Lightning Thorns

I want a self cast skill like this :)

Lightning Thorns...darn that blackguard more OP than DOM/Piety

Yeah so i died last night to what im assuming what Lightning thorns but what is weird is I am Dual totem user I would think that my totem would of taken the death not me. i had 1900hp and 64% resist now i know i wasnt capped but i know they are dangerous so i was watching my life pool 1800-0 one shot. In cruel how can any one non elite mob do this??... seems odd.

This is so lame.
I do not understand why GGG wouldn't rebalance this skill.
In my opinion GGG wants to fxck players with unknown damage skill.
Cannot even find it in poe wiki It's totally veiled.

You guys do not need to make another league just let people play with Desync, Lag spike and Lightning thorns.

That's more exciting! lol

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Mark_GGG wrote:

Lightning Thorns is a single-target buff skill. Melee attacks made on the buffed entity will reflect lightning damage, within a flat range based on skill level, to the attacker.

Am I confused or should I not be dying instantly to lightning thorns with incinerate?

incinerate is a melee skill or?

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demivion wrote:

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Mark_GGG wrote:

Lightning Thorns is a single-target buff skill. Melee attacks made on the buffed entity will reflect lightning damage, within a flat range based on skill level, to the attacker.

Am I confused or should I not be dying instantly to lightning thorns with incinerate?

incinerate is a melee skill or?

used to me melee only a long time ago

now it works on everything

Since starting to play PoE in early beta Ive always been patient with deaths and the XP penalty in the game. In fact I think the penalties in place for dying are appropriate... however I have a major problem with LT.....

At level 83 after dying for the 4th time in a row in the same evening to LT (on different maps; yes very unlucky but it happened) from mobs which were OFF SCREEN (I play cast on crit so spells fly off from what I hit) ... Im no longer going to play.

Random deaths by things you cant see (off screen)... arent fun... arent challenging ... they are just annoying, pointless and they suck the fun out of playing.

I can deal with reflect - 60% spell block, max resists, 3Kes 1.4K health... but this killed me in under 2 seconds... no time to respond, just dead. Yes I have high attack speed (3 per sec spec throw) with GMP Cast on Crit - so I can understand *why* I died if LT is in fact causing a 'flat damage' amount. I dont believe its a 'fair' amount though.

In short I dont mind challenging, but this is just silly. Single handedly LT has made me stop playing PoE (really). To put in context its a sad day since this was the only game Ive played the last 8-12 months (3-4 hours per day) - time which Ive really enjoyed.

When LT is 're-balanced' Ill return, but not before then.

^ why dont you try something else than ST+GMP+CoCS to kill them?

I mean, these mobs are not so common and you notice when they are there, right?

Im guessing you didnt read my post properly.
Just guessing.

the biggest problem with those witches is shock stacking.

even with max resists it's possible to acquire shock stacks. then you will die _fast_.

also, topaz flask is _very_ effective as long as you are not trying to take on too many mages at once.

the real problem with the mages is the stupid spawn quantities.

I've literally had 4 mages, 2 of them rares, all fast casting arc FROM OFF-SCREEN at one time.

Really difficult to kite those damn things since they will attack you from off-screen almost all the time and if you try to melee to engage one there's yet one more sitting just off-screen.

the off-screen attacks are really annoying.