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

" dperls wrote: Hey, would you recommend this as a good first build for the new league? I started recently replaying, played a bit in PSC after stopping after closed beta. I played RF Totems and LA so looking for something a bit different. thanks Hey, This build is an amazingly good league starter! 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 on Jun 1, 2016, 10:57:10 AM Quote this Post
Great, thanks! Been doing a little reading, and it looks like people feel Occultist is better then trickster for ED/Cont, what's your feeling on that?	Posted by dperls on Jun 1, 2016, 1:26:36 PM Quote this Post
" dperls wrote: Been doing a little reading, and it looks like people feel Occultist is better then trickster for ED/Cont, what's your feeling on that? It depends on what is considered "better". Occultist provides slightly more damage when compared to Trickster, thanks to Void Beacon. Trickster provides better mana, ES, regen, attack / cast speed, and survivability because the overall defenses are superior thanks to Ghost Dance and Shade Form.	Posted by djnat on Jun 1, 2016, 1:40:56 PM Quote this Post
" dperls wrote: Great, thanks! Been doing a little reading, and it looks like people feel Occultist is better then trickster for ED/Cont, what's your feeling on that? Occultists provides a slightly better dmg output, but trickster brings you to over 250mil exp/h which the Occultists does not. And what is being stated below ;) " djnat wrote: " dperls wrote: Been doing a little reading, and it looks like people feel Occultist is better then trickster for ED/Cont, what's your feeling on that? It depends on what is considered "better". Occultist provides slightly more damage when compared to Trickster, thanks to Void Beacon. Trickster provides better mana, ES, regen, attack / cast speed, and survivability because the overall defenses are superior thanks to Ghost Dance and Shade Form. 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 on Jun 1, 2016, 6:51:38 PM Quote this Post
Do you think that the build can handle labyrinth runs? Would it be able to do Uber Izaro? I really want to start with this build as first character. Thank you for the thorough video guide.	Posted by aplostra on Jun 3, 2016, 6:58:59 AM Quote this Post
" aplostra wrote: Do you think that the build can handle labyrinth runs? Would it be able to do Uber Izaro? I really want to start with this build as first character. Thank you for the thorough video guide. It should be able to yes, merciless izaro isn't a problem so :) 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 on Jun 3, 2016, 7:53:32 AM Quote this Post
" Ghazzy wrote: " dperls wrote: Great, thanks! Been doing a little reading, and it looks like people feel Occultist is better then trickster for ED/Cont, what's your feeling on that? Occultists provides a slightly better dmg output, but trickster brings you to over 250mil exp/h which the Occultists does not. And what is being stated below ;) " djnat wrote: " dperls wrote: Been doing a little reading, and it looks like people feel Occultist is better then trickster for ED/Cont, what's your feeling on that? It depends on what is considered "better". Occultist provides slightly more damage when compared to Trickster, thanks to Void Beacon. Trickster provides better mana, ES, regen, attack / cast speed, and survivability because the overall defenses are superior thanks to Ghost Dance and Shade Form. What specifically brings up the exp/h so much higher? Especially if i'm going to play SC, does the extra survivability help that much more?	Posted by dperls on Jun 3, 2016, 10:52:18 AM Quote this Post
1. Survivability: with a good gameplay you die almost never. So your experience gaining rate is stable. 2. Movement speed and attack speed: faster whirling blades is a strong clearspeed booster. And Trickster has insane attack speed when compared to other classes (20% from Walk the Aether, 20% on proc from Shade Form and 16% from little ascendancy nodes). 3. Free cast speed: another clearspeed booster. 4. Mana management: a lot easier than any other ED ascendancy choice in the game (the only exception being the EB / MOM Ascendant, which has been nerfed in 2.3 btw cause of deadeye pierce chance reduction). :) Last edited by djnat on Jun 3, 2016, 11:05:10 AM	Posted by djnat on Jun 3, 2016, 11:03:18 AM Quote this Post
" djnat wrote: 1. Survivability: with a good gameplay you die almost never. So your experience gaining rate is stable. 2. Movement speed and attack speed: faster whirling blades is a strong clearspeed booster. And Trickster has insane attack speed when compared to other classes (20% from Walk the Aether, 20% on proc from Shade Form and 16% from little ascendancy nodes). 3. Free cast speed: another clearspeed booster. 4. Mana management: a lot easier than any other ED ascendancy choice in the game (the only exception being the EB / MOM Ascendant, which has been nerfed in 2.3 btw cause of deadeye pierce chance reduction). :) Thank you for helping out:) Don't forget easy access to generating Frenzy charges which again not only increases dmg but also atk speed (whirling blades) and cast speed (ED/Contagion). 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 on Jun 3, 2016, 11:39:44 AM Quote this Post
What gems do we not get as shadow that we need to trade for? Also i won't use whirling blades or a dagger what ascendancy skills or class for that matter would work well? Last edited by kompaniet on Jun 3, 2016, 2:12:30 PM	Posted by kompaniet on Jun 3, 2016, 1:50:37 PM Quote this Post