[3.3, Build-of-the-week] Stored Lightning Bolt - CantripN's Lightning Trapper.

idk why my damage still low on dps...
respect to your damage
i have no problem to kill all map tier 1/16 and shaper
this is my pastebin ... https://pastebin.com/qbsMNKL7
can u help me to know why?

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Wruih wrote:

idk why my damage still low on dps...
respect to your damage
i have no problem to kill all map tier 1/16 and shaper
this is my pastebin ... https://pastebin.com/qbsMNKL7
can u help me to know why?

Your damage is pretty darned good. Better than any other trapper this league that's not me, in fact. You can upgrade your amulet as I said, and some more levels / helm enchant (or +1 power charge).

Small things. Your damage is REALLY good.

First of all, this is your actual dps currently - https://pastebin.com/BtmiTSQ0

Second, you're missing "throw an additional trap on your gloves" now!
120% crit chance on boots, and helm enchant, as noted...
By 95, something like - https://pastebin.com/6WuV71L3

By 95, that would be 4.3 mil dps :)
To compare, I only have 5.1 mil, and with even better gear, so 4.3 is amazing. I think I did Uber Elder for the first time at around 2 mil (not what you see on the vid, that's around 5).

Also, I see you're not using Vaal Righteous Fire and/or Vaal Arc. Use them, it gives you a HUGE boost.

thx for the reply realy help me

This is how Minotaur looks when I don't forget to swap to Shimmerons: https://youtu.be/sIRQdVr9kcM

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Clow wrote:

Hey sorry to bother, I've just started playing your arc trap build and had a few questions if you don't mind!

1. I notice you take both MoM and EB at the same time, can I ask what the reasoning is behind that? I feel like 99% of the time I see one or the other but never both. Very curious!

2. At what point in the leveling process did you decide to take both?

3. Do you feel like you use vaal RF and vaal Clarity enough that you would suggest it to me? Or is it something you mostly used while leveling?

4. What gems did you prioritize getting level 21's of and 20% quality of first?

5. On that same vein are there certain items you focused on getting first? I found some pretty sick extra trap gloves but apart from that i don't know what I should look for first.

Bonus: What should I try and find on jewels besides the usual Life/Crit Multi?

I'm still early leveling right now but I'm learning a lot as I go, so yeah thanks for reading this!

1 - Tinkerskin gives you ES whenever you hit an enemy with a trap, so if you have EB + MoM, you have infinite "Mana", and it also helps protect you at the same time.

2 - The instant I put Tinkerskin on. No point before that, really.

3 - Vaal RF is great for bosses that don't have stages, Vaal Clarity I just recently added as a "why-not" thing, it's really not a big deal.

4 - Arc 21 before anything else, the rest can wait. Cluster Trap gains the most from 21 after that, and from then on, check with PoB what adds the most.

5 - 6L Tinkerskin, 2 Shimmerons, +1 trap gloves, Essence Worm, that's the basics. After that, slowly work up.

Bonus: Jewels should prioritize Life => Throwing Speed => Multi of any kind. As another option, Abyssal Jewels are fairly good, with upto 30 Crit Chance, 12% Multi, T1-2 Flat Lightning (dual wielding or just for spells), and Life/Mana.

Good luck!

How do you think Lightning Spire trap rates against Ball Lightning? Currently leveling this build with your recommended gems, but was wondering cause I happen to like spire trap.

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xNxBxDx wrote:

How do you think Lightning Spire trap rates against Ball Lightning? Currently leveling this build with your recommended gems, but was wondering cause I happen to like spire trap.

Spire is better if you keep throwing Arc after. Otherwise, Ball Lightning is better. Either way, at the end, you'll only need Arc if your gear is good enough.

-Lvl 97 and killed uber elder 50+ times this league. Was able to level from 95 to 97 while farming him
-240,556.9 Average hit dmg with .28s trap throwing time on arc with flasks and arcane surge (no vaal RF)
-I went the Arrow dancing and Herbalism nodes instead of another jewel socket (those shadow minions were probably half my RIPs this league)
-Sold a watcher's eye for 60 ex to buy my double wrath one
-Got amazing luck on the tinker skin double enchant (RIP'd some pretty valuable stuff this league though)
-Was happy about the helm although i went for power charge on +#-# Lightning damage to spells shaped helms to no avail
-And yes the Ele Pen on shaper ammies is better than the #% Of non-Chaos as extra Chaos on elder ones :)

Thanks for the sick build

Just dropped in to share some alternative min-max gearing options.


Lv 26 arc has an additional chain over 21 arc and a lot more flat lightning than what a 21 added lightning will give. I also like to have that shock (mainly for automaton arc Mtx effect since damage is more than enough without shock) so I chose not to use ele focus. Do note the extra bit of mana cost due to empower 4 though. 26 Arc can also be achieved with vaal arc in a +2 duration gem and empower 4.


+1 arc chain enchant is quite competitive and comparable to +1 power charges for a shimmerons build due to 15% more damage with each remaining chain.

Now I have arc which chains 10 times and it feels absolutely amazing both for mapping and for bossing.

I've 4.2m Shaper dps on this char with only flask charges up (Wise Oak, Diamond, Sulfur/Atziri's Promise) and Wrath in essence worm. Not even using an Elder Essence Worm + Mark of the Shaper combo.

With arcane surge, conductivity, vaal rf,bear trap (indirect 15% more damage), I have 8.15m Shaper dps (no lightning spire trap in my setup) and though that would only last a few seconds, it is more than enough time to take out any Guardian with any mod. Guardians like Hydra and Phoenix die before they unleash their first attack on me and I see Chimera for a grand total of 2secs combined from all the different phases before he just dies (sometimes no smoke phase at all which can be rippy). Over 10 uber elder kills this league and only failed my first ever attempt.

My tree has less life than OP's (so I compensate for that by getting a more defensive ring and amulet) but it just felt a lot more efficient with fewer travelling nodes so I could afford to go for more dps nodes. Managed to do Uber Elder deathless once but my terrible internet connection and poor dodging skills means that I cannot replicate it all the time.

Due to a lack of proper movement skills with wands (flame dash does not count), I use a self cast phase run-Inc duration and CWDT phase run on top of quicksilver of adrenaline + silver flask for mapping. Brightbeak and shield charge is prob still much better but I get to level some gems in my offhand for temple corruptions or some extra currency.

Thanks for posting your characters and thoughts, both!

Trappers work in many ways, there probably is no one perfect way. I really should swap my Vaal Clarity for Vaal Grace.