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Arcs single target sucks, but could OoS (and LC for big shocks) be enough with that? Would I still use Unleash or rather Spell Echo? Ball lightning doesn't do big hits so no big shocks right? Spark seems too difficult to build around. Too many things to scale for a mess that is this build. Although could Spark be done with Polymath? Storm Brand is not to be spammed. I don't think I like WoC.
I'm now going back and forth between Crackling Lance, Storm Call and Shock Nova for big hits and clearing with OoS. But I'd like to fit in Galvanic Field and Innervate and even Sigil of Power (I shouldn't) somehow, but I fear the clankyness of movement with just a Flame Dash or similar. Maybe I'll use a sceptre and just leap slam.
Other thing is that I've never really run ES builds, but with the ES-Leech from the ascendacy I'd like to give it a go. Shav's and Prism Guardian is the obvious way, but I just don't want to. I probably have to but I've been thinking if the mastery (30% of chaos dmg doesn't bybass ES) could be done with like petrified blood maybe? I've been looking at the burden of Truth as well, but that seems to make me to vulnerable to non-chaos damage. I think I have to go Shav's
This will not be my starter. Feel free to tell me it doesn't work at all, or maybe share something that you've thought of doing or seen others do. I'm going HC, for what it's worth.
Life
430
Mana
97
Energy Shield
4994
DPS
19K
Effective Hit Pool
34.00K
Chaos Res
76
Fire Res
75
Cold Res
75
Lightning Res
76
Armour
187
Evasion
34K
Block
22 | 0
Crit Chance
8%
Crit Multi
100%
Rage
0
Strength
180
Intelligence
323
Dexterity
164
Ward
0
Item Quantity
0%
Item Rarity
0%
Movement Speed
33%