Hey @Sicktoid i tested a variation of your Crossbow Sorceress build. It's simply wearing the "Dragon" runeword in a body armor AND maxing Fire Ball and Fire Bolt with the rest of your skills points (instead of Fire Wall). Why that, because these are synergies for Hydras that you will pop with the Dragon runeword. The results are quite good. The Holy Fire aura adds around 850 damage to each bolt in my case (formula for exact damage is 79*Firemastery%*FireMastery%). It’s better than a +1 skills armor but less than a +2 skills i think. You could compensate that by pre-buffing your self wearing a +2 skills armor but i’m too lazy for that. Each Hydra head deals around 750 fire damage in my case. It could go up to 950, it depends on your level (if the synergies are maxed ie. lvl 95) and the quantity of Fire Skillers in your inventory (only 1 in my case). 12% chance of casting Hydra is not big but it’s enhanced by the 99% pierce. The aura on your feet gives you way more style points imo. The drawbacks as far i saw them are : it’s difficult to reach good breakpoints in FHR, FCR and resistances with only Helm, Boots, Gloves and the jewellery+charms left. I went for Umed Shako + Mara while reaching the 42 FHR and teleporting on swap and i’m at around 40/50@. I think a CoA could solve a lot of my problems but i don’t have one unfortunatly. When you proc a Hydra you go in casting delay and it can be very dangerous because you cant TP right away. The hydra damages (and the Venom proc from Dragon runeword) fall off in damage as you increased the player difficulty. After /players 3, it’s a bit ineffective. In that matter i think maxing Fire Wall is more viable (and cheaper) but the style points you know… Im waiting for the upcoming patch to see if this build gets better (they said hydra should be buffed). Another variation of the build that i should check is maxing Nova+Lightning mastery to have a mix of fire+lightning damage. And also for the area of farming, im running a lot of Maggot Lair lvl 3. It’s an area 85 with no fire immunes and you probably have the perfect character to run it, even though the area in itself is not the best it’s a very nice change in farming routine.
There is one extremely expensive rare build: Zeal Sorceress: Passion PB, 4s 100life Blue armor (AP or DUSK) socketed with 15IAS/15ALLRES and CHAM, rings and amulet angelics, Dracul Grasp, Gore rider, Dream helm and shield, Max lightning mastery, fire mastery, enchant, warmth, Thundergods belt, Infinity mercenary... Armor is extremly expensive alternative will be upped Twitchthroe with IAS jewel, and belt with 10 IAS (Nosferatu)
So zeal sorc, essentially. I've played around with a similar gear setup, but I didn't really enjoy it too much. I found it super squishy on higher player counts and on the lower ones it felt like the damage was such an overkill. It felt like it was quite a difficult char to pilot and I probably wasn't doing the greatest job playing it. I know it can be very effective in the right hands :)
@@Sicktoid Without lifetap yes she is extremely squishy (dracul grasp is KEY item IMO). But with that and maybe with Tyrael's Might instead of 4s 100life blue armor. More defense. I recall having around 10K defense with her and she was super tanky. I did multiple item swaps until I found the right build for me.
I did this way back in the day just because I found a +enchant ormus robes and wanted to see how they interacted. The interesting thing was if you strength glitch her, no one even saw the bolts or explosions so I would cheese people in pvp screwing around. I didn't have an infinity merc but she was one of the funnest characters I ever made and excellent for helping new characters. I think her enchant was at 37 which lasted a long time so instead of having to help someone through a rush I just gave them insane fire damage and joined them through a whole act or two on a new character as well. My friends and I made any possible variant we could, including a grim ward barb just because we could. Join cow runs and defend himself with wards and do no damage at all.
of all the weird builds ive made this is prolly my fav and the fact that the damage is pretty good makes it viable. In solo games your going to waste everything anyways. cept fire immunes ofc. great build, fun to play.
