Blizz, LB wasn’t just popular because it was strong, but because of playstyle as well.
You over reacted with a Sorc build again. You didn’t bring it down to earth, which would have happened by removing Vampiric powers, but you nerfed the skill and Static surge node to make LB utterly useless. Literally killed the build completely.
This is the type of thing that makes players upset. Yes, you could tune the build down but to destroy it completely is again unnecessary. Pigeonhole players into other builds which are terrible as well. I haven’t found meteor helm and I am stuck using same ice shard build pre S1. It is either kite build firewall or blizzard or have the gear for meteor. Everything else is either weak or situational.
Make LB at least as playable still as Hota.
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They should have nerfed it less.
My S2 BL sorc made about 300k damage per hit with Vyr passive.
And now i making exactly same stats and paragon board 40-60k.
So S2 powers and nerf like that passive 200% to 25% lower my damage alot.
And this season i tried it bit and damage was even worse than blizzard skill and even that isnot exactly good for fast kills.
Isnt Static Surge still useful if you use the chain lightning enchant for mana recovery?
stop reading right at this moment 
It was played just bcs it was broken, don´t pretend it isn´t true.
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i only played lighting sorc because it was broken op and anything broken op = fun. I’m a game genie kind of guy, so if I can live longer, jump higher and move faster all that = super fun but if I can kill lilith in a nano-blink-second that is uber super fun aka balls of lighting build s2
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Have you tried arc lash. The play style is similar and with the new uniques for basic attack may be close to what you are looking for.
I agree. The nerf was ridiculous…
Now sorcerer is again s1 worthlessness which is sad.
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I disagree here. Im doing fireball/metero build ripping through nm 100. Only thing that sucks is single target boss fights but trash goes down fast.
Tho its not like S2 walking simulator i actually have to do more than spam 1 skill and walk.
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well… that is my point. other classes kills NMD bosses like butter…a Sorcerer hast to do a long fight due to low damage, which is unfair and ridiculous.
Sorcerer are fragile and not as physically strong as other classes, and despite this drawback the damage is too low.
if you like devs getting away with low damage sorcerer, then thanks for doing sorcerer players a bad favor.
I won’t play like that…
What really bothers me is that devs made copy/paste mix of D2 and D3 and they did not copy the sorcerer deadliness. in previous D games a sorcerer IS A SORCERER, not monster punching bag like in D4
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I wouldnt say its low damage but it takes longer than 3 seconds to kill butcher. Maybe 30-45 seconds. My sorce is not fragile im armor/res capped at nm 100 with barriers and fortify
same dev team, so forget about sorc in all odd seasons. Just know barb will always be OP in all seasons, they are going ot rename “diablo 4” to “Barb4all” soon.
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The play style made it fun. Mobile, forward moving and enjoyable to play. They could easily have tuned to rest of the top builds without completely breaking it. It was fun, even during 65-100 range. No longer even usable. Regardless if it was broken, they could have fixed it without killing it completely.
Ball Lightning got nerfed by 80%, going from a 200% damage rate scaling with attack speed, to a 25% tick rate scaling with attack speed on the enhanced node. Chain Lightning Enchantment will no longer proc the Static Surge Legendary Node. Plus the “fix” that supposedly wasn’t a “nerf”, whatever change that was.
The truth is, they did not even test their changes or they would have known they went too far. Took a broken damage build and turned into a broken unusable build.
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Yep and yet another reason why l did quit the game. Nerfed my tornado druid before at least he is still somewhat good. And now nerfed ball lightning to complete trash. So yea absolutely no reason to play the game for temporary fun. Have fun with seasons
BL is where it should be. Hota should get nerfed again so no point asking for everything to be like that, it is still broken.
Sorc has blizzard build now that is destroying everything. They are fine.
I also have a feeling charged bolt with xfals is a beast as well i just dont have the gear.
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Disagree, just boring BL not as good, but we have other 2 that work great and are 100 times
More fun to play!!
What are you talking about should be? It was too heavy dmg, and now is completely useless build. That is not fixing something broken. its throwing it away.
Please, i personally saw no BL sorc in Preseason or in season 1. That build was popular because it was broken.
Ball lighting also still seems to be A Tier for season 3.
https://maxroll.gg/d4/build-guides/ball-lightning-sorcerer-guide
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I’ve already posted videos of it in play, and it is fine.
But if you keep comparing it to a broken build it will seem like the numbers are LOWER because comparison is broken.
I suggest you look up the word “useless” before using it again.
We agree it doesn’t compare to HOTA which is still broken. Nothing in the game compares to it, other than the Rapid Fire build showcased recently which also works off the OverPower. Almost like Bluzzard really does not know how to implement it’s “OverPower”.
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Sorc is actually in a good spot. All three elements are pretty close to each other. They just need to turn down the stuff that is broken in other classes.
I’ve been playing BL since season 1. It worked then, it works now. It’s just not crazy busted like last season.
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