[3.12] Durimon's Ball Lightning Miner "REVIVED", 6 ex, even FASTER than pre-nerf (Updated)

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JohnnyV76 wrote:

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insangel0001 wrote:

1. Can you tell what affix should find in wands? (From most important to less)
2. Will it worth to take exlosives expert instead Demolition Specialist?
3. Mindfield or Swift Assembly better?
4. What different Blastchain and Hight Impact mine? What should i use?
Thank you

P/s:Sorry for my bad english.

Durimon is probably busy with his FB build so I'll have a go ;)

1. For a wand I'd look for (in priority): critical strike chance for spells, adds # to # lightning damage to spells, a good chuck of spell damage and the rest is bonus... % of lightning damage as extra chaos damage is nice, crit multiplier is nice and I was able to craft +15% mine throwing speed on my wand which is pretty sweet.

2. I think demolition specialist is only good if you are using one of the new mine skills (stormblast, icicle or pyroclast) as they have a built-in aura that is buffed by this ascendancy. If you are using skitterbots + infernal legion then explosives expert is the way to go.

3. I know Durimon says Minefield but I hate the clunkiness of the pause between two throws even with a lot of throwing speed. Swift assembly feels so much smoother and I like that you can quickly throw some mines left and right without interruptions. Big downside is that the max mines laid is 19 vs 23 with minefield. This is a lot less DPS when trying to kill a boss in one go (and you have time to prepare to drop all 23 mines). The question is whether you need 23 mines to swiftly kill a mob or whether 19 will be enough. In the end it's a matter of preference. If you can bear the pause between throws then minefield is better for you.

4. High Impact is the preferred choice. Not sure about the math but I think it has the potential to do more DPS. The penalty for high impact is also less than blastchain (the supported skills deal x% less damage)

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bluewelkin wrote:

Thank you again for your help. You are the one who made me like Skitterbots! :)

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valet2valet wrote:

I increased survival by changing something in the build. Survival is now on top, everything is killed quickly.
Who cares, here is POB. My changed tree is new1.
Swift Assembly instead of minefield.
CWDT + Immortal Call 20/20.
https://pastebin.com/7Rr253EM

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pattycak3 wrote:

why High Impact as opposed to using Blastchain?

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reciprocate wrote:

All 3 of those builds are pretty strong for Delving. Ice Shot can have some good aoe and damage overlap due to the AoE, Fireball's base damage is absurdly high, ball lightning is pretty nice since it's sorta like a poor man's VD as it's a slower moving aoe that can damage mobs more than 6 times per second.

Though reaching depth 500 would probably require sacrificing damage for eHP. I'm not sure what version of a Saboteur would pull this off tbh with either of the 3 builds. I guess whichever offers the most safety (maybe ice shot or ball lightning?)

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FedeS wrote:

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reciprocate wrote:

All 3 of those builds are pretty strong for Delving. Ice Shot can have some good aoe and damage overlap due to the AoE, Fireball's base damage is absurdly high, ball lightning is pretty nice since it's sorta like a poor man's VD as it's a slower moving aoe that can damage mobs more than 6 times per second.

Though reaching depth 500 would probably require sacrificing damage for eHP. I'm not sure what version of a Saboteur would pull this off tbh with either of the 3 builds. I guess whichever offers the most safety (maybe ice shot or ball lightning?)

What's VD?
Which layers of defense would be the most efficient in order to reach those depths in your opinion? ty :)