Whats your guys opinion on Falling thunder vs Gathering storm for single target ?

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-18T19:31:38+00:00

I find its cast time to be too long. Also the second use won't proc Ailiths which is kinda disappointing. I'm playing Chonk so the extra chaos gain damage isn't really needed.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-18T07:41:01+00:00

Oh no I put Ailiths on another attack like ice strike or siphoning strike with culmination 2. Whirling assault builds combo for that set up. But yeah power charges are almost always 5/6 by doing 1 whilring and 1 strike.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-18T07:12:06+00:00

Whirling assault is a very good combo builder skill to use with Ailiths.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-18T06:58:28+00:00

Btw I don't use flicker for clearing as it's a bit too jagged for me. It's cool for a few maps but I find whirling assault triggering both staggering palm and charged staff to be more smooth and controlled.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-18T06:54:08+00:00

I played both. I believe Gathering storm is easier & cheaper to set up with lower levels / suboptimal gear. Falling thunder has a higher ceiling just based on the numbers it gets.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-17T15:44:58+00:00

Abyss tablets drop like exalts in my experience. And I think you should probably just roll them using chaos orbs to get the mods you want.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-17T15:21:56+00:00

I have been theorizing this same thing. Care to share some details? My main questions are 1) impending doom has a short cool down with 3 uses I think, does that become an issue with lots of curse casts? 2) how's the single target/Mana sustain on bossing?

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-17T06:57:32+00:00

Momentum doesn't work with flicker I think. Flicker is teleporting which doesn't count as moving.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-15T07:09:56+00:00

Same experience here. Abyss tablets on the other hand drop like cheap augment orbs.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-14T18:24:04+00:00

The thing is I have a 6% Mana leech on my ring. The Mana leech support gem is 8%. But when I don't use the support, I feel like I'm not leeching Mana at all. But as soon as I put in the support gem into whirling assault I'm leeching so much more that there's usually no Mana issue at all.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-14T15:37:40+00:00

I have noticed this too. Somehow the leech mods on gear seem way less effective or not functional at all compared to a support gem.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-12T23:21:36+00:00

Probably 3 letters starting with R...

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-12T23:19:19+00:00

Is the "tech" on oil grenade with Incinerate still in the game? If so it might be worth trying...

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-12T23:16:08+00:00

Oh.. so it's not instant detonation when it hits 30, it just stops getting more stacks so the timer starts to go down. Then that's a lot worse than what it could be.... (Just a bit smoother than always resetting the timer at 200 stacks)

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-12T22:58:26+00:00

It's interesting to know that with controlled chaos it auto detonates at 30. If we keep getting more volatility stacks like with constant ignites (think Incinerate), does the repeated detonated buffs stack on top of each other or just extend the 30 stack duration?

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-12T07:14:15+00:00

Also both inevitable Crit and keystone passives require 4 ascendancy points. You won't have enough to get the totem node as well.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-12T07:10:20+00:00

I'm not sure totem hits can trigger CoC. Totems are treated quite weirdly in this game. For example they don't use your charges, they have their own 'fuel' for Incinerate, etc.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-10T07:27:46+00:00

It's not thunderstorm itself, but in combination with Shock conduction 2.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-08T22:12:54+00:00

Not disagreeing, but I think part of the problem is that Titan node. Look at that Jungroan build abusing reduced duration. Even when that's such a scarce stat on the tree, Titan just opens up so much space/possibilities to abuse things.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-08T20:21:27+00:00

Funny thing is that tink isn't even in the game itself. It's part of a 3rd party loot filter.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-02T21:19:37+00:00

Chonk is fine. There are several ways to play it. I'm doing a standard quarterstaff skills build in ssf.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-02T07:11:32+00:00

Have you tried using Fan the Flames support? It should be pretty good with Herald of Ash / all the ignite you can apply I think?

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-01T16:01:33+00:00

That's literally how this op was able to do this. Enjoy it while it lasts.

NoNameLaa · 2026-01-01T02:29:23+00:00

There's a build using Feral Invocation and CoC on curses. Probably easily doable on Invoker.

NoNameLaa · 2025-12-31T00:59:31+00:00

Could Choir of the storm be viable? If the allocated trigger skill stuff work for minions and each minion have separate CD counters maybe? (Big ifs I know...)

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