[2.4] Ren's Spectral Throw - Life or Low-Life & Physical or Elemental (Uber Atziri) - 280K/470K DPS
Heya, been running this build now in EHC as the life version, up to level 84. One question I've been wondering about is: For 5-link would you drop lightning penetration or added lightning dmg? From what I understand, I believe added lightning dmg might be slightly better for normal trash while penetration is clearly better against mobs with higher lightning resistance. So I'm now leaning towards using lightning penetration.
Best thing damage wise would probably be to drop Faster Attacks but it just doesnt feel as much fun :P.
Also considering switching out from Belly to Kintsugi in hopes that it might save me from potential 1-shots. I have 5000hp now with Belly and checked that I'd lose 440hp by switching to Kintsugi.
This guide is still under construction, more information and videos are to be added.
Prologue
Hello exiles, I'm Ren and I will be providing you with the ultimate guide to Spectral Throw.
Through this guide I will elaborate on multiple variations of the build such as Life-Based, Low-Life, Physical, and Elemental.
There was a time when Spectral Throw was praised as the overall best build, and I'm here to bring those days back with even better build optimization.
I would like to say thank you to NeonGreen and YJShin for helping me min/max the build in areas where assistance was needed.
Why Spectral Throw?
The skill known as Spectral Throw throws a spectral form of your melee weapon which then returns to your character upon reaching the end of its path. When this skill gem is paired with high projectile speed, and Greater Multiple Projectiles it provides a very large damage radius - leading to very fast and efficient clear speeds. This skill is also one of the few ways to remain ranged and use mobility only accessible to melee weapons such as Whirling Blades. In addition, this skill is presented in a very fun and enjoyable manner which is adored by many players.
After all the nerfs Spectral Throw has received, I believe with the right build optimization it can still be amazing and allow us to relive the greatness it once brought - to possibly an even better extent.
Deciding between Physical and Elemental Damage
Physical damage overall has a slightly better impact due to monsters normally having higher elemental resistances, but unfortunately physical daggers are much more expensive than elemental daggers.
Whether physical or elemental damage is chosen a high percentage of damage will be elemental due to auras used to increase the damage of Spectral Throw.
When working on this build in a new league or a budget, the elemental variant of the build is recommended.
Ascendancy Classes
Choosing the right ascendancy class can be tough for any build, but for the most efficient Spectral Throw build only a few are recommended:
For the overall fastest clear and efficiency, Deadeye is the best option. Deadeye provides us with an additional projectile, high projectile damage, and better yet insane projectile speed which allows us to never have to use the support gem Faster Projectiles which would normally take up a gem slot to increase our range drastically. The raw damage, attack speed, increases to critical strikes and projectile speed make this ascendancy one of the best if not the best choice.
In terms of more impactful damage against enemies with high resistances, Inquisitor is a strong choice as it will allow us to solve the problem elemental damage faces since all critical strikes will completely ignore resistances which provides a great increase in our effective damage. Inquisitor is more efficient when working with elemental variants of this build which allows us to drop the Lightning Penetration gem, and only draw back is the position on the tree taking us even farther away from the required life and mana leech.
Another solid option is Ascendant, which will provide valuable tree position and a reliable form of additional leech, critical strike chance and power charge generation. These bonuses are acquired through the use of the the Berserker and Assassin nodes.
Deadeye
Inquisitor
Ascendant
Pros
Insanely high DPS.
One of the fastest map clears.
Atziri & Uber viable.
Can do physical and elemental reflect.
Easily carry a full party.
Ability to tank one to two heavy hits.
Able to run many auras.
Very enjoyable.
Cons
Very expensive in most cases.
Hard to completely optimize.
Unable to use life flasks.
Low evasion and armor rating.
Unable to safely run Blood Rage.
Gear
My Gear & Gem Setup
Crown of Eyes is one of the mandatory items used in the Low-Life variation of this build. The helmet provides decent energy shield, good accuracy, useful life and mana leech, and finally the main reason we use this helmet; it allows increases to spell damage to apply to our attacks. Meaning all of the additional spell damage we pick up or get on our gear will add a significant amount of damage to our Spectral Throw.
The famous Shavronne's Wrappings, the core item to all Low-Life builds. This item ensures we are not instantly killed by any source of chaos damage, since this body armor prevents chaos damage from ignoring our energy shield and directly attacking our life pool. That aside, Shavronne's Wrappings also provides a good amount of energy shield and lightning resistance.
