[3.12] Memoria's Crackling Lance Assassin [Leveling Section updated]
 What's up everyone! I'm sure that I'm not the only one looking into the new Crackling Lance skill and I've tried to come up with a decent starting build for this. Feel free to join me Twitch or Discord if you have any questions or want to see the build in action. Discord: https://discord.gg/NgZTgBs Twitch: https://twitch.tv/Memoria_gaming Path of Building
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You will need PoB Community Fork:https://github.com/PathOfBuildingCommunity/PathOfBuilding Videos Coming Soon Progress Day 1: Act 1-10 in 6hr, lvl 80, conq down. Day 2: Lvl 88 red tier maps. Decided to replace Cracklance with Storm brand until later on when I have more currency. Feels like we need to invest quite a bit more to make it work lategame. Damage is bonkers in most cases, need to work with survivability (Shield/1h + block most likely) Pros + Nice clear + Skill looks great + New and exciting + Single target dmg is sweet Cons - Squishy - Shield/block might be an option - Needs to stand still in order to deal high single target dmg How the build works
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The idea is to utilize Assassin to scale our lightning damage through power charges & crit. The base damage looks good and combined with intensify we are looking at some juicy crits. For single target we need to be more or less standing still and for that we need some defensive options such as Phase acro and we might need to swap out one Void Battery for a shield and focus more on block. We also got Tempest Shield, Arctic Armour, Enfeeble & immortal call to look into for defenses. Talent tree for those without PoB Community Fork
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40pts Normal lab
 60pts Cruel lab  80pts Merciless lab  100pts Uber lab  Ascendancy & Pantheon
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Ascendancy Opportunistic -> Mistwalker -> Unstable Infusion -> Deadly Infusion Bandits Help Alira for crit multi and res Pantheons Major - Brine King Minor - Ryslatha for bosses, Shakari or Gruthkul for clear Gear
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Weapon Double Void battery, optional to use a shield instead or go Staff with +1 Power charge & dmg per power charge Helm Mods to look for on rare Life Res +1 to Maximum Power Charge %# elemental damage Crit multi Body Armour Rare with Explode + Frenzy or Spell crit Inpulsa might be a good choice here Gloves Mods to look for Life Res Spell Damage Culling Strike Unnerve Belt Mods to look for Life Res Lightning/ele dmg (not to attacks, won't work) Crit chance against shocked enemies Boots Mods to look for Life Res MS Tailwind Amulet Choir of the Storm Rare amulet with Life/res/crit multi/+ lightning/int skill gems Badge of the brotherhood Rings Mods to look for Life Res Conductivity Assassin's mark Added flat lightning dmg per power charge Crit multi Lightning damage Jewels Life Crit multi Dex Spell/area/lightning dmg Glorious Vanity - Place either below Pain attunement or Mind over Matter. Gives Corrupted Soul (20% of max life as extra ES + 50% of non-chaos damage taken bypasses ES). This let's us leech ES and life at the same time. Cluster Jewels Large: Storm Drinker, Doryani's Lesson, Disorienting display and any other Elemental/lightning damage mod Medium: Towering threat, magnifier or any other lightning/spell/area/crit dmg Small: Chaos res with anti-venom if needed, else Life with Fettle Flasks Instant Life Flask Diamond Flask Vessel of the Vinktar Cinderswallow Urn or Atziri's Promise Quicksilver FLask Gems and Links
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Crackling Lance - Lightning Pen - Controlled Destruction - Elemental Focus - Unleash - Added Lightning Immortal Call - Wave of Conviction - Cast When Damage Taken - Arctic Amour (Dual Wield) or Tempest Shield (Shield) OOS Clear Orb of Storms - Controlled Destruction - Added Lightning Damage - Chain OOS Curse Orb of Storms - Curse on Hit - Conductivity Wrath - Herald of Thunder - Enlighten lvl 3 Leveling Guide I'll start by saying that I'm not 100% sure how I will level this but here's my rough idea.
