Frozen Orb? Too mainstream. Arcane Torrent? Too easy. Meteor? Old school and clunky. Disintegrate? Eh.
Here's a fun experimental build I was working on based on the lightning themed items I picked up so far in Patch 2.0. This build focuses on Wave of Force - Static Pulse and utilizes no life steal. All the recovery options I have are in paragon points: life on hit and life regeneration.
In addition to lightning bonus items, key items I use:
Fulminator (sword): Lightning damage has the chance to turn enemies into lightning rods, causing them to pulse for X% weapon damage as Lightning every second to nearby enemies for 6 seconds.
Oh, in case anyone's wondering... Yes, Lightning Hydra does proc Paralysis. The Hydras summoned by Mirror Image don't, though (but they do benefit from the DPS boost from the belt and the mob debuff inflicted by Static Pulse).
Nice build. I run a similar one for my Paralysis setup; just use Slow Time - Point of No Return for some extra stuns and Electrocute - Surge of Power because I roll Electrocute on almost every item. Here's my variation. It's essentially the same, except for a million bubbles around you which might be annoying to some players ;-)
I absolutely love Wave of Force, but I kind of feel this is very very close to CMWW and as such something that'll kill your wrists on long farming sessions. I just use it "for fun" every now and then. Gotta try your build tonight as well.
Nice build. I run a similar one for my Paralysis setup; just use Slow Time - Point of No Return for some extra stuns and Electrocute - Surge of Power because I roll Electrocute on almost every item. Here's my variation. It's essentially the same, except for a million bubbles around you which might be annoying to some players ;-)
I absolutely love Wave of Force, but I kind of feel this is very very close to CMWW and as such something that'll kill your wrists on long farming sessions. I just use it "for fun" every now and then. Gotta try your build tonight as well.
Yours probably will perform much better for multiplayer games (maybe, depending on the visual noise). I just use Hydra because it snapshots the effects of the belt. Basically, if I cast Hydra the second before the belt buff expires, the Hydra will still deal practically double damage while it's active. The same applies to Mirror Image. More lightning damage being dealt, more Fulminator procs! I also use Shock Pulse over Electrocute just because I prefer stutter stepping in place of channeling (and because I have the Shock Pulse bonus on the belt).
Oh yeah I only play multiplayer. I think I haven't played a single minute single player since the patch, and 90% of my runs always in a full group with four people, thanks to the awesome DFans clan. The visual noise shouldn't be a problem, I think almost every wizard creates a lot of that. It's really just the stress on my wrist that prevents me from running this for much longer.
I'll get my new mouse soon (G600 MMO), let's see if that makes this build easier to play, as I can then switch from keyboard to mouse and vice versa from time to time.
And yeah, it's really fun how the skill affixes on your gear dominate your choice of skills. All my items right now are screaming Electrocute; I'm even considering to switch to Electrocute for my Frozen Orb/Blizzard build. But that's for a different topic.
I've been using Meteor as my spending on my Lightning builds, I may switch over to this and give it a try, see if I like it better. The delay on Meteor always bugs me, takes a while to get used to.
i have a special place in my heart for WoF since eaaaarly inferno when absolutly fucking broken CM (living lightning for proc rates , force armor, badly coded CA that could absorb like 40 hits, 0 stamina) was the only thing that could do inferno, i'd used WoF instead of nova for dps and keeping fire chains away from me....
Love the build but can't use it atm in this form coz well... havn't played in many months (since CM / perma archon was a thing) and have about 300k toughtness atm... swapping EA for SA gets me basically one shot on torment atm
Ironicaly got among my first 2.0 leg a 21% lightning dmg amulet and substituted arcane orb - spark for WoF just to relive the glory days of 0 cd WoF
using it like this atmhttp://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Avignon-1342/hero/128537(ignore the missing weapon, i swap alot of stuff around since a friend showered me with gear to get me to come back at one point and its still mostly the best stuff i have, using a echoing fury wich is on my monk at time of posting)
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Frozen Orb? Too mainstream. Arcane Torrent? Too easy. Meteor? Old school and clunky. Disintegrate? Eh.
Here's a fun experimental build I was working on based on the lightning themed items I picked up so far in Patch 2.0. This build focuses on Wave of Force - Static Pulse and utilizes no life steal. All the recovery options I have are in paragon points: life on hit and life regeneration.
I dub this the Electric Trampoline build.
In addition to lightning bonus items, key items I use:
Fulminator (sword): Lightning damage has the chance to turn enemies into lightning rods, causing them to pulse for X% weapon damage as Lightning every second to nearby enemies for 6 seconds.
Harrington Waistguard (belt): Opening a chest grants X% increased damage for 10 seconds.
...boing, boing, boing.
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I absolutely love Wave of Force, but I kind of feel this is very very close to CMWW and as such something that'll kill your wrists on long farming sessions. I just use it "for fun" every now and then. Gotta try your build tonight as well.
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I'll get my new mouse soon (G600 MMO), let's see if that makes this build easier to play, as I can then switch from keyboard to mouse and vice versa from time to time.
And yeah, it's really fun how the skill affixes on your gear dominate your choice of skills. All my items right now are screaming Electrocute; I'm even considering to switch to Electrocute for my Frozen Orb/Blizzard build. But that's for a different topic.
Love the build but can't use it atm in this form coz well... havn't played in many months (since CM / perma archon was a thing) and have about 300k toughtness atm... swapping EA for SA gets me basically one shot on torment atm
Ironicaly got among my first 2.0 leg a 21% lightning dmg amulet and substituted arcane orb - spark for WoF just to relive the glory days of 0 cd WoF
using it like this atmhttp://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Avignon-1342/hero/128537(ignore the missing weapon, i swap alot of stuff around since a friend showered me with gear to get me to come back at one point and its still mostly the best stuff i have, using a echoing fury wich is on my monk at time of posting)