The best in slot pair of boots for Low-Life characters, Skyforth. No words can explain how amazing this item truly is, a reliable way of generating power charges without the skill gem, reduced mana reservation, and most importantly allowing our stun threshold to be based off 500% of our mana pool rather than our life pool as usual. This stat is important above all, since it basically makes us stun immune in simple terms as stuns are usually a huge issue for Low-Life.
Lioneye's Paws is the best alternative to Skyforth if you cannot afford them, these boots provide us with the ability to not be stunned which is our main purpose in using them - but the high amount of added strength and dexterity is definitely a great bonus. Normally the 20% reduced movement speed while on low life would affect most characters, but through the use of Whirling Blades for mobility; we completely ignore that downside.
When it comes to gloves, Maligaro's Virtuosity is the best in slot. These gloves provide us with a good amount of dexterity which is always helpful, some attack speed, and a large amount of critical strike chance and multiplier which gives our build a lot of damage.
Bino's Kitchen Knife is among the strongest of unique physical daggers, providing high physical damage, very high critical strike chance, with the only downside being the mediocre attack speed. Although, this dagger is what allows physical variants of this build to easily be done on a budget or in new leagues.
Advanced Aura Setup
In order to optimize your build to the extreme and grant yourself a larger mana pool to use, you need to have an item with the corrupted implicit +1 to Level of Socketed Gems. This combined with a Level 4 Enlighten, and a total of 34% reduced mana reserved allows us to run two 50% Auras on our life pool linked with Blood Magic.
It is recommended you either get the +1 to Level of Socketed Gems on Maligaro's Virtuosity or on Lioneye's Paws if running this variant on a budget.
Please note that this advanced aura setup is not mandatory and is just an additional bonus that can be made to the build if you can afford it. If you are not running the advanced aura setup use a 50% aura and 35% aura linked with Blood Magic, and possibly drop Herald of Ashe if you are having mana issues.
Rat's Nest is most definitely the best in slot helmet for the life-based variant of this build. This helmet provides an insane amount of critical strike chance, very high attack speed, and to top things off a solid evasion rating and movement speed bonus.
The most all around solid option for body armor is Belly of the Beast, which has an amazing increased life multiplier, a bit of elemental resistances, and some minor armor and evasion. This piece will give us the largest life pool out of all unique body armors. Due to the large life pool provided, this will grant us the best overall defense to all types of damage.
Lightning Coil, a great alternative to Belly of the Beast. This body armor provides a good amount of life, decent amount of armor and evasion, but most importantly a huge percentage of physical damage will be taken as lightning damage. Since our lightning resistance will be capped while our physical will not be, this is a great increased in physical defense and will help us take those heavy physical hits when we fail to dodge. The only downside being the large negative resistance included.
When it comes to gloves, Maligaro's Virtuosity is the best in slot. These gloves provide us with a good amount of dexterity which is always helpful, some attack speed, and a large amount of critical strike chance and multiplier which gives our build a lot of damage.
Bino's Kitchen Knife is among the strongest of unique physical daggers, providing high physical damage, very high critical strike chance, with the only downside being the mediocre attack speed. Although, this dagger is what allows physical variants of this build to easily be done on a budget or in new leagues.
is been a while how the build going ?
Any new improvement or gem
or new update of ST video on bosses or map?
I haven't been playing much because of work and education so I haven't really made progress on the Atlas to fight the Shaper. But I can post videos of like Atziri or end tier maps, etc.
is been a while how the build going ?
Any new improvement or gem
or new update of ST video on bosses or map?
I haven't been playing much because of work and education so I haven't really made progress on the Atlas to fight the Shaper. But I can post videos of like Atziri or end tier maps, etc.
hi thanks for the guide, can you make any tree progression? or atleast give me a tip about what i need get first D: going for physical dmg build deadeye life based (like me low life but its very expensive Q_Q)
hi thanks for the guide, can you make any tree progression? or atleast give me a tip about what i need get first D: going for physical dmg build deadeye life based (like me low life but its very expensive Q_Q)
you can go for Life based first
then slowly go to low life
hi thanks for the guide, can you make any tree progression? or atleast give me a tip about what i need get first D: going for physical dmg build deadeye life based (like me low life but its very expensive Q_Q)
you can go for Life based first
then slowly go to low life
=O sure? arround how many refunds i need to do that?
hi thanks for the guide, can you make any tree progression? or atleast give me a tip about what i need get first D: going for physical dmg build deadeye life based (like me low life but its very expensive Q_Q)
you can go for Life based first
then slowly go to low life
=O sure? arround how many refunds i need to do that?
Dont tell me your half way there in Low life?
Well what yr class???
