Ball Lightning Sorc is Broken Strong Diablo IV

[@doozey365]

Dont play this build, it will end season 2 for you. After this build, u will wreck all content and every other build will feel inferior. Got this build going a 2 days ago, killed Lilith then quit the season. Btw, it is that powerful. Its fun, until u realize there is no content thats a challenge for it.

[@DonTheCrown]

this is a great promotion for the build! thanks

[@BadLarry617]

I wasn't sold on this build until this reply. Now there is nothing more I want in season 2 except to play this build tbh

[@horrorBG]

Have you played TB poison Rogue ??

[@AsoSnT]

this is the case with every build lol, game is so easy it's not even funny anymore...

[@codywood173]

@@horrorBGdoesn’t come close to this💀💀

[@Bleeksan0]

Casual playing dad here, just hit 45 with sorc since season start. Hopefully the devs don't think that Don's progress is normal lol. It will take another month for me to get my character to this point in the video. This is a goal for my character this season. So hopefully they don't nerf it.

[@doozey365]

The lead guy said they arent nerfing anything this season a couple days ago, whatever that is worth.

[@DonTheCrown]

they said they saw that people were having fun and..... they have no intents to nerf, so have fun!

[@Yumums]

The new vampire zones give tons of items, you'll have the aspects and basic stuff you'll need in no time

[@jessikat6692]

@@Yumums What do you mean by Vampire zones? ty

[@glenmcl]

they won't nerf, they will just make all bosses super resistant or immune to electric

[@elixxx]

Great guide, i had all the items for it but was struggling with Mana so i followed some of your steps and remade my build a bit.

[@DonTheCrown]

Glad I could help

[@furshizzle]

TY for explaining this so well so I can copy it.

[@DonTheCrown]

no problem!

[@Durzothorn]

9:36 don't sleep on frigid fate its multiplicative damage that scales off all the non-physical damage nodes in the paragon board and actually can add a ton of damage to the build.

[@DonTheCrown]

Currently it would give me 5% dmg, not worth

[@Djassie18698]

It's multiplicative, not additive Tho. And if you pick non phys damage nodes around all the boards, I get a multiplicative x23% damage

[@jimcramer6354]

@@Djassie18698if your not utilizing this node it’s a huge mistake

[@Djassie18698]

@@jimcramer6354 yeah I use frigid fate, really boosts damage. I'm trying now to get both paragon node. The frigid one and the extra burning damage one

[@deciduousoutdoors436]

​@@DonTheCrownlmaoo dude talks like he knows Diablo builds best n your viewers are telling yah what yah did wrong m8😂😂

[@one_rich]

This build is bonkers, i cleared uber lillith, duriel and T100 all before hitting 100.

[@DonTheCrown]

yeah player power level is through the roof but this build is something else

[@rudolfoantloga]

Hello Don, will you update your build to use the new Glith?

[@KingJerbear]

I'm having a blast playing this on Hardcore, but I'm too scared to drop Vyr's Mastery even though I know it would be a huge QOL and DPS improvement. Hopefully I can get it ironed out but the resist penalty really hurts when you first enter the higher World Tiers on Hardcore nowadays before you have upgrade armor and life on your gear. edit: I'll also add that I prefer Hemomancy to Undying in a lot of cases. It also heals you based on the number of enemies hit x 1% max HP, but the thing I like about it is that it can tag mobs offscreen and get them heading in your path to make it easier to clear out areas. It's especially effective in Helltides and Vamp zone, and the phys damage on it's own is enough to one-shot weak enemies like bats. Give it a try!

[@honeydruid]

Trust me, I play hardcore. You don't need Vyr's. You don't even need his paragon board (I use a hybrid between his build and Maxroll's board). I absolutely annihilated Lilith at 100, it wasn't even a challenge.

[@lukaskubat9966]

Hi bro can you send here your build? I have the same build as here 14k dps and Im still dying on higher NDs 80+ ) Thx a lot@@honeydruid

[@ronsimpson8666]

Vyr is bugged... doesn't work. Trust me, you dont need vyr...

[@galih4776]

your build has made me succeeded in defeating uber lilith!! thanks man!

[@DonTheCrown]

Glad I could help!

[@Bandersonloud91]

instant sub u explained everything very well 👍🏼

[@DonTheCrown]

Awesome, thank you!

