Zodiarkslayer wrote: »Zodiarkslayer wrote: »I found it intriguing to theory craft a sort of Lightning themed Sorcerer. Sadly, I wasn't able to make that a one bar build.
Here is my take, and it has a LOT of survivability in it.
It is suboptimal, though. More like a theme build, really.
Damage will be somewhere between a wet noodle and a wet towel. But it'll get you through Base Game Veteran Dungeons.
Storm-Cursed's Revenge + Heartland Conqueror + a Mythic or Monster set of your choice.
The secret is to use Charged trait with Heartland Conqueror to proc the shock status effect a ton, which deals a little bit of shock damage up front and helps to proc the Storm-Cursed set. I couldn't believe what a difference it made, but my DPS jumped almost 20% with Heartland Conqueror (I used Infallible Aether before).
It's the ultimate shock sorc and it rocks. Single target is respectable and the cleave damage is nuts.
That is a good hint. I was contemplating that set as well, but I ultimately decided against it, because of the proc chance.
To have that damage proc reliably per second, I would need to run at least 6 shock damage sources in parallel. It is only 15%. That is really low. And to have six shock sources is really stretching the Sorcerer Class's capabilities. And of course the original request of the OP, because there would need to be at least one pet
Or you need at least six enemies at the same time, which is also a stretch.
And the Charged trait, that you describe is only affecting the chance of the status effects. Meaning in our case only concussed. Your felt damage increase is probably a combination of the additional penetration and weapon damage from the set bonuses, plus the near 100% uptime of the minor Vulnerability debuff, that comes with the concussion status effect. And possibly the added uptime of off balance from your wall of lightning (Unstable or Blockade).
There, you've solved the mystery.Zodiarkslayer wrote: »It says nowhere that the damage proc is in any way influenced by the concussed status effect. Or does it? It just says: Shock Damage. That of course includes the shock damage from a shock glyph and the subsequent instant shock damage tick of concussed status. If you mean that you can cascade shock damage this way, you are wrong. The subsequent damage tick cannot reapply concussed. That is a necessary exclusion of how status effects work. Of course you effectively double up the numbers of dice rolls, so to say. But that doesn't change the 15% chance of the Storm Cursed's Revenge proc.
SilverBride wrote: »I am looking for a Solo Magicka Sorcerer PvE build that doesn't use a Pet. I just cannot stand having these things hovering around in my way. Right now I am a Vampire but thinking of curing, so looking for a build that would work well for me. I prefer a single bar build if possible as I have never liked bar swapping.
Thank you.