Hatred question

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Zakaluka wrote:

Now we're talking more about EK than hatred. If I may ask a question, what modifiers from gear specifically boost EK's damage?

I had heard it said that Moonsorrow is a great wand for EK (not sure now if this is true). I assumed at the time that its %IPD was applying to the spell's damage. But now looking carefully at the affix list, all %IPD modifiers seem to be local, while all %elemental and %spell modifiers seem to be global.

So is it limited to:
%spelldmg
%spell crit
%crit
%critical damage
%cast speed
on gear, for improving EK's DPS?

although, even the blanket crit mod has a global and a local variant, not sure which slot global %crit can spawn with. Maybe only amulet/belt. And, as urist has pointed out before, crit isn't really an amazing dps booster for EK.

thanks for your time.

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Torin wrote:

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Zakaluka wrote:

Now we're talking more about EK than hatred. If I may ask a question, what modifiers from gear specifically boost EK's damage?

I had heard it said that Moonsorrow is a great wand for EK (not sure now if this is true). I assumed at the time that its %IPD was applying to the spell's damage. But now looking carefully at the affix list, all %IPD modifiers seem to be local, while all %elemental and %spell modifiers seem to be global.

So is it limited to:
%spelldmg
%spell crit
%crit
%critical damage
%cast speed
on gear, for improving EK's DPS?

although, even the blanket crit mod has a global and a local variant, not sure which slot global %crit can spawn with. Maybe only amulet/belt. And, as urist has pointed out before, crit isn't really an amazing dps booster for EK.

thanks for your time.

No wand is great with EK, unless you also plan to have a long range nuke like Ice Spear.

For EK, you go Dagger(s) and use Whirlwind Strike+Faster Attacks to move in and out of combat. EK is fairly short range and WS really helps to use it properly and survive. This will be especially useful in PvP. Not to mention Critical Hits and EK work well together :)

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_Detra_ wrote:

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Torin wrote:

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Zakaluka wrote:

Now we're talking more about EK than hatred. If I may ask a question, what modifiers from gear specifically boost EK's damage?

I had heard it said that Moonsorrow is a great wand for EK (not sure now if this is true). I assumed at the time that its %IPD was applying to the spell's damage. But now looking carefully at the affix list, all %IPD modifiers seem to be local, while all %elemental and %spell modifiers seem to be global.

So is it limited to:
%spelldmg
%spell crit
%crit
%critical damage
%cast speed
on gear, for improving EK's DPS?

although, even the blanket crit mod has a global and a local variant, not sure which slot global %crit can spawn with. Maybe only amulet/belt. And, as urist has pointed out before, crit isn't really an amazing dps booster for EK.

thanks for your time.

No wand is great with EK, unless you also plan to have a long range nuke like Ice Spear.

For EK, you go Dagger(s) and use Whirlwind Strike+Faster Attacks to move in and out of combat. EK is fairly short range and WS really helps to use it properly and survive. This will be especially useful in PvP. Not to mention Critical Hits and EK work well together :)

I get more DPS with a wand and caster shield when i tested i got ZERO benefits from a dagger the crits apparently dont stack on the skill from the dagger.

I do suggest adding hatred it is helping also if you want to pace a fight to your speed ice wall can handle that for you. Add in a phase run and EK does plenty damage as a nuke and with the slow effects and increased speed you could easily chop someone down before they get much reaction time.

If you really want to add more control to the pace of a fight i plan to test a shock totem also. When it comes to PvP with an EK build i am about 99.9% positive it will be based on your ability to control the general pace of the fight.

IF you plan on using daggers and whirling blades with EK in a hybrid style build DO NOT take Chaos Inoculation and build your armor as Evasion/Energy Shield.