Holy shock aura and Lighning mastery

[Chaostheory]

Hi

I'm making a melee sorc who is planning to use a helmet in which i inserted runeword Dream.
Dream gives you lvl. 18 holy shock aura when equipped.
Holy shock aura gives lightning dmg to attack. (like u didn't know this before <_< )
So here is the question:

Does Lightning mastery-skill affect to lightning dmg Holy sock aura gives?
I know Lightning mastery affects on weapon
which has added lightning dmg in it,
so i was wondering if it would affect on holy shock aura's lightning dmg too. :P

And plz, i don't want any nasty comments about runes i used to make Dream, and how i could have used them in better ways :angry:

But thanks for replying in advantage. :D

[adeyke]

Lightning mastery will boost both the damage HS adds to your attack and the pulse damage. If you're attacking in mêlée, you get a double application of the lightning mastery, since it first boosts it as a skill and then boosts it again for elemental damage from a mêlée attack.

[Chaostheory]

Lightning mastery will boost both the damage HS adds to your attack and the pulse damage.&nbsp; If you're attacking in mêlée, you get a double application of the lightning mastery, since it first boosts it as a skill and then boosts it again for elemental damage from a mêlée attack.
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Hmm.. that seems quite nice... :P
How much did lv. 18 Holy shock aura add lightning dmg to attack?

[adeyke]

Hmm.. that seems quite nice... :P&nbsp;
How much did lv. 18 Holy shock aura add lightning dmg to attack?
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A base of 1-816.

However, Dream really just gives slvl 15, for 1-648 damage.

[Chaostheory]

A base of 1-816.

However, Dream really just gives slvl 15, for 1-648 damage.
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Once in battle.net, i met a guy who said that he had made a melee sorc,
who uses Dream-runeword and lightning mastery...
He said, that with the sorc, he could make 1K-59K dmg (with melee :blink: )...
Could this be true?
I think most of the dmg is lightning, and the rest is fire...

And if this is about to be true...
Can u find anything (charbuild or something) that would make more dmg? :P

[adeyke]

Once in battle.net, i met a guy who said that he had made a melee sorc,
who uses Dream-runeword and lightning mastery...
He said, that with the sorc, he could make 1K-59K dmg (with melee :blink: )...
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Could this be true?
I think most of the dmg is lightning, and the rest is fire...

And if this is about to be true...
Can u find anything (charbuild or something) that would make more dmg? :P
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If you're using a Dream helm and shield, you can still use:
+3 LM, +3 lightning skills orb with 2 5% Facets
+2 skills armor with 5% Facet
+2 skills rings (total)
+1 skills Arachnid Mesh
+9 lightning skills grand charms (total)
+3 skills Hellfire Torch
+1 skills Annihilus
+1 skills Battle Command
+2 skills skill shrine

That'd give you a boost of +27 to your lightning mastery, and an additional +15%.

With 20 base points in LM, you'd have slvl 47 total, for +602%. Add on the +15% for +617%.

Now, if you Dream helm and shield, they add up to a slvl 30 holy shock. That's a base of 1-1,668 damage. Apply the +617% and you have 7-11,959 damage. If it's a mêlée attack, you apply the +617% again, for 50-85,746 damage.

So it's certainly believable. Note that this calculation focuses only on the high listed lightning damage from holy shock. If you want things like survivability, attack speed, and AR, you'd have to sacrifice some of that damage. Even if you just drop the skill shrine (since you can't rely on having one), the damage drops to 6-11,559, or to 41-80,103 in mêlée.

[Chaostheory]

Sheesh :blink:
That would be hard to make

Anyway, thx for the information :D