[@pdzbw]

love the pace and tone of your vids, keep it up!

[@DonTheCrown]

Thanks, will do! This one took a lot of recuts to get

[@honeydruid]

Thanks, first time going against Hardcore Lilith, took her down with ease. Definitely a sub now.

[@epiicwiizard]

You do not mention this but metamorphosis is best at lv1 so that you can get the unstoppable more frequently in-between dashes granting more mana from Tibault's Will. Otherwise awesome build!

[@Greenmachine78]

Wish i could downgrade...

[@epiicwiizard]

@@Greenmachine78 I tried to warn some. Roll a new character, maybe?

[@Dartlin]

Can confirm, beat all the uber bosses prior to lvl 82

[@VegetaHimself]

Thank you for this. I love the survivability so far

[@Grimaldo354]

What survivability? I’m getting one shot by non elites on this trash build

[@steveverry2929]

Great review Don. What priority would you level the glyphs? I got Adept to 15 now and not sure which to go next. Ty

[@DonTheCrown]

destruction is a good 2nd then rest in any order

[@JosipMadunic]

Awesome guide mate, thank you. What glyphs would you recommend lvling first?

[@DonTheCrown]

Adept > destruction > rest

[@JosipMadunic]

@@DonTheCrown thanks for the prompt reply

[@oilspill1787]

Don’t think it’s overpowered. I think it’s awesome that we can enjoy the game you’re supposed to get God powers after a certain amount of time anyway.

[@zee1645]

u dont think its overpowered... so basically saying u need to playing every game with cheat engine and god mode..lmao.. there is absolutely no mechanics u need to respect.. just spam one button and its over.. u call that fun.. i call that boring AF.

[@blacklight1212]

Any update for the new glyph? Thanks for the video!

[@diwuax]

hi, In which socket do you recommend putting the blood glyph?

[@izaruburs9389]

The reason for this buff is that the devs wanted to clarify the dps of ball lightning. The number was supposed so represent the damage per second, not per zap. It's confirmed that they won't fix oculus and ball lightning. Even the rogue bug seems to stay which is actualy kinda insane but I don't judge.

[@DonTheCrown]

They won't nerf in this season, next is a maybe. Also source for the per second thing?

[@izaruburs9389]

@@DonTheCrown The devs removed the proc rate of ball lightning from the tooltip and forgot to adjust the numbers correctly. Usualy attack speed reduced the dmg for ball lightning (god knows why), that was fixed this season by removing atk speed entirely from the calcuations and someone at Blizzard isn't good at math.

[@d.t.3495]

Love your build man. Going back to it for the fourth time now after trying different variations lol. Quick question! Apparently, Prey on the Weak isn't working as intended. what would you sub out the power for, personally? I'm going for Resilience for extra tankiness but I was just wondering . Thanks!

[@DonTheCrown]

define: "Prey on the Weak isn't working as intended." and source for that?

[@d.t.3495]

@@DonTheCrown yeah apparently the damage just doesn't really change. Moxsy has a video on it

[@HDSigningOut]

I am using Maxroll Ball Lightning variant. Is this one better?

[@DeathisChannel]

who knows..

[@Fedoractor]

Me too, you can try this build by yourself and tell here , for me build on maxxrolll is good

[@NeillSmith]

Imo the best variant is teleport enchant. You get a lot more uptime on barrier with that variant which is both more defensive and means your damage multipliers are active more often.

[@alexnawrot8464]

@@NeillSmith what variant is 'teleport enchant'?

[@NeillSmith]

@@alexnawrot8464 You replace fire bolt enchant with teleport enchant and drop metamorphosis. Drop occulous for some other aspect there. There's a bunch of other changes as a result. But it speed farms T100 better than other variants IMO because the barrier uptime is nearly 100% and basically any key is doable. Nick Tew did a video on it.

