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

I am wondering if there is an alternetive route to go on the gem setup. Has anyone tried something with like increase crit / crit damage etc? IF you are playing another gem setup, please post your thoughts and ideas. Thanks!

I am wondering if there is an alternetive route to go on the gem setup. Has anyone tried something with like increase crit / crit damage etc? IF you are playing another gem setup, please post your thoughts and ideas. Thanks!

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toddliestew wrote:

Is it possible to play this build with claw or is it much better with dagger :)? Also what do i look for in a dagger, EDps only ? or is EDWA and crit/attackspeed more important?

I am currently running a Spectral throw build but i wanna change to this, Can someone take a look at my profile and check if my current gear i sufficiant enough to change to this build, Thanks!

Yes bud, of course, just swap claw nodes for dagger nodes. Dagger prioritize APS, crit chance, flat lightning damage, % elemental damage or flat fire. If you can get a Shaper dagger to add prefix Gain X% of Elemental Damage as Extra Chaos Damage that is great as well - and this mod can beat added lightning or % wed for example but just check in PoB before you buy.

This is an ele build so it's easy to swap skills - you can use ST, MS, FB etc.

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TGGarrett wrote:

In PoB it has the melee attack of LS at 1.1 mil dps and projectiles are at 496k dps but the build says its 1.1mil dps per projectile. I do not understand, what am I missing?

PoB is bugged right now buddy with Multistrike not giving the correct damage for the projectiles - it is only factoring the penalty but not the attack speed bonus for the projectile calc. Before PoB was able to calculate projectile damage correctly with MS so those are the figures for my LS projectile DPS at that time on regular mobs. The current 1.1m melee DPS is on Shaper.

If you really want to figure out your DPS wiht projectiles you can do it approximately by going into PoB and select melee LS damage and note DPS with MS, then take off MS and note new DPS for melee LS. Then switch to projectile LS (still with MS out) and multiply by the ratio

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Jackdaws wrote:

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toddliestew wrote:

I have now switched to this build. I kinda feel like a lack quite a bit of DPS. Please check my profile and tell me if you see something that needs to be replaced ( I skipped phase acrobatics, to get some more leech)

Your first upgrade needs to be Lycosidae. It will feel 100x better when you don't have to worry about missing due to accuracy.

Aye true.

Toddlie here some comments on your build. I think overall you are in really good shape, but some upgrades you can make to shield, gloves, and ammy.
- Flasks are very good, try swap quicksilver for Quartz if you want a bit more survivability
- Gloves are nice, if you can find Tombfist with 1 or 2 socket that would be a good upgrade, but not necessary
- Belt and jewel are very good
- Voidwalker is the end-game boot, if you can get one with a nice corruption i.e. +1 frenzy charge that would be good but it's luxury
- Rings are good, ammy can be upgraded to something with lightning / WED / crit and some more life
- Shield - as mentioned Lycosidae should be your priority upgrade item next
- Helm - once you switch to Lycosidae, I would take off Rat's Nest and get a rare EV helm with some life and res, try and get one with the LS enchant for damage
- Dagger is nice, no need to upgrade
- Chest is good, no need to upgrade

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toddliestew wrote:

I am wondering if there is an alternetive route to go on the gem setup. Has anyone tried something with like increase crit / crit damage etc? IF you are playing another gem setup, please post your thoughts and ideas. Thanks!

I have not tried ICD / ICC because I just optimized the links adn went with that, however when I got Loreweave I put on Blood Rage and took out Damage on Full Life for Light Pen. I think the damage setup you have now is the best for those colors, but you can play around in PoB to see which blue / red gem would be next powerful.

Some gems you could think about trying:
- Ele Focus
- Additional Accuracy if you cannot get Lycosidae
- Slower Projectiles
- ICC / ICD
- Faster Attacks

Thank you for the replies. I found your comments very helpfull. If Colours on the chest weren't a problem. What, in your opinion is the ideal gem setup :)? Also how important is crit? im currently 38% crit and was wondering if its to low or fine. Thanks!

How good would be a shroud of the lightless for this build?

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toddliestew wrote:

Thank you for the replies. I found your comments very helpfull. If Colours on the chest weren't a problem. What, in your opinion is the ideal gem setup :)? Also how important is crit? im currently 38% crit and was wondering if its to low or fine. Thanks!

Best setup is Lightning Strike + Added Lightning + Elemental Damage with Attacks + Multistrike + two of ( Damage on Full Life / Light Pen / Ele Focus ).

If you are doing t14+ bosses I would recommend going for Ele Focus (see Shock section), if you are having trouble with degen don't use Damage on Full Life.

Crit super important, try to get around 50% crit chance before Diamond flask.

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Scarraner wrote:

How good would be a shroud of the lightless for this build?

It works well yes