1.00 MajorGaren's Newbie friendly 1h-Shield, Lightning strike!

infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy is released from the weapon as projectiles as you strike, flying out behind your target to hit further-away enemies. The Projectiles cannot miss if the melee attack hits its target.So, the more Physical damage you have, the more lightning damage you deal.

Why this build? It's not on Kripps list!
Well, because:
*It's lightning arrow on steroids. Yes. Steroids. Why? well, first of all, having shield and being able to block is very nice. And it will save your ass numbers of times. And in Onslaught there's plenty of fast things that want to kill you.

*It's safe, tanky and has amazing dps output! You can easly reach 5-10kdps With decent eapon. You have issues with damage up close? Well, run away lose some dmg and still be able to deal tons of damage. You will shock. You will be able to take Brutus hit, you will be able to lead your party. You'll roll with around 5/6k Hp at lvl 85 With capped resists and decent defense.

*It's suitable for any party or map! You will be able to do most of the maps with no high issues. Due your tanking abilities and offensive you will be desirable party member. Did i mention you shock, and have around 5 attacks per second? So basically you're sporker without totems.

Explanation and general info : LINK

Stream link : LINK

How to buff auras explained : LINK

Solo meeps 69/70/72 : 72 man solo

Tanking Carnage, 71 : LINK

Endgame Tree


Now that's full 95~ Build. But to get there, there's plenty ways. But most of em involves around your gear. It's always you who has to decide which keystone you getting first.And depending on your geaar you can go which ever. I don't think you really need guidance here, but's relatively obvious where to go, but if you need some or got questions, you can post it here.
Bandits Quest:
Normal
40 Life (Help Oak)
Cruel
18% Physical Damadge(Help Oak)
Merciless
Endurance Charge (Help Oak) Or Kill em all, and get passive. It's up to you.

It's tricky when it gets to gear. It can be as godly as it gets, or less "GGG". But you have make do sometimes. Here's my gear:


So basically : You looking for high DPS weapon, with high attack speed and preferably some elemental damage str/dex on it is luxury. As long as you can get them your LS will do fine.

Armor should contain health. YES every single peace of it. Armor on armor and gloves/boots/helm is explanatory. You will need some dex/str on your items to maximize gems like grace/wrath/blood rage.

Jewelry should have health/resists/elemental damage. Prioritize in this order.

At level 82 I have :
Offense :

Defense :

Main skill:
So your main 5l attack should have : Lightning strike+Multistrike+Weapon elemental damage+Added fire damage+Blood magic

Why? Well, i use EWD, Added fire for damage, because cost of the skill is at : 105. You regenerate 350+ Life (look defense stats) and since you chaining it twice, you wont notice you using it. But if you prefer using Life leech : remove added fire, and get the life leech. This is your single and AOE attack. You wont need anything else. More info in video selection!

Auras
Here's the tricky part. You will need this :
It's not expensive : around 10~ chaos. You will run 6 auras. Here's the trick.
Why? Well you will use this to buff your Grace, Wrath Anger auras with.
Put the mask on and use 4L : Grace, wrath, anger, reduced mana.
Like this :
Remove the mask.

Another 4l is : Hatred, Determination, Vitality, reduced mana.
Like this :

4L Helm is your defense.Since your manapool is kinda low, you gotta use either blood magic or reduced mana with them. summon skeleton+spell totem+faster casting+blood magic :

Shield Molten shell+Increased duration+Blood magic Since molten shell is both Armor and dps, you must have it. link it such way.


Curse/Utility : Elemental weakness. Because your skill is based both on physical and elemental. But most of your damage comes from elemental. It's must have.

Enduring cryIt's a simple answer : you need physical reduction and this skill gives it you for very little mana cost.

Blood rage: You need Attack speed/Physical/Life leech? Well you can get it for as little as 4% hp as chaos per second. Since you got 350+ per second it's free. And 5+% life leech for free? Yes please.