Just an fyi the attack speed cap is increased in D2R. Noticed this yesterday when fanatacism from a pally increased my breakpoint. I have now tested demon machine with 20ias gloves 20ias helm and 45ias armor all on and the attack speed in D2R is much faster than D2 original. With fanatacism on top of all that ias i hit an even higher breakpoint so im seeing at least 3 or 4 breakpoints on this in D2R. I am currently doing research and hope to get a rough breakpoint list done soon
Very interesting discovery! Probably best to wait couple of patches to see if they will address it in any way before going all out with trading/farming for the gear for the build tho! :)
@@Sicktoid thats a good point. It seems very odd that they would go out of their way to change that for the new game. It makes me wonder what else may be different. Perhaps they are trying to make the crossbows more viable weapons haha.
Hello Sicktoid, I just built the build, and it's sooo fun! 😀 I got a really budget version (Rockstopper, The Cat's Eye, Insight merc), but it's lovely. I died in cows a few times (mostly by t-porting into a deadly crowd), but I'm lvl 88 so it's not like the exp loss hurts that much. Meme build? Maybe, but amazing.
-PLEASE READ: I just tried using dream instead of shako/Coa i think its better. my dps went from like 13k to 22k sumhow. I havent even maxed lightning mastery only half way. Plus you can kill fire immunes! that is really important cuz the main thing that sucks about fire damage is theres so many fire immunes. i tried dragon armor that doesnt seem to help tho. that would be cool but i dont think the fire aura is worth it. you get more dps from the +skills i believe.
If your building one of these try using dream helm! it seems to work better. well amybe not better but it allows you to deal with fire immunes which are everywhere
Wouldn't put too much emphasis on the numbers on the character screen. As already stated in the commets here, the numbers seem to be extremely inaccurate when it comes to this character. Also, Holy Shock adds massive max damage, but the minimum is only 1 (more with Lightning mastery, but still very low). That being said, Dream helm seems like an interesting option. I wish I had thought of it when making this so I could have done my own testing.
Actually the lying character goes way up in basic attack damage from using dream helm but thats only your basic attacks. Your firewall wont be as powerful. That being said usually things that arent fire immune die really quick anyways. The dream seems to help a lil with those pesky fire immunes. Especially the single target elite packs. after trying it for awhile i actually like using this set up. i have a 20fire eschuchas on my wep swap so i can basically switch to being a caster and set a few hydras meteors or walls. i kill non fire immunes with easy and i just pelt the rest with the bolts or even use chain light which does decent damage with light mastery maxed. really fun to play tho either way
anyone ever tried brand demon crossbow runeword? I think it might perform better. the explosive arrows are lvl 15 instead of 6 but no piercing attack on wep. and no sockets means u cant add a 15 ias jewel. if u want that last bp you may need to add it to your armor. if your like me and u use dream on this build you cant add it to the helm
Ok so i finally made a brand demon crossbow heres my consensus. There are some drawbacks. you cant socket it so the ias is a lil slower unless u sacrifice another items socket to put the ias jewel in there. even tho it offer 20% to attack rating the demon machine gives much more with its flat increase to AR. Brand also doesnt have a chance to pierce but it does help kill fire immunes much easier especially if theyre demons (brand gives + 300% damage or more to demons) I was able to kill diablo and baal twice as fast with brand cuz of this.
Ok so i finally made a brand demon crossbow heres my consensus. There are some drawbacks. you cant socket it so the attack speed is a lil slower unless u sacrifice another items socket to put the ias jewel in there. even tho it offer 20% to attack rating the demon machine gives much more with its flat increase to AR. Brand also doesnt have a chance to pierce but it does help kill fire immunes much easier especially if theyre demons (brand gives + 300% damage or more to demons) I was able to kill diablo twice as fast with brand. havent tried baal with both weps yet. I think theyre both really close. if your farming places with no or few fire immunes demon machine is the best. (it may be better regardless, ill have to do more testing) If your farming places with lots of demons and/or fire immunes you might want to try brand. Brand i think has a slightly higher coolness factor as it cast bone spear 100% on striking and 35% chance to cast Amplify damage when struck. also ignores defense and 20% deadly strike. Rn i use brand just cuz i spent a lot of runes and its cool. but it really hard to decide. if i had to choose one or especially if cost was a concern id go with demon machine. I only made brand cuz the ladder reset is soon and i like to make those ladder only rws before reset.
