I agree. Hydra met its goal very well. It is another option besides existing ones without replacing them.
With some tweaking, the same will be true for nova.
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No, Thuner storm should leave on ground a blaze flame of its level, release randomly 1to3 lightning bolt
- and with synergy to the skill a % chance to stun telekinesis target in same radius of nova where impact is.
Could be so nice !
Nova has no synergy on live server. Make no mistake, adding one synergy to a skill who has none, even if its 5% by lvl, is a massive, massive buff. Nova hurts twice as much in PTR compared to live server when synergy is maxed.
I think the devās goal with the current Nova-TS-Static synergies is to make it so itās not easy to make a strong hybrid build with Novaā¦ Nova-TS-Static-LM means you gotta sink 80pts to get the strongest nova possibleā¦
If static wasnāt part of those synergies, youād only need to sink 60 pts in to fully synergise Novaā¦ That would make it an extremely good option for hybrid builds.
Also, the new synergies are designed to make speed running builds for new characters more viableā¦ Many strategy guides recommend dumping a lot of points into static field at the beginning so the sorc can provide static field support to the teamā¦
I think the way Nova-TS-Static currently synergise is perfectly fine and balancedā¦ And it works well and is good for ladder resets 
If they really wanted to do something to buff thunderstorm, they could add another synergy with charged bolt and let TS summon charged bolts on striking. This could be a dedicated 100-pt build or something if people really wanna go all in with thunderstorm
Hi Aleksaurus, Thunderstorm in the current 2.4 PTR allocation isnāt required to max Nova.
- Nova
- Static
- Lightning Mastery
60 points + a few points for prerequisites. Nova is still attractive to hybrid!
But you are right, it does make Nova less easy to slot with Hydra, Meteor, Blizzardā¦ 80+ point skills.
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I recently made an energy based sorc with energyshield+telekinesis+warmthā¦ and thats 60 points right thereā¦ i got 40 or so leftā¦ well 20 into nova and 20 into lightning masteryā¦ how would i get more points for nova synergy? I wontā¦ I cantā¦ unless I drop some warmth pointsā¦ but thats ehp regen to meā¦ and just better sustain for such a mana intensive build.
so my options are would I rather have 145 mana regen/sec @lvl 20 warmth, or 90 regen @lvl 1 warmth? then dump those extra 19 points into nova synergyā¦ but heres the kickerā¦
the dmg gained from those 19 points going to static fieldā¦ not much a dmg gainā¦ infact because i lose 55 mana/sec by dropping warmth and nova costs 56ā¦ the dmg for cost is roughly equal, I would just have to cast nova 1 more time, which isnāt a huge issueā¦
Im glad they are boosting the base skill dmg. otherwise Iād see no change to novaā¦ and for that extra synergy dmgā¦ i canāt. I have no points, nor would I wanna put them in static field, lolā¦ I agree with these other guys, nova + tstorm should be the way.
While I agree mana regen does heavily factor into Nova builds,
At 105% FCR (8 Frame/cast), a level 40+ Nova is sustained fairly readily at just 70 mana/s.
- You can drop energy shield and rebalance stats (mostly VIT, some energy) if you want oversaturation on regen,
- Or you could drop points from Energy shield by running Memory (w/ +3 telekinesis staff mod) on swap or pre-buff switch in cube.
nah my goal is to turn my sorc into a 200FCR key farmer.
at 105% FCR. a level 41 nova cost 56 mana and you can cast 3 of them in 1 sec. thats 168 mana/sec. far from sustainable IMO.
I got 91% of dmg taken goes to mana on my build right now tooā¦
I could drop energy shield points, but that ruins the point. iād take more dmg to my hp, i only got like 500 hp, iād need more vit, so less mana regen etc etcā¦
only real issues i see in the future with my build is -resist debuffs, and a ābuggedā mana burn which who knows if it will ever be āfixedā