Curse

Psipherious · May 29, 2010, 08:39 PM // 20:39

I'm trying to figure out a solid single target high damage nuking style air build for hard modes. I have a couple I've come up with which I'll link and am looking for opinions and possible changes.

I don't have Mind Bender in either of the builds, I know I could add that, just not sure what to take out to do so or if the builds are fine as they are?

I have read a lot of the other threads here regarding air builds being generally better for hard modes due to the armor penetration and have taken a number of ideas from those to come up with the following builds as well.

I realize that the Master of Damage isn't very good to test things out on but I've been trying to test out a number of different Air builds I've been coming up with on him. The most I can manage to pull is an average of around 40 dps (give or take 5) over a 5 minuteish session. This doesn't seem very high to me and not quite sure if I'm doing something wrong or if the builds are horrible or what.

If they're good enough as they are, hopefully they will be useful to others as well but I would love some suggestions. Thanks for any input in advance.

First one is a Lightning Surge build:
http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Pv...7iIDlDNDgDfD6Q
[build prof=Elementalist/ EnergyStorage=9 AirMagic=12 EarthMagic=9][Air Attunement][Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support][Glyph of Lesser Energy][Lightning Orb][Lightning Surge][Enervating Charge][Chain Lightning][Shock Arrow][/build]

Ignore the 9 points in fire, that's only to activate additional armor on my pryomancer insignia as I don't feel I need a full 12 points in Energy Storage.

And second is a Assassin's Promise build:
http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Pv...ZocAcYXcB6bwbA
[build prof=Elementalist/Assassin EnergyStorage=9 AirMagic=12 DeadlyArts=9][Air Attunement][Glyph of Lesser Energy][Lightning Orb][Enervating Charge][Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support][Assassin's Promise][Chain Lightning][Lightning Strike][/build]

Also please ignore the fact that I have no runes added in these templates. Assume +1 +2 (15) to Air and +1 (10) to Energy Storage. I'm not sure why those didn't copy with my template codes.

Grumpy Bear · May 29, 2010, 11:27 PM // 23:27

I've used this for HM:

Invoke Lightning
Shell Shock
Lightning Orb
Chain Lightning
Shock Arrow
Optional
Air Attunement
Elemental Lord

Optional slot could be Blinding Flash for melee heavy areas, res or Glyph of Lesser Energy if you think you're going to have energy issues which, tbh, you shouldn't have.

Hope that helps