so yea im not 100% sure which is better i think there close. just another option to choose for your preference. I tend to favor items that help kill fire immunes cuz non fire immunes tend to die fast anyways
I just made Brand in a Demon crossbow myself, it has 339 ED and 330 ED to demons, it’s nearly perfect. It has a base speed of -60 and only needs 10 increased ias from gear to hit the max frames per second. Max frames per second is 11. This bow is super cool and I have used it on several different classes. I just put together a fire sorc today, I went with meteor for my secondary fire type. I haven’t tried using demon machine but this kills everything, immunes and all. They are getting killed slower but it’s not a real big deal. I’m sure some more targeted gear will help with those guys. I also wear COH and get up into the monsters faces to help proc amp damage, not always but if I feel like I need more killing speed I’ll do that. I’ve also taken this character through and killed all the big bosses.
@@jasontachell9858 nice! im wondering if a chu ko nu is better cuz the lower req. u can also make a harmony crossbow and chant revives that shoot exploding or fire arrows!
i actually tried this ~3 years ago, i used delirium rather than coa though, for the confuse procs, but i suppose the -10 fire res and the coa stats are better, didnt even consider that ;)
@@danm7298 the extra lightning damage is very llow; i used delirium for the safety it provides with confuse, if theres fire immunes you can just confuse them and let your merc do the work and you can just chill; the extra damage from dream wouldnt really let you kill mobs faster, cos youd have to kite back so your merc wouldnt get in as many hits. althugh i do remember turning into a doll from the delirium occasionally; however i dont remember being frustrated by it, cos its always kinda funny when it happens ;D
@@vollstaendingennamen yea i think ur right. It does help slightly to kill fire immunes tho. It looks like a lot on the lying char screen going from 14-28k max damage but thats just the individual bolts. And maxing lightning mastery u sacrifice fire wall damage. With dream u still get the confuse proc too.
Omg i just came up with another great idea for my fav new build the crossbow sorc. Im going to try making a brand demon crossbow!! 35% Chance To Cast Level 14 Amplify Damage When Struck 100% Chance To Cast Level 18 Bone Spear On Striking +260-340% Enhanced Damage Ignores Target's Defense 20% Bonus to Attack Rating +280-330% Damage To Demons 20% Deadly Strike Prevent Monster Heal Knockback Fires Explosive Arrows or Bolts [level 15] compare that to demon machine: +123% Enhanced Damage +66 To Maximum Damage Fires Explosive Bolts [Level 6] +632 To Attack Rating Piercing Attack (66) +321 Defense +36 To Mana
@@Sicktoid oh ok so the fire damage will pierce and travel to the next monster? i guess that would sacrifice some aoe damage. still i think it would be really cool. ill lyk one i find a 4 os demon crossbow lol
This is a build I wanted to try my hands at for like 8 years now, never really got around to it. What do you think about using a Dream helm over CoA and maxing lightning mastery? Just to deal with fire immunes a bit better with that ~3k maxdmg lightning (plus I can't seem to drop a 2 socket CoA for the life of me...) Or just rely on static + merc for those?
Ty for shearing. .. I'm hoping for a cheep build HC chantrist that can clear baal's enteranc for baal leachers. I cant decide what alt skills for duel res area's. I'm thinking nova and wearing a pb crescent moon.
I just tried using dream instead of shako/Coa i think its better. my dps went from like 13k to 22k sumhow. I havent even maxed lightning mastery only half way. Plus you can kill fire immunes! that is really important cuz the main thing that sucks about fire damage is theres so many fire immunes. i tried dragon armor that doesnt seem to help tho. that would be cool but i dont think the fire aura is worth it. you get more dps from the +skills i believe.
Is the runeword Dragon worth it on a body armor ? I think it would add around 300 damage per hit with the aura on your build (and then facets and conviction aura).
You could experiment with it for sure. Can't really tell you tbh, because I do not have that runeword on my Plugy and I don't really feel like hero editing stuff either. Don't really know how it would interact with the explosions.
You’d be better off with running a jeweler’s chest with 4 fire facets. Hell a spirit forge with 2 fire facets would be better as well. Holy Fire is just not that amazing for added damage.
I do not know. One of the tooltip numbers is probably bugged - not sure which one. Guess the number on the character screen is more likely. D2 UI is pretty notorious for stuff like this.
