[1.2.] Serge's Ultimate Ball Lightning (3 Versions: EB-MoM-AA / hybrid HP-ES Crit / CI Crit!)

I'm running into an issue - even with reduced mana and 1454 mana, the mana pool seems to be unsustainable with purity of lightning. Can't even get up to it, and thats with still having all the mana nodes taken in tree 2

i guess theres some int i havent grabbed yet

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DemoN_M4U wrote:

1. I thought that if sparks from ball aren't projectals, LMP isn't decreas damage. THX i will check BL + IAoE
2. Yes you're right, i forget that HoI is % not flat:)
4. I linked Pledge of Hands Judgement Staff so you didn't check my link or i'm really blind :)

You cannot compare Spark and BL because the skills' mechanics are different. GMP on Vaal Spark makes a lot of sense. On a skill that cannot shotgun, like BL, LMP/GMP makes no sense. For example, Incinerate can shotgun, meaning that all the projectiles cast do damage to a single target, each its own damage. This effect is called "shotgunning" because if a target is close to you, you will deal more damage than if it is further away, which is how a shotgun works. BL does not work that way. If you use LMP, only 1 of the 3 projectiles will deal damage to a single target. That is why you effectively loose DPS. I hope you understand now.

You were right about Pledge, I didn't add it, sorry. Added now.

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BlackYoshi7 wrote:

I'm running into an issue - even with reduced mana and 1454 mana, the mana pool seems to be unsustainable with purity of lightning. Can't even get up to it, and thats with still having all the mana nodes taken in tree 2

i guess theres some int i havent grabbed yet

Really? Not sure how. I have a 1200 mana pool, I use discipline, clarity (level 9) and purity of lightning, which brings me to 110-120 mana, which I regenerate instantly after a single cast. That's on my CI build in Rampage. I'm still on 4-links, though, but I do have a lot of mana regen on gear. Maybe that's your problem?

You are on 4L, I'm on 6. I have like, 1530 mana, and if i turn on purity, it leaves me with about 70 mana and 6L ball lightning costs 107

Considering I already have like, +150 mana from gear and have taken basically every mana node in reach except for that one by the scion energy shield tree, its a concern. Pretty much the only slots where i can add mana are my belt, and my chest



Considering we need to add like, 50+ strength from items, plus the mana cost, its becoming a real pain to gear out

Hm, so for 6L it might be a problem. You could get more mana regen on wand, rings and shield. Plus, if you get dream fragments, that's more mana and mana regen.

I'm far away from a 6L still, but we'll see.

You might also consider taking the 4% reduced mana reservation near the CI node.

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ComradeSerge wrote:

Hm, so for 6L it might be a problem. You could get more mana regen on wand, rings and shield. Plus, if you get dream fragments, that's more mana and mana regen.

I'm far away from a 6L still, but we'll see.

You might also consider taking the 4% reduced mana reservation near the CI node.

Its not the regen, its that you actually have not enough mana to cast a spell lol

Obv dream fragments will definitively solve the issue. Don't have one yet, thats what the tabula rasa will turn into ideally!

Going to sacrifice the area of effect gem on the 5L because that one seems to be the most luxurious

Did you try turning clarity off then maybe? :D

Also, get the 4% reduced mana reserved node, it's literally right there on the way from CI to the 60% spell crit node.

EDIT:
With this tree:

and Clarity (lvl9), Purity of Lightning, Discipline, I've got 181 mana left for casting. If your mana regen is fine, as you say it is, this should be more than enough to cast a 6L BL.

Just so everyone knows. Herald of Ice proc's EE last so the monsters always have reduced lightning resist. Pretty goddamn OP!

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Dmillz wrote:

Just so everyone knows. Herald of Ice proc's EE last so the monsters always have reduced lightning resist. Pretty goddamn OP!

You mean the added spell damage? Or just the explosion proc? Presumably the former though that makes less sense.