04-18-2014, 06:49 PM
I posted in another thread, that I wasn't sure how long I was going to continue to play.
I have, at least for now, gotten over the hump of being unhappy. I completely rerolled, and havent touched my other chars since. I started a Shadow, with the expressed intent of making him a Lightning based caster.
This is my current build
I'm level 39.
This is where I'm shooting to be mid 70's.
The build is based around arc. I'm going the cast speed increase route, since Arc has an innate chance to shock. Static Blows cluster will increase that, as does the lightning node in Shadow. I have a 35% chance to shock pre-conductivity, or quality on the gem. Cast Speed will do far more to increase shock stacks than anything else.
I'm not shunning crit, but I'm not going to go out of my way to stack it sky high.
So far, the build is doing well. I've rip'ed a couple of times to lag on opening strongboxes. Massive AoE effects + Rogue Exiles is creating a lot of backend lag.
I've rip'ed to a couple of secret area bosses.
But I'm still having something that I haven't had in game since 1.1 started.
Fun.
Even with terrible drops.
My eventual goal, is to have a CI Lightning Shadow that is using:
Arc + Leech + Lightning Pen + Faster Attacks + Inc Crit Chance
Storm Call + Faster Attacks + Lightning Pen + Inc Crit Chance
CWDT + Conductivity + End Cry + Shockwave Totem
Vaal Spark + GMP + Lightning Pen + Inc Crit Chance
Lightning Warp + Faster Casting + Reduced Duration
Discipline + Clarity + Reduced Mana
At level 39, I'm pulling in a respectable 500 DPS on Arc, + more from Shocks, Conductivity, and Lightning Pen.
The build is performing admirabily. I'm a little nervous about Dominus, but I will update this thread as I move along. I think that I finally have a "new build" that will hold my interest, even while the RNGods continue to laugh at me.
I have, at least for now, gotten over the hump of being unhappy. I completely rerolled, and havent touched my other chars since. I started a Shadow, with the expressed intent of making him a Lightning based caster.
This is my current build
I'm level 39.
This is where I'm shooting to be mid 70's.
The build is based around arc. I'm going the cast speed increase route, since Arc has an innate chance to shock. Static Blows cluster will increase that, as does the lightning node in Shadow. I have a 35% chance to shock pre-conductivity, or quality on the gem. Cast Speed will do far more to increase shock stacks than anything else.
I'm not shunning crit, but I'm not going to go out of my way to stack it sky high.
So far, the build is doing well. I've rip'ed a couple of times to lag on opening strongboxes. Massive AoE effects + Rogue Exiles is creating a lot of backend lag.
I've rip'ed to a couple of secret area bosses.
But I'm still having something that I haven't had in game since 1.1 started.
Fun.
Even with terrible drops.
My eventual goal, is to have a CI Lightning Shadow that is using:
Arc + Leech + Lightning Pen + Faster Attacks + Inc Crit Chance
Storm Call + Faster Attacks + Lightning Pen + Inc Crit Chance
CWDT + Conductivity + End Cry + Shockwave Totem
Vaal Spark + GMP + Lightning Pen + Inc Crit Chance
Lightning Warp + Faster Casting + Reduced Duration
Discipline + Clarity + Reduced Mana
At level 39, I'm pulling in a respectable 500 DPS on Arc, + more from Shocks, Conductivity, and Lightning Pen.
The build is performing admirabily. I'm a little nervous about Dominus, but I will update this thread as I move along. I think that I finally have a "new build" that will hold my interest, even while the RNGods continue to laugh at me.
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