Lv96 Poutsos' Flicker Nuke - Outdated

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gokuss26 wrote:

i give it a try man. which dagger u recommend to craft ??

Those with 1.2 base speed, obviously - either Demon Dagger or Platinum Kris. First have a bit better base damage, while second has a bit better critical strike chance implicit. Both are OK.

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Dolx wrote:

Hey I got a Palace map for a decent price, figured I'd get you the video.

Palace & Courtyard Map

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb9JZCZCPJU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IR7dtVuBXw

Stats

Any chance to post your gear? Noticed few things that are unknown to me and few things that look super sweet...

Like idk what's that skill you got on "W", got 7k ES without discipline, which is super sweet.... you running "skins" on gear, so would like to see real gear.

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Dolx wrote:

Hey I got a Palace map for a decent price, figured I'd get you the video.

Palace & Courtyard Map

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb9JZCZCPJU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IR7dtVuBXw

Stats

That was awesome. I would also like to see the gear, mainly whether you're wearing abyssus. I'll assume not since you tanked the ref mobs so well. How do you have immortal call and enduring cry set up? My poor crit sword duelist gets wrecked by phys ref on Domination.

Hello. I'm new to Shadow class and also following step by step your guid and your build, everything! I just want you to ask if you can post your early, mid and late game skill tree... Tbh I don't know what path to follow right now... and I'm scared to not take the wrong path for current difficulty or level. :D

Now I'm at the first intelligence node. Should I go right and try to rush Ghost Reaver or left to take Mind Drinker?... And after that which nodes should I try to rush first? :)

Also what about CWDT now? Do you still use it?

Thanks

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GoranH wrote:

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Dolx wrote:

Hey I got a Palace map for a decent price, figured I'd get you the video.

Palace & Courtyard Map

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb9JZCZCPJU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IR7dtVuBXw

Stats

Any chance to post your gear? Noticed few things that are unknown to me and few things that look super sweet...

Like idk what's that skill you got on "W", got 7k ES without discipline, which is super sweet.... you running "skins" on gear, so would like to see real gear.

Thanks!

I opted for clarity instead of discipline since personally I feel I have a decent amount of ES. Playing solo it's definitely enough and in parties you can get discipline from someone else and if not it doesn't bother me either. Thanks to clarity I could spec out of Soul Siphon and get some free nodes & not be bothered with mana anymore.

My gear is the same as Poutsos suggests. The uniques I run all the time are maligaros, dreams and rainbows. Helm, chest and shield are pure ES. Accessories are focused on defense more than on offense although I mostly have a mixture of both groups - mana+es+int+crit+physdmg+accuracy.

The skill on "W" is Smoke Mine, I'm just lvling it in my free spot and like to annoy people in parties with it.

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roguemjb wrote:

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Dolx wrote:

Hey I got a Palace map for a decent price, figured I'd get you the video.

Palace & Courtyard Map

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb9JZCZCPJU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IR7dtVuBXw

Stats

That was awesome. I would also like to see the gear, mainly whether you're wearing abyssus. I'll assume not since you tanked the ref mobs so well. How do you have immortal call and enduring cry set up? My poor crit sword duelist gets wrecked by phys ref on Domination.

Thanks!

I'm not wearing Abyssus anymore, I used to rock it and love it but not in higher levels. My Immortal Call is linked to CwDT - Enduring - Immortal, and I would add Increased Duration to that if I could get 4 red sockets linked.

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MIKEakaBlackBerry wrote:

Hello. I'm new to Shadow class and also following step by step your guid and your build, everything! I just want you to ask if you can post your early, mid and late game skill tree... Tbh I don't know what path to follow right now... and I'm scared to not take the wrong path for current difficulty or level. :D

Now I'm at the first intelligence node. Should I go right and try to rush Ghost Reaver or left to take Mind Drinker?... And after that which nodes should I try to rush first? :)

Also what about CWDT now? Do you still use it?