The tooltip is treating your attack as if it was getting affected by masteries twice. This actually happens with melee enchantresses as well but the difference is that the tooltip is actually accurate for melee enchantress. Ranged attacks, however, is not bugged to be affected twice by masteries so the tooltip is lying a good bit.
It would "only" be 1-3000ish added dmg with +fire skill gear. Don't know how it interacts with the explosions from Demon Machine. Gonna give it a try some day.
It doesn’t add damage to explosion and also doesn’t double dip from masteries because you’re ranged instead of melee. Also you can’t use a shield so you’re working with a shitty level 15 holy shock.
Also, the new runeword announced "Flickering Flame" is perfect for this build.
Wow! I've never knew or seen this. This is an Xtimus/Djuntas level of craziness and obscurity build that actually works. 😂
Hey @Sicktoid i tested a variation of your Crossbow Sorceress build. It's simply wearing the "Dragon" runeword in a body armor AND maxing Fire Ball and Fire Bolt with the rest of your skills points (instead of Fire Wall). Why that, because these are synergies for Hydras that you will pop with the Dragon runeword.
The results are quite good. The Holy Fire aura adds around 850 damage to each bolt in my case (formula for exact damage is 79*Firemastery%*FireMastery%). It’s better than a +1 skills armor but less than a +2 skills i think. You could compensate that by pre-buffing your self wearing a +2 skills armor but i’m too lazy for that. Each Hydra head deals around 750 fire damage in my case. It could go up to 950, it depends on your level (if the synergies are maxed ie. lvl 95) and the quantity of Fire Skillers in your inventory (only 1 in my case). 12% chance of casting Hydra is not big but it’s enhanced by the 99% pierce. The aura on your feet gives you way more style points imo.
The drawbacks as far i saw them are : it’s difficult to reach good breakpoints in FHR, FCR and resistances with only Helm, Boots, Gloves and the jewellery+charms left. I went for Umed Shako + Mara while reaching the 42 FHR and teleporting on swap and i’m at around 40/50@. I think a CoA could solve a lot of my problems but i don’t have one unfortunatly. When you proc a Hydra you go in casting delay and it can be very dangerous because you cant TP right away. The hydra damages (and the Venom proc from Dragon runeword) fall off in damage as you increased the player difficulty. After /players 3, it’s a bit ineffective. In that matter i think maxing Fire Wall is more viable (and cheaper) but the style points you know…
Im waiting for the upcoming patch to see if this build gets better (they said hydra should be buffed). Another variation of the build that i should check is maxing Nova+Lightning mastery to have a mix of fire+lightning damage. And also for the area of farming, im running a lot of Maggot Lair lvl 3. It’s an area 85 with no fire immunes and you probably have the perfect character to run it, even though the area in itself is not the best it’s a very nice change in farming routine.
Wow what a cool build Sicktoid. I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing and keep em coming. :D
There is one extremely expensive rare build: Zeal Sorceress: Passion PB, 4s 100life Blue armor (AP or DUSK) socketed with 15IAS/15ALLRES and CHAM, rings and amulet angelics, Dracul Grasp, Gore rider, Dream helm and shield, Max lightning mastery, fire mastery, enchant, warmth, Thundergods belt, Infinity mercenary... Armor is extremly expensive alternative will be upped Twitchthroe with IAS jewel, and belt with 10 IAS (Nosferatu)
So zeal sorc, essentially. I've played around with a similar gear setup, but I didn't really enjoy it too much. I found it super squishy on higher player counts and on the lower ones it felt like the damage was such an overkill.
It felt like it was quite a difficult char to pilot and I probably wasn't doing the greatest job playing it. I know it can be very effective in the right hands :)
@@Sicktoid Without lifetap yes she is extremely squishy (dracul grasp is KEY item IMO). But with that and maybe with Tyrael's Might instead of 4s 100life blue armor. More defense. I recall having around 10K defense with her and she was super tanky. I did multiple item swaps until I found the right build for me.
Don't mind me, just came to listen to Sicktoid's voice for ASMR purposes.
