[2.6.1] (TXIII) Lightning Meteor

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by Cratic last updated Feb 17, 2018 ( Patch 2.6.1 )

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Skills

Teleport Calamity
- Teleport
Cooldown: 11 seconds

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

Cast a short range Wave of Force upon arrival, dealing 175% weapon damage as Arcane to all nearby enemies and stunning them for 1 second.
Energy Twister Mistral Breeze
- Energy Twister
Cost: 35 Arcane Power

Unleash a twister of pure energy that deals 1525% weapon damage as Arcane over 6 seconds to everything in its path.
Mistral Breeze

Reduce the casting cost of Energy Twister to 25 Arcane Power.

Energy Twister's damage turns into Cold.
Familiar Arcanot
- Familiar
Cost: 20 Arcane Power

Summon a Familiar that attacks your enemies for 240% weapon damage as Arcane. This companion cannot be targeted or damaged by enemies. Lasts 10 minutes.
Arcanot

While the Familiar is active, you regenerate 4.5 Arcane Power every second.
Meteor Thunder Crash
- Meteor
Cost: 40 Arcane Power

Summon an immense Meteor that plummets from the sky, crashing into enemies for 740% weapon damage as Fire. The ground it hits is scorched with molten fire that deals 235% weapon damage as Fire over 3 seconds.
Thunder Crash

Removes the delay before Meteor comes crashing down.

Meteor's damage turns into Lightning.
Magic Weapon Conduit
- Magic Weapon
Cost: 25 Arcane Power

Imbue your weapon with magical energy, granting it 10% increased damage. Lasts 10 minutes.
Conduit

Enemies hit by your attacks restore up to 3 Arcane Power.
Explosive Blast Chain Reaction
- Explosive Blast
Cost: 20 Arcane Power
Cooldown: 6 seconds

Gather an infusion of energy around you that explodes after 1.5 seconds for 945% weapon damage as Arcane to all enemies within 12 yards.
Chain Reaction

Instead of a single explosion, release a chain of 3 consecutive explosions, each dealing 520% weapon damage as Fire.

Audacity
- Audacity
You deal 30% additional damage to enemies within 15 yards.
Illusionist
- Illusionist
When you take more than 15% of your maximum Life in damage within 1 second, the cooldowns on Mirror Image, Slow Time, and Teleport are reset.

When you use Mirror Image, Slow Time, or Teleport, your movement speed is increased by 30% for 3 seconds.
Astral Presence
- Astral Presence
Increase your maximum Arcane Power by 20 and Arcane Power regeneration by 2.5 per second.
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

Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom

Set Helm

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
Homing Pads

Legendary Shoulders

144 - 164 Armor

Primary Stats

+15 - 16% Extra Gold from Monsters

Secondary Stats

Your Town Portal is no longer interrupted by taking damage. While casting Town Portal you gain a protective bubble that reduces damage taken by 50 - 65%.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Tal Rasha's Allegiance

Set Amulet

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Damage Increased by 51.0–100.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+220–349 Vitality
Attack Speed Increased by 5.0–6.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
Ranslor's Folly

Legendary Bracers

8 - 10 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 1%

Secondary Stats

The damage of Energy Twister is increased by 225 - 300% and it periodically pulls in lesser enemies within 30 yards.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Tal Rasha's Grasp

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
Goldwrap

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

+9–10% Extra Gold from Monsters
On gold pickup: Gain armor for 5 seconds equal to the amount picked up.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–23 Dexterity

+18–23 Strength

+18–23 Intelligence
Tal Rasha's Stride

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.
Nilfur's Boast

Legendary Boots

309 - 366 Armor

Primary Stats

+51 - 60 Resistance to All Elements

Secondary Stats

Increase the damage of Meteor by 600%. When your Meteor hits 3 or fewer enemies, the damage is increased by 675 - 900%.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Focus

Set Ring

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)
+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Restraint

Set Ring

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)
+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Aether Walker

Legendary Wand

9.8 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

Teleport no longer has a cooldown but costs 25 Arcane Power.
One of 2 Magic Properties (varies)
+66 - 132 Minimum Damage
+88 - 176 Maximum Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare

Set Source

Primary Stats

+(94–118)–(95–142) Damage
+330–524 Intelligence
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6.0–10.0%
Increases Meteor Damage by 20–25% (Wizard Only)
+3 Random Magic Properties

Tal Rasha's Elements
Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
Tal Rasha's Brace
Tal Rasha's Allegiance
Tal Rasha's Stride
Tal Rasha's Grasp
(2) Set: Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type.
(4) Set: Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each increase all of your resistances by 25% for 8 seconds.
(6) Set: Attacks increase your damage by 750% for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds.

