Shadow - GhazzyTV - Essence Drain & Contagion (or Bane/Soulrend) Trickster [SC/HC/Uber Elder/Shaper] - Forum

" AdrianMarkstrom wrote: Thanks for the great answer. I got some lags, died twice in HC this league already so this one is SC. Still not sure about that long walk down for Dirty techniques, even though it's so good. Are there any good nodes you were thinking about that didn't make the cut? The shield nodes with Command of Steel looks good to me, what you reckon? I got some strong wands I found but my INT is too low, is that why we go daggers later? Oh and, I'm considering using poison instead of slower projectiles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMtjt_gE2oA&feature=youtu.be any thoughts? Cheers, sorry to hear about the lag rips! I've never been a big fan of relying on block nor dodge chance to stay alive, to me it feels like this; "If i don't get hit which rarely happens i don't die. But if i get hit i die." Daggers are mainly used for the Whirling Blades which is stupidly strong for clear speed! Poison no longer procs of the DoT dmg but only from the initial hit which is super low as well as not being proliferated by Contagion. It used to be broken as F***, however back then Consuming Dark dagger was BiS which it is no anymore due to the balance changes. Guides: https://www.poe-vault.com/guides/ghazzy-guide-hub YT: https://www.youtube.com/GhazzyTV Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ghazzytv	Posted by Ghazzy#0404 on Jul 5, 2016, 11:43:54 AM Quote this Post
Ah all right, I'll skip Poison then. I'll try get some defence, evasion and block. Maybe together all 3 can do some work. Got respecc nodes if it's bad. :)	Posted by AdrianMarkstrom#0861 on Jul 5, 2016, 12:33:18 PM Quote this Post
" AdrianMarkstrom wrote: Ah all right, I'll skip Poison then. I'll try get some defence, evasion and block. Maybe together all 3 can do some work. Got respecc nodes if it's bad. :) Gogogo try it out for fun! :) You might prefer it! Guides: https://www.poe-vault.com/guides/ghazzy-guide-hub YT: https://www.youtube.com/GhazzyTV Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ghazzytv	Posted by Ghazzy#0404 on Jul 5, 2016, 1:42:20 PM Quote this Post
I am following the build and at level 74 PHC and I have 16k+ dps and 51% armour reduction. Really loving fast paced gameplay. I am wondering..Is it worth taking master of the arena plus life nodes around bravery and not taking hired killer cluster.. which is 3,5 life per node.. bravery has 3life per node but it also has eva/life nodes around and fury bolts nodes. If I leave out 2 frenzy duration nodes I have the same life and everything else + more eva/armour and a bit more projectile dmg. Mostly wondering about master of the arena node double dip? I am also using consuming dark which is really cheap and does help a bit on bosses.. and thinking of using vaal haste for fast spam of ED on bosses. Something like this? http://poedb.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAYAAQDuAx4EswUtBx4NjQ5ID6sRLxGWE20UCRR1FSAWvxjbGbQc3B9BIWAi4iSLJogmlSj6KaUqTSsKLIUs6S2DLiMy0TWSNj064T8nQKBBh0VHRZ1HfkfiSVFKfUrITeNRTFNSVUtVhVoaW69cQF3yX7Bh4mKsZU1o8mqMbIxuqnTtdPF1nnXLdoJ6731bgseExYazh3aHy48aj_qTmZUumuCbtZ2qogCi2aQ5pcumV6ebrEew2LTRtUi18rcwtz64k7uevTa-p8BmwzrIDMgUykrPFdi93Q3jn-pi62Pr7vAf8NXyRfVv-ej-Cv6P p.s. just tested master of the arena node and it doesnt give any armor or evasion and respecced out of it. Last edited by IggyR#3191 on Jul 7, 2016, 4:37:48 PM	Posted by IggyR#3191 on Jul 7, 2016, 1:44:01 PM Quote this Post
