is lightning damage exceptionally powerful? or is it just me
1 Like
I’m assuming you mean from monsters as from current sorcs it is not. 
It seems that if it lands on you in the wrong manner you take an exceptional amount of damage sometimes…or if a pillar spawns on you.
just getting slaughtered by it lol
max all res + 4% to max res through incense and i still get deleted
I think some lightning effects move slowly so they hit you multiple times as they pass.
1 Like
It does feel overtuned yeah.
I can understand that, but the OP is right. My lightning out of ALL My resistances are maxed, but if I get touched by a tiny electrical ball, I get shocked down to about 2% health Instantly.
I haven’t experienced this problem for a couple seasons now. Poison, either. Poison used to be killer.
There aren’t a lot of Shadow or Cold direct damage enemy attacks … maybe this is why Lightning feels overtuned for you? It’s the only one you’re getting hit by.
perhaps, but with max all res + 4% max res + 28k life i feel like i should last a little longer
How’s your damage reduction? Barrier? The game is pretty much tuned with the expectation that you will leverage every available defensive layer.
i have lots of DR from passives, no barrier (ww barb) but i have fortify
I’m positive the devs factored in expectations for everyone to run constant barrier.
Barrier helps a lot with lightning dmage.
ya ill try to gain barrier through something and see if that helps
The other option is to move the fight once the monster throwing them is done throwing them, I think only like 3 or 4 can be out at a time per monster that throws them.
Lightning and poison seem to do more damage than other elements in general, I think this is because the DOT portion of poison hits is overtuned, and lightning tends to persist on screen for awhile rather than damaging and disappearing. I tend to think they are both a bit stronger than they should be.
This season , I am grooving on " Twilight warding " barrier witch power , it is seriously powerful defensive item. I run that and conceited aspect for a healthy ~ 30 % damage boost to boot. Plus use hex of whispers for fortify and you are pretty much untouchable.
I use that on all my toons this season , oh and it looks cool to boot.
I would say lightning damage is broken 100 %! No matter if you have maxed lightning resistence!!!
Enemy Lightning damage isn’t operating correctly this season. The rotating spinners will double or triple tap you instantly if you don’t immediately move. I’m running around with 75% resistance plus 50% DR and still get blasted if I don’t evacuate the spinner zone.
i think i am using hex of whispers, but ill double check those other suggestions, thanks for tips
It’s been disabled multiple times throughout the season and I’m still convinced it’s killing toons randomly.