S10 Delsere's Lightning God

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by Fridheg last updated Apr 7, 2017 ( Patch 2.5.0 )

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Skills

Ice Armor Crystallize
- Ice Armor
Cost: 25 Arcane Power

Surround yourself in a barrier of ice that reduces damage from melee attacks by 12%. Melee attackers are either Chilled or Frozen for 3 seconds. Lasts 10 minutes.

Only one Armor may be active at a time.
Crystallize

When you are struck by a melee attack, your Armor is increased by 20% for 30 seconds. This effect stacks up to 3 times.
Spectral Blade Thrown Blade
- Spectral Blade
This is a Signature spell. Signature spells are free to cast.

Summon a spectral blade that strikes all enemies up to 15 yards in front of you for 168% weapon damage as Arcane.
Thrown Blade

Extend the reach of Spectral Blade to 20 yards and increase its damage to 231% weapon damage as Lightning.
Arcane Orb Spark
- Arcane Orb
Cost: 30 Arcane Power

Hurl an orb of pure energy that explodes on contact, dealing 435% weapon damage as Arcane to all enemies within 15 yards.
Spark

Lob an electrified orb over enemies that zaps them for 349% weapon damage as Lightning and increases the damage of the next Lightning spell you cast by 2% for every enemy hit up to a maximum of 15.
Slow Time
- Slow Time
Cooldown: 15 seconds

Invoke a bubble of warped time and space at your target location up to 60 yards away for 15 seconds, reducing enemy attack speed by 20% and movement speed by 60%. This bubble also slows the speed of enemy projectiles by 90%.
Teleport Safe Passage
- Teleport
Cooldown: 11 seconds

Teleport through the ether to the selected location up to 50 yards away.
Safe Passage

For 5 seconds after you Teleport, you will take 25% less damage.
Black Hole Supermassive
- Black Hole
Cost: 20 Arcane Power
Cooldown: 12 seconds

Conjure a Black Hole at the target location that draws enemies to it and deals 700% weapon damage as Arcane over 2 seconds to all enemies within 15 yards.
Supermassive

Increases the Black Hole radius to 20 yards and damage to 1290% weapon damage as Lightning over 2 seconds.

Arcane Dynamo
- Arcane Dynamo
When you cast a Signature spell, you gain a Flash of Insight. After 5 Flashes of Insight, your next non-Signature spell deals 60% additional damage.

The following skills are Signature spells:
Magic Missile
Shock Pulse
Spectral Blade
Electrocute
Audacity
- Audacity
You deal 30% additional damage to enemies within 15 yards.
Paralysis
- Paralysis
Lightning spells have a 15% chance to Stun all targets hit for 1.5 seconds.
Unstable Anomaly
- Unstable Anomaly
When you receive fatal damage, you instead gain a shield equal to 400% of your maximum Life for 5 seconds and release a shockwave that knocks enemies back and Stuns them for 3 seconds.

This effect may occur once every 60 seconds.

Items

Shrouded Mask

Set Helm

Primary Stats

+626–750 Intelligence
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Delsere's Magnum Opus
Shrouded Mask
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair
Harness of Truth
Leg Guards of Mystery
Striders of Destiny
Fierce Gauntlets
(2) Set: Casting Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, or Wave of Force reduces the cooldown of Slow Time by 3 |4second:seconds;.
(4) Set: You take 60% reduced damage while you have a Slow Time active. Allies inside your Slow Time gain half benefit.
(6) Set: Enemies affected by your Slow Time and for 5 seconds after exiting take 3500% increased damage from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, and Wave of Force abilities.
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
+373–397 Armor
+4 Random Magic Properties

Delsere's Magnum Opus
Shrouded Mask
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair
Harness of Truth
Leg Guards of Mystery
Striders of Destiny
Fierce Gauntlets
(2) Set: Casting Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, or Wave of Force reduces the cooldown of Slow Time by 3 |4second:seconds;.
(4) Set: You take 60% reduced damage while you have a Slow Time active. Allies inside your Slow Time gain half benefit.
(6) Set: Enemies affected by your Slow Time and for 5 seconds after exiting take 3500% increased damage from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, and Wave of Force abilities.
Hellfire Amulet

