Has anyone tried this build using the transmuted cadence to 100% elemental damage? Any good?
not tried yet, but savagery is best skill imo for lightning/2h build, can be interesting using cadence but i dont see how it can be better than savagery
Transmuted Cadence is very awkward to use in practise for two reasons; firstly it only affects every third hit, the actual cadence hit. The others are unaffected. The third strike is admittedly where most of Cadence’s damage lies but you’re still missing out. Secondly, elemental damage simply isn’t supported well. Especially if you’re only trying to capitalise on the lightning damage, you’re wasting 2/3rds of the elemental damage as elemental damage gets split evenly between fire, lightning and cold.
Beyond that, Most of the gear that supports lightning will be pushing Savagery or Primal Strike rather than Cadence. By all means try it out yourself, I encourage build experimentation, but frankly I can’t see a reason to use Cadence over Savagery if you’re playing a lightning Warder.
If you want to go lightning, savagery is the best solution (transmuted primal strike can also be good)
You will lose too much DPS with discord transmuter (total damage of cadence spread into the 3 elemental damage type, only active on the third hit …) whereas you can easily convert the physical damage of Savagery into Lightning damage with gear and skills