Quote (draftw3dr @ 15 Apr 2019 17:35)
No offense but this build is very very far from the best lite sorc build. In terms of survivability, it's completely fine, but the damage with nova is super weak: For comparison:
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YOUR BUILD
(I'm increasing inventory to a maximum of 9 Lightning GC's for the purpose of a damage comparison and assuming all items with perfect stats)
Level 41 Nova / Lightning Mastery (+530%) / +5% Lightning Damage from Gear / -80 Enemy Lightning Resist from Gear / -85 Enemy Lightning Resist from Conviction / 8 Frame Nova
Vs Hell Baal (50 Lightning Resistance) Damage = (2085 + 2709) / 2 / 6.3 x 6.35 x 2 / 8 = 604 Damage per Frame with Nova
Vs. Breakable Immune (100 Lightning Resistance) Damage = (2085 + 2709) / 2 / 6.3 x 6.35 x 0.97 / 8 = 293 Damage per Frame with Nova
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HIGH END LIGHTNING SORC
Sample Build:
Helm: Griffon’s Eye + 5/5
Amulet: 2 Sorceress Skills / 20 FCR / 30 Strength / 60 Life / 20 Mana / Mana 10 Regen
Weapon: 3 Lightning Skills / 3 Lightning / 3 Lightning Mastery / 3 Chain Lightning / 20 FCR / 2os + 2x 5/5
Armor: Lightning Ormus + 5/5
Shield: Jeweler’s Monarch of the Colossus + 4x 5/5
Gloves: Magefist
Belt: Arachnid Mesh
Boots: Bitter Spur/Wraith Brands (45+ Tri Res)
Ring: Stone of Jordan
Ring: Stone of Jordan
Inventory: Anni, Torch, 9x 45 Life Lite SK, 10x 5/20
Level 49 Lightning / Level 46 Lightning Mastery (+590%) / +70% Lightning Damage from Gear / -60 Enemy Lightning Resist from Gear / -85 Enemy Lightning Resist from Conviction / 12 Frame Lightning
Vs Hell Baal (50 Lightning Resistance) Damage = (6 + 49464) / 2 / 6.9 x 7.6 x 1.95 / 12 = 4427 Damage per Frame with Lightning
Vs. Breakable Immune (100 Lightning Resistance) Damage = (6 + 49464) / 2 / 6.9 x 7.6 x 0.77 / 12 = 1748 Damage per Frame with Lightning
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You can see that the damage isn't remotely close. Depending on the map, nova may be able to hit slightly more targets than a lightning volley - but certainly not 6-7 times more. Your build gets a slightly more effective -20% ELR vs. broken immunes, but the base damage difference is insurmountable.
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Also, just for the sake of being thorough - consider Eth Sandstorm Treks vs. Waterwalks (For the record, I don't think waterwalks are necessarily best in slot but it will serve to make a good comparison).
Eth Treks will give us +15 Strength (converted into BO-able life) and +15 Vitality (30 non-BO-able life), +143 Armor (I'm going to disregard the Poison Res and FHR).
However, if we use Waterwalks, the build's highest strength requirement will be the Lidless Wall (58 Strength) on switch - so based on that fact alone, you will gain +23 Strength (converted into BO-able life) on top of the +65 Life (BO-able) and +5 Max Fire Resistance.
Conclusion: Eth Treks are unfortunately one of the worst boot choices for this build. Best in slot is almost certainly a pair of GG dual-res mana boots with a low strength requirement or tri-res rares.
Such an answer !
, couldn't read everything cuz I'm working, I'll o it later. To be honest, never tried this build, it's definitely the one the maxes more the damage. But seems to me very unbalanced, and using lighting there's no room to max tk and warmth (and you don't have insight neither), So wether you use a Shitty ES that puts more trouble than solves, or you go FULL vita and that's such a weak build. I am not searching for the most powerful build, but the most versatile and fast. With you build you can't stand in the middle of 3-5 souls, or dolls, or tomb vipers.
On the other hand, ligthing it's not very practical vs pvm, Nova it's just perfect (if you can tank). Lighting hits way harder but it's way slower and less practical, so you will end up killing slowly.
BUT, as I said in the guid, max lighting builds are definitely better for killing baal.
EDIT: And you put the damage per frame, but per second?? i strike 3,1 novas per second.
And without sands i still need 84 str for upped viper, and i like to upp viper cuz gives me a lot of def, and i need def to avoid some more hits when in the middle of crowds
This post was edited by tarazona on Apr 15 2019 12:05pm