[@Foxchimera]

I’m currently running this build but I feel super squishy in higher tier nightmares like I’m getting one tapped a lot my affix’s could be better but no way they affect my build that hard right

[@dizk8488]

Is the +% damage on Oculus multiplicative now? (separate damage bucket) This wasn't the case in earlier seasons and makes the Oculus quite a bit better. Otherwise I don't see a reason to run it over a good 925 weapon other than for speed farming

[@DonTheCrown]

after a certain point you kill so fast that reducing travel time is more impactful to your overall clear speed instead of increasing damage

[@GeminiImpact19]

I haven't seen anyone addressing this yet, I am running a very similar setup and what confuses me about this specific build is that you are getting cooldown reduction on all abilities everytime you dodge. There is no tooltip suggesting this should be the case, I am thinking this is a bug with Metamorphosis interacting with Oculus and pushing the CD for dodge to all abilities because it seems to be anywhere from .8 - 1 sec of CR per dodge.

[@manfredhoudek2385]

I was not getting the rotation orb aspect for a long time. Then I swapped to all out frost build and within the first rare drops I got two of them, and swapped back. I believe Sorcerer has built in drop rates specific to the build style you are not playing. Play fire you either get frost or lightning drops. Irritating. But since I was playing Sorc last season I figured this out.

[@ThorGodofThunder420]

I've been playing chain lightning since day 1 and at level 80 I have 6+ gravitational aspects. It's random.

[@gipsydanger5020]

I wish Chain Lightning and Incinerate were this strong...fingers crossed for buffs to weak skills

[@xGR1MxREAPERx]

Have you made an updated version of this? You seem to be using a way different build with flicker step boots and other Aspects also.

[@BackyardPvP]

Would like to see how you build around Ahavarion spear of lycander 2hand staff Uber unique - build is better than any I’ve ever seen in Diablo 4 though, thank you 🙏

[@pedromct]

Hi Don, Love u build ❤! What the correctly aspect to boots? In video is diferent to mobalytics.

[@DonTheCrown]

speed aspect for speed, embers aspect for doing more dmg

[@d.t.3495]

​​@@DonTheCrownwhy more DMG? The immobilize status? Speed any day by the way. Any day

[@KnakySins]

Hi, new here.. is still good this build? Can be used for AoZ? I see a lot of build around here and I don’t really know which one should I follow… thanks

[@DonTheCrown]

yup it works in AoZ just gotta chain stun enemies as you kill them: mobalytics.gg/diablo-4/profile/ea2090e0-3952-4191-848c-ec98449c9de2/builds/571c47bb-9d02-4ee5-a08d-c1925532c0ca

[@KnakySins]

@@DonTheCrownthank you

[@Burizaaa]

is crackling energy damage a good substat for this build?

[@NeillSmith]

No

[@DonTheCrown]

its still horrible, really horrible

[@Greenmachine78]

Hello Don and thank you very much for this build. I tried the maxroll build of ball lightning and that was not for me. This build is so much fun! Question for you if you would to answer, is flickerstep a good option for boots instead of using binding embers?

[@d.t.3495]

So part of the reason we use regular boots here is for the 1.2 seconds of cooldown reduction on our evade for every attack. Flickerstep is only good if you want to ultimate constantly

[@Greenmachine78]

Thank you for answering.@@d.t.3495

[@jeromedubedat]

Hello Don . why paragon board are not the same on ur youtube video and mobalytics about this build ? same build but different board ?1?

[@DonTheCrown]

Written guides are much easier to update, the written guide will always have the most up to date board

[@ChiRhoXXVIII]

I might be missing something but why raiment with metamorphosis? When you use meta as your evade, raiment doesnt pull anymore.

[@NeillSmith]

It's a trade-off with metamorphosis you get more unstoppable so there's more procs for the resource generation plus you can use the oculus. With teleport enchant your evade pulls and stuns and you generate barrier with it plus you have space for another vampiric power. After trying to make both setups work my conclusion is the teleport enchant with no metamorphosis is better for speed 100s.

[@ChiRhoXXVIII]

I get it now. he's not using the extra teleport evades to pull. just to proc the unstoppable.

[@DonTheCrown]

yeah oculus + boots = infinite evade | rainment = teleport vacuums and stuns everyone so we dont need nova

[@m3s69ll]

the written guide is different from the video, which one to follow?

[@natzekai5108]

How do you survive on higher tiers? im lvl 90, i just did a t.64 and couldnt finish, i get one tapped. All of the aspects except 1 are damage.

[@joonasjarnvall832]

Frigid fate actually works from every non-physical damage source you got in your paragon. So if you get most lot of them its around 20%[x] multiplier.

