[1.2.4] Tendril Lock: The lightning and ice witch (updated)

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xiwen wrote:

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schitschi wrote:

Do you think this build will work in beyond?

yes. you probably have to pick up more life node before dmg. And play carefully, there are chance to die to double ele ref with the ice herald explosion and LT.

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leary93 wrote:

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xiwen wrote:

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schitschi wrote:

Do you think this build will work in beyond?

yes. you probably have to pick up more life node before dmg. And play carefully, there are chance to die to double ele ref with the ice herald explosion and LT.

Beyond is not hardcore

@schitsi, I wouldnt recommend Lightning tendrils as a skill at all in beyond. It locks you too long into place and basically any beyond unique would wreck you, especially na'em and ofc mister itself, abaxoth. Unless you reach around 40-50kish dps of course in which case you would wreck them before they wreck you. I dont see that happening unless you go crit with Conc. Its why incinerate is so popular in beyond, its mobile (fast LW), has resilience (block+LgoH), and does tons of dmg (3k tooltip (Which is ez mode) delivers 45k shotgun).

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xiwen wrote:

So you need to have 40k dps to play in beyond?? I think most Lv 8x or even 9x cant kill abaxoth seriously...

I think LT can dps down beyond mob without prob, especially when they spawn in pack, they get freeze instantly. Anw im doing about 20k dps with lightning pen and ele weakness now, I think that is decent end game dps

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Carlovski wrote:

I'm giving this a go too (In Rampage). Levelling has been a breeze, but I'm about to hit the crunch point - I'm level 58 and have got to A3M, I've had builds before that have fell apart here!
I should get a big boost once I can equip my end game gear though, I'm going to try using Carcass jack, and have a pair of divinarius lined up, although I might go with a shield - I have been using one anyway in Merciless as I needed the resists

I could go with Rathpith later (I also like being able to swap in Saffels if needed) and maybe grab some block nodes instead of the dual wield cast speed - depends on survivability. I don't seem to have much life at the moment, got more nodes to grab and better gear to equip (I'm just on levelling gear - still wearing briskwrap!)
I'm not planning on using incinerate - I will probably use conc effect (Carcass Jack should cover the downside) or maybe just swap it in for bosses. Although vaal spark has been a revelation, I've only ever used it half heartedly without any links. In a 4 link on a lightning spec character it is like an old school shoot'em up smart bomb. It's one shotted every boss (Or at lease one phase for Merveil/Dominus) and bandit leader so far.

Still worried about survivability though (though of course freezing helps). Not a huge amount of life, no armour (Having endurance charge up helps a little) and only a bit of evasion and no MoM if I stick with Carcass. Was considering lightning coil until I worked out how many chromes I would need to get the right links (I'm having enough trouble colouring Windscream!).
I'll do an update once I'm geared up and hit maps (Probably tonight)
But definitely a fun and interesting build - I like the interesting use of the mechanics.