Hi everyone,
I know that there are still some people who enjoy the old lightning gameplay and are unhappy about the changes made by Blizzard, and since everyone is talking about how dead the lightning build apparently is, I just wanted to share with you this clip of how it is still working after patch 2.1.2. --> Video (Tier 47 - 11:37).
Given that the highest clear on PTR and live 2.1.2 was Tier 50 so far, I still think that lightning can be a viable alternative to the Cluster Arrow and Multishot builds right now. No ancient items were used in this run.
I also updated the guide in the Diablofans builds section (previously: Meticulous Punishment), and renamed it Blue Tides (for the constant ups and downs of the discipline bar and the feeling of drowning your enemies in a surge of blue lightning), since the Preparation - Punishment rune is no longer involved in the build.
For anyone curious about how it works, you can find all the necessary information here
GG WP Blizzard, let's see how far we can push it =)
Thanks. Yes, meticulous bolts is that strong to even make up for the 40% damage loss of bombadiers. And yes, strongarm + knockback secondary. Uskang and Kridershot are both viable options, and all of the weapons should be fairly close, maybe the bows even outperform 1h because you have more time to move while shooting.
As someone else who believes that lightning is incredibly powerful. I've been preaching this since Day 1. I just wish I had the gearing to run it effectively. Mad props to you bro for that 47 clear so quickly, you did what I couldn't.
A youtube proxy helps, but OP might want to know about the issue with his video
Fun fact: I'm from Germany as well and Youtube shows some pretty weird behavior for me. The video is invisible in the "My videos" section on my channel and I just can't find it via the YT search option, but if I type the URL in the browser search bar or navigate using the notifications button (e.g. to view a new comment), I can view and edit the video without any issues. Sucks for Germans, but it's easy to work around this problem.
I was just casually running some tier 53 for testing when I found out you could still warp time as a lightning Demon Hunter, even in solo play and without having 5 sentries shooting at 5 attacks per second. I did not intend to actually clear the rift (even though I think that tier 53 will be pretty close to the upper limit), I was just testing mechanics and gameplay on higher tiers a little. I lagged out a total of three times in the same rift, on two different floors. Pretty funny actually, however factoring in the lag in addition to all the fishing you have to do already, this will be a pretty sad trial key farm^^
I know that there are still some people who enjoy the old lightning gameplay and are unhappy about the changes made by Blizzard, and since everyone is talking about how dead the lightning build apparently is, I just wanted to share with you this clip of how it is still working after patch 2.1.2. --> Video (Tier 47 - 11:37).
Given that the highest clear on PTR and live 2.1.2 was Tier 50 so far, I still think that lightning can be a viable alternative to the Cluster Arrow and Multishot builds right now. No ancient items were used in this run.
I also updated the guide in the Diablofans builds section (previously: Meticulous Punishment), and renamed it Blue Tides (for the constant ups and downs of the discipline bar and the feeling of drowning your enemies in a surge of blue lightning), since the Preparation - Punishment rune is no longer involved in the build.
For anyone curious about how it works, you can find all the necessary information here
GG WP Blizzard, let's see how far we can push it =)
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As someone else who believes that lightning is incredibly powerful. I've been preaching this since Day 1. I just wish I had the gearing to run it effectively. Mad props to you bro for that 47 clear so quickly, you did what I couldn't.
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Can you link to your build and gear?
It's in the OP
I was just casually running some tier 53 for testing when I found out you could still warp time as a lightning Demon Hunter, even in solo play and without having 5 sentries shooting at 5 attacks per second. I did not intend to actually clear the rift (even though I think that tier 53 will be pretty close to the upper limit), I was just testing mechanics and gameplay on higher tiers a little. I lagged out a total of three times in the same rift, on two different floors. Pretty funny actually, however factoring in the lag in addition to all the fishing you have to do already, this will be a pretty sad trial key farm^^
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