[2.6] EK NOVA Pathfinder/Occultist Millions of DPS. UPDATED w/ Leveling Guide!

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jhahn812 wrote:

Thanks for the guide. I just switch to run blasphemy in addition to discipline and I'm having some serious mana issues. How can you possibly run this build without a mana flask? Thanks.

What curse are you running in blasphemy? I run Warlord's Mark - Blasphemy and Discipline and I have zero mana issues.

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grouchasaurus wrote:

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jhahn812 wrote:

Thanks for the guide. I just switch to run blasphemy in addition to discipline and I'm having some serious mana issues. How can you possibly run this build without a mana flask? Thanks.

What curse are you running in blasphemy? I run Warlord's Mark - Blasphemy and Discipline and I have zero mana issues.

And that makes sense. You're running Warlord's mark. Being in HC, I'd ideally like to run enfeeble or as the guide states, Temp Chains.

Being that he runs the exact setup, I was just curious how his mana pool allows for it.

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jhahn812 wrote:

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grouchasaurus wrote:

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jhahn812 wrote:

Thanks for the guide. I just switch to run blasphemy in addition to discipline and I'm having some serious mana issues. How can you possibly run this build without a mana flask? Thanks.

What curse are you running in blasphemy? I run Warlord's Mark - Blasphemy and Discipline and I have zero mana issues.

And that makes sense. You're running Warlord's mark. Being in HC, I'd ideally like to run enfeeble or as the guide states, Temp Chains.

Being that he runs the exact setup, I was just curious how his mana pool allows for it.

While the guide does say to run enfeeble or temp chains it only says to do so after you get a vinktar's as the vinktar's provides a shit tonne of life+mana leech making it very easy to sustain your mana with proper flask management. Warlords in the meantime acts a a passive vinktars leech wise and gives you endurance charges without needing to enduring cry.

Hey again!

After lately alot of people talked to me ingame about the build and improvements I got couple things I really want to point out and praise this builds creator creativity.

You can make this build incredible tanky for just 4-5 ex of investment. I strongly advice you for going for a legacy Rumis and +1 curse Lazhwar. Most people dont realize the Pathfinders synergy with flask effectivenes and the amulet will put you almost spellblock capped. I'my myself 75/65 and this has ben the best decision and tankiest build I've ever played. And I'm very sure flask effectiveness will eb nerfed in 3.0, so enjoy while it lasts.

Yeah, some of my ES pieces are good, but nothing mirror worthy. With 12.2k ES the only way for me to die is a DC/Game crash or getting 1 shot (had 1 shot from 90-100 and I'm not sure yet what happened back then). For mapping this is so awesome, currently 60% to go to reach my big goal of first char ever to hit 100. Big part of this is max block/65 spellblock. The maps I run can be the craziest ever with 40+ ps and I really love double beyond for the extra exp. I feel like I have control over everything and I enjoy it.

Also to point out. I dont think temp chains is a must. Having Warlords mark gives us insane leech (Also try get 0.6% leech on boots aswel) and Vulnerability is insane dmg boost for us. Had couple guys who switched to dual curses lately and after getting Vulne on blashpemy, they said their dps doubled. The synergy with vulnerability and phys/chaos is just too good to not use.

About mapmods. I always reroll no leech and hexproof since I value the 2 curses and they make everything very easy. Other mods I lately started to skip is both reflects due to how HeadHunter works with Souleater buff, when you can actually 1 shot yourself after having 2m+ tooltip dps with HH buffs out. Just not worth dying to that at this point.
Before I got my HeadHunter, I ran all kinda of reflect. Having proper flask managment it was vey easy to outleech everything.

Anyway, after Mathil started playing EK Nova lately, I've noticed a big portion of new EK players out there and it's nice to see the build becoming more of meta lately.

If you need help with gear decisions and upgrades, feel free to talk to me ingame. If I got time in between my mapping I'll gladly try to help out and give some advice!

And keep up the good work LuckyShin. I really love this build!

What version of Vinktar's is the best for this build? The Phys to Lightning or the Added Flat Lightning Damage?

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Chaoticgames wrote:

What version of Vinktar's is the best for this build? The Phys to Lightning or the Added Flat Lightning Damage?

Lightning damage to attacks does nothing for us, since EK is considered as a spell. So it's either Lightning damage to Spells or Physical to Lightning. I'm not sure yet which one is better. When I bought my flask, the one I'm using, was much cheaper. But I'll try give the other flask some testing in near future!

Anyone tried Shaper on this build yet?

@larsahh_ thanks, really glad you are enjoying it :)

on vuln vs temp chains, it's a matter of upfront damage vs poison damage. temp chains gives us bigger damage in path of building because of the duration increase on poison. vulnerability still comes close and might be a better choice to, again, further optimize one-shotting everything. TC is also kind of nice defensively.

as for leech, as soon as I get the leech enchant on boots from lab, I drop warlords mark and just use vinktar+vaal clarity.

currently im actually just using Haste instead of a blasphemy curse, with Warlord's Mark in the CWDT setup. figured everything in Shaped Strands is getting one shot anyways, so why not run & cast faster. also switched to lightning golem for the same reason, although fire golem adds more damage.

What would be the ideal end game dagger for this build that would replace a wand? Is there an order of what stats you want to prioritize? It's hard to tell because most essence crafted cast speed daggers have all sorts of random mods. Also at any point would a high ES shield be better than Rathpith, the spell block seems really important though. This build is really fun to play btw, having a blast and only level 80.

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Chaoticgames wrote:

What would be the ideal end game dagger for this build that would replace a wand? Is there an order of what stats you want to prioritize? It's hard to tell because most essence crafted cast speed daggers have all sorts of random mods. Also at any point would a high ES shield be better than Rathpith, the spell block seems really important though. This build is really fun to play btw, having a blast and only level 80.

I think a Delirium crafted dagger/wand perhaps with high spelldmg/crit/cast speed would be the most ideal. Once I hit 100, If I dont die in next upcoming days I'll try scout/buy one whenever I can.

Also planning to go LL after I hit 100, sacrifice some ES/Spellblock and try out Shaper/lot of Guardian farm with perhaps vulnerability/tempchains and see how the dps will be like!