[Outdated] Ultimate EDTrickster [2M dps - UNKILLABLE]

@markuskanada:

Thanks a lot for the Info.So maybe i should have used ED, contagion and blight.
But i just did what the guide wants me to do at lvl 30+:


At around level 30 (start of act 4), I would recommend starting to use contagion and essence drain combo. Drop blight and use a 4l essence drain:


@Darkxellmc:

is there also a way to lvl only with ed and contagion?

Thanks

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Pyron wrote:

@markuskanada:

@Darkxellmc:

is there also a way to lvl only with ed and contagion?

Thanks

Hello, question not directed at me, but let me add something here:

Almost any ED-Trickster streamer / racer I see is using ED/Contagion for leveling at the moment. Many of them prepare for the league start at the moment.

I'm not saying its better/worse than Bane, but many top players do it, so yes there is a way. Pretty much same leveling strategy as with Bane in terms of damage scaling and passive tree...

I personally prefer bane leveling to ED-Cont. ED-cont feels clunky until you have enough cast speed and aoe to make it worth it. That said once you're in high tier maps it just obliterates everything clear wise.

Blight is indeed only meant for singletarget scenarios. Anything that is not a boss/morph should die in less than 1 sec from ED (like in any build...)

For leveling, you definitely don't want to be using a single chaos skill tho, and you want to somehow apply wither. What I like doing is use bane + blight.
Bane is a great tool to apply despair and deals good damage in the acts.
Blight applies wither from act5+ onward (spreading rot quest reward), and also gives chaos infusion.
ED is kinda the cherry on the cake, but it deals really good singletarget damage too if you add it on top of everything else.

Also, I would highly suggest taking athrophy before acrobatics and anything on the left of EB. It's good damage accessible early on.
But... yeah. Wither doubles our dps, and so does using blight.

I see you've followed my leveling steps step by steps. I'm sorry, this kinda showed me how outdated they are ^^' I usually take my time on leveling each league, so I don't care much if it's slow, but huh... I guess I should really rewrite the leveling steps. I don't know why I wrote "drop the blight" at level 30, it's quite the opposite... ><

Welp, leveling section fixed. Now, the whole popular alternatives section is broken, we're above the maximum char amount for a thread, and it breaks the links...
Anyways. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Thank you so much for your work Dark!
Looks very good.

Cleared everything in the game now, this build is awesome. Bossing requires some investment to speed up the damage but this build just shreds through maps as fast as my HH builds pretty much. Love the guide and the crafting advice, im curious to build another ES variant just to see but can't ask for much more.

@Dark:

Thanks a lot for rewriting the leveling section.
I will try leveling again today or maybe tomorrow :-)

@markus:
also many thanks for all the tips :D

@Cøpe:
How much investment (in exa) do un think is needed at league start to clear all the content?

tnaks a lot

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Cøpe wrote:

Geeeeeeeez, Ok now that's an armor.

Edit: why 5l contagion and 4link blight in your gloves?...

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Darkxellmc wrote:

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Cøpe wrote:

Geeeeeeeez, Ok now that's an armor.

Edit: why 5l contagion and 4link blight in your gloves?...

Dude honestly I just crafted this in like my 6th essence and figured it was good enough to swap out for hyrri’s. Was actually a fairly cheap craft. I could 6 link it but I really like running portal, I might swap the contagion for blight but I don’t really use blight outside of Vaal for dmg taken debuff and for the odd totem here and there. Damage isn’t really an issue for bossing at this point, swapped out inertia for that chaos dmg per int node jewel and am running a bit more offensives. I just don’t die so figured might take some risks for damage at this point. Shocking conflux is actually pretty nice too since it will proc from ED projectile (not from dot sadly)

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Pyron wrote:

@Dark:

Thanks a lot for rewriting the leveling section.
I will try leveling again today or maybe tomorrow :-)

@markus:
also many thanks for all the tips :D

@Cøpe:
How much investment (in exa) do un think is needed at league start to clear all the content?

tnaks a lot

I think to clear all content you really just need a 6 link and a vertex honestly. I scaled the damage high with my investment , but the defensives are pretty cheap so I think honestly around 5-10 ex could be a comfortable spot defensively but just low boss damage (which is fine really it’s only guardians/big bosses that take some time) I built this on an older char in standard so can’t speak to the leveling/early game but Ed has great clear so mapping would be no problem it’s just bossing where you’re gonna be slowed down. I think in terms of upgrades the bow will be your biggest improvement, but cane should do just fine until you earn the currency. The way this build clears makes it pretty amazing for currency generation, you just tear through packs.