[@DonTheCrown]

Yeah it's not worth sacrificing for though

[@joonasjarnvall832]

@@DonTheCrown i mean atm i get 11% by only sacrificing one rare cluster at lv100 paragon. There might be some optimisation but i think its solid option at least.

[@syrdax]

The paragon board on the video shows Static Surge on the third board while the one on the link it's on the fourth... so does this affects something of just takes more time to reach Static Surge? I'm lvl 70

[@DonTheCrown]

You can follow the video while leveling the written is a bit stronger for 100

[@P4iiZ]

I love this build, and the way it plays, is there a Abattoir of Zir version coming for this?.. i've cleared up to 5 with this, without perfect Ring, Offhand, gloves, boots, Neck and no Oculus... (The game hates me).. only pretty well rolled items are Chest and Legs and perhaps Head..

[@moduux1]

Can use harlequin instead of aspect of disobedience? And for boots it's better aspect of binding embers or ghostwalker aspect?

[@DonTheCrown]

Harlequin works fine. I use Embers for 'real' cotent and ghostwalker for zooming

[@TheRealEvades]

i really wish the metamorphosis evade with the oculus still applied the barrier, allowing for lazy unkillable gameplay, and making it more viable for pvp

[@DonTheCrown]

oh that would be nice

[@TheRealEvades]

@@DonTheCrown It definitely would be, as it stands, you can set it up to be able to teleport 3-4-5 times per second in the fields and be realistically impossible to be killed or even hit at all. But when I saw we do not receive the barrier, ( and assuming the dmg reduction aswell ), i was so bummed lol. There is an update to the metamorphosis and oculus in the next patch that im wondering if that will actually change it, but we shall see

[@bfskinner8064]

How did you get ball lighting to rank 8 what three items contributed?

[@DonTheCrown]

+3 on neck and 5 pts from levels

[@webfabio6259]

hello. my items are not yet optimized, and still a little weak... even so I can do good damage. I'm adapting the build with basic attack, passive fireball and electric ball all at maximum level. And I have absurd area damage, I just need to improve my mana recovery.

[@WeBuildAwesome]

How does this do in T100 NM, are there any adjustments needed for survivability?

[@DonTheCrown]

It's mostly gone but you have to play aggressively especially with ranged foes

[@GilgameshGDLK]

Any updates you'd make since the original video post?

[@DonTheCrown]

check the written guide, has an updated paragon tree, more stuff coming with abattoir of zir

[@ridakaili479]

@@DonTheCrown Hi Don, I noticed a big difference in the paragons.. in fact I wanted to ask you if they are correct in the written guide given that the percentage of damage from mastery skills drops considerably (also given the intelligence nodes present).. thank you very much :D

[@DonTheCrown]

written guide is always more up to date, losing mastery skill dmg doesnt really mean much in this game because it all just goes into the same soup of additive multipliers@@ridakaili479

[@andrewp979]

I have heard that Esu's key passive is currently bugged and is applying damage increase to electric as well as fire. On the training dummy my damage seemed to go up with it (while vyr's is bugged and does nothing) But between esu's working on electric and the aspect giving 50% attack speed with esu's active, have you tried adding this to the build?

[@DonTheCrown]

I'd rather reduce my cooldowns, having buttons to press makes the build feel super duper strong

[@andrewp979]

@@DonTheCrown that's fair. Do you have any estimations on how many seconds overflowing energy reduces teleport/lightning spear/ultimate by on average? I've always struggled to quantify

[@Edje151184]

Is occulus still going to be bis after the next patch? Fixed an issue where using the Metamorphosis Blood Seal while having Oculus equipped would result in Teleport evade charges not renewing properly.

[@DonTheCrown]

think it will be fine

[@MrSeventhfool]

just got the ocolus, but the guild does not show with oculus...how does it work? Is there a oculus guide ?

[@jarnold420ja]

All my friends using this! Gonna give it a try!!

[@marksmanman96]

What is the point of using oculus if you’re not getting the effect of the teleport enchant due to metamorphosis?

[@DonTheCrown]

Infinite evades, my attacks are super fast and two ball lightnings or any skill restore my evade CD so I'm blasting

[@marksmanman96]

@@DonTheCrown thanks for the reply! Does your metamorphosis pull in enemies with raiment of the infinite if you use oculus?

