PoB for Crackling Lance as a league starter - Estimated over 1M Sirus DPS in garbage gear, HUGE room for investment and upgrades

Quick Disclaimer: I used shock nova as a framework for putting this together. It's a very similar skill in terms of how it scales since we aren't using ailments. The build currently has 1.4M Shaper DPS with shock nova in really lame gear - so Crackling lance should come out alright!

PROS

• Currently 3 build versions with 2 different classes
• Super cheap. Only semi-expensive item is a 6 link staff. Agnerod west is a good super early game substitute.
• HUGE room for improvement with more investment (over 3M Sirus DPS). This build could be scaled into the moon with 20 or so exalts. Play around with gear and links in the PoB if interested, it's actually nuts.
• Should be a solid bosser with lots of QoL.
• A very cheap anointed passive works great for the build.
• HP/ES hybrid that leeches and regens both simultaneously (there is a life only version below)
• We have very high crit chance and only use magic flasks, which means we can get our utility flask charges back constantly during bossfights with the surgeon's prefix.
• Uses storm brand as a boss utility skill to apply assassin's mark ^(5), leech more Life ^(1), and apply blind. Includes increased duration support for maximum laziness.
• We have culling strike on a golem, send in the goon and bosses die at 10% hp.
• Build is almost entirely element-agnostic. Can easily transition to another skill if desired.

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CONS

• Must use staves starting from about level 20.
• Might want to run a clarity instead of herald of thunder until you can get a helmet with reduced mana reservation for one of our reservation skills.
• We really need a large cluster jewel with Doryani's Lesson eventually. You can play without it but the leech makes a big difference.
• Not HC viable. fairly squishy, but once you can afford proper gear this can be fixed
• Can't do ele reflect
• Have to be careful not to overlevel a bunch of dex gems

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All PoBs are using welfare starter gear

Highest DPS lowest QoL version (mostly proof of concept, not recommended):

• https://pastebin.com/dpSZJEu5 ^(2)

Templar version

• https://pastebin.com/YpHQ8u3h ^(3)

Shadow version

• https://pastebin.com/hRYS6bsp ^(4)

Cold Conversion Assassin with Eldritch Battery for people who just really like freeze (this version looks really strong)

• https://pastebin.com/wwb3z1pN ^(6)

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^(1) This was an adjustment, original build incorrectly had mana leech here.

^(2) The PoB has been changed and now takes advantage of more jewel sockets at the cost of needing more dex/str from items. Using the abyssal jewel in the stygian vise to stack some str/dex really helps here. Red/Green gems can have levels dropped as necessary. None are essential for DPS.

^(3) No spell echo or pledge of hands in this or either further builds

^(4) Note this ascendancy had some slight numerical nerfs in patch notes

^(5) Curse on hit no longer works with Assassin's Mark, we may need an assassin's mark on hit ring to make this comfy.

^(6) Ignore "Notes" section in PoB it is for a previous iteration. This build is not taking easy jewel sockets at the moment. This is intentional.

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