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

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Ceryneian wrote:

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Thotor wrote:

I am very interested in your build for the Invasion league. I can clearly see the appeal in evasion/block.
In invasion, we have access to a unique quiver with very high defensive stat including block and spell block chance : http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Rearguard
Do you believe this would be viable using a Bow ?

Hey man, thank you for the interest in the build.

Rearguard initially looked interesting to me, but we will not be able to get much block just using the quiver. The problem with block (and dodge) is that you need a good amount of it - because it is completely random - to be effective. This quiver looks like it was made for armor-based archers that could not reach Acrobatics / Phase Acrobatics, but the block chance is very low and may not be as useful as just getting Acrobatics / Phase Acrobatics.

I would just stick with Acro / Phase Acro + evasion for your ranged build. Unfortunately I do not play a lot of archer builds so my knowledge is lacking in terms of the tree and gear required for archers.

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xenochaos1 wrote:

any one can tell me what is the name of the weapon effect on the 1st page screenshot?

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i think it is the :
Arctic Weapon Effect
do someone know if they ver goes on sale?

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JerryVoy wrote:

Hey im having a hard time with this build atm. DPS is 7k atm and Crit is not high enough, also sometimes i take too much damage.

Here is my gear idk if i should change something to make it better, there are few better daggers than this one on invasion atm. I still need to get gems to quality 20

Gear:

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Passive:

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYAAtAEfgSxBbUF-QguDkgRlhXwFr8a2xutHhoegSP2JDwknSaVJ6koKjBUMHEyATpCOlg94kjuSTtJUUp9S3hLjUxgVUtW-lpIWm1e-mHiYlpirGegbXtwUnRBdK5313iufXV_K3_GhxmHdofbjDaP-pVmmVebJpuNnaOdqqOKpn-nNKdcsbOyGbTFtUi307vjwFHC7MSixqLN6s96037UI9aK1p3Xy9tV3aje9uOE53To1usU7UHuDu_w8-r5Y_yr_MX-uv8c_5M=

EDIT: Also, additional accuracy just gives me 9% more chance to hit atm (level 17) is it really worth it? Sacrificing a gem spot for 9% more accuracy? I guess with the quality it would give me some Crit Chance but in that case i could use Increase Crit Chance

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Ceryneian wrote:

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JerryVoy wrote:

Hey im having a hard time with this build atm. DPS is 7k atm and Crit is not high enough, also sometimes i take too much damage.

Here is my gear idk if i should change something to make it better, there are few better daggers than this one on invasion atm. I still need to get gems to quality 20

Gear:

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Passive:

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYAAtAEfgSxBbUF-QguDkgRlhXwFr8a2xutHhoegSP2JDwknSaVJ6koKjBUMHEyATpCOlg94kjuSTtJUUp9S3hLjUxgVUtW-lpIWm1e-mHiYlpirGegbXtwUnRBdK5313iufXV_K3_GhxmHdofbjDaP-pVmmVebJpuNnaOdqqOKpn-nNKdcsbOyGbTFtUi307vjwFHC7MSixqLN6s96037UI9aK1p3Xy9tV3aje9uOE53To1usU7UHuDu_w8-r5Y_yr_MX-uv8c_5M=

EDIT: Also, additional accuracy just gives me 9% more chance to hit atm (level 17) is it really worth it? Sacrificing a gem spot for 9% more accuracy? I guess with the quality it would give me some Crit Chance but in that case i could use Increase Crit Chance

Hi, thanks for post. Your gear looks good.
- Damage: if you want more damage take out Additional Accuracy and use any of the other damage gems I mention in guide: Weapon Elemental Damage, Increased Crit Damage, Increased Crit Chance, PCOC, Lightning Penetration, etc. I list many in the guide. Feel free to use what you like. WED, and Lightning Pen. I feel give the most damage increase. I would argue that Lightning Pen. is probably the best to use because of how many mobs have elemental resistances - some of which I am sure are capped at 75%, who knows maybe even some bosses are overcapped above 75% resistances - such that curses like Elemental Weakness and Conductivity will have little effect in lowering their resistances below 75%. Lightning Pen. will destroy them, but it has a very high mana multiplier and it will not show any increase on your tooltip
- The tooltip for Lightning Strike is misleading because it is only factoring in the melee attack, you can calculate your projectile damage and add that to the DPS to see what the true DPS of Lightning Strike really is. Please note: you have to consider mana issues because some of the above gems have heavy mana multipliers
- Taking too much damage: make sure you get a Jade flask so you can increase your evasion during fights. ALTERNATIVELY: fight from range. You do not have to fight in melee. Yes you will have lower DPS using ranged form, but it is much safer. That is the whole point of the Lightning Strike build - if you always want to play as melee just use a melee skill instead like Double Strike / Reave - you will have higher tooltip DPS if that is what you are looking for.
- I also notice you are missing several block nodes on the tree, these would be helpful to get to benefit your regular defense and your spell defense
- Also - why are you using Lightning Warp? You should be using Whirling Blades because it has much better mobility for fights. If you really want to use Lightning Warp - link it with Reduced Duration and Faster Casting, but Whirling Blades is way better for survivability


- Additional Accuracy: this gem is amazing for any crit build. Not only does it have no mana multiplier, it also gives some decent crit chance on quality. Also remember that your crits are ROLLED TWICE - so your hit check is checked twice before you can crit, per hit. Here is an example: suppose you make a hit that has a critical strike attached. This is what I believe your chance to actually land a crit with 80% chance to hit, and 90% chance to hit are. Someone let me know if my math is wrong, but I believe this is right:
0.8x0.8= 64% chance to hit with successful crit
0.9x0.9 = 81% chance to hit with successful crit

So you can see why Additional Accuracy is powerful for crit builds: increasing your chance to hit by 11% from 80% to 90% (11% increase), gives you a 27% increase for landing successful crits.

Anyway, good luck with the build and feel free to change things as you like.

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sutverejas wrote:

Hi,
Thanks for very nice build you posted :) What are your opinion on using spectral throw in this build? It possible? Good luck.