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" Anuthutantrum wrote: Maybe they need to revise the chosen passive tree path if that's all they can manage with godly gear. But I totally agree with what you are saying, ek compared to other spells is not OP. There really is no way to deal with physical reflect no matter what your armor is. This is the major drawback for the skill which balances it out. Phy reflect is a joke when EK users have their full (6-7) endurance charges up. The main benefit of EK is that you can stack defense and still maintain good offense. What's your HP/armor by the way... The chance to Vaal +1% maximum resists on an amulet is less than 1/300.	Posted by Daresso#3599 on May 29, 2013, 9:44:10 AM Quote this Post
" MasterCard wrote: " Anuthutantrum wrote: Maybe they need to revise the chosen passive tree path if that's all they can manage with godly gear. But I totally agree with what you are saying, ek compared to other spells is not OP. There really is no way to deal with physical reflect no matter what your armor is. This is the major drawback for the skill which balances it out. Phy reflect is a joke when EK users have their full (6-7) endurance charges up. The main benefit of EK is that you can stack defense and still maintain good offense. What's your HP/armor by the way... No it is not a joke when you are doing 10k+ dps, considering all 10 of your projectiles hit which they almost always do, thats over 100k of dmg being reflected Because of the way armor works endurance charges and armor stacking arent enough	Posted by Anuthutantrum#5601 on May 30, 2013, 12:14:47 AM Banned Quote this Post
" Anuthutantrum wrote: No it is not a joke when you are doing 10k+ dps, considering all 10 of your projectiles hit which they almost always do, thats over 100k of dmg being reflected That's not how DPS works, that's not how Reflect works :/ For one, DPS is Damage per Second. To calculate the Reflected damage, you need Damage per Hit. The Damage per Hit on the Character sheet ignores enemy defenses such as Armor and Resistances. Armor probably reduces damage by 10% or so because lol armor. You probably have Elemental damage in there (Added Fire and/or Hatred), which is not reflected. The reflection isn't 100%; don't know how much it is, but it's far below 50%. THEN your Armor and Endurance Charge damage reductions are applied. You won't take anywhere near 100k damage.	Posted by Vipermagi#0984 on May 30, 2013, 8:10:51 AM Valued Poster Quote this Post
20% dmg nerf? Am I calculating this right?	Posted by Melkrow#0726 on Jun 5, 2013, 7:27:19 PM Quote this Post
" Melkrow wrote: 20% dmg nerf? Am I calculating this right? Yup	Posted by johnce6#2478 on Jun 5, 2013, 8:55:21 PM Quote this Post
Probably a good thing the rustic sash got a major buff.	Posted by TheCrimsonBlade86#6537 on Jun 6, 2013, 8:15:31 PM Quote this Post
If I´m running EK with Lifeleechgem, Ghost Reaver and Vaal Pact do I still have to worry about Physical Reflect?	Posted by unentschieden#6927 on Jun 13, 2013, 7:41:24 AM Quote this Post
im curious if there has been a change in the way crit is rolled with EK. unless im mistaken crit is rolled per cast/attack and not per projectile. I'm currently leveling a throwaway crit EK shadow for the level60 achievment. I've noticed that when using Hatred and Added Fire Damage some monsters will shatter in one hit while others will survive with ~40% life without being burned. So it seems that the crit is being rolled per projectile. I am NOT using critical weakness.	Posted by bloodmech21#3152 on Jun 18, 2013, 7:16:25 PM Quote this Post
" bloodmech21 wrote: im curious if there has been a change in the way crit is rolled with EK. unless im mistaken crit is rolled per cast/attack and not per projectile. I'm currently leveling a throwaway crit EK shadow for the level60 achievment. I've noticed that when using Hatred and Added Fire Damage some monsters will shatter in one hit while others will survive with ~40% life without being burned. So it seems that the crit is being rolled per projectile. I am NOT using critical weakness. its likely that some of the mobs have elemental resistances, very common with act 3 mobs thats why they dont shatter, the crit roll is still per cast " Vipermagi wrote: " Anuthutantrum wrote: No it is not a joke when you are doing 10k+ dps, considering all 10 of your projectiles hit which they almost always do, thats over 100k of dmg being reflected That's not how DPS works, that's not how Reflect works :/ For one, DPS is Damage per Second. To calculate the Reflected damage, you need Damage per Hit. The Damage per Hit on the Character sheet ignores enemy defenses such as Armor and Resistances. Armor probably reduces damage by 10% or so because lol armor. You probably have Elemental damage in there (Added Fire and/or Hatred), which is not reflected. The reflection isn't 100%; don't know how much it is, but it's far below 50%. THEN your Armor and Endurance Charge damage reductions are applied. You won't take anywhere near 100k damage. Reflected damage is 18% I carve and sell real animal skulls, check out my work here: https://www.instagram.com/victorseiche/ https://www.facebook.com/victorseicheart/ World first Uber Atziri as 2h and 2h RT build: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1058950 Highest level char in Closed Beta, Wytchfindergeneral Last edited by VictorDoom#6290 on Jun 21, 2013, 12:42:32 PM	Posted by VictorDoom#6290 on Jun 21, 2013, 12:40:51 PM Quote this Post
i am trying to make a iir/iiq build, if you could only run faster pro or added fire which would you choose for a totem build? thanks.	Posted by train20#3363 on Jul 3, 2013, 10:41:09 PM Quote this Post