Crit Dagger/Evasion-Dodge Build

Hi Guys,

im just playing an EB/Armor Crit Dagger Shadow at Lvl53 in Act1 Merciless. Im getting lots of Trouble in getting hit very often for high amount of dmg.

I was reading a bit in the forum and found an Evasion Build for the Ranger.

My Question is if it would be playable for a Shadow too. They speak from an Evasion Chance about 60% and roundabout 1.5 to 1.8k life to succeed.

I played a bit with the Skill Calculator and ask u Guys what u are thinkin about. Any Suggestions, Tipps or Experiences are welcome.



This build gives u the choice about dw or 1h shield, and surely it will forgive a pair of points spent otherwise to fill ur personal likings.

Hope on good Feedback n evtl Critics on this Build

To be completly honest, i'm pretty new to PoE, so it might be a bit "too much" for me to advise anyone.
But anyways, it might help you in case you didnt notice something.

I'm trying to make a evasion/dodge based dagger build for shadow and i tuned it a bit to fit your build as well.

here it goes :
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYAA9sFfQW1DkgQexEvEZYVIBa_GYYeGiCcIuokPCepKk0qWysKLOEwcTB8OkJD0kWWSVFLeFBCUUdRTFbqVvVabV3yYeJwUnDVfVt9435Zfyt_xofbiGuMC42_joqSzZLzk_yX0Jmam7WfJ6Iup1ysR6xmrs-0xbVItve5Prl8vjrBAMM6xqLKSs3q0hnUI9aK1tHYdtsa227dqN3n3vbigOd06Nbp_uss62Prjuyw8-r1S_-T

pease tell me if you found something useful for you and why. same if there is something you know that's "bad" and why.

I think that this build based on evasion + dodge + dual wield block would be quite nice, you should get a lot less hit. 6% block and a lot more of evasion rating and agility as well as 15% chance to avoid statut ailment.

I dont know if there is enought life though ...

No one out there who tried such a build to get me some experiences?

It's possible. Watch devmoon's stream. He plays an evasion shadow in merciless and his build is similar to yours. Have you thought about what skills you want to use?

May i ask why both of you use the 3 projectile damage nodes in the beginning for crit dagger build wasted points imo.

I would use Lightning Strike as AE Skill, Dual Strike as Single Target and Flicker Strike.
nearby 2 or 3 auras like Wrath, Haste and Grace(if necessary).

Im already thinking about getting some points out of dagger specc and put it in some Dual Wield points in the Duelist tree to get higher DW Block Chance and DMG.

And the 3 Projectile Dmg Nodes are a mistake, i picked the 1h dmg nodes for sure.


the dw block build would look like this



but im not sure if i picked enough health nodes

You will need as much life as you can get for that build, I would even consider taking less dmg and crit passives for more life nodes.

Problem with your build is you will do fine, until that 1 or 2 times your evade fails and you get rocked by a hard hitting physical char and die. With 0 armor and 0 energy sheild you will be forced to play at range all the time(sadly most high lvs have to anyway).

Advice, Crit and Crit dmg do not start to shine until you have high base dmg. Meaning that your builds dmg will be weak until late game when you get end game gear, at this point it should surpase others in dmg. Use Viper strike and Elemental hit until you get better dps for single targets and an aoe spell for packs of whites.