Skill Reveal: Storm Burst

The best thing about this news post is: "SEVERAL NEW SKILL GEMS"!!!! :D

This looks like a nice skill but what about some love for the older lightning skills? Ball Lightning and Storm Call are rarely used and either need new threshold jewels or some buffs.

Mini Review
Mechanics seem cool. The animation looks slightly off. It starts so close to the character that it appears to come from their forearm.

Prediction
I imagine this is a late acts skill, probably 5 or later. If this is given too early, new players won't understand the mechanics intuitively, and it outweighs other options so significantly that skilled/veteran players would never choose them. I like the idea of getting a bunch of lightning themed gems from defeating Shavronne.

Expectation
I think it is an option to add a skill which has interactions with other skills (the way frostbolt does) to increase the usability of the worst lightning skills. It would require some skill swapping, would allow two sets of gems for more flexibility in builds.
I'm thinking something like a channelled lightning skill which reverses the direction of projectiles. thematically it could be some kind of magnetic field. (I know the worst ones aren't projectiles, but that kind of interaction)

wow looks epic!

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magpye wrote:

Expectation
I think it is an option to add a skill which has interactions with other skills (the way frostbolt does) to increase the usability of the worst lightning skills. It would require some skill swapping, would allow two sets of gems for more flexibility in builds.

Well - it wouldn't require two sets of gems - Cast when Chanelling would do the job.

This gem doesn't need that kind of additional interactions - I'd rather like to see other non-viable or semi-viable skills being buffed to be more in line with top-tier skills. And Storm Burst definitely has the potential to be really good skill so it doesn't need yet another buff.

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CBEToffOP wrote:

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grepman wrote:

magma orb projectiles cannot hit the same target

this thing can

whoever said that its like blade flurry is correct

and in datamine info, it does more damage than ball lightning...

http://cb.poedb.tw/us/gem.php?n=Storm+Burst

Magma orb 1 projectile creates 3 Explosions (yes explosions from one projectile can't hit same target more than once): each 637 - 956 damage.
New skill 1 projectile creates 1 Explosion: 472 - 712 damage.

So:
1) Magma orb MORE MORE times better for map clearing.
2) For single, yes maybe new skill better because of x2 faster casting!
3) Damage effectiveness 125% vs 25%!

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grepman wrote:

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CBEToffOP wrote:

Because 300% more AOE also apply to Poison through inheritance!

I thought it doesnt anymore ?

You are right! So sad :(

Also question:
Where is any kind of amplifier for skill based on channeling duration?
Any channeling skills have bonus the longer you channeling, but this?

I dont think you're getting my point

let's say you do magma orb lmp

you have 3 projectiles and only explosion from the SAME magma orb projectile can overlap (but not reliably, depends on mob size sometimes) - see the wiki if you don't believe me

storm burst, each projectile is separate and can hit the same target when channeling. AND explosions overlap for 300% more damage each on release.

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trollbutt wrote:

ball lightning + storm call

Spoiler

My wife left me

This shit is going to be concidered soooo fucking OP and nerfed too the ground within the first major patch.

I guaranteeeeeee it

i'm looking forward to use that skill, very promissing.

OMG I WANT IT NOW GIVE ME IT NOW OR I WILL SUE ANOTHER COMPANY BECAUSE I CAN'T SUE YOU BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME AND I LOVE YOUR WORK!

no but seriously, this looks awesome and i can't wait to test it.

for anyone reading this and want to know what might be going on with the skill.

to start of, the skill is most likely a projectile, AoE, duration, lightning, spell.
duration is how long it takes before ALL of the projectiles you shoot explode at the same time which is certainly an interesting concept.

there were more projectiles being fired, tho are most likely cast while channeling support gem linked with lightningbolt and the second example was sire of shards which is a unique staff which causes projectiles to go in a nova(around you instead of where you are aiming) and adds projectiles.
might be something else i haven't picked up on