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

You'd need to take the +30 dex nodes, ofc. Forgot to add them to the tree.

EDIT: which also showed me there's a shorter pathing to the shadow area, lol. Saved 1 point.

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Dmillz wrote:

Edit: Here's what I think the CI tree would look like. https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgMAGyVLrukC34ptGdlbPV9SU5f0l5WnKzW5EVAdT0yzEQ_bXlAw3YzZX-ASjRl-r4IQ37AsnBBYdhFfKuvkBAcc3A2NbAsi9Cy_wcV_xlZjFdeGrvIdZJ3r9Y_67BhJUfDVSbHXz_k374iTJypTYpWycLQMdweHE5ykb56DCUZxDXzqul3yDkgRlhEvKwq293BSidNw1aSRfjOMNhOeJjwW8y-di3o2xR8Cw21ca4RI4vcBb9D1QZaus2NDwwm5kwVCuMo7fA_EoqOQ1iymN2Y0ClcrvYI=

Here's how I would do CI:

Exact same amount of points as your tree, 12% more elemental damage, 5% more ES, 50% more crit chance, 1 more power charge, more armour, + life leech applies to ES.

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ComradeSerge wrote:

Here's how I would do CI:

Spoiler

https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgMA2VsbJUuu6QLfiqcrNbkRUG0ZHU8RD9teUDBMsy0f3YzZX-ASjRl-r8NtXGuESPfXrJhfKnRVVmMV14auLL_BxX_GoqPB85Ugflld8g5IEZYRLysKtvdwUonTcNWkkX4zjDYTnmNDX2rb50cG8uENfOq6tAyTJxzci3oBb-L30PVBlq6zBUIsnHYREFi4yjt8D8Rq-g5cRX5vnoMJRnF3B4cTnKTyHWSd6_WP-uwYncRY9bcxQ2Oaz3FNZp760h0Uj0aboSlPhX0WQLb696aOZOQigps=

Exact same amount of points as your tree, 12% more elemental damage, 5% more ES, 50% more crit chance, 1 more power charge, more armour, + life leech applies to ES.

I would drop the Ghost Reaver unless you plan on using a life leech gem (I'm not personally, other links too good). A couple things you missed were yours has 12% less cast speed, 48% less spell damage, 12% less aoe, 50% less mana, and 35% less mana regen. The biggest things here being mana/mana regen, since as CI you can't use EB we are going to need a decent mana pool to sustain casting. We won't know how much until the new leagues start so mine might be a bit overkill though.

I was thinking Ghost Reaver for leech from Doryani's belt and mace, but it would actually be better not to count on those items. Also, CI means belt slot should be reserved for ES belt.

So, gotten 4 points from losing Ghost Reaver, spend 3 more into mana and 3 more into cast speed, those two should be fine now. I don't like taking AoE nodes that much for BL, there's just so many better things you can take.

But CI BL crit seems very fun and interesting, I might opt for this build myself in the new leagues.

PoeBuilder won't let me edit for some reason. If we took your latest tree there, dropped Lightning Walker and the Elemental Damage node and spec into the first two with 16% nodes, I think that's definitely the best we've come up with!

fwiw, heres my BL EB MoM with carcass jack instead of defiance. non crit, hp
https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgMA37DfioIQB6UC40myLJwreB_HLYttGZf0CPRSU8BUl5U9X2pDvOpMswQHg9tVxjpYrJgRD36vTC21hY0ZFLDvUOASgh7BtNlfiELbC_TpLX3djMHFT682iX_G7BhnvRzcL51wu5MnFvPZE7QMJjwvb7JwRnFilYMJ4YgqU2-eHarKSvGzUUxLV6xHwON9WypNPycVIErILOndDVuv_MUY204qZ6B08Smlh3aFMkp9bqq18jWS_o9N46ZX2L3-CjrhIuJH4tCBpDnyRVb67g6jiiP2TZK9glcr6-RfKg==

BL is not that mana expensive especialy critical and dream fragments gives good mana boost too.
I think adjusting mana for disciple+clarity+purity of lightning taking few reduced mana nodes on the way is needed and you get 1 extra max lightning resist.

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Dmillz wrote:

PoeBuilder won't let me edit for some reason. If we took your latest tree there, dropped Lightning Walker and the Elemental Damage node and spec into the first two with 16% nodes, I think that's definitely the best we've come up with!

You're right!

I made a Reddit thread, I'd rly appreciate it if you guys threw some upvotes, since someone is downvoting me for no reason as soon as I posted the link, lol.

http://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/2dsjp3/the_ultimate_witch_ball_lightning_guide_3/

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kavinux wrote:

BL is not that mana expensive especialy critical and dream fragments gives good mana boost too.
I think adjusting mana for disciple+clarity+purity of lightning taking few reduced mana nodes on the way is needed and you get 1 extra max lightning resist.

Spoiler

https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgMA2VsbJUuu6QLfiqcrNbkRUG0ZHU8RD9teUDBMsy0f3YzZX-ASjRl-r8NtXGuESPfXrJhfKnRVVmMV14auLL_BxX_GoqPB85UgXfIOSBGWcFKJ03DVY0MNfOq6tAyTJxzci3oBb-L30PVBlq6zBUIsnLjKO3wPxGr6DlxFfm-egwlGcXcHhxOcpPIdZJ3r9Y_67BidxFj1tzFDY5rPcU1mnvrSHRSPRpuhKU-FfRZAtvr3po5k5CJSU5eVPV-X9HC74YgdqtkTL28nqRVQpwgqU2KVsnA=

That also seems like a good plan to try out. If you'll be running that version when 1.2. starts, can you post how it's going and if it works here?