ELE LIGHTNING STRIKE - ALL T16s, Shaper, Uber Atziri, HOGM, Chayula, Elder

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phaenx wrote:

Hi!

I have always been a phys crit build lover since the beginning of OB (the orig Invalesco guide was my Bible). When I came back to the 2wk charity race I once again rolled a range phys crit build. I was inspired in my build by both the Goratha spec and your spec. I thought I would post my results here to perhaps help in furthering your build design and give other people ideas.

Here is my passive tree at lvl 90: (Bandits: Oak, Point(perhaps should have done oak), Alira)

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIAAF4EfgSxBX0FtQX5CC4OSBGWFfAWvxi9GYoZjhnVGo8a2yLqI_YkPCT9JpUnqStvLYMwcTB8MgEzDDpCOlhJUUp9S3hMYFFHVUtWLVbqVvpaSFptYeJirGegbXtwUnBWcLt9dX8rf8aHGYd2h9uIQow2jX2Nv5AblWaXBpoTmyabjZu1nZadqqZ_pzSnXKp_qrisf7GzshmyRLVIu-PAUcHFwzrEosaiz3rTftQj1QDWitad29TdqN7244TnVOd06NbrFO1B7YPuDu_w8-r22vsJ_MX-uv_e

And current gear:

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I have found the Lightning Coil to be extremely powerful when coupled with Evasion/Dodge. I took the reduced mana reserve nodes so that I could run Grace in addition to Hatred and Purity of Lightning. Build is at 4.8k life (limited due to jewelry, could prob have easy 5.5k+ life with life on every piece) and resists are currently 75/75/78/-7 with 9000evasion (49%), 40Dodge, and 46Spell Dodge and 28block.

Have been trying to figure out how to work in block with the build but it is really hard. Offensively my Spectral Throw is around 5.5k tooltip and Molten Strike around 23k (this skill even freezes *most* invasion bosses, so much fun!). I have also tried Lightning Strike (16k tooltip with 4L (replaced molten strike in helm with LS) and now power charges) but the mana leech nerfs make it hard even with 660 mana pool (60 unreserved)

One way to increase this builds survivability against spells would be to Vaal Orb the Atrizi Steps to get GRBW sockets, which would allow switching of grace for Purity of Fire for bosses like Crematorium (Or hatred if you really need the evasion)


I will try to find some time this week to post some character screenshots.

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Ceryneian wrote:

Hi, thanks for posting your gear and build! Yeah it is tough to get high block without Bringer of Rain and/or a lot of nodes. It is interesting to hear how Light Coil and Molten Strike are working out for you. I have yet to try them both. I guess you are not using Blind? Would be interested to hear more about your build and anything that gives a challenge for you.

BTW - are you level 90 on Invasion?! Damn, that's pretty impressive - grats!!.

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tinchop wrote:

What's your dps w/o mirrored dagger?

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JunKx wrote:

ceryneian i've been thinking about something regarding your build.

after doing some math regarding my build and my duelists build i've come to the realization that #1 you are heavily overdone on physical damage mitigation and #2 atziri steps are not a good option of boots for your current build.

we'll start with the math. right now your physical dmg mitigation without grace blind or enfeeble is sitting at around 90% figuring 32% evade 40% dodge and 75% block. soon as something is blind and enfeebled you're obviously 99% avoidance chance.
now with spell mitigation, with 75% block and 30% dodge you're looking at a flat 82.5% chance to avoid all dmg. with the atziri steps (+16% dodge) that only gets boosted to 86.5%. that 16% spell dodge sounds great but really only gives you a measly 4% effectiveness.

So heres what i think. I think you should either

#1 keep the atziri boots and spec out of acrobatics/phase acrobatics. this will allow you a handful of passives, tone down your physical mitigation so you're not so overdone with it by cutting out dodge and allows you to keep all your armor and ES. in turn you could use elderich battery to get the FULL ES amount into mana too, if need be.

numbers wise if you did this you'd still be looking at a physical avoidance of 83% without blind or enfeeble. with blind you're approx 91% avoidance and with enfeeble added you're at 97.5% avoidance even WITHOUT grace. with grace it would obviously be much higher, but still not necessarily needed. against projectiles you'd still be 91% avoidance without blind/enfeeble and 99% with blind/both.
as for spell mitigation with 75% block and 16% dodge you're still sitting at 79% avoidance. this is not a big drop from your current 86.5% with 46% spell dodge. also not a big drop from just phase acro 30% spell dodge at 82.5.

#2 keep acrobatics/phase acro but lose the atziri steps. this would take your spell avoidance from 86.5 to 82.5% but in turn you could use the blood dance boots for a lot more regen if you added in frenzy charges, or possibly the windscream unique boots that give another curse, and 10% elemental dmg +1x% all resistances.

just couple suggestions. i think the best would be to just use a different pair of boots if there is another unique that is useful for you. if not then it doesn't really matter, but you have some options there.