Best analysis is to compare the average of 3x dummy kill times.
EDIT: No doubt AAR is higher DPS though. But DE should have incredible sustain.
I think DE need weapon damage build. I will try to use none set to see the performances in action.
TBH, 24% WD isn’t a lot on your build. ~2750 DPH.
Might be worth testing m. essence of the grim dawn. Higher %aether damage, casting speed, flat damage, and better adcth.
EDIT: Getting off topic here.
In my AAR build there is no ADCTH modifier added to AAR, I found with 24% weapon damage even 14% global ADCTH(that is 0.14 * 0.24 = 3.36%) is quite enough for healing. So I don’t really think that set added ADCTH to DE is very important as long as I may get DE deal as much damage as I can.
i have build a similar Apostate Drain Essence with Uroboruk set for a while. When the most important thing i faced is when taking combo Revenant/ DG/ SoH devotion route, it lack a lot of mana regen with apostate and then i think- screw it, i’m taking the “down route” toward combo Lantern/ Harvest/ Attack Seru instead, and the result is quite nice. And then i try this same set up with your Spellbinder build, turns out a little bit better i think: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/RZROpYON
As you can see, this set up nets maybe more than 200 percent aether dam, 30 percent crit dam more, a huge 260 mana regen ̣ so you dont need ectoplasm anymore. and the best thing about it, is binding drain essence to Attack Seru proc, which i think is one of the coolest proc skill in game. Huge 14m wave of aether proc skill. This is just “theorycraft” build, and i dont have a actually spellbinder, can you try and check how this build work? I really want to see that spellbinder vs apostate in this set up which better. Tks 
@gutten_morgen it’s really morning actually. I mean Arcanist provides the missing energy regeneration but not sure if Arcanum dust+Ectoplasm can provide energy sustain for Apostate.
As Binder vs Apostate, I would say Binder is little better. Devastation is one of the reasons, since it’s massive nuke skill.
TBH, I think the binder is better simply because of mirror/MoT combo.
I think the route used by @gutten_morgen is really smart for an apostate DE spec, however, Aeon’s is a must on all binders because of the aforementioned combo.
This means that you’re more-or-less glued to Aeon’s, SoTH, DG
Tks a lot. Yeah i dont feel comfortable with Aeon/ SoH on my Apostate. Even with 2 ectoplasm my mana drain in seconds. Maybe i’ll start playing spellbinder right now
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You do you.
P.S: Welcome to the forum!
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If you like Apostate, stick with it. Next patch will improve pain as RR source.
PS, welcome to the forum from me also!
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If you want a different spin on a DE spec: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/1NXmBJX2
It’s a build I’ve been toying around with. While it lacks the clear speed/DPS of aether DE, it is the true definition of a leech tank.
Slow, but immovable.
I call it the “no brainer drainer” because of how easy it is to play
Hey nery i’m trying to play this build isn’t better to pick omen 3 instead of ravenous earth after they buffed omen 3?
Well this build was made prior to the change but I definitely will use Omen now. For channeling skill, you need less interruptions as possible.
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Thank you 