[@DonTheCrown]

@@marksmanman96 no, it's mostly there to travel rapidly

[@Sajie432]

Just started rocking this build to take a break from my opum ww barb. Light Ball sorc is a wrecking ball. I'm only level 47 and crushing with this build. @donthecrown only thing I recommend is putting the recommended aspects for people who don't have tibaults will or raiment yet on the mobalytics site. Would help people out!

[@DonTheCrown]

thanks, really just any defensive aspects will do til you have the uniques

[@Sajie432]

@@DonTheCrown what about if you don't have the occulus!?

[@DonTheCrown]

damage stats + conceited aspect@@Sajie432

[@Sajie432]

@DonTheCrown I'm also noticing a massive lack of willpower for the additional buffs on the paragon board, is this intentional?

[@maddflasher]

Any tips for the latest patch with that new sorc ring? Infection can give poison damage which stacks elemental, so some potential there. Would need to chop a ring tho

[@DonTheCrown]

check the new video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKOkf6ikq7yAapI

[@maddflasher]

@@DonTheCrownoh awesome thank you. I changed anticipation to infection as well. Happy gaming sir

[@mister7759]

Will you do an updated version of this now since the new rings? Thanks

[@DonTheCrown]

already done check the written guide

[@xpenguinsfanx]

What skill makes the enemy’s vulnerable to get the cooldown reduction from ice blades?

[@DonTheCrown]

Themselves, also evading through enemies

[@ninakh1672]

Sorry but how do you get that gravity aspect where lightning ball is just turning around? Thx

[@DonTheCrown]

best way is to gamble offhands

[@Kotallo_Skyclan]

HIGHLY recommend. Killed lilith, butcher at tier 100 and common...balls

[@DonTheCrown]

yeah its super fun, theres a reason ive played it 3 times now xD

[@Kotallo_Skyclan]

@@DonTheCrown smart man

[@JRumble]

Havent played since early acces ....Only started season 2 yesterday only just hit 60 my goal is this build hoping to have it by 75 so I can face roll to 100 then stop and wait for season 3

[@BlackoutsBox]

does this work in the regular eternal realm? lookig for a build at level 55

[@DonTheCrown]

Yeah but you should just reroll into seasonal it's easy to level

[@ExtremeFighter]

I switched my Ice Shard/Blizzard sorc on eternal realn to this. And oh boy it rocks ! Thanks Don

[@DonTheCrown]

yeah I forgot to mention that it still shreds even without vampire powers! hope its fun

[@dei_stroyer]

Why are you on eternal lol

[@KingJerbear]

@@dei_stroyer some people don't have the time (or desire) to level another character again. that's the entire point of the eternal realm

[@MosCraciun777]

I really hope this build doesn't get nerfed, I want to do EVERYTHING with it. Reach level 100 on Hardcore, Kill Lilith, Reach level 100 on Softcore, Kill everything, clear nm 100 etc. There are those like me that don't have a lot of time to play and this build is perfect

[@freedomfreedomhoi]

Dont have time = get 100 on hc with glasscannon? Good luck

[@MosCraciun777]

@@freedomfreedomhoi What glasscannon ? This build already has insane damage, i'll just focus everything else on defense. Vyr passive with the aspect, maybe blizzard. etc

[@DonTheCrown]

no nerfs incoming, enjoy the game! twitter.com/JoeShely/status/1716662242903789930

[@sacerdor7467]

I heard that you will get cold damage if you pick up non physical damage from the paragon Bord, which will make that legendary node really good.

[@DonTheCrown]

6% damage for me so not really good for now

[@iamplay797]

Thanks king don 😮

[@galas4]

Is it possible to use godslayer crown with this build ?

[@DonTheCrown]

I dont think godslayer is really all that great but sure go ahead

[@galas4]

I thought it’s perfect because of the +DMG . But is not easy to get the requirement, we only Immobilize them through Aspect of Binding Embers. I will play with the Build maybe I find a way to play with it. Thx for the amazing Build.

[@dangerzone9747]

don the crown, what is the best druid pvp build?

[@DonTheCrown]

couldnt really tell you without playing druid

[@dangerzone9747]

@@DonTheCrownyou should play a druid. i believe in you

[@leegallardo7319]

How does the bal lightning surround your character? I already put it on auto cast but the ball lightning travels

[@gilaulet56]

Look for the aspect that allows it. I believe it's the gravitational one

[@ayeyaaar2890]

Gravitational aspect. Found easily on off hands via obols/pvp mats

[@NeillSmith]

Do you really need cold resistance on the helmet? Aren't you way overcapped like that?

