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Diablo Immortal: The Best Blood Knight Build

Whirling Strike Ranged Projectile Blood Knight Guide

 

This Whirling Strike Projectile Blood Knight is debatably the best Blood Knight build for PvM and also does well in PvP. The build uses Whirling Strike as a ranged projectile with Shadow's Edge, Mephitic Cloud, Shroud of Night, and Swarm of Bats. With the recommended essences Whirling Strike fires large area of effect projectiles and gains three charges, Mephitic Cloud damages nearby enemies and can give increased movement speed, Shroud of Night summons minions that attack with your primary attacks, and Swarm of Bats damages enemies whenever they're hit by your primary attacks.​

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Paragons & Legendary Skills: Whirling Strike Ranged Blood Knight Build

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1. Slayer is the highest damage paragon because it increases the damage of your primary skills and primary skill effects.

2. Gladiator is the best PvP paragon tree for this build because it gives a cheat death and helps with loss of control.

3. Vanquisher is the best paragon tree for increased magic find and gives increased damage and attack speed on kills.

4. Harbinger can be used in Erebban for an absorb shield, movement speed, and to move unhindered through enemies.

5. Survivor is the recommended paragon for Vanguard because it has a cheat death that works in Vanguard.

6. The best paragon legendary skill for this build is Lightning Rod which deals damage after 10 hits within 3 seconds.

7. Below you can find an image for the best paragon for damage and the second image is the best paragon for PvP.

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Whirling Strike Ranged Blood Knight Skills and Equipment:

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Skills

1. Shadow's Edge (primary attack)

2. Whirling Strike

3. Mephitic Cloud

4. Shroud of Night

5. Swarm of Bats

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Main Hand

Bardiche of Below - Whirling Strike now releases a blast and gains three charges.

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Off-Hand

Mooncall - Shadow's Edge now also increases your primary attack speed.

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Main Hand 2

Cruel Vendetta - Shadow's Edge deals increased damage.​

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Off-Hand 2

Mercy's Plight - Shadow's Edge now marks enemies causing them to take damage when reaching 4 marks.

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Helmet

Fallen Light - Mephitic Cloud now follows you damaging nearby enemies with continual damage.

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Chest

Macabre Facade - Shroud of Night now conjures two apparitions that utilize your primary attack to attack enemies.

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Shoulders

Torture and Torment - Swarm of Bats now sends a bat to attack enemies each time you use a primary attack.

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Legs

Bloody Waltz (damage) - Swarm of bats now deals increased damage for every negative effect on the enemy.

Nightflayer (movement speed) - While you remain inside Mephitic Cloud your attack and movement speed are increased.​

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Recommended Sets

1. Grace of the Flagellant (4 Set) - Deals bonus damage after damaging an enemy five times.

2. Vithu's Urges (2 Set) - Increases the duration of beneficial effects on you and your party members by 30%.

3. Banquet of Eyes (PvM 2 Set) - Increases damage to enemies by 15% when they have continual damage on them.

4. Untouchable Mountebank (PvP 2 Set) - Gives a 20% chance to gain an absorb shield when you take damage.

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Best Curses

1. Lashed - Use at least four items with this curse to make primary attacks cause three damaging whips on cooldown.

2. Vexed - You can use two of this curse for a damaging roar when your Macabre Facade apparitions are summoned.​​

​3. Ghosted (PvP) - Optional for PvP to summon a minion to take some of your incoming damage.

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Best 5 Star Legendary Gems

1. Roiling Consequence - Increases your critical hit chance and causes critical hits to burn enemies.

2. Blood-Soaked Jade - Gives increased damage, reduces damage taken below 50% life, and increases movement speed.

3. Golden Firmament - Causes multiple ranged wind attacks and increases your evasion rating.

4. Gloom Cask - Sends out blades that deal damage with your primary attacks and increases your primary attacks damage.

5. Starfire Shard - Deals AoE damage and stuns enemies in PvP inside the Maw of the Deep legendary gem effect.

6. Blood Floe - Lower priority 5 star gem that increases damage, critical hit chance, critical hit damage, and causes bleed.

7. Maw of the Deep - Can be used at a high rank to deal damage, gain a damage buff, draw in enemies, and stun enemies.

8. Void Spark (PvM) - Deals AoE damage that's very effective for challenge dungeons, terror rifts, and speed farming.

9. ​Frozen Heart (PvP) - A strong legendary gem for PvP that gives an absorb shield and chills opponents.​

Note: The Seeping Bile 5 star gem and the Viper's Bite 2 star gem aren't needed to trigger the damage increase on Pain Clasp from continuous damage being on the target because the Mephitic Cloud skill already deals continuous damage.

 

Best 2 Star Legendary Gems

1. Pain Clasp - Gives high increased damage against enemies that have a continuous damage effect on them.

2. Mother's Lament - Increases your critical hit chance and causes a blood spike that makes enemies bleed.

3. Specter Glass - Increases the damage taken by enemies after critical hits and increases your critical hit chance.

4. Fervent Fang - Gives enemies a stacking damage taken increase when they are hit by an attack.​

5. Mourneskull - This legacy gem increases your damage and deals damage but it's currently drop disabled.

6. Power & Command - Alternates between increased skill damage and increased primary damage and sometimes dispels. Power & Command is the lowest priority and should be the first 2 star gem to be replaced with a 5 star gem.

7. Crimson Behelit (PvP) - Strong PvP legacy gem with increased damage and reduced damage taken that's drop disabled.

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Best 1 Star Legendary Gems

1. Berserker's Eye (PvM) - Increases all of your damage and critical hit chance but also increases your damage taken.

2. Entropic Well - A great one star gem for increased skill damage that can eventually be replaced with a strong 5 star gem.

3. Everlasting Torment - A great budget option that deals damage over time on critical hits and increases your attack speed.

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Best Familiars

1. Savior Duskprowler - Look for a 170+ Resilience legendary Duskprowler with the Savior passive skill which provides a cheat death and temporary damage immunity. The 170+ Resilience on the familiar lowers the cooldown of Savior.

2. Broodtalon/Skitterwight - Look for Savior which provides a cheat death and Lingering Wounds for increased damage.

3. Any Savior Familiar - Look for any 170+ Resilience familiar with Savior for a cheat death and great passive skills.

4. Rare Duskprowler - Relentless Strikes is the next best skill because it gives a chance to cast the Duskprowler shield twice. Innervate which gives a chance at resetting one of the player's skill cooldowns, Steel Hide which gives a chance to block, Precision which gives critical hit chance, and Tenacity which lowers the cooldown of the shield are also desirable.

5. Magic Duskprowler - Duskprowler shields are hard to replace so a rare or magic ability Duskprowler is the budget option.

Note: Broodtalons and Skitterwights have status effects over a duration which increases the duration of Lingering Wounds.

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Normal Gems

Prioritize Tourmalines for added damage in red sockets and a combination of Citrines and Topazes for potency and resistances in yellow sockets for the highest refinement. Potency increases harmful effects durations on enemies and resistances decrease harmful effects durations on you. Citrines for potency is preferred if you only care about PvM damage but resistances come into play more with PvP. You should also use your highest refinement Aquamarines and Sapphires which give increased armor and armor penetration in blue sockets. You can optionally combine all of your bound Rubies which give life into one or two Rubies and socket them into your equipment if they give more refinement. Gems give refinement based on their quality and refinement increases the attributes on the equipment the gems are socketed in.

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Gem Notes

The Blood Floe gem is a great option when it's combined with multiple sources of critical hit chance and critical hit damage. The Colossus Engine legendary gem isn't included in the recommendations for this build because it doesn't affect primary attacks. The Viper's Bite and Seeping Bile legendary gems aren't needed to trigger the damage increase on the Pain Clasp legendary gem from having continuous damage on the target because Mephitic Cloud already deals continuous damage. The Golden Firmament five star legendary gem is very strong and should be used for wind damage, increased evasion rating, and to trigger Firestorms when it's mixed with burning damage which increases your wind damage. When using increased critical hit chance legendary gems you should also consider rolling increased critical hit damage on every piece of your equipment with Reforge Stones for increased damage. A lower priority legendary gem should also be switched to a Frozen Heart five star legendary gem for PvP for an absorb shield and to chill opponents.​

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That's all for the Ranged Blood Knight Guide. For a PvP Blood Knight you can also click here PvP Projectile Blood Knight.​

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