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Stats to look for while leveling to increase your dmg +1 to lightning spell skill gems Flat lightning/spell dmg added to spells Other flat ele dmg to spells increased lightning/spell dmg Crit is not important in the beginning but will be better the more dmg you have Leveling tree's added in PoB Skill gems for leveling ---------Lvl 1--------- Freezing Pulse - Onslaught [B-G] Stormblast Mine [B] ---------Lvl 4--------- Frost Bomb - Onslaught [B-G] Orb of Storms [B] ---------Lvl 8--------- Frost Bomb - Onslaught - Added Lightning [B-B-G] Stormblast Mine - Added Lightning - Swift assembly [B-B-G] ---------Lvl 18--------- Orb of Storms - Onslaught - Added lightning [B-B-G] Stormblast Mine - Swift Assembly - Controlled Destruction - Added Lightning [B-B-B-G] ---------Lvl 28--------- Crackling Lance - Intensify - Controlled Destruction - Elemental Focus[B-B-B-B] ---------Lvl 38--------- Wave of Conviction - Curse on Hit - Conductivity - Phys to Lightning [B-B-B-B] Crackling Lance - Intensify - Spell Echo - Elemental Focus - Controlled Destruction [B-B-B-B] Arcane Cloak - Arcane Surge [B-B] Sigil of Power - Increased Duration - Increased Area of effect [B-B-R] Orb of Storms - Controlled Destruction - Elemental Focus - Chain Remember to pick up Herald of Thunder and Wrath. My other build guides Storm Brand Assassin - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2904469 Herald of Thunder Autobomber - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2891996 Herald of Ice BV Autobomber Assassin https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2899679 Storm Brand Archmage Trickster https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2803112 Icicle Mines Saboteur https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2638570 Scourge Arrow Slayer https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2525823 Blade Vortex Explode Chieftain: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2743315 Wintertide/Vortex Trickster: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2887634 Last edited by Memoria_Gaming on Sep 19, 2020, 11:37:52 PM Last bumped on Dec 27, 2020, 8:18:58 PM
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I'm wondering if Cracking Lance would be any good with a CwC setup. Could be with Storm Burst or Divine Ire, but I'd like to try with my Lightning Tendrils Trickster, for full Palpatine-style. Usually, people channel Arc with LT, but I think that CL can look even more Sith ;-) and probably better against single targets. There may be issues with the Intensity mechanics, though.
I'll test it first thing when 3.12 launches ! Rahsaan's Workshop, a post to showcase a dozen of my home-made builds : https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3432443 Last edited by rahsaan on Sep 17, 2020, 1:23:47 PM
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Why are you using Pinpoint Support in your links? Pinpoint only works for projectiles, and Crackling Lance does not have projectiles. I would 100% recommend using Intensify Support as well, due to how much % more damage it gives.
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I would go for frost shield, dmg should be enough if u go for 2x void battery and I would go with Shroud of the Lightless and HoI for clear. Maybe later switch to explode chest or +1 gems chest and for really late game maybe go for int stacking.
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" Considering Inpulsa later on in the league but we'll see. Currently I'm a bit worried about the leveling experience since Storm brand is a bit lackluster atm and not sure about Crackling lance when it comes to leveling. Maybe level it as ED/contagion and swap later on..? |
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This looks pretty similar to what I thought about playing in Heist.
Leveling might not be too rough when using either Storm Brand or Arc and switching to Crackling Lance if it turns out to be alright in the lower levels, but I suspect that the first couple of days/the first week will be spent farming currency in mid tier maps until the build really comes online with Void Battery and possibly Inpulsa for clear. It might also be worth to consider a more reliable leech option other than just Atziri's Promise. Valako's Sign perhaps together with more of a focus on shocks? I will be following this thread and also try to make this work (although I suck at making builds). Edit: This is my very unoptimized (using arc as filler spell, no jewels, clusters, too lazy to craft good rares, very squishy, just fucking around basically) POB for what I had in mind: https://pastebin.com/kpBfTmTH Last edited by DerMaggis on Sep 17, 2020, 7:10:21 PM
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BV works well to level with, or freezing pulse is probably fine too.
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I guess im going to follow this one for my starter
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Can Cracklance be used with bows? Wondering if its doable to aim for Voltaxic and go chaos damage with shocks
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