Legendary Amulet
Harness of Truth

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Delsere's Magnum Opus
Shrouded Mask
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair
Harness of Truth
Leg Guards of Mystery
Striders of Destiny
Fierce Gauntlets
(2) Set: Casting Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, or Wave of Force reduces the cooldown of Slow Time by 3 |4second:seconds;.
(4) Set: You take 60% reduced damage while you have a Slow Time active. Allies inside your Slow Time gain half benefit.
(6) Set: Enemies affected by your Slow Time and for 5 seconds after exiting take 3500% increased damage from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, and Wave of Force abilities.
Ancient Parthan Defenders

Legendary Bracers

8 - 10 Armor

Secondary Stats

Each stunned enemy within 25 yards reduces your damage taken by 9 - 12%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Fierce Gauntlets

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

+626–750 Intelligence
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties

Delsere's Magnum Opus
Shrouded Mask
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair
Harness of Truth
Leg Guards of Mystery
Striders of Destiny
Fierce Gauntlets
(2) Set: Casting Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, or Wave of Force reduces the cooldown of Slow Time by 3 |4second:seconds;.
(4) Set: You take 60% reduced damage while you have a Slow Time active. Allies inside your Slow Time gain half benefit.
(6) Set: Enemies affected by your Slow Time and for 5 seconds after exiting take 3500% increased damage from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, and Wave of Force abilities.
The Shame of Delsere

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Your Signature Spells attack 50% faster and restore 9–12 Arcane Power.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+37–48 Dexterity

+37–48 Strength

+37–48 Intelligence
Leg Guards of Mystery

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Delsere's Magnum Opus
Shrouded Mask
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair
Harness of Truth
Leg Guards of Mystery
Striders of Destiny
Fierce Gauntlets
(2) Set: Casting Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, or Wave of Force reduces the cooldown of Slow Time by 3 |4second:seconds;.
(4) Set: You take 60% reduced damage while you have a Slow Time active. Allies inside your Slow Time gain half benefit.
(6) Set: Enemies affected by your Slow Time and for 5 seconds after exiting take 3500% increased damage from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, and Wave of Force abilities.
Striders of Destiny

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
+416–500 Vitality
+4 Random Magic Properties

Delsere's Magnum Opus
Shrouded Mask
Dashing Pauldrons of Despair
Harness of Truth
Leg Guards of Mystery
Striders of Destiny
Fierce Gauntlets
(2) Set: Casting Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, or Wave of Force reduces the cooldown of Slow Time by 3 |4second:seconds;.
(4) Set: You take 60% reduced damage while you have a Slow Time active. Allies inside your Slow Time gain half benefit.
(6) Set: Enemies affected by your Slow Time and for 5 seconds after exiting take 3500% increased damage from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, and Wave of Force abilities.
Manald Heal

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Enemies stunned with Paralysis also take 13000–14000% weapon damage as Lightning.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+37–48 Dexterity

+37–48 Strength

+37–48 Intelligence
Halo of Arlyse

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Your Ice Armor now reduces damage from melee attacks by 50–60% and automatically casts Frost Nova whenever you take 10% of your Life in damage.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Fragment of Destiny

Legendary Wand

Primary Stats

+240–269 Intelligence
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Spectral Blade attacks 50% faster and deals 150–200% increased damage.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(150–184)–(180–229) Arcane Damage

+(150–184)–(180–229) Poison Damage

+(150–184)–(180–229) Lightning Damage

+(150–184)–(180–229) Holy Damage

+(150–184)–(180–229) Cold Damage

+(150–184)–(180–229) Fire Damage

+(150–184)–(180–229) Damage
Triumvirate

Legendary Source

Primary Stats

+(94–118)–(95–142) Damage
+330–524 Intelligence
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6.0–10.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Your Signature Spells increase the damage of Arcane Orb by 150–200% for 6 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.

More Details

Head
- Shrouded Mask
- Stat Priority: None
Shoulders
- Dashing Pauldrons of Despair
- Stat Priority: None
Amulet
- Hellfire Amulet
- The Traveler's Pledge
- Stat Priority: None
Torso
- Harness of Truth
- Stat Priority: None
Wrists
- Ancient Parthan Defenders
- Ashnagarr's Blood Bracer
- Stat Priority: None
Hands
- Fierce Gauntlets
- Stat Priority: None
Waist
- The Shame of Delsere
- Stat Priority: None
Legs
- Leg Guards of Mystery
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- Striders of Destiny
- Stat Priority: None
Rings
- Manald Heal
- Halo of Arlyse
- The Compass Rose
- Stat Priority: None
Weapon
- Fragment of Destiny
- Stat Priority: None
Offhand
- Triumvirate
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- Simplicity's Strength
  Simplicity's Strength
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Increase the damage of primary skills by 25%.
- Bane of the Powerful
  Bane of the Powerful
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Gain 20% increased damage for 30 seconds after killing an elite pack.
- Gogok of Swiftness
  Gogok of Swiftness
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain Swiftness with every attack, increasing your Attack Speed by 1% and Dodge by 0.50% for 4 seconds. This effect stacks up to 15 times.
  Gain 1% Cooldown Reduction per stack of Swiftness. (Requires Rank 25)

