Well that’s unfortunate, I really like playing fast Lightning melee builds in RPGs I play. If I remember correctly Titan Quest had the same issue and Thane was considered a low tier class.
I’m sure Crate will take care of that issue eventually though. They seem to really care about the community and making everything balanced/viable.
There is a good amount of very strong 2-handed Lightning melee builds. There are also some decent ranged Lightning autoattackers. But for dual wield melee there are no endgame specs except my Trickster I am afraid.
FYI
I myself used Ceno’s build as a template and put my own spin on it. I am glad you are enjoying what I would call one my most favorite builds. Really great to hear you want to put your own spin on it. That attitude would allow you to crush ultimate.
As for endgame, I am sure you already got some inputs from other veterans.
P.S
Please kill any hobos in deer suits.
Did infiltrator and purifier get a dick slap in the face? I honestly can’t remember how they were in base game. Or maybe I am thinking of elemental version of those builds.
Fuck I’m getting old.
This extends to the Shattered Realm as well. I know most treat SR as a separate game mode but for any hopeful souls trying to do SR thinking it’s part of main campaign with the optimization I went with in GT they’ll get the Statue of Libery’s torch in their asshole.
Just to clarify the build concept might be solid in endgame but the optimization I shared with the forums was exclusively for MC content. I never posted a crucible build in my entire forum time.
Infiltrator might do the trick, but just because it’s the Infiltrator. But I am just assuming, I haven’t actually tried. Trickster worked partly because of Savagery and Stormcaller’s Pact (and Eye of the Storm) and I am not sure if Beronath auto-attack can produce a similiar result despite all the Infiltrator godliness.
Melee dual wielding Lightning Purifier would be pretty bad I reckon. Again, maybe someone will prove me wrong, but melee Fire Strike is still barely making it as an okay auto-attack on a Cold Sabouter with all the support from Nex and Ortus and Fire to Cold conversion. Without it, I don’t even know, probably very subpar.
I haven’t played the game too actively in FG so can’t comment on the current state of things too much but last I checked. Purifier was decent but crappy damage output in endgame (even in MC) but had good survivability (I think). Lightning Inflitrator I have faint memories but it was actually surprisingly good but thinking back I am not sure if it was the support it had or if it was Infiltrator being really good in AoM.
Yeah definitely! It really is a fun build and I think disengage adds another layer of quickness and mobility that makes it really fun. I did want to ask you advice about something. In your build you use Ulzuin’s set, but now that Ulzuin is a canister bomb set, is there a better set to go with? Shattered Realm seems the most obvious armor set for an upgrade, but before that would you still stick with Ulzuin?
If you want something a little more accessible than Chthon’s build, you could perhaps try this: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/q2mPw3DN
I keep trying to make dual-wield lightning work on not-trickfiltrator out of bored masochism. Vindicator’s okay and can farm the roguelikes just fine, but isn’t exactly the sturdiest thing in the world and has pretty erratic aoe. If you tossed it into the high crucible or SR I’d bet against it. Haven’t tried purifier, though, because previous experiences with melee fire strike were less than stellar. Your trickster looks like it should far exceed any of the memes I’ve churned through, so a sincere thumbs up on it. 
One think that will help lightning dw melee will be conversion from chaos to lightning,which sadly don’t exist.
The reason is the granted seal component with Wps with chaos damage.If you can convert it you will have by default 2x wps,also Korvaak brand by default.So you can go to class without WPS,but with dual sources of RR,like Vindicator for example.
Other idea is RR mods to Necro for lightning Ritualist or to Nightblade.
Just finished normal and started elite. Made sure to complete every quest I could in normal.
Here how he is now:
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/M2glgEKV
I still really enjoy the playstyle. The closest I came to death was when I was in Fleshworks and I disengaged facing the wrong way. I went head first into 15+ aetherials with at least 3 Hero and one unique boss. My health immediately dropped to 60% in 2 seconds and blast shield went off. I put up blade barrier only to give me a second to think through things. I shadow striked to the bottom most monster on my screen, immediately turned around and disengaged and survived. Lesson learned I guess. I’m excited to play elite and see where I go from here. After I complete act 1 I’m going into FG just until I get the elite version of Fettan Mask and go through acts 2-4, finish FG content and then finally AoM. I’m a completionist so I’m probably going to complete everything in elite, and I’m sure the gear I get from AoM and FG will be really useful in ultimate