😂😂😂
I did this way back in the day just because I found a +enchant ormus robes and wanted to see how they interacted. The interesting thing was if you strength glitch her, no one even saw the bolts or explosions so I would cheese people in pvp screwing around. I didn't have an infinity merc but she was one of the funnest characters I ever made and excellent for helping new characters. I think her enchant was at 37 which lasted a long time so instead of having to help someone through a rush I just gave them insane fire damage and joined them through a whole act or two on a new character as well. My friends and I made any possible variant we could, including a grim ward barb just because we could. Join cow runs and defend himself with wards and do no damage at all.
would a dream helm be good? i just made one its pretty fun
You could be sickchannel :P Joke aside, very good diabo 2 content and very good knowledge of the game. I learn alot here. Thanks man
Love the video. My favorite yet.
Builds you dont want to play xD. But love the creativity, thanks for sharing man!
Hah! For me these goofball builds are the best thing in D2. To each their own, I guess :)
@@Sicktoid Yes,variations are amazing in D2, tbh i always wanted to try bear sorc, but thats still too god tier for a plugy acc
Crossbow sorceress wtf, never hear about it. Sounds nice 🤣😂
of all the weird builds ive made this is prolly my fav and the fact that the damage is pretty good makes it viable. In solo games your going to waste everything anyways. cept fire immunes ofc. great build, fun to play.
Just an fyi the attack speed cap is increased in D2R. Noticed this yesterday when fanatacism from a pally increased my breakpoint. I have now tested demon machine with 20ias gloves 20ias helm and 45ias armor all on and the attack speed in D2R is much faster than D2 original. With fanatacism on top of all that ias i hit an even higher breakpoint so im seeing at least 3 or 4 breakpoints on this in D2R. I am currently doing research and hope to get a rough breakpoint list done soon
Very interesting discovery! Probably best to wait couple of patches to see if they will address it in any way before going all out with trading/farming for the gear for the build tho! :)
@@Sicktoid thats a good point. It seems very odd that they would go out of their way to change that for the new game. It makes me wonder what else may be different. Perhaps they are trying to make the crossbows more viable weapons haha.
In case anyone was wondering the new attack speed breakpoints are 8,29,60,133,360
Dude keep me posted on this, I'm taking the same path
Thanks for the research
Hello Sicktoid, I just built the build, and it's sooo fun! 😀
I got a really budget version (Rockstopper, The Cat's Eye, Insight merc), but it's lovely. I died in cows a few times (mostly by t-porting into a deadly crowd), but I'm lvl 88 so it's not like the exp loss hurts that much.
Meme build? Maybe, but amazing.
How is that character a thing 😂 nice vid, love the series!
-PLEASE READ: I just tried using dream instead of shako/Coa i think its better. my dps went from like 13k to 22k sumhow. I havent even maxed lightning mastery only half way. Plus you can kill fire immunes! that is really important cuz the main thing that sucks about fire damage is theres so many fire immunes. i tried dragon armor that doesnt seem to help tho. that would be cool but i dont think the fire aura is worth it. you get more dps from the +skills i believe.
If your building one of these try using dream helm! it seems to work better. well amybe not better but it allows you to deal with fire immunes which are everywhere
Wouldn't put too much emphasis on the numbers on the character screen. As already stated in the commets here, the numbers seem to be extremely inaccurate when it comes to this character. Also, Holy Shock adds massive max damage, but the minimum is only 1 (more with Lightning mastery, but still very low).
That being said, Dream helm seems like an interesting option. I wish I had thought of it when making this so I could have done my own testing.
Actually the lying character goes way up in basic attack damage from using dream helm but thats only your basic attacks. Your firewall wont be as powerful. That being said usually things that arent fire immune die really quick anyways. The dream seems to help a lil with those pesky fire immunes. Especially the single target elite packs. after trying it for awhile i actually like using this set up. i have a 20fire eschuchas on my wep swap so i can basically switch to being a caster and set a few hydras meteors or walls. i kill non fire immunes with easy and i just pelt the rest with the bolts or even use chain light which does decent damage with light mastery maxed. really fun to play tho either way
I will try this one!
Waiting for a summoner sorc lol
Lol. Not sure if I'd be able to pull that one off in any sort of efficient manner.