[@DonTheCrown]

my gear is 100% not min-maxed

[@GratefulVibes]

How do you get these perfect rolls on your items?

[@DonTheCrown]

Just going through lots of items then rolling one bad stat into a good one

[@chriscl.7324]

You got a link for updated version with malignant ring?

[@DonTheCrown]

check the written guide, if you dont see the update hit ctrl+f5 on the guide page

[@glenmcl]

Was the Oculus just patched, so you randomly teleport again?

[@DonTheCrown]

no, you changed armor and your metamorphosis is no longer active due to pact changes

[@jarnold420ja]

Will you do an update build with the new ring please!?

[@DonTheCrown]

check the written guide or watch this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKOkf6ikq7yAapI

[@alexnawrot8464]

the written guide doesnt seem to be as updated as the video, like the vampiric power or boot enchant

[@DonTheCrown]

try pressing ctrl+f5 sometimes an old version of the guide can get stuck in your browser if youve been there before

[@Dee-cq5rk]

i'll try this build later. i'll play around with godslayer crown instead for more damage.

[@DonTheCrown]

I messed with godslayer and it wasnt all that noticable and the dip in survival wasnt that great in dungeons.

[@bapao83]

Ball lightning is a very fun build. But if u focus only on dmg output, you will clear the content very fast, and you will get bored. My ball build tend towards tank build (dmg reduction), and i found it more fun and enjoyful. Nm tier100 ballista need 2 hits to kill me. Dmg wise, not as strong.. but defensive wise, its strong.. So yah, try the Tanky Balls light build. It doesnt clear content as fast, but it still do the job well.

[@fixtiger4166]

hey, can i see your build? Because with that ball lighting build, i don't have res at 70% and i'm really squishy

[@bapao83]

@@fixtiger4166 how to post the build .. sorry for the late reply..

[@ericbohn611]

Amazing, you managed to circumvent the 150% additive.crit damage cap as well as the 200% vuln cap. How was that possible?

[@DonTheCrown]

thats not what changed about the dmg formula at all, check my "i lost 90% of my dmg" video for how the new calcs work

[@ericbohn611]

@@DonTheCrown This is a repost as my original reply seemed to disappear: I did watch your video but your formula doesn't say anything about the additive damage caps that were placed on crit and vuln damage as shown here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fX-nf2WHocSrZqc. I tested this out and just by removing my lvl 21 destruction glyph I lost about 50% of my damage. Since with the glyph I have 164/300% vuln damage and without I have 30/95%, it does indeed seem like they have implemented the cap. Given that there are several videos on the same build and all seem to be criting for 10x my damage, it appears as though I am playing an alternate game version.

[@DonTheCrown]

there are no caps, idk what youre doing wrong but you are@@ericbohn611

[@Pat_Myaz]

I hope they don’t nerf it anytime soon, I just hit torment at lvl 57 with it, trying to clear all content before I quit this game again 😅

[@DonTheCrown]

no nerfs incoming, enjoy the game! twitter.com/JoeShely/status/1716662242903789930

[@jasonsjostrom1605]

How are you getting so many ball lightnings ? I’m only in world tier 3 but wondering

[@DonTheCrown]

1:27 - Dealing with Mana

[@jasonsjostrom1605]

@@DonTheCrown thank you for replying. I was talking about the ball lightning that circles the player not the crackling energy that appears after the ball lightning hits the target I can only produce three orbiting ball lightnings.

[@DonTheCrown]

the more mana you generate -> the more you can cast@@jasonsjostrom1605

[@jasonsjostrom1605]

@@DonTheCrownthank you

[@winnsidious]

Would a 4 roll umbral be better than Prodigy aspect?

[@Schnarchnase]

No. Prodigy is getting activated a lot. Overflowing Energy keynode will provide you with so much cooldown reduction, you can spam defensive skills non-stop. And you also gain mana through Chain Lightning (Static Surge legendary paragon node) and Crackling Energy, to make up for the moments when you want to hold off on Teleport or Flame Shield. Umbral is not efficient against bosses, because it only activates on a FULL stagger bar.