Thanks

Hello there!I have an earlier version of the tree,in the section transition to CI.I would love to make a more detailed leveling guide.Problem is that this was my first character,and since i had no idea about this forum.and didnt follow guides,i was improvising and i messed him up thousands of times.That being said i don't know the 100% best way to level him.One thing is certain.You will need a ton of respec points.Out of my experience with other characters,for the first 50 levels,get as much life as you can,and forget about daggers,criticals and energy shield.Avoid weapon spesific points and play with the best one handed u can find.While i was leveling my templar,he was intented to be crit dagger as well,but up to a high level i was playing groundslam with an one handed mace :D,because it was the best one handed i had for these levels.Focus on getting life,both from the tree and the gear,and if u feel ur survivability is OK,start taking some damage passives.Generally,if u have a mace,use ground slam.On all other weapons use either double strike with splash,or reave.Life gain on hit is extremely good on early levels,so claws can also be some of the best leveling weapons.As to where u are right now.Definetely take the life nods next to haste,and conditioning.Next procceed to other nearby life passives.ALso 1-2 pages ago,one guy posted a detailed leveling guide up to mid 60s.I havent tried it but it looked efficient,check it out.
About cast when damage taken i have it linked with enduring cry and enfeeble.Critical weakness can also be used but it is dangerous for reflect,so i prefer to cast it individually whenever i feel to.Also personally i use a second cast when damage taken,linked with immortal call and blood rage.That is not essential and i dont even recomend it,but with my dagger i like to have a permanent immortal call for reflects,cause i deal too much damage.I use 2 blood rage gems/One that i cast manually and the other on trigger.I do that for parties,cause there is too much lag and i can barely understand whats happening some times.So while i am tanking tough mobs i really wanna avoid a situation where my blood rage has run out and i have no life leech :)

Actually, you dont need tons or respec points to level up. Life nodes arent required for early and mid game. You can do that with proper gear, found/bought for 1-2 fusing each.
Items i would recomend:
1. Crest of Perandus - huge life boost, huge block, life leech.
2. Wurm's molt - life and stat boost, life & mana leech.
3. Wanderlust - MS boost, no freeze, mana regen.
4. Sadima's touch - bonus dmg, more loot.
5. Last resort/ungil's gauge/mightflay - weapons.

pick nodes on a path to GR, CI and VP. Take them on 48-56 levels, when you'll have good ES gear.

Use spectral throw + life gain on hit to level up (+lmp if you want)

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MortalKombat3 wrote:

Actually, you dont need tons or respec points to level up. Life nodes arent required for early and mid game. You can do that with proper gear, found/bought for 1-2 fusing each.
Items i would recomend:
1. Crest of Perandus - huge life boost, huge block, life leech.
2. Wurm's molt - life and stat boost, life & mana leech.
3. Wanderlust - MS boost, no freeze, mana regen.
4. Sadima's touch - bonus dmg, more loot.
5. Last resort/ungil's gauge/mightflay - weapons.

pick nodes on a path to GR, CI and VP. Take them on 48-56 levels, when you'll have good ES gear.

Use spectral throw + life gain on hit to level up (+lmp if you want)

It is funny you mention these items,cause while i was leveling my crit dagger templar,i leveled with EXACTLY these items except i used Brightbeak insteat of ungil's gauge.Still i took a ton of life nods though,cause from mod cruel until mid merciless it was hard to survive,and i didn't wanna die(and i didn't until level 81).

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Poutsos wrote:

Dolx - Wow bro,i am really amazed!Increadible videos and total ownage of Palace Dominus.This vid is getting on the build description.No better feedback than another player who did such a good job with the build.U also made the build your own,adapting your playstyle which is awasome.The quil rain on swap to gain frenxy charges from distance left me amazingly amused.I ll definetely give this a try

I been doing this for about a year now... was the only way I could use my flicker before the multi-strike / melee splash came along.

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Poutsos wrote:

It is funny you mention these items,cause while i was leveling my crit dagger templar,i leveled with EXACTLY these items except i used Brightbeak insteat of ungil's gauge.Still i took a ton of life nods though,cause from mod cruel until mid merciless it was hard to survive,and i didn't wanna die(and i didn't until level 81).

Like i said, we think the same.
idk, when i was leveling, these + some HP items were enough. I also put efforts to cap resists (gear, flask mods, purity). Try capped resists on cruel, and you'll be surprised, how greatly your survivability increased.
ofc, i died sometimes... but after i got CI/GR/VP and 195 DPS 1.2 AS 9.15 crit dagger at lvl53 (bought it for 4 GCP lol) i felt godlike. I should admit, buying such leveling dagger now is almost impossible...