Your favorite skill Gem in PoE?

Forget about meta for a moment, forget about what works and what doesn't right now.

What's your favorite Skill Gem to use in the game and why? (Mechanics, sound effects, how it looks, etc..) and do you plan to build around it for next league?

lightning strike, i love the skill but its utter crap right now so i dont really play it as rn its frost blades with lower damage, no auto targeting and gets stuck on every stone or other piece of scenery

Ice spear. I love the visuals, I love the sound. I don't like anything else about it. Probably won't touch it ever again until GGG makes it significantly less clunky to play.

Sunder and molten strike, one is good for leveling and clear and other is good for bossing.

Sound: Herald of ice, preferably with gloom herald. So. Damn. Satisfying.
Mechanics: Frostbolt-Vortex combo. I like the idea, but I can't be assed to make a build around it.
How it looks: Easily flameblast, preferably with celestial flameblast effect.
Best combination of looks, sounds and mechanics: Vaal Burning Arrow. KABOOOOOOM.

Ball Lightning.


Love the look.

Love the sound, especally with some crit.

Love the way it makes mobs moonwalk when it pushes them with some knockback.

It even looks good in screen caps.



Wolf

My favorite is easily Firestorm with the siege MTX.

I just love the idea of massive siege engines firing down on a certain location, destroying all in their wake.
I love how it kills, how it stays longer than 0.3 seconds and keeps on doing damage and the sound/visual of it

I just haven't been able to really make a proper build around it cause no time yet lol

Sadly I will never have as much fun in this game as I had with legacy facebreakers+legacy DOMINATING blow.


I tried many builds but nothing is as fun as being god himself,turning your foes in to friends with single touch, that aid you with all the auras n shit.

All monsters on the map=your army=>go boss=>watch your army of 200+ monsters rip him.

I had some fun with RF because the gameplay is so comfy,just walking around melting stuff on contact.
Otherwise I was only angry about how some things work
Summoner=AI was s*t
Glacial mines=gamefeel was s***t
Any bow build=boring(except quill rain builds that no longer work)

I do not know what to try anymore

Arc, and tempest shield

will love to see buffs to then being viable in same build.