[@rayfolkers4920]

Does ball lightning still disappear when hitting walls?

[@DonTheCrown]

only suppressor, waller, and some event impassable objects, you can walk thru doors without losing balls now

[@rayfolkers4920]

@@DonTheCrown thnx for the info! I didnt like ball lightning when it disappeard when close to walls etc. Thnx again i like the build.

[@jackiejones4965]

My question is how do you have so much health. Is it from being 100 and more paragon? I’m 88 and only at like 5k

[@DonTheCrown]

probably, levels do help

[@6lackn322]

I've only got one ball lighting aspect while leveling (around 32) and it was lowest value. I am 80 now and have not seen another. They really need to make every aspect available in the codex.

[@whytxy7279]

They drop all the time for me. Spend obals on offhand to and you should find one easy

[@vironix]

Rigged game. I'm lvl 48 only and I've got 3

[@6lackn322]

@whytxy7279 I have rolled off hands all season and have not gotten one. I'm super unlucky I guess

[@TheDuck52]

I’ve gotten a bunch. Just make sure you save at least one and don’t just be putting them on every new weapon you get that is a minor upgrade. Wait till you have an end game to put it in

[@DonTheCrown]

farming the blood harvest helps too, lots of drops

[@jasonsjostrom1605]

How do you have the oculus and the orb? I can only use one or the other slot

[@DonTheCrown]

oculus is a wand, you can use an offhand as well

[@jasonsjostrom1605]

@@DonTheCrown thank you so much for the reply

[@DRUBIN1986]

I thought bonus to non physical damages counts as cold res for the frigid finess paragon legendary. Its a 30x mult so give it a try

[@DonTheCrown]

hovering the node shows me 6% damage boost, seems bad without a complete redo

[@ItsYashu]

This build gives me POE type mage vibe I love it

[@jarnold420ja]

Trying to follow your build guide but kinda confused on why you have ice blades?

[@DonTheCrown]

It gives mana on use, gives you more damage thanks to conjuration passive AND it makes all your other CDs faster, oh and easy boss vuln but that's not super important this season

[@jarnold420ja]

I will require! I’ve been using ice armor in place

[@jarnold420ja]

I started using the ice blade! I understand now! 😅

[@TheStudio_70]

Where do you get the Tibaults Will pants?

[@DonTheCrown]

Duriel mostly

[@TheStudio_70]

@@DonTheCrown thanks for the info. I’m getting beat up by Varshan at level 75 so I don’t stand a chance against Duriel lol.

[@DonTheCrown]

youre doing something wrong then, cause I melted duriel at 77 @@TheStudio_70

[@TheLouisturner]

Would shaco do anything for this build?

[@DonTheCrown]

more damage, some good dmg reduction, shaco goes in basically any build that doesnt rely on a unique helmet

[@TheLouisturner]

@@DonTheCrown awesome, Ty for the response!

[@mrziggyplays6309]

can someone help me out here, I am getting so irritated at this. I have tried to fight most of the new bosses and keep getting absolutely obliterated by them. i have all of the items in the build, but it feels like I am doing something wrong because I get 1 shot by random stuff.

[@ParkerP4218]

Now, if I could only just find a pair of tibaults will pants, then I might be alright. Lvl 90, not found oculus or pants yet

[@DonTheCrown]

tibaults mostly comes off duriel

[@BMHAVOK]

I can’t get more than 2 balls to circle me at any given time, what am I missing?

[@DonTheCrown]

Mana, watch this part and make sure you have that all setup: 1:27 - Dealing with Mana

[@twisterbret]

I'm level 50. I'm only seeing 3 lightning balls around me. How do I get more?

[@DonTheCrown]

more mana, check the mana section of the video

[@twisterbret]

@@DonTheCrown I must have been so tired lol. Thanks ..makes total sense!

[@Damuramu]

This build is strong, but the Whiplash Sorc build is far superior. You dont need any generators at all because your not casting Ball Lightning directly. Your also effectively immortal thanks to having a perma-barrier up and are gaining 3% total health healed every second. The cherry on top is that everything in the next room is dead before you even get there.

[@KingJerbear]

I don't know what the whiplash build but there is not currently a build stronger than this that exists in the game. You could argue the Barb 1-shot Boss build is better for niche situations but this can be adapted to be S+ tier for every content type. I'm also not sure if you watched the video but once the build is up an running you don't use any generators you just have defensive cooldowns and melt everything.

[@Damuramu]

​@KingJerbear The Whiplash build runs Unstable Currents at a 100% up-time. You still have the Gravitational Ball Lightnings, but while your zipping around, you have an obscene number of Lightning Spears killing everything that's not even on screen yet. They go into the next room, stun everything, pop Frost Nova's making everything vulnerable before dropping a static Ball Lightning on them which nukes the whole pack. All before you even get there. You permanently have a Barrier up thanks to Unstable Currents 100% up-time and heal 3% of your max life everytime you swipe an Arc-Lash. It doesn't even need to hit anything. I call it Whiplash because it kills at Break-neck speed.

[@kilo6one]

@@Damuramu So, this in an Arc Lash build? Which one?

[@Damuramu]

@kilo6one it was uploaded by RageGamingVideos 7 days ago. He recently put up another video to show how to convert it into a pure Ball-Lightning build, but I think the damage increase is negligible against the mental clear speed. Plus I don't even have to rely on cooldowns for anything.

[@brianhorrorfan]

I will have to respec a bit to try this one. I don't do near the damage as some folks i see with this build so maybe it is user error or i have something wrong. I am at level 72 but still i see people smoking varshan on t4 at like 75-76 and it took me a while to beat him. Seems i don't have the number of ball lightning around my character like most do.

[@marksmanman96]

I’m in the same boat, did you ever get this sorted out? If so what did you change?

[@brianhorrorfan]

@marksmanman96 i put on a recharge ring on and now i can spam ball lightning nonstop with currents running. Much better

[@marksmanman96]

@@brianhorrorfan thanks for the reply! I’m level 75 with all the correct aspects and my damage is crazy but not anything close to what he showed in his Lilith video lol

[@brianhorrorfan]

@marksmanman96 recharge aspect was 100% the ticket. I have like 8-10 ball lightning around me when i let unstable currents go. Pit that on, cast unstable currents and then when you do spam ball lightning on your bar plus being level 90+ really helps because of the paragon points

[@justonlyjohn6596]

No YT content about the Eternal Rhealm changes for us scrubs. Some things changed, seems just QOL/resource management , so I get that's not much to get excited about... oh well, the thought of grinding up toons Season after Season when I only play an hour or three per week?!? Is what it is - that S2 build looks insanely OP. _(still not enticing enough to give up SOoooo much time)_

[@DonTheCrown]

arpg's are mostly a seasonal game, so I highly recommend playing the season. they made it extremely faster to level up this season compared to the past. that said the same build in eternal without powers still mows stuff down. just cant use the oculus for infinite evade. please trust me that playing the season is likely going to increase your enjoyment of the game by a ton because most of the new content is going to be in seasons, you dont have to regrind renown at all either!

[@darkinsanity98473]

No Godslayer Crown or Flickerstep?

[@DonTheCrown]

godslayer isnt that impactful at this level and losing disobedience hurts, flickers are currently bugged maybe fixed on the 31st

[@darkinsanity98473]

@@DonTheCrown Flickerstep is bugged? Good thing I haven't started using it yet, been waiting on a Tibault's lol

[@stardusteds]

accelerating aspect over control aspect?

[@DonTheCrown]

If you're struggling with normal enemies control can help but accelerating also works on bosses and not only helps you cast faster but also makes the balls tick faster. Eventually you have so much mana especially during ult that more cast speed is really insane

[@stardusteds]

@@DonTheCrown i see. been having lots of fun with this build, thanks!

[@jeezze07]

i cant get the aspect for the balls to spin... whats the best way to get it? lvl 60 and still no aspect

[@DonTheCrown]

5:11 should help

[@quakerninja]

no on tell kripp I want to laugh at his hydra built a while longer.

[@Edje151184]

Just a hesds up, the written guide jewelry gems are not set. Also in the vid ur talking about occulus wand but its not set as best in slot for the written build. Maybe its intentional but thought i mention it.

[@DonTheCrown]

there is a sub-section for the oculus because its kinda 'even further beyond' level of power. also jewelry gems are going to vary depending on your resists

[@Edje151184]

Thank you for the explenation. Also thank you for the awesome build, i have been working towards it for a while now by your written guide, really enjoying it!