More Details

Head
- Tal Rasha's Guise of Wisdom
- Stat Priority: None
Shoulders
- Homing Pads
- Stat Priority: None
Amulet
- Tal Rasha's Allegiance
- The Traveler's Pledge
- Stat Priority: None
Torso
- Tal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
- Stat Priority: None
Wrists
- Ranslor's Folly
- Nemesis Bracers
- Stat Priority: None
Hands
- Tal Rasha's Grasp
- Stat Priority: None
Waist
- Goldwrap
- Stat Priority: None
Legs
- Tal Rasha's Stride
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- Nilfur's Boast
- Stat Priority: None
Rings
- Focus
- Restraint
- The Compass Rose
- Stat Priority: None
Weapon
- Aether Walker
- Stat Priority: None
Offhand
- Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
- Orb of Infinite Depth
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15%.
- Bane of the Powerful
  Bane of the Powerful
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain 20% increased damage for 30.0 seconds after killing an elite pack.
  Gain 15% increased damage versus elites and take 15% reduced damage from elites. (Requires Rank 25)
- Boon of the Hoarder
  Boon of the Hoarder
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  25.0% chance on killing an enemy to cause an explosion of gold.
  Gain 30% increased movement speed for 2 seconds after picking up gold. (Requires Rank 25)

Kanai's Cube

The Grand Vizier

Legendary Staff

1062.5 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

Reduces the Arcane Power cost of Meteor by 50% and increases its damage by 300 - 400%.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(132 - 308) Physical Damage

+(132 - 308) Fire Damage

+(132 - 308) Lightning Damage

+(132 - 308) Cold Damage

+(132 - 308) Poison Damage

+(132 - 308) Arcane Damage

+(132 - 308) Holy Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
The Grand Vizier
Nemesis Bracers

Legendary Bracers

8 - 10 Armor

Secondary Stats

Shrines and Pylons will spawn an enemy champion.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Nemesis Bracers
Avarice Band

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 3.5%
+15 - 16% Extra Gold from Monsters

Secondary Stats

Each time you pick up gold, increase your Gold and Health Pickup radius by 1 yard for 10 seconds, stacking up to 30 times.

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
Avarice Band

https://www.d3planner.com/416395622

Head: INT / Meteor% or VIT / CHC / Socket (Topaz)
Shoulder: INT / VIT / Life% or AD / RCR
Amulet: Lightning% or AS / CHC / CHD / Socket
Chest: INT / VIT / AS / %Life or +Armor or EliteDmgReduction% / Sockets (Topaz)
Gloves: INT / AS / CHC / CHD
Bracer: Lightning% / INT / VIT / CHC
Belt: INT / VIT / Life% / +AR or +Armor
Legs: INT / VIT / +Armor / Sockets (Topaz or Amethyst)
Feet: INT / VIT / +AR / Meteor%
Ring1: AS / CHC / CHD / Socket
Ring2: AS / CHC / CHD / Socket
Weapon: INT or %Dmg / AS / RCR / Socket (Emerald)
Offhand: INT / RCR / CHC / APoC / Meteor% (Default Stat)

** secondary affixes:

+CC% resistance (very good to have)
%Ranged or Melee Reduction (nice to have, not required)
Either: Gold Find% or +Single Resist (your choice)

Attack Speed is very important. AS on Weapon, Rings, Gloves, Chest, and from Paragon. I recommend 2.01 AS on sheet or higher.

RCR: I recommend 40%. This would be from RCR on shoulder, topaz in helm, source, and weapon. 33.3% RCR will work (missing weapon RCR for example), but it's not as fluid. There are some alternate skill options as well that can help with resource management as well. I will list these below.

Nemesis Bracer or Ranslor's can be worn. The damage multiplier on Ranslor's is not important in this build. I've listed the Ranslor's as being worn since the pull is the more crucial legendary effect to have with the build.

Amethyst gems in pants are an option for more VIT.

Same for VIT on helm, in place of Meteor% (lowers damage though).

D3planner also has listing for possible high paragon swaps. These include %Dmg on weapon, AD on shoulder, PE instead of Powerful gem, and even AS on amulet instead of Lightning %.

