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Morkonan wrote:

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Juleslop wrote:

I just got a new skill effect for lightning warp, would this build be okay with the swap between lightning warp and shield charge? It seems that in most boss fights the fortify isn’t even doing anything?

While I agree that, ideally, we should probably try to not get hit :) , Fortify is a very nice buff.

I've never used Lightning Warp, but it doesn't seem like a great skill to get us out of Harm's Way. There's a delay between activation and warp, right? Flame Dash works great for that, since it's instantaneous (The cast can be interrupted, though, I think). Combined with having the ability to proc a Fortify with Shield Rush, it's a nice combo. Shield Rushing through some adds during a tense fight does give us a few seconds of decent damage reduction. It's a staple Shield Rush combo for a good reason.

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Juleslop wrote:

So what you are saying is that lightning warp is possible but it’s a bit finicky and in the end shield rush with fortify is better, but you can still use lightning warp, it just won’t be as good?

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Juleslop wrote:

So what you are saying is that lightning warp is possible but it’s a bit finicky and in the end shield rush with fortify is better, but you can still use lightning warp, it just won’t be as good?

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Morkonan wrote:

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Juleslop wrote:

So what you are saying is that lightning warp is possible but it’s a bit finicky and in the end shield rush with fortify is better, but you can still use lightning warp, it just won’t be as good?

I've never used lightning warp. But, in reading on it, it has a slight delay before it takes effect. People feel they need to build a 4-link less duration/faster casting just to use it fairly comfortably.

For movement, we've got two skills built in to the build, Shield Rush and Flame Dash. Flame Dash is our "Fast Travel" skill and, for long distances, you can combine it and Shield Rush. Flame Dash is also sort of "instant" and, more importantly, it's a warp, so your character does not touch the terrain/ground effects between start and stop positions, unlike Shield Rush. But, Shield Rush is an attack and can be combined with support gems, like Fortify, which is one of the most popular combinations in the game, giving us a nice boost to damage mitigation for a short time.

I don't have experience using Lightning Warp. But, from all I have seen, there's no advantage there to be had and you'd be giving up some possible bursts of damage mitigation if you dropped Shield Rush/Fortify for it. If you dropped Flame Dash, you'd be giving up one of the sweetest movement skills in the game. :)

Your character, your choice, but I wouldn't choose it for myself.

PS - You should have enough lightning dps going out between Arc and Orb of Storms that having another Lightning dps spell is just double redundancy redundancy. But, I don't know if the Lightning Warp damage has any worthy attributes that come with it.

Edit-Add: Shield Rush also doesn't use mana, so before you get your Watcher's Eye, it's nice for moving around maps that don't let you regen mana.

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