@@Sicktoid Check the Necronomica guide www.diabloii.net/forums/threads/guide-to-the-necronomica-the-pvm-eternity-enchantress-1-12.749972/
@@nicolasbascunan4013 Thanks. I'll check that out.
anyone ever tried brand demon crossbow runeword? I think it might perform better. the explosive arrows are lvl 15 instead of 6 but no piercing attack on wep. and no sockets means u cant add a 15 ias jewel. if u want that last bp you may need to add it to your armor. if your like me and u use dream on this build you cant add it to the helm
Ok so i finally made a brand demon crossbow heres my consensus. There are some drawbacks. you cant socket it so the ias is a lil slower unless u sacrifice another items socket to put the ias jewel in there. even tho it offer 20% to attack rating the demon machine gives much more with its flat increase to AR. Brand also doesnt have a chance to pierce but it does help kill fire immunes much easier especially if theyre demons (brand gives + 300% damage or more to demons) I was able to kill diablo and baal twice as fast with brand cuz of this.
Ok so i finally made a brand demon crossbow heres my consensus. There are some drawbacks. you cant socket it so the attack speed is a lil slower unless u sacrifice another items socket to put the ias jewel in there. even tho it offer 20% to attack rating the demon machine gives much more with its flat increase to AR. Brand also doesnt have a chance to pierce but it does help kill fire immunes much easier especially if theyre demons (brand gives + 300% damage or more to demons) I was able to kill diablo twice as fast with brand. havent tried baal with both weps yet.
I think theyre both really close. if your farming places with no or few fire immunes demon machine is the best. (it may be better regardless, ill have to do more testing) If your farming places with lots of demons and/or fire immunes you might want to try brand. Brand i think has a slightly higher coolness factor as it cast bone spear 100% on striking and 35% chance to cast Amplify damage when struck. also ignores defense and 20% deadly strike. Rn i use brand just cuz i spent a lot of runes and its cool. but it really hard to decide. if i had to choose one or especially if cost was a concern id go with demon machine. I only made brand cuz the ladder reset is soon and i like to make those ladder only rws before reset.
so yea im not 100% sure which is better i think there close. just another option to choose for your preference. I tend to favor items that help kill fire immunes cuz non fire immunes tend to die fast anyways
I just made Brand in a Demon crossbow myself, it has 339 ED and 330 ED to demons, it’s nearly perfect. It has a base speed of -60 and only needs 10 increased ias from gear to hit the max frames per second. Max frames per second is 11. This bow is super cool and I have used it on several different classes. I just put together a fire sorc today, I went with meteor for my secondary fire type. I haven’t tried using demon machine but this kills everything, immunes and all. They are getting killed slower but it’s not a real big deal. I’m sure some more targeted gear will help with those guys. I also wear COH and get up into the monsters faces to help proc amp damage, not always but if I feel like I need more killing speed I’ll do that. I’ve also taken this character through and killed all the big bosses.
@@jasontachell9858 nice! im wondering if a chu ko nu is better cuz the lower req. u can also make a harmony crossbow and chant revives that shoot exploding or fire arrows!
i actually tried this ~3 years ago, i used delirium rather than coa though, for the confuse procs, but i suppose the -10 fire res and the coa stats are better, didnt even consider that ;)
what about using dream helm?
@@danm7298 the extra lightning damage is very llow; i used delirium for the safety it provides with confuse, if theres fire immunes you can just confuse them and let your merc do the work and you can just chill; the extra damage from dream wouldnt really let you kill mobs faster, cos youd have to kite back so your merc wouldnt get in as many hits.
althugh i do remember turning into a doll from the delirium occasionally; however i dont remember being frustrated by it, cos its always kinda funny when it happens ;D
@@vollstaendingennamen yea i think ur right. It does help slightly to kill fire immunes tho. It looks like a lot on the lying char screen going from 14-28k max damage but thats just the individual bolts. And maxing lightning mastery u sacrifice fire wall damage. With dream u still get the confuse proc too.
Saw someone running this on PoD. He had the bow 5 socketed or something, si the build was looking real good. I forgot the channel name.
