I’ve no playtested build to back up my suggestions but I’d like to ask one last time if the above Conduit can also get a look over in addition to @afanasenkov26 asking for the Chaos CT Conduit getting a bit of help.
Either:
- Change the 100% Lightning converted to Vitality to Acid so it’s pure Acid/Poison would be perfect.
Or - Rework the conversion to just be 100% Lightning damage converted to Acid damage and leave the Cold damage to be converted through equipment would be acceptable.
Forcing the Acid/Vitality damage split when Arcanist doesn’t boost either in any way is my main problem. Any way I try build it in grimtools either lacks +% Acid/Vitality damage or skill bonuses to the TSS line. If it were just 1 damage type instead of 2, it would be far easier to manage.
Not expected but would be nice:
- Some minor skill bonuses here and there on Cold/Acid equipment. Like replacing the +2 to Flashbang on Mythical Band of Black Ice or +2 to Dreeg’s Evil Eye on Deathguard Sigil with +2 to Trozan’s Sky Shard or Shattered Star.
I’ve demonstrated in a previous character that some +1 to all skills and skill bonuses on 1 or 2 semi-relevant gear pieces with enough scrounging can manage high skill ranks in the TSS line while maintaining ok levels of +% damage but that is harder to do here with the Conduit as mentioned above due to it being dual-damage types for a skill or mastery that it has no synergy with. Another +100% or +200% damage would be great and a single relevant gear piece like the above rings would accomplish that.
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/1NXQ7dX2
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/wV1ep8nV
I’ve spent days and hours experimenting and wracking my brain and the above 2 links are the only ones I’ve finished and saved and I’m still not impressed by the stats on the surface even if performance in-game might be different and knowingly accepting that it’s a meme and performance is going to be average at best. I knew this going in with Pierce TSS but the stats there at least looked appealing enough to draw me in and try it. I can’t say the same for Acid/Vitality TSS in it’s current state.