Interesting! I'm new to Diablo, but I enjoyed exploring and trying out different builds while doing the campaign. I don't think that anything was remotely "efficient", but it was good fun. Currently, I've been swapping over to an arc lash build from some website, and it's also been enjoyable. All of a sudden I can dish out so much damage! While tinkering with my own builds I had completely missed out on enchantments, and that was a real eye-opener. So much damage just from those extra enchantments.
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Yeah there’s a lot of synergies that can be done to dish out massive damage. My issue is that I feel like I can never figure out these things on my own. I always have to rely on a guide. Makes me feel like I am copying someone else’s homework. My first build that I listed was done without a guide and just based on what I thought would be fun. Second build was using a guide and it completely outclasses my first, but I also don’t think I would have ever discovered it on my own, especially because it relies on Lucky Hit, which is a mechanic that’s not really well explained in the game.
Yeah, I feel the same, but I've simply accepted the fact that my builds will never compare very well to someone else's (who knows what they're doing). Lucky hit is still a mystery to me, when I create a build I always "ignore" critical and lucky hits. The names make them sound unreliable.
Definitely don't ignore them! Critical strikes and Lucky Hit bonuses are sooooooo powerful and one of the ways to deal meaningful damage. Lucky hits is just an extra probability multiplier. So let's say you have an item that says "Lucky Hit: 10% chance of applying Burning" and your character has a lucky hit chance of 30%. That means that your item has 0.3 * 0.1 = 0.03 = 3% chance of applying Burning, which might sound very little, but often times it's calculating that PER hit, so you can imagine that occuring a lot with ice shards for example.
I'm not a huge fan of how syngergies are implemented in the game, they feel rather contrived.
I'd prefer more natural synergies like give me a huge meteor that is hard to aim, but if I combine it with a frost nova or trap spell that keeps mobs in place, I now have a great combo. Or a frozen orb spraying every mob with water and then getting extra damage with chain lightning because all the mobs are now wet.
Stuff you can look at and understand, not some debuffs you have to look up in a spells description or that only appear if you combine specific spells with rare aspects.
I've been enjoying a Ice Shard build while completing the campaign. I find it fun to train them into a big group freeze them then teleport out. Then come the Damage haha
Ice shards is pretty OP once you get enough lucky hit and ice shard piercing. I've been melting level 72 guys no problem. I am pretty squishy tho, so I am working towards some barriers and also mana regen in the hopes that I can take out guys faster than they can take out me.
I'm currently running with... Frost Armour, Teleport, Frost Nova, Hydra, Frost Bolt, Ice Shards. And using Firebolt and frostbolt enchantments.
Enemies die really quickly. Mana isn't much of a problem at level 65 with all the aspects I'm wearing.
I'm feeling like Hydra's probably run its course. I mostly use it for some passive damage against bosses but it really doesn't do much overall. So I'm considering switching it out for Blizzard or something else.
Yeah hydra was okay for me early game but even then it still felt like they were just whittling down enemies rather than dealing substantial damage. I think during endgame it's only useful in applying Burning so you can get that extra critical strike damage from your passives but it's too unpredictable and there are probably more efficient ways at applying Burning.
Bookmarking this since I wanna try some new builds myself. I’ve mostly been running a tanky kinda build. I’m running HC-mode so gotta be careful.
You got more balls than me. The idea of losing my char permanently frightens me haha. What's your current build?
Honestly can’t rattle it off off the top of my head. But it uses anything and everything to give me damage reduction and make me harder to kill haha. Been a few days since I’ve been on. Need to grind some altars and get through other post-campaign content.
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