My Kitava's Thirst test - It behaves a little weird?

I was hyped about Kitava's Thirst so I theorycrafted this build using quill rain to trigger EK on the helm. It triggers ok but it fires the EK in weird ways, not always in the frontal cone we're all used to, but also randomly in a spread around you and sometimes a cone at your back. I wonder if this is working as intended and the targeting is just weird like that? I was expecting it would fire the EK at the target I'm pointing the mouse at/using the trigger skill at.

https://youtu.be/R0JHC3iY7aM

I guess it would perform much better with something like ice nova, shock nova or arc. You should test those. Or maybe discharge? :P

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Vipermagi wrote:

It triggers off your Mana expenditure, which does not have a target. No target means it'll resort to random targeting.

I see! I wasn't sure about how it would choose targets before testing, but so it's random because it triggers off mana expenditure... makes something like EK quite difficult to control, unfortunately. Although I had fun testing it!

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FCK42 wrote:

I guess it would perform much better with something like ice nova, shock nova or arc. You should test those. Or maybe discharge? :P

Just tested with firestorm and it always cast the firestorm on top of my character and not where I'm aiming my Quill Rain / trigger skill.

Can you test this with bladefall to see if the silly thing just casts it on your head or is pretty much going to cast on your head like firestorm?

This item went from hype-train to vendor trash in 6 seconds.

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Nephalim wrote:

Can you test this with bladefall to see if the silly thing just casts it on your head or is pretty much going to cast on your head like firestorm?

This item went from hype-train to vendor trash in 6 seconds.

Yep, it casts bladefall on top of your head no matter where you're shooting at:

https://youtu.be/yncLgAa4xFg

Do you know how it behaves with multiple spells? Does it cast all or just one?

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dudiobugtron wrote:

Do you know how it behaves with multiple spells? Does it cast all or just one?

Here's it with bladefall, firestorm and summon lightning golem. It seems like it cast all of them together when it triggers. the golem just kept being resummoned all the time so it looks like it's not moving, lol.

https://youtu.be/lV-Cou9GT64

Thanks! You rock for posting that. :)

Best way I found to trigger it super fast (as in, trying to make the spell socketed in Kitava the main source of damage) is to use Quill Rain with Barrage (unsurprisingly).

Barrage + GMP + Life Gain on hit + Faster Attacks = 25 mana cost. Socket 3 Fevered Mind jewels on your tree and that 25 becomes exactly 100. Use Thief's torment to get mana back on hit from barrage.

I socketed that in gloves with the new "20% more attack and cast speed" mod obtained from one of the corrupted essences for extra speed: