[2.2] Ele Spectral Throw (Crit Sword), Videos up, 100k+ AoE, 160k+ Single Target
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THIS BUILD DOES NOT WORK AS IN THIS GUIDE!! I tested my "old" Spectral Throw charakter in ascendancy and i feel ready to rewrite my "guide" a little bit. I also added 3 Videos that should show the build a little better. Q: Is this HC viable? A: More then it was ever before Q: Why dont u play low life? A: I hate low life, No panic pots :P Q: Is low life better then life based? A: If u look for DPS, yes. Q: Why is that so? A: Because you are able to go inquisitor and ignore elemental resistances Q: So, Why would i ever play this over low life then? A: It's cheaper, It's not slower by a large margine Pro's: - Whirling Blades - All Elemental Resit flasks - Decently High HP Pool for it's damage and clear speed Con's: - Punishes mistakes fast - Gear changes in price everyday from 1c-1ex depending on whats meta right now Leveling: I don't know who at the GGG office was so kind to buff ST, but i gotta thank him. Leveling as ST is finally viable again. Mathil made a good video about leveling in detail, but the video is outdated just the leveling part is still on date.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvUeK3pmu-g (Leveling part can be found at around 17 minuntes into the video
Long things short: U grab yourself Elreon Jewellery, Fidelitas' Spike, Throw on your auras, grab a tabula and then let the grind begin :) Skill Tree:
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Ascendancy: Assasin + Berserker U are just dropping the mana leech in the duelist area, If u are playing HC and cant aquire actuity and go BM on a 6L. (and if u are having a 6l, but no acuity) Bandits: Oak - Kraitlyn - Alira Jewels: With the changes in DPS and power that was granted us with Ascendancy we can go for: Life + Attack Speed +/or everything that scales your damage :) (Life is important, since your leech is also based on your total life pool) Flasks: Now that our life pool is this huge i managed to fit in an Vinktar's and it feels amazing. I would go with something like this:
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Vinktar's is a must have (can go with Lightning pen or added damage to attacks) Taste of Hate can be swapped with a life potion or basalt flask Gem Links: Whirling Blades - Blood Magic - Foritfy Cast when Damage Taken - Enfeeble - Immortal Call Herald of Thunder - Curse on Hit - Assasins Mark (- Herald of Ice [If using Blood Magic on main Spectral Throw]) Vaal Haste - Increased Duration - Blood Rage (- Vaal Clarity [If u can fit it in :)]) Spectral Throw - Added Lightning - Increased Critical Strikes - Weapon Elemental Damage - Greater Multiple Projectiles (- Added Cold [on Acuity Version]) (-Blood Magic [on non Acuity Version/HC]) Swap GMP for Pierce on Single Target Gear Q: Is flat damage also good, if i cant find a ring with a 30%+ weapon elemental damage roll in my budget? A: A high flat roll is as good as a 30%+ WED roll MY GEAR as an example for an Acuity Version:
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On the current league i'd just go with a pair of shadows and dust, if u cant aquire acuity Videos: Atziri Run: Gorge Run: T12 Overgrown Ruin Run: Feel free to leave me critique in this thread, so i can optimize the build more :) I hope u are having a blast playing this build because i retainly do :) 2.1 Version:
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I have seen couple of people ask on reddit if spectral throw is still viable and thought of using my free time to write a guide. Im not good at this neither is my english perfect so if u find any mistakes hit me up. Is this HC viable? Well, I got the tree from a HC player that made it to 90 .. i just went a little bit farther with gear and pulled out a insane amount of DPS
Cons: - Quite Squishy without perfect gear or atleast decent gear - Single Target can be a pain against fast moving enemys - The 5L Version Struggles on certain bosses Pros: - Whirling blades Kreygasm - "cheap" gear (5ex for decent/good gear) - Fast aoe clear speed - Can run almost any map mod So first i wanna go into LvLing cuz thats probably the biggeest problem people have with this build. I lvled this from lvl 1 one with Spectral Throw so i actually felt the pain and drop downs of it. Either u go just Bladefall or Flametotem with the amulet (for early stage). Once u hit GMP its pretty solid in my opinion your single target struggles but i will get over it. Getting 1-2 Jewels with mana gain on hit will carry u to the leech nodes of the duelist. Uniques for lvling u can use are classic Uniques like: Goldrim, Wanderlust, Lioneye's Paw, Tabula, Sadima's, Ignomon, Perandus, Fidelitas' Spike I made the mistake not using Fidelitas' Spike ... u can just watch Mathil's Video about his "old crit buzzsaw" back in darkshrines he explains lvling a lit more in depth. This Build has 2 diffrent versions a 5L Version and a 6L Version .. Ill start with the 5L version as it is the cheapest one (Carried me way up to 92) What are the diffrences? The diffrence is u are going duelist leech on a 5L but u cant sustain a 5th support gem .. also BM in 6L smooths the curve and frees up 3 Skill points Bandits: Oak - Kraitlyn - Alira 5L Version of my Tree: If u have a 6l just drop the mana leech node :) The Diffrence in those tree's are basicly just Leech vs a Jewel socket :) For searching Jewels, i can offer u this link which helped me to look for mine :) For Gear:
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Weaopon:
