[1.2.3]Elemental Critical Ethereal Knives build

Summary

The core concept of this build is to empower the elemental damage of EK.
Using three dragon helmet and HoI&HoA&ALD, it will provide incredible damage output.
At the same time,as the damage is phy/ele hybrid,
we wont be so afraid of phy reflect mobs as traditional EK.
Also the 4L Shockwave Totem could help us to tank/cc dangerous mobs,
and compensates the relatively weak single target dps of EK


I'm still progressing this build so not sure how it would perform in end game content.
But as far as i see, it has a great potential.



This is my current DPS with Lv17 EK and a 5L carcass jack, lv74 character,
5-power charges.

I'm playing in TW server so its in traditional chinese.

Pros
*Very good clear speed with even limited budget
*Shock,Ignite,Freeze all the time
*Life based so cheap to get gears
*Could life leech with gears via leech from elemental damage
*Can handle most of the mods except blood magic and no regen
*Could use shockwave totem to handle/tank dangerous mob packs
*Very smooth leveling progress

Cons
*Haven't tested Atziri --its not released in TW server yet

Passive Tree



Bandits

Spoiler
Oak
Oak
Kill all or Alira


Gems

Spoiler


6L:
EK-Echo-AFD-Added Lightning damage-Faster Casting/Increased Critical Damage-Empower/Life Leech

the sequence is based on priority

4L:Reduced Mana-HoI-HoA-Hatred

4L:Shockwave Totem(*quality priority)-Faster Casting-Increased aoe-Empower

4L:CWDT-Euduring Cry-Immortal Cry-Increased Duration(*quality priority)

3L:Reduced Mana-Clarity-Assassin's Mark(*quality priority to maintain power charges)

3L:LW-AA-Reduced Duration




Gearing
Spoiler


Helmet: The Three Dragons
the only required unique in this build

Chest:
Carcass Jack to enhance the SWT and HoI , or just a high es hybrid rare.
Lightning Coil is a option in reducing phy damage,but it could be difficult to maintain
high level AA without the es from chest.I will test later.

Main Hand:
Doryani's Catalyst is a solid choice.
Or a rare wand with spell damage/casting speed/proj speed/critical,
with crafted leech from ice/fire mod.

Belt:
Doryani's Invitation would be BiS.
The Magnate or a rare heavy belt is acceptable.
(we need the str from heavy belt for high level SWT.)

Glove:

Atziri's Acuity for BiS.
Voidbringer /Maligaro's Virtuosity /Shadows and Dust are cheaper alternatives.

Shield/Amulet/Rings

just pick casting speed/life/res/critical chance/critical multiplier in these slots,
Victario's Acuity/Ming's Heart /Voideye for level 25 AA could be a option here
but nothing is a must.



Dealing with Damage Reflect

Spoiler
For reflecting packs,just drop SWT to wipe out the normal mobs,then take down the isolated rare mob.
The same could be done in reflecting map.

Or swap afd to life leech(if you already picked VP)/swap faster casting for remote mine.


Leveling
Spoiler
1.Grab 2 Lifespring, 1 for EK and 1 for SWT
2.Lets rock


Any question / constructive criticism is welcome.
Last edited by jrsyn on Oct 17, 2014, 9:42:30 AM
請問原本不就有三元素傷害嗎?為什麼還要三龍戰紀?
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Lurgee wrote:
請問原本不就有三元素傷害嗎?為什麼還要三龍戰紀?



因爲電傷寶石給的電傷太低了,不像火冰傷是可以跟著法術等級成長的,
光靠ald的傷害打高級圖很難感電藍金怪。
然後震波圖騰是無法吃到電傷的

Q:Why using three dragon when we have got all the 3 kinds of elemental damage already

A:The lightning damage from ALD gem is fixed number and does not scale with the EK.
It's not enough to shock the tough mobs in high level maps.

Besides,the aoe damage from SWT can not benefit from ald.
Last edited by jrsyn on Oct 17, 2014, 9:41:56 AM
Thanks for the reply. ;D
Hey I'm interested in your build. Could you possibly post a video?

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