much better and point efficient option. Feel free to try them out instead though!

what's the most ideal plate for PA and IR respectively? LC for PA and high armour/ev chest for IR?

Does anyone have a plan to make this build farm atziris more easier?

Updating:

Gear:



Haven't played as much, but level 89.

13.5k ST
96k DS

Really fun build, but expensive to get top end.

Rolled the dagger today and I plan on giving that another go here soon.

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Krakkas wrote:

for IR build, how would u spend your last points? is unwavering stance a good option? or maybe vaal pact?

Definitely NOT Vaal Pact. Unwavering isn't a bad idea. Honestly whatever you feel is best.

So I got myself some better gear:



Also got my spec throw, lmp and physical projectile attack damage to lvl 20 and then made the quality recipe with it so it'll be a bit till that extra dmg kicks in. Will probably also get Bloog Rage to 20% qual for the extra life leech. One thing I liked a lot is linking Whirling Blades to Blood Magic making it possible to spam the skill without having to worry about mana costs as I regen the costs faster than I lose them. This helped my survivability a lot. Also got lucky with a 15% qual immortal call drop, will also get increased duration to 20% qual once it hits lvl 20.

Have noticed a few things. This build can work with just a 4 Link, once you get some life leech (2-3% is enough imo) and damage you don't need LGoH and using power charge on crit your damage skyrockets as you can reliably keep up your power charges. I hardly ever use the curse anymore as everything dies real fast. Single target is really strong as well, only trouble I seem to have is a low accuracy rating but I might get new rings to see if I can help with that. Armor could be changed to a 5L/6S in the future but I'm broke for now seeing how I dumped most of my currency into the dagger and doryani's. Also haven't gotten Haku up to lvl 6 so I'm holding off on adding more mods to the shield and Armor.

I can handle all map mods but there are some combinations that can give me trouble, phys reflect isn't as troublesome as extra damage (cold can really screw you over). Biggest problem though is desync, open maps are great but indoor maps or those with a lot of rooms can easily become deathtraps as I need to move around a lot with whirling blades to escape damage. Perhaps the Dodge version is better in that regard but I do enjoy the offensive IR build.

All in all I can say this build is great if you want to start in a new league as I did, most content can be done with cheap gear, the most expensive thing though will be the dagger as decent ones starting at 270 pdps start at 1 exalt and just continue to go higher in price from there.

Just one more question. Which gems should I go for 20% quality other than ST, LMP and PPAD. Are Double Strike, Multistrike and Melee physical damage worth getting to 20% quality?

How important is evasion?

Im trying to decide if I should replace
with
. Which is more important...the 5l or the evasion?

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crowdog wrote:

How important is evasion?

Im trying to decide if I should replace

with

. Which is more important...the 5l or the evasion?

It's only like a 500 evasion difference, not a big deal. a 5L is MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH more important.