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around 7.5 crit 1.8+ AS per second and as much ele dps as possible
Helmet:
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U want a Rat's Nest since it gives attack speed and good amounts of crit .. the evasion is also a quite nice bonus
Body Armour:
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Id use a belly of the beast for the HP gain u get
Shield:
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U can just use a Perandus, but getting your resists capped will be insanly hard. Just get something like i have, they are pretty cheap and help u getting your resists capped
Gloves:
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U can use pair of Evasion Gloves with Resits and Attack speed if u cant afford maligaros and craft int on those :) but BiS are Maligaros
Boots:
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Get Int on those and Resits, Since u dont need move speed its pretty ez to find boots with resit / int and then craft life on those
Amuelet:
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U want life, int, Crit multi, WED, maybe crit chance something like what i have i guess :)
Rings:
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U want acc, life, wed, (maybe resists) on atleast one of them, the other one basicly WED, Life, Added DMG :) prefered bases are diamond rings, but they are expensiv as fk
Belt:
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Life, Resits, WED basicly all u need and u are set (maybe some strenght)
Gems & Links: Helmet:
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It's hard to get more then 3 red on rat's that why i just went with 2r2g: Foritfy - BM - Whirling Blades - Faster Attacks
Boots:
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On a 5L: U put Wrath - HoT - CoH - Asmark in there
On a 6L: U go with HoI - HoT - CoH - Asmark Shield:
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Im lvling my "single target" swap gem in there haveing a 20% portal for sience :P and my Wrath since im a 6L, but when u are running a 5L ud go with Ice Golem in there
Weapon:
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Inc Duration - Vaal Clarity - Blood Rage (on 5L)
Inc Duration - Blood Rage - BM (on 6L) Gloves:
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CWDT - Immortal Call - Inc Duration - Vaal Haste
Body Armour: 5L
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Spectral Throw - WED - Added Lightning - GMP - Lightning Pen
6L
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Spectral Throw - WED - Added Lightning - GMP - Lightning Pen - BM
Flasks (ToH can be swapped with a 3rd life pot or a resist pot):
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I hope that "Guide" helped u a little bit with your way to build Spectral Throw. I made it to 93 soon 94 with this build and i might attempt Uber if i find a hope on my !deathless! atziri runs. If u wanna watch this build in action feel free to check out my stream or if u have any questions :) twitch.tv/benda920 Last edited by BenDaa on Jun 11, 2016, 2:17:37 PM Last bumped on Jan 8, 2017, 10:56:25 AM
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Updated the tree for 2.2 :)
The Buffs to spectral throw are amazing i wish everyone a good time playing it :D Last edited by BenDaa on Mar 15, 2016, 3:32:15 PM
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I can recommend a Vessel + shock immune flask, guarantees shock on bosses, fixes any leech problem and grants a dps boost
You should use a main spoiler for a gearsection ;) Mana gained om hit jewels can help a lot too https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi-NL9JevOxF-6W3n-a7o-w My Youtube channel with builds, unique and mechanic discussions etc Last edited by Milkyslice on Jan 15, 2016, 5:46:44 AM
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" It's not that ez to do i tho about it .. and i dont rly have "leech problems" just a 5L Version u are not able to sustain rapid attacks into the air and u have to give up either a helmet slot or a 2 flask slots for vessel i dont think thats worth but u can do it as u please :) it's more a suggestion then a "guide" in my opinion anyway :) | |
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ok it doesn't fix all leech without flasknodes, but you are invincible against bosses with 30% leech and leech agains reflect.
I would just never use a BM gem with 75% reservation. Either 100% with AA or HoI OR 1-2 mgoh jewels https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi-NL9JevOxF-6W3n-a7o-w My Youtube channel with builds, unique and mechanic discussions etc Last edited by Milkyslice on Jan 15, 2016, 5:52:41 AM
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" The only time i have ever had a problem with reflect was witha 6 curse support and a aura bot when i was actually hitting 150k AoE Spectral throw xD and even then it wouldnt have helped me cuz of shock stack + i killed myself with 2 blades xD | |
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Do you have a video showing the damage and clearspeed of this build?
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" I have not made any videos since i suck as such things :( But i had around 70k AoE with Maxed out gear and Lightning Pen not included in that and aroudn 108k single target :) Edit: The Clearspeed was just a little slower Volatxic LA Last edited by BenDaa on Jan 19, 2016, 9:00:54 AM
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