Assassin/Ninja [pve/pvp] How To Nirvana

Hello everybody, and welcome to my Nirvana build. I'm very proud of it; everything seems to fit together perfectly. The basic concept is high int, agility, the water armor special concentration (please use tier 6 powders, Tier IV=1%, Tier V=3%, tier VI=5% concentration bonus) and good elemental defense.
Let's get into the build, shall we?
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The whole build is made around this centerpiece: Boreal-Patterned Aegis. It was left over from my old Weathered build, and I took a closer look at the stats. The elemental defenses are super easy to build around. Then I saw the 15% water damage and I was like HOLY SHIT I'M USING THIS.
It also gives nice mana regen and good walk speed.

Use 2x tier 6 water powders on it.


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The next thing you want is Capricorn. Look for 2/4s mana regen, good %spell and int+agi. Raw spell damage is a nice bonus, but doesn't make a huge difference. The walk speed is irrelevant.

Put 2 tier 6 waters to boost your concentration and one tier 5-6 earth powder on it to counter some of the negative earth defense.


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Next you're going to have to make a choise.
- For more agility and slightly more damage on the first spins, use Cumulonimbus. It gives loads of spell damage, some defenses and water damage.
- For more defenses and higher health with higher elemental defense (way higher against fire) but less agility, use Anima-Infused Helmet. It gives almost the same damage, but makes you way more fire, water and thunder resistant. It also adds to your reflection nicely.
- If you prefer balance, use Morph-Stardust. The extra strength it gives you adds considerable damage, but not as high as Cumulo or Anima. The extra 2/4s mana is welcome.
This option will allow you to have high health with almost as high agility as you'd have with Cumulo, with the loss of some damage and some utility (And uniqueness. And respect.). You know how it looks like, no pic needed.

Put 2x tier 6 waters on each helmet it to boost concentration.




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The finisher for the armor pieces is Vaward. No downsides, more spell damage, extremely crucial skill points, high health. Nothing to explain there.

Use 2x tier 6 waters and one tier 5-6 earth.


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For accessories we're going to use 2x Concentration for mana. You guys know what? Corkus was released and it introduced some pretty crazy accessories to the game. We'll be using Diamond Hydro Necklace and Diamond Hydro Bracelet for water damage, spell damage and a mana. The int will be more or less irrelevant depending on the int on your Nirvana, but the damages are way too good to pass. I'll be adding pics later, for now check wynnapps.tk/item for info.


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The approximate skill points with all gear on (using a 40 int Nirvana):
- With Anima-Infused Helmet: 10/33/107+40/33/59
- With Cumulonimbus: 0/33/107+40/0/92
- With a decent Morph Stardust: 28/33/107+40/28/84

Aim for 147 intelligence to get 2 mana smoke bombs and multihits.
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Nirvana is the weapon, obviously. (Hive Infused with water powders is an ok alternative for poor people, ty @The Shoutbox for the suggestion )
In my personal opinion, it is the best mythic dagger out there. And yes I've used every single one of them. It is extremely good in PvE, and does really well in PvP as well.
I get min 5k spin damage with mine (you can get even higher because the spell damage% on mine is not maxed at all). That sounds bad doesn't it?
Well, with concentration using the powders you see above, the damage builds up to 10k when I keep on casting things. Without using Curse.
10k spammable spins with next to infinite mana are stupidly good.
The max spin damage with curse and concentration is roughly 16k.

Again, use tier 6 water powders on it. The damage increase is huge from tiers 4 and 5 to 6.


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As I already mentoined, I'm extremely proud of this build. Every little piece fits together perfectly; the only thing it is missing is raw health regen. Buy some health regen potions and you're good to go soloing things like the Orange Wybel.
I also recently managed to solo Qira using the Cumulonimbus-variation of this build, which was actually not too hard at all. Get health potions, watch out for the charging spider. Vanish when you get caught in Qira's web. Use curse whenever ready, spam 3x spin-> smokebomb, repeat. Keep on moving, take a potion when you're spooked.
All it takes is that you kill the spiders first, keep on moving and concentrate.
Nirvana can eat though Qira's elemental defense.

I wanted to share my creation with you guys, I hope you find the build guide useful!
Thanks for reading, and have a good day! :)

-Madib00

 

m8 this is amazing


yes I read it all in 0,1 sec





also m8, you should put in some pics with dmg tests <3

 

Hive Infused with water powders is a good alternative for poor people, Nirvana just has some high af int and slightly better spell damage overall.

 

Yep, thanks for reminding me! :)
You might want to revamp your skill points a little bit if you use that, though.

 

@Siradm learn how to nirvana

 

I already did :3

 

I doubt cata+high mana + agility is possible.
unless 30 is considered high

also, the spins will not do 20k damage more than 1/4ish spin.

 

Ah. Mana regen, I was thinking about actual mana capacity.
Sure, that build sounds pretty cool. Feel free to share it if you like. ;3

But I still do not believe you get 20k average spins with a tank cataclysm. I've tried the weapon and I could not top 40k on high rolls even with a glass cannon build.

 

but you do not get average 20k spins with it, no way :P

 

Ah, you're right. I'll edit some in the post. :)

 

Ah damnit I can't edit pics into the original post. Well, I'll post them here:

The first spin (5-5.5k):

Concentration starts to kick in after about 3 spins:


Concentration close to it's max:



The other spells' damages are very difficult to calculate because DoT with concentration can be pretty much anything.
You will be using spin most of the time, and when you start to see those big 8k+ hits, you can cast a multihit and do a ton of damage.
This build has surpricingly good melee as well; after you have concentration up and running, your melee damage builds up to 1.5k/hit at normal attack speed. Without the buff your melee is about 800/hit.

 

that is absolutely beautiful


I am in love



and imagine concentration stacked with curse hoo hoo hoo its christmas time

 

Click signature imgur link and you will see the results with spring

 

Cool :DD
It probably works with Lament and Idol as well.

 

@Siradm @Siradm @Siradm @Siradm

 

who's that

 

:/ cmon

 

Boi.

 

I've been interested in this build for a long time, and I'm probably not going to be able to get a nirvana. However, that means I'm only going to be able to get the boreal chestplate or the hive infused dagger, and I think I'm going to get the chestplate. However, what is another alternative dagger instead of nirvana or hive infused?

 

Slider.
You can have a somewhat similar effect with it using water powders. I have not tried it with water powders, but I'm using it for neutral damage in the build.