Does the extra +5 chains aspect even do anything with these pants?
Seems like the seekers are just a different entity or something.
I tested on dummies and it doesnt seem to work.
The bounces on mana still works though.
Thoughts?
Anything else u learned on this build so far?
I like it so far. Im stacking mana regen like crazy and its working lower level. I dont spam chains as fast as possible. Just enuf to stay over 100 mana so I get 40% crit from aspect. You dont want to spam asap or ur mana drains. The seekers will do it for u overtime. No need to spam!
i have been lucky and got ross and tyraels already. just need shako to finish the build. its been working well for me. i melt things pretty good. once i have shako with the extra armor from it i should be close to armor cap and my sorc will be pretty solid. running around t70’s with only 4800 armor i can do it fine, but if i go higher things might get sketchy
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Are u using the +5 chains aspect? Does it even do anything because of axial changing them to seeker bolts? Nothing chains 5 times extra it seems.
no. i use stormwell and conceited on weapon and offhand. then lightning rod on ammy atm. i havent found good hands so im using frostburns right now. i will move the lightning rod to the hands and use shredding blades on ammy once i get good hands
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Are you using the mana per bounce aspect? This seems to add tons of mana as the seeker bolts do count for this even if only hitting 3 enemies.
Ross unique?
not anymore that i got ross (ring of starless skies)
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mekunas chainlightning sorc build
has an uber and no-uber setup
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That ring mainly for damage? Its not going to help with the chains rebounding costs as its always 6 isnt it?
I have a weird idea where I masterwork crit the resource gen and max resource on axial and then use the new amulet where u get tons of crit chance and crit damage from it. This also helps pay for axial chains. Get up over 200 mana. max mana on everythang!
it does give lots if damage. the resource reduction is pretty good too. the explosions from my chainlightnings are already hitting for millions. i dont even have max glyphs yet or shako. i could see the build doing quite well
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my pants have a ga on the chance to cast twice. i have another set that has ga on the chainlightning, but the explosion dmg is kinda low
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The test dummy isn’t reliable, last season I thought something was bugged but it worked in the dungeon
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Im not sure if cast twice GA is even good as it makes the prediction if u have too many chains out that will reduce mana to 0 hard.
I will have to give this build a look as I am kinda completely lost on what to do.
Really wanna see if my stacking max resource with that new amulet can somehow work here in this build then you go for max resource and resource gen GA / masterwork crits on axial which is what this build to me is crying out for.
Anyone happen to know if Axial can drop on world tier III from Grigoire? Trying to get it before it unlocks through the progressive reward thingy.
I think you’re right. Like the end game focus variations would prob all obvi contain as much mana stacking as possible but from there you could push for speed and having more active chains (prob a lucky hit build) but you’d need to counter with heavy resource gain so you could spam endlessly VS doing what you’re saying and letting the build essentially cap active chains in the sweet spot and instead put the rest of your focus into crit chance and damage since you won’t need to worry about mana if you stay within limits.
So, it’s a shame (but maybe not) that you’re saying axial doesn’t work with the +chain hits. Less time they’re out before they circle back means more mana cost but faster explosions maybe? But still, that hurts. That’s one of my fav aspects in the whole game. It makes me wonder if non-axial CL build would still be better then.
But I also want to find out the interaction with other relevant resource-related uniques like banished lord’s talisman and skills like free casts from CL enchantment or Unstable Currents (since it doesn’t specify it only triggers from skill casts). And if that’s the case, then would all those free casts just kind of backfire and destroy your mana pool, potentially discouraging unpredictable free casts or causing you to have to hold back on normal casts negating any benefit from them and being a pain in the butt?