Build of the Week Season 3 Episode 11: Lightning Tendrils Crit Scion

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mireklefou wrote:

They've got bills to pay and Act4 production to feed so get over it and support it. You'd do whatever it takes to push your F2P game out there too.

The build itself is as disappointing as that ice spear freeze one we've seen here a while ago.
I'd rather see that dual divinarius three dragons one to showcase a power of tendrils.

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Sa_Re wrote:

Sorry again for being so negative. I don't wanna poop on your build Madcow1120, it's just a poor BotW choice imo, esp. because this build would be slightly better as a witch.

Kudos for your mannered reply!

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Madcow1120 wrote:

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Sa_Re wrote:

Echo with tendrils is a no-go for me, esp. with a crit build. Tooltip DPS is not all.

From judging the courtyard vid in build thread, my LT build performs better, with a 5l.

Sorry for being negative here but a meh build with a 6l cloak is disappointing for me.

e: And why Scion? The buildmaker respecced but the build would be better as witch. No biggie but a bit disapointing for a BotW.

Ok. Why not echo?

Because it just raises tooltip DPS. From my experience, everything dies to a crit, with or without echo. So echo locks you in place longer but whites and most blues are dead anyway before the additional hits from echo occur. If you don't crit and have echo, it takes longer before you have the chance to do the next crit.

In groups the additional damage from echo matters, but you have to be quick as a melee to even hit stuff before the ranged crit monsters kill everything around you. Echo makes this more difficult.

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Madcow1120 wrote:

I'm all for constructive criticism to help make this better for me and for everyone else. Also, I don't claim that this is the end all be all.

I posted my LT build in skill feedback: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1092969/page/7
It's not fully optimized and I changed a few small things since I posted it. No 20/20 gems, no 6l, etc.

The thing is, my build was cheaper than your armor alone and performs similar, maybe even better at mapping. Yours should vastly outperform mine at Atziri though. Not saying they should have chosen mine instead, I didn't even post a guide and it would be a poor choice for BotW. It's just when I compare our different approaches, I think that LT still has a lot more potential than we currently get out of it.

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AkamuCZ wrote:

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iamnotspock wrote:

STOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
USING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GAMESPOT !!!!!!!!!!!

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TheWretch wrote:

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AkamuCZ wrote:

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iamnotspock wrote:

STOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
USING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GAMESPOT !!!!!!!!!!!

just check them on GGG's YT channel

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symban wrote:

No offense to player, but what is special about that build? You can replace LT with any random skill and it will still work at least as good (if not better). It is a good functioning build, because it has access to 20/20 gems with 6L. Without them it would be subpar to most builds in forums.

But if I am missing out on some smart game mechanic used here pls do tell? Nothing I see in the build was new or innovative (unlike arcane archer build which was damn so smart)