" IggyR wrote: I am following the build and at level 74 PHC and I have 16k+ dps and 51% armour reduction. Really loving fast paced gameplay. I am wondering..Is it worth taking master of the arena plus life nodes around bravery and not taking hired killer cluster.. which is 3,5 life per node.. bravery has 3life per node but it also has eva/life nodes around and fury bolts nodes. If I leave out 2 frenzy duration nodes I have the same life and everything else + more eva/armour and a bit more projectile dmg. Mostly wondering about master of the arena node double dip? I am also using consuming dark which is really cheap and does help a bit on bosses.. and thinking of using vaal haste for fast spam of ED on bosses. Something like this? http://poedb.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAYAAQDuAx4EswUtBx4NjQ5ID6sRLxGWE20UCRR1FSAWvxjbGbQc3B9BIWAi4iSLJogmlSj6KaUqTSsKLIUs6S2DLiMy0TWSNj064T8nQKBBh0VHRZ1HfkfiSVFKfUrITeNRTFNSVUtVhVoaW69cQF3yX7Bh4mKsZU1o8mqMbIxuqnTtdPF1nnXLdoJ6731bgseExYazh3aHy48aj_qTmZUumuCbtZ2qogCi2aQ5pcumV6ebrEew2LTRtUi18rcwtz64k7uevTa-p8BmwzrIDMgUykrPFdi93Q3jn-pi62Pr7vAf8NXyRfVv-ej-Cv6P p.s. just tested master of the arena node and it doesnt give any armor or evasion and respecced out of it. Awesome! Glad you like it bro :D I always promote people to play what ever type of version they think is most enjoyable of any of my builds. If you prefer your ideas over what I am displaying, you should do that bro! :) Thanks for the feedback of Master of the Arena now working! Guides: https://www.poe-vault.com/guides/ghazzy-guide-hub YT: https://www.youtube.com/GhazzyTV Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ghazzytv	Posted by Ghazzy#0404 on Jul 7, 2016, 7:07:53 PM Quote this Post
Hey Ghazzy. I picked up a level 3 empower, but when I drop it in for my slower projectiles, my tooltip damage goes down by about 500. Is the empower only better if everything is level 20 and I have the corrupted tabula? Or is the tooltip wrong?	Posted by bridgeburner#6448 on Jul 8, 2016, 11:41:06 PM Quote this Post
" bridgeburner wrote: Is the empower only better if everything is level 20 and I have the corrupted tabula? Or is the tooltip wrong? Usually Empower outperforms Slower Proj only if it's lvl 4 or higher. This means that you need either to corrupt the gem, or to corrupt the Tabula, with +1. :) Last edited by djnat#4628 on Jul 9, 2016, 3:46:28 AM	Posted by djnat#4628 on Jul 9, 2016, 3:45:14 AM Quote this Post
" bridgeburner wrote: Hey Ghazzy. I picked up a level 3 empower, but when I drop it in for my slower projectiles, my tooltip damage goes down by about 500. Is the empower only better if everything is level 20 and I have the corrupted tabula? Or is the tooltip wrong? Heya! That is a very good question. The Empower should be stronger with a tabula +1 before then they should be rather on par, so use Slower Proj for now! Amazingly, the tooltip is actually accurate when it comes to ED! " djnat wrote: " bridgeburner wrote: Is the empower only better if everything is level 20 and I have the corrupted tabula? Or is the tooltip wrong? Usually Empower outperforms Slower Proj only if it's lvl 4 or higher. This means that you need either to corrupt the gem, or to corrupt the Tabula, with +1. :) Correct. Guides: https://www.poe-vault.com/guides/ghazzy-guide-hub YT: https://www.youtube.com/GhazzyTV Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ghazzytv	Posted by Ghazzy#0404 on Jul 9, 2016, 6:58:46 AM Quote this Post
I did the precise calculation in another thread. " When you have a lvl 21 ED, adding Empower 3 is a 23.1% DPS gain. Slower proj 20/20, on the other hand, is 29% MORE + 10% increased. Empower 4 is a 36.6% DPS gain, so it's still true that Empower 4 > Slower proj 20 / 20 > Empower 3.	Posted by djnat#4628 on Jul 9, 2016, 8:00:57 AM Quote this Post
" Ghazzy wrote: " bridgeburner wrote: Hey Ghazzy. I picked up a level 3 empower, but when I drop it in for my slower projectiles, my tooltip damage goes down by about 500. Is the empower only better if everything is level 20 and I have the corrupted tabula? Or is the tooltip wrong? Heya! That is a very good question. The Empower should be stronger with a tabula +1 before then they should be rather on par, so use Slower Proj for now! Amazingly, the tooltip is actually accurate when it comes to ED! " djnat wrote: " bridgeburner wrote: Is the empower only better if everything is level 20 and I have the corrupted tabula? Or is the tooltip wrong? Usually Empower outperforms Slower Proj only if it's lvl 4 or higher. This means that you need either to corrupt the gem, or to corrupt the Tabula, with +1. :) Correct. Good to know. Thanks to both of you!	Posted by bridgeburner#6448 on Jul 9, 2016, 2:45:06 PM Quote this Post