[1.1.0] Spectral Melter (Spectral Throw Crit Shadow )

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shotcaller77 wrote:
Why isn't anyone using GMP instead of LMP?



you can use gmp as well i find its much better for me imo



thats my gear so far and gonna switch to an abyssus which i rolled got pretty good roll
Yeah I kindof prefer GMP considering the amount of mobs you usually encounter. Ive also been considering abyssus but I have to admit Im not sure how well My toon would survive that increased damage. I think ill start with Rats Nest which should up the dps a bit.

Is anyone using abyssus? Surviving?
GMP does increase the mana cost a lot when you run a 5 or 6 link, and at the same time spectral throw can not be "shotgunned", as in one monster can not be hit by more than one of the multiple projectiles.

For me who run ST in a 5L together with 2 60% auras, I would never be able to sustain using the ability with GMP, and at the same time every projectile would lose damage because of the penalty difference between the gems, and lose a big chunk of damage from an aura.

If the ability was still shotgunnable however, I would most likely have run GMP.
IGN: @eredia

I like your lifebased build Eredia, is the level progress passive tree the same as OPs? if not can you give directions how do build this while leveling? 20/40/60 etc
Last edited by danteafk#2688 on Nov 10, 2013, 10:15:37 PM
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danteafk wrote:
I like your lifebased build Eredia, is the level progress passive tree the same as OPs? if not can you give directions how do build this while leveling? 20/40/60 etc


Lvl 20 assuming you got the 2 points from act 1, and unlocked the 1 skillpoint in western forest in act 2:
http://goo.gl/6SFHhr

Lvl 40 assuming you got 6 points from normal, and 2 from act 1 cruel. This is the point of the game where you are the weakest from traveling around the tree a lot. But keep at it because it gets better:
http://goo.gl/rVZFn6

Lvl 60 assuming you got 6 points from normal, 6 from cruel, and 3 from merc act 1+2. Soon your struggles will be over. You should be able to progress, but the build hasn't started shining yet:
http://goo.gl/uij1yd

Lvl 72 assuming 6 points from all difficulties. Now you should be able to have some real fun. At lvl 73 I put 1 point into 5% reduced mana reservation for auras (left of bloodthirst). This allowed me to start running double 60% auras together with a reduced mana gem since I did enought damage with the 2% mana leech from mind drinker to support a 5L + 4L with like 75 mana unreserved to play with. If you still have trouble supporting it, you could go for a 60% aura plus purity:
http://goo.gl/mDJfOl

Lvl 80 if you have a 5L chest by now, it's time to play around with some respec points and pick up the power charge, and by that changing the route you take south in the tree.
http://goo.gl/TwxmT4

If you don't own a 5L at lvl 80 I would work my way towards aspect of the panther. Note that I respeced out of a dexterity node outside it after taking the 3rd crit node and the 4% ias node.
http://goo.gl/Acv3OM

And this is where I'm at now myself at lvl 84:
http://goo.gl/nkDyXy

My future plan is to work my way towards conduit, to share the love of the power charges with my friends when we run maps as a group. We will see if I reach that goal of hitting lvl 88 before dying horribly.

Something important to keep in mind is that even though I have given you these guidelines, you have to keep an eye on your own stats and adapt to the situation. I for one lacked a lot of armor while progressing through merciless and took way more damage from trash packs than I liked. What I did was continuing deeper into the duelist area and picked up leather and steel and acceleration to compensate for my bad defensive stats. When my defensive stats caught up I respeced out of it again.

So good luck to you all, stay smart and stay alive in nemesis. Hope you get to enjoy the build at lvl 70+ like I do.
IGN: @eredia

Last edited by Eredia#7636 on Nov 10, 2013, 11:49:49 PM
+1 Kudos for you. Thanks so much for that!

I am leveling up with a 2-hander so far (since higher dps), when did you switch to dagger?
I ran with 1 hander(s) pretty much all the way since I played together with a friend that went 2h ST. He got all the 2 handers and I took the 1h. Every now and then I picked up a 2h but I went full out dagger mode ariund lvl 40-50 somewhere I think when I found my first good one.

It was also around the time I started picking up dagger only nodes if I recall correctly, and after that there was no going back.

Edit: Something to keep in mind when choosing a dagger is that the top damage is far from everything. The build is focused around critical strikes, and having a high base crit is important.

Let's say you have 500% global crit chance from gear and passives, and you have a 7% base crit dagger. You will end up with 42% actual crit chance. If your dagger however have rolled 30% internal crit, your base crit will be 9.1%, which means that the same 500% global crit will leave you at 54.6%. Once you start rolling with power charges the difference is just going to be bigger.

And when your crits have a 600-800% multiplier, those 12.5% extra crit chance is going to be huge.
IGN: @eredia

Last edited by Eredia#7636 on Nov 11, 2013, 12:16:16 AM
Thank you for this build. It makes realy fun. i only have problems with realy hard hitting bosses because then i dont regenerate enough life (for example the spider unique boses). But i am buying now a 150-250 Physical dagger, so i should have enough damge and life reg.

My gear now:



Cold resistance is not max and i am also lacking some crit chance. So my dps are 850 DPS for Spectral throw and 3400 DPS for Dual-Strike. 1900 HP and around 60 % damge reduction. i am running only grace at the moment but want to add another aura (for example purity) as soon as possible.

Progression is Act2 merciless.
Last edited by Gimgork#2354 on Nov 11, 2013, 5:25:09 AM
i like the build till now, but im experiencing some probs finding the right gear with EV/ES, the most problematic pieces are Chest/Gloves, im trying to find a 250-300 ES chest and 100/150 ES Gloves, so i can arrive to over 3500 ES.
My progression is act 3 Merci, Scepter of God Cleared, and farming Maps lvl 69+. Stats 2500 Dps on Spectral Throw and 15434 dps on Double Strike.
Im Planning to switch Spectral Throw X Lightning Strike with a 5L EV/ES Chest, Linking LS-LMP-Multistrike-Faster Attacks-Power Charge on Crit/Crit Dmg Multiplyer(ur choice between one of the two),
and Switching Double with Flicker strike. it Depends from Bosses and Maps.
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element9999 wrote:
i like the build till now, but im experiencing some probs finding the right gear with EV/ES, the most problematic pieces are Chest/Gloves, im trying to find a 250-300 ES chest and 100/150 ES Gloves, so i can arrive to over 3500 ES.
My progression is act 3 Merci, Scepter of God Cleared, and farming Maps lvl 69+. Stats 2500 Dps on Spectral Throw and 15434 dps on Double Strike.
Im Planning to switch Spectral Throw X Lightning Strike with a 5L EV/ES Chest, Linking LS-LMP-Multistrike-Faster Attacks-Power Charge on Crit/Crit Dmg Multiplyer(ur choice between one of the two),
and Switching Double with Flicker strike. it Depends from Bosses and Maps.


Do you try to craft your own Chest? If you find a 4-5 L ES chest wit hitemlevel 67 from pitty you should use Alchemy/Scouring orbs till you have a good chest. So i god my 240 ES chest for my witch.

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