Omg i just came up with another great idea for my fav new build the crossbow sorc. Im going to try making a brand demon crossbow!!
35% Chance To Cast Level 14 Amplify Damage When Struck
100% Chance To Cast Level 18 Bone Spear On Striking
+260-340% Enhanced Damage
Ignores Target's Defense
20% Bonus to Attack Rating
+280-330% Damage To Demons
20% Deadly Strike
Prevent Monster Heal
Knockback
Fires Explosive Arrows or Bolts [level 15]
compare that to demon machine:
+123% Enhanced Damage
+66 To Maximum Damage
Fires Explosive Bolts [Level 6]
+632 To Attack Rating
Piercing Attack (66)
+321 Defense
+36 To Mana
While a neat idea, I think it's the piercing attack that makes Demon Machine such a good weapon. Let me know how Brand works out for you tho.
@@Sicktoid oh ok so the fire damage will pierce and travel to the next monster? i guess that would sacrifice some aoe damage. still i think it would be really cool. ill lyk one i find a 4 os demon crossbow lol
This is a build I wanted to try my hands at for like 8 years now, never really got around to it. What do you think about using a Dream helm over CoA and maxing lightning mastery? Just to deal with fire immunes a bit better with that ~3k maxdmg lightning (plus I can't seem to drop a 2 socket CoA for the life of me...) Or just rely on static + merc for those?
Ty for shearing. .. I'm hoping for a cheep build HC chantrist that can clear baal's enteranc for baal leachers. I cant decide what alt skills for duel res area's. I'm thinking nova and wearing a pb crescent moon.
So cool
Is it best to have a LC with duel ely damage ? or LC 8 max damage ? Also does the explosion have the charms/jewel's ely damage or only the arrow ?
Would be fun to see that in cow level xD
Has anyone tried using dream helm with this build?
I just tried using dream instead of shako/Coa i think its better. my dps went from like 13k to 22k sumhow. I havent even maxed lightning mastery only half way. Plus you can kill fire immunes! that is really important cuz the main thing that sucks about fire damage is theres so many fire immunes. i tried dragon armor that doesnt seem to help tho. that would be cool but i dont think the fire aura is worth it. you get more dps from the +skills i believe.
Is the runeword Dragon worth it on a body armor ? I think it would add around 300 damage per hit with the aura on your build (and then facets and conviction aura).
You could experiment with it for sure. Can't really tell you tbh, because I do not have that runeword on my Plugy and I don't really feel like hero editing stuff either. Don't really know how it would interact with the explosions.
@@Sicktoid Apparently, Holy Fire damages add up to exploding arrows. And Fire Mastery should boost it. diablo2.diablowiki.net/Holy_Fire
You’d be better off with running a jeweler’s chest with 4 fire facets. Hell a spirit forge with 2 fire facets would be better as well. Holy Fire is just not that amazing for added damage.
Greetings! Do you think a dual dream Windy Druid is viable?
I highly doubt it. Holy Shock aura AOE is rather weak without synergies or lightning mastery.
That's amazing.... sub
Hello, could you explain why you have 3k enchant dmg and 15-18k resulting dmg?
I do not know. One of the tooltip numbers is probably bugged - not sure which one. Guess the number on the character screen is more likely. D2 UI is pretty notorious for stuff like this.
The tooltip is treating your attack as if it was getting affected by masteries twice. This actually happens with melee enchantresses as well but the difference is that the tooltip is actually accurate for melee enchantress. Ranged attacks, however, is not bugged to be affected twice by masteries so the tooltip is lying a good bit.
@@enpassant1014 So the number is bugged but sometimes when there is another bug the bugged number is correct? Rofl, this game truly is beautiful :D
use Dream helm with Lighting mastery max , you will get Uber dmg.
It would "only" be 1-3000ish added dmg with +fire skill gear. Don't know how it interacts with the explosions from Demon Machine. Gonna give it a try some day.
Sicktoid It is good added damage but it only applies if the shot hits the target and it isn’t applied in an area by the fire explosion.
It doesn’t add damage to explosion and also doesn’t double dip from masteries because you’re ranged instead of melee. Also you can’t use a shield so you’re working with a shitty level 15 holy shock.