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

Resource Cost Reduction
Area Damage
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Build Guide

Lightning Meteor Torment build for S13. 2-4m T13 capable build. Video shows 2m run, gear, skills, and Video guide. More runs after guide (to show longer rifts as well). Timestamps below:

Time Stamps:

00:00 - Fast Rift #1 - Cave + Plains (~2m clear)
03:00 - Intro and Skills
06:37 - Gear / Items
10:26 - About Tal2, Goblin Packs
12:00 - Multipliers and F&R
15:00 - Test Setup and T13 Entrance Recommendations
16:43 - Affixes: Attack Speed
17:51 - Affixes: RCR (Resource Cost Reduction)
18:44 - Affixes: Other (Damage, Defense, and Utility)
21:59 - Alternate Items
28:39 - Alternate Skills
30:47 - Scalability and Outro
31:49 - Fast Rift #2 - Open plains (~2.25m clear)
34:13 - Medium Rift #1 - Woodsy (~2.5m clear)
36:38 - Long Rift #1 - Shrouded Moors (~3m clear)
39:39 - Long Rift #2 - Green Cave (~3.25m clear)

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Lightning Meteor (Non-Channel, no sage set).

High AS to spam Meteor (Thunder Crash). Use Ranslor enhanced Twisters to group enemies.

Aether Walker and Illusionist for mobility. Nilfurs and The Grand Vizier for the multipliers on Meteor. Tal6 as our main set damage bonus.

F&R, Trapped, Powerful, and Audacity are placed for the additional multipliers. Note that only half of your F&R bonus will be active, this is as expected, since I've opted for no signature in the build.

Nemesis bracer for more elites. Goldwrap for defense.

Boon of the Hoarder provides extra movement, and allows for massive gold drops and Avarice band lets us scoop up Gold and Progress orbs with ease.

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The idea here is a melee setup.

We post up, teleporting in. Calamity will stun mobs and allow you to get in position. Use Calamity rune on teleport to stun mobs, and stay alive.
Then cast Twister to group up density into one little spot.
After that lay into them with Meteor, dealing massive damage. Elites get drained pretty quick, especially if they get singled out due to the secondary effect of the Nilfurs. It's a very efficient setup for rift clearing.
Illusionist run speed helps to dodge attacks, pick up items quickly, and continue movement in between casting Teleport.

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AS breakpoint is as follows:

I recommend a minimum of 2.01 APS on your character sheet. This will put you at the 29 FPA (Frames per attack) breakpoint.
If at max rolls on gear, and using the enchantress (an extra 3% AS from her ability: Focused Mind), you can reach 28 FPA. If not at max rolls however, I recommend Templar for his Inspire and Healing Abilities.
High Paragon Swap: Roll AS on amulet instead of Lightning %. This lets you hit the 27 FPA breakpoint (assuming near perfect rolls and without enchantress - one item can be at 6%, others must be 7%).
If you want even more AS, consider swapping Bane of the Powerful for Pain Enhancer.

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To be able to maintain the AP costs here (even with having The Grand Vizier reducing meteor cost) we need to slot significant RCR. I've listed the recommended levels above in the affixes section.

We also slot many abilities that help reduce AP cost, or give AP regen:

MW:Conduit
APoC (Arcane Power on Crit) from source
Astral Presence
Arcanot
Mistral Breeze (twister rune that reduces AP cost)

Keep EB on autocast. Use numlock or scripting.

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Quick note: RoRG and Avarice Band are acquired through bounties. RoRG from Act1 bounties. Avarice from Act3. However, random chance to get either from Act 4.

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Alternate Setups Include:

Swap EB for a Fire Signature (of your choosing). This grants the second half of F&R for a total 125% multi. However, it does take longer to set up the full multiplier, as you now have to cast both your signature and (typically) Twister to pull before being able to damage with Meteor. Tal6 is harder to manage, and picking up gold for defense as quickly can be more challenging.
Endless Walk (Cube RoRG, wear Avarice)
Stone of Jordan + Orb of Infinite Depth (Cube RoRG, wear Avarice)

Alternate Passive Skills (Replace Magic Weapon: Conduit):

Storm Armor: Power of the Storm - for better resource
MW:Deflection - for small amount of shielding
Energy Armor: Pinpoint Barrier - +35% Armor / +5% CHC combo

Other Alternate Items:

Pain Enhancer - Higher AS, great with density and higher CHC.
Halo of Karini - More consistent Defense, but would have to gear for pickup radius, most likely drop Avarice Band.

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Lightning Meteor GR Speed: