I Cast Magic Missile! - Cantrip's guide to Ethereal Knives 2.0

Man, thanks for the updates and such.

My tree at 65 looks similar to yours at 73. I need more hp.

What's your mana regen? and your AA lvl?
I'm having a biiit of trouble with survavility.

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RXXQ wrote:

Man, thanks for the updates and such.

My tree at 65 looks similar to yours at 73. I need more hp.

What's your mana regen? and your AA lvl?
I'm having a biiit of trouble with survavility.

My mana regen is about 220-260 (depends if I use Atziri's Foible or not). AA is level 17 atm.
I'll need more mana regen to level it to 20, but hopefully most will come from leveling Clarity.

AA, Life, and Faster Projectiles, are key to survival. Oh, and CwDT :)

Build is working great. I'm up to 10k dps at level 72. My plan is to ditch HoA around level 88 when I expand your tree to include MoM/IR. I'll swap from belly to CoD at that point and probably ditch the crest for an Alpha's Howl.

Thx for your Guide,

is this build HC (beyond) viable?

Greetings

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jdweber1982 wrote:

Build is working great. I'm up to 10k dps at level 72. My plan is to ditch HoA around level 88 when I expand your tree to include MoM/IR. I'll swap from belly to CoD at that point and probably ditch the crest for an Alpha's Howl.

Sounds like a good plan if you wanna use MoM.

@Vrak92 - Yeah, it is, but you might consider going for a Lightning Coil or taking IR. That said, I still wouldn't take IR on HC, and I'll explain why:
Armour, as we all know, has diminishing returns vs. spike damage. Lightning Coil does NOT.
The "death-by-10-charging-rhoas" is prevented by CwDT (or AA) anyway, but "death-by-rare-overbuffed-devourer" is not. In other words, in the situations where you might need the help, armour will not do the trick (at least not in the amounts you'll have in an EK build).

That said, of the few deaths I've had, all but one were from Elemental Damage, not Physical. CwDT, in the combination I use, prevents all but the worst of Physical hits. The one time I did die was trying to face-tank the Orchard boss on a Vulnerability map with 3000 hp (in other words, stupid decision-making on my part).

Some updates. Also, I figured out that eventually, once I get a 6L, I'll want to use a Rathpith + good wand. Reason being, while using Rumi's Concoction, I'll have 70/74 Block.

For example:


Another thing I'll consider doing is dropping Herald of Ash and using Purity of Lightning with my Lightning Coil. Still leaves enough mana to cast properly.

What do you think about the CWDT + Enfeeble/Enduring Cry setup vs CWDT + Enduring/Immortal Call/ + X (currently I'm using longer duration)?

Debating if I want to use the duration gem or Enfeeble as well. My EK scion died so I decided to give the crit tornado/puncture build a go. Been trying to ask different folks with different CWDT setups and I'm curious for your input.

Thanks!

At what point do we start using AA?

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asbo96 wrote:

At what point do we start using AA?

As soon as you can use it without losing more than a little bit of mana when you move. Depends on your mana regen, but given good gear, as soon as it's available.

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What do you think about the CWDT + Enfeeble/Enduring Cry setup vs CWDT + Enduring/Immortal Call/ + X (currently I'm using longer duration)?

Debating if I want to use the duration gem or Enfeeble as well. My EK scion died so I decided to give the crit tornado/puncture build a go. Been trying to ask different folks with different CWDT setups and I'm curious for your input.

Thanks!

In my opinion, you need both. Using one setup for Enduring Cry and Immortal Call will get them out of sync and not work sometimes. So 2 separate links is best.