[3.5] *The Perfect Storm* Shock Nova / Storm Call Elementalist

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azuz22 wrote:

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Darksagex wrote:

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azuz22 wrote:

I'm doing 1 to 5T maps right now, and was wondering if i'm doing something wrong? Bosses literally take nada in terms of damage, and take a looooong time to kill, either by Storm call or by Nova. Got both 5 linked with Nova being in a Pledge of Hands. My char's Naethes if you feel like checking it out.

EDIT: Also why is https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Crackling_Speed node not taken? Is there a specific reason to it? Since it seems like a higher damage up vs a crit multiplier node.

Most of the damage comes from crits and power charges, do you have them up when you're fighting? Also your profile is private, so I can't tell which tree you are using.

Thanks for the reply. I got a lot further by just buying Call of the Brotherhood and switching Arctic armor over to Herald of Ice. And yeah, my Power charges are 100% up as long as there are packs within 10 seconds of eachother. I also switched Cast speed with Conc effect to get somewhere with the map boss damage.

EDIT: And if you wanna look at my char, i made it public, thanks for pointing that out. I still feel that i struggle, but i have a more straight view on the problems now.

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Necrol wrote:

I am running low Tier maps atm, mainly 2/3 to gear up a bit.

It has been a while since i played a caster, but is it me or is stun from physical hits alot more of an issue than it has been in the past?
Some bosses (Vaal pyramid and arid lake-max enraged) i expected to be more trouble than others, but those two are quite hard with this build.
Well, hopefully gear will get some upgrades soon. If anybody has advice, charname is VorsichtHochspannung.

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Grodor92 wrote:

Hey! Love the guide! was just wondering if it is hardcore viable? And also the link for your talent tree isn't working for me.. why ?

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Darksagex wrote:

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Grodor92 wrote:

Hey! Love the guide! was just wondering if it is hardcore viable? And also the link for your talent tree isn't working for me.. why ?

A lot of builds can be HC viable assuming you have a certain restrictive playstyle. That being said I wouldn't recommend this build for HC, as the game has too many ways of killing you and the build doesn't stack various forms of defense like a max block glad. I had very few deaths the second time around in beta, but I still managed to rip a few times.

The build itself is very strong, but not invincible. A bit of armor, two instant heal flasks, MoM, Immortal Call, 3 endurance charges, a decent health pool on top of excellent DPS do take the build far though :)

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Theovide wrote:

I'm playing this build in HC, so we'll see how that goes, second char so far, first died at first real boss in act 5 due to not knowing the abilities at all, now I'm back at act 5. Anyway, do you guys think storm burst could be better than storm call? I feel like with it being a projectile stacking both slower projectiles, concentrated effort, point blank and gmp you should be able to get some insane damage numbers if you go in close?

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As for HC, good luck and stay safe!