[1.0.2.1] HC Elemental Forcewave Tactician

[Pyroscar]

What about the lack of RR?

There are still couple %, -% and flat RR reduction sources, definitely less than average but i haven’t really felt the lack of it against Mad Queen and nemeses i’ve encountered so far.

Each to their own but i like Physical resist and flat OA better in this state. Else without proc buffs OA falls to lower end of the average threshold.
I will test with Censure and ultimately decide in what to settle.

[Chthon]

There are still couple %, -% and flat RR reduction sources, definitely less than average but i haven’t really felt the lack of it against Mad Queen and nemeses i’ve encountered so far.

Each to their own but i like Physical resist and flat OA better in this state. Else without proc buffs OA falls to lower end of the average threshold.
I will test with Censure and ultimately decide in what to settle.

I prefer Physical Res myself but RR might be needed for dealing more damage, I’d personally advice you to tackle the new nemeses which makes the MQ look like a pansy-ass
Good luck, btw I had previously asked a question about performance of Elemental as a damage type in the current state of the game? Any comments on Attak Seru and Blind Sage?

[Pyroscar]

I prefer Physical Res myself but RR might be needed for dealing more damage, I’d personally advice you to tackle the new nemeses which makes the MQ look like a pansy-ass
Good luck, btw I had previously asked a question about performance of Elemental as a damage type in the current state of the game? Any comments on Attak Seru and Blind Sage?

I want to test something like this http://www.grimtools.com/calc/lNkB6WdZ combining both Sage and Seru.

I haven’t fully leveled Attak Seru its sitting at 11 atm but Arcane currents do seem weaker especially if you have nothing to do with Aether like in my case. I also find it weird that Crab provides more flat OA than an ultimate constellation… I think it can be either equal to Crab even something around 16-18.

I tried stop attacking on intervals to see Blind Sage’s damage i can say it does contribute a lot now. And out of combat with buffs alone Burning Presence is 10k and Detonate is around 12.8k.

Pre expansion when playing stuff like CT, PRM i’d always try to convert to Ele damage but now based on what i’ve so far with this character, elemental seems to be in a better place although still can be supported more overall.

[Chthon]

I want to test something like this http://www.grimtools.com/calc/lNkB6WdZ combining both Sage and Seru.

I haven’t fully leveled Attak Seru its sitting at 11 atm but Arcane currents do seem weaker especially if you have nothing to do with Aether like in my case. I also find it weird that Crab provides more flat OA than an ultimate constellation… I think it can be either equal to Crab even something around 16-18.

I tried stop attacking on intervals to see Blind Sage’s damage i can say it does contribute a lot now. And out of combat with buffs alone Burning Presence is 10k and Detonate is around 12.8k.

Pre expansion when playing stuff like CT, PRM i’d always try to convert to Ele damage but now based on what i’ve so far with this character, elemental seems to be in a better place although still can be supported more overall.

Hmm, well I guess I still can’t say elemental is still strong enough. But it sounds promising and might help me with some tests since now I can consider elemental as an option for testing
Thank you for the swift response

[Autentist]

How does %Fire conversion from shard and armor interract with the one from weapon? While I love the concept of the weapon it feels like whatever we add gear wise is improvising.

Since we are theorycrafting only at this point, I can create a blank character and test it after we finish with the best choices for this build.

Medal is just for + Forcewave and cast speed, i am aware it is not optimal either.
I’d actually keep the pants because it has really good stats and +2 to Aura of Conviction and most importantly Prismatic Shield proc is something i wouldn’t give up easily especially on HC.
I still would use Conviction over Censure.

For boots Wyrmscale is an upgrade in DA/OA but i’d actually use Stormtitan threads for more hp therefore survivability.

I think Shard of Eternal Flame is definitely the BiS, i used what i already crafted and wanted every plus points possible.

BoM gives +5 to FW, so it will be actually better at this point, besides having a very useful proc. So it is BoM then, I suppose.
Well, if you are playing in HC, then certainly. The best MI for pants in SC are either Solael or Alexander ones. I prefer Solael due to ADCtH. We can get some very nice affixes for it.
Yes, because of physical resistance, of course. It is a very valid choice for HC, I agree. For SC Aura of Censure would be preferable though, since it has RR and powers up our fire directly.

Eh, arguable here. Mobs in AoM are very dangerous to the point HP might not even matter that much, unless you go full tank. If they can shred your HP easily, then wouldn’t it be better to use good defensive proc in order to counter that? 10k absorption is a lot.

So it is agreed upon the Shard, then.

[HellToy]

I like this build so far, but please keep the grimtool up to date because i see no changes there.