Kanai's Cube

Aether Walker

Legendary Wand

Primary Stats

+626–750 Intelligence
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Teleport no longer has a cooldown but costs 25 Arcane Power.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Arcane Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Poison Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Lightning Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Holy Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Cold Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Fire Damage

+(981–1199)–(1175–1490) Damage
Aether Walker
Crown of the Primus

Legendary Wizard Hat

Primary Stats

+270–299 Intelligence
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Slow Time gains the effect of every rune.
Empty Socket
Crown of the Primus
Convention of Elements

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Gain 150–200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. This effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Convention of Elements

Currently, I'm using the Halo/Parthans/Ice Shield combo. I'm using CoE in the cube, but I'd like to try Wyrdward+Ashnagarrs Bracers+Energy Armor:Force Armor. While Crown of Primus is a really nice cubed power, it is definitely overkill at lower levels. I will be finding a suitable replacement.

STAT PRIORITY: I'm just getting around to doing this, as all my DB's have been going to item creation. Lightning and Spectral Blade Damage are priority where they show up, which isn't on many pieces. Other than that, Crit Percent, Attack Speed, and Crit Damage work best. If nothing else is available, Armor/Vitality/Life% are always nice.

ALTERNATIVES:

MONEY AND ARMOR!

RRoG, Avarice band, and Manald heal for rings, swap Delseres helm with Crown of the Primus, and cube Goldwrap. Boon of the Hoarder instead of Gogok. On further testing, this is the only way to go on normal speed rifting.

SUPPORT?:

Use Wave of Force:Impact Wave instead of Arcane Orb, and use Event Horizon rune for Black Hole. Fun stuff, but if you really want to play a full support build, go play Monk or Barb. Side note, reflecting slowed projectiles back at moving mobs gets some pretty funny results.

EXPLOSIONS:

Cube Wand of Woh and use Orb of Infinite Depth as offhand. Swap Arcane Orb to Explosive Blast:Flash or even Chain Reaction. Flash gives it a negligible cooldown and can proc all lightning-related effects, Chain Reaction is constant explosions.

MORE ORBS:

Cube Unstable Scepter. So far, Spectral Blade is the workhorse here. I have a feeling that pushing GR's will take more Arcane Orbs, and less teleporting.

UPDATES: I'm going to be swapping Bane of the Stricken in for most content now, and look for an alternative to Gogok. I think Gogok is good, but since cooldown reduction is next to useless, and attack speed is already through the roof, I just don't think all of the bonuses are working for the build.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Attack Speed
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Cooldown Reduction

Defense

Resist All
Armor
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Life on Hit
Resource Cost Reduction
Gold Find

Build Guide

With Aether Walker, it's all very speedy through T10, with about 300 paragons. I'm duoing with an Inna's EP monk. Anything that isn't exploded before I get to it, gets face-melted with the blade spam. Soloing is just as easy.

You can spam your bubble and with a few bonuses to cooldown reduction, your black hole can be used frequently enough to be useful in speed rifting. Bosses and elites just melt from the blade + orb spam and the procs from manald heal are just nice spikes.

For GR progression, if the monk goes Inna's/Cyclone support, I would probably switch Black Hole to the Spellsteal rune, and definitely cube Unstable Scepter. With the addition of the scepter, Arcane Orb becomes much more damaging. Also, with Arcane Dynamo passive and Triumvirate offhand, Spectral Blade and Arcane Orb are continually buffing each other. Bane of the Powerful gem would become Bane of the Stricken. Endless Walk set also become more valuable.

PASSIVES:

I have Paralysis on my Hellfire Amulet, so I grabbed Blur (damage reduction) as another. I like sturdy characters, so I tend to go overboard on the defense. Other options are Glass Cannon, Illusionist (without Aether Walker), and Prodigy (for more Arcane Orb spam). Unwavering Will is another good one at higher difficulties when you stand still a lot.

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