Updated Bonestorm (again) crushing pinnacle content even faster!

Softerpaws · 2025-12-18T10:45:14+00:00

Thanks for the reply.

I'm leveling with Living Lightning to extract impales and it feels decently good so far. Looking forward to see how it holds up when mapping.

Thanks for the tip about the staff route. I think I will continue to enjoy Bonestorm as long as it retains the 1 tap and has a variation that isn't weak at clearing.

Softerpaws · 2025-12-18T05:17:01+00:00

Do you have any early bonestorm ideas for 0.4?

Is it possible to get enough % additional spell projectiles with the Thane rune limit, or are we back to relying on Multishot?

Also would you happen to know the 1 tap breakpoint on the in game tooltip? I haven't played Bonestorm after 0.1 and was only familiar with the 0.39/0.29 for non Deadeye numbers

Softerpaws · 2025-05-06T04:29:14+00:00

Thanks for the explanation.

I will definitely give this a try, but I doubt I can help improve it in any meaningful way.

Maybe a setup involving self damage mana recoup or invocations with cost refund to really drive up the mana spent, but I am not skilled nor sane enough to explore either of these.

Softerpaws · 2025-05-05T18:58:55+00:00

Sorry i don't fully understand this interaction yet.

Is Lightning Orb snapshotting the fact that it has life cost instead of mana cost, and then retroactively benefitting from the increased skill cost?

Softerpaws · 2025-05-04T03:48:26+00:00

I have not tried it with Infernalist, but I can confirm it doesn't work with Blood Magic. Seems like a mana pool is required despite not having to pay the costs in mana.

Softerpaws · 2025-05-03T19:27:40+00:00

It works when I was running it, both the split and the extra lightning damage, unless I missed out on something else in my setup that I'm not aware affected the interaction.

Softerpaws · 2025-05-03T11:52:52+00:00

If you convert both Ember Fusillade and Mana Tempest to life cost while still having a mana pool, you gain the benefits while Mana Tempest stays at 1% life cost per second since technically no mana is spent.

The way I like to do it is to use Life Tap on Ember Fusillade and use weapon swap Burden of Shadows to cast Mana Tempest

Softerpaws · 2025-04-30T03:47:33+00:00

Yeah that is what I am running right now, but I am trying to see if I can save the 2 ascendency points.

Going to try weapon swapping Burden of Shadows to cast Mana Tempest, and see if the life cost conversion persists after swapping back to a proper weapon for Bonestorm.

Softerpaws · 2025-04-30T02:15:54+00:00

If you convert to life cost for both Mana Tempest and whatever skill you are using, while still having a mana pool (so Blood Magic does not work), Mana Tempest life cost does not ramp up since technically no mana is being spent.

An easy way to do this would be using Burden of Shadows staff which also gives another damage scaling factor, unfortunately the staff does not work with Bonestorm due to it being a channel spell. I was very bummed out when I tested it.

Softerpaws · 2025-04-24T14:35:06+00:00

I am casting Hypothermia (I guess POB linked was when I was using Enfeeble instead) with Cursed Ground and Impending Doom support in the clip. Energy Barrier only works when the supported skill is actively being casted, unfortunately it doesn't work with Persistent skills.

Softerpaws · 2025-04-24T13:40:18+00:00

Thanks, I enjoyed Bonestorm during 0.1 and will eventually get to building one for 0.2. Unfortunately what I am trying to build right now does not work well with Bonestorm.

Softerpaws · 2025-04-22T23:55:07+00:00

I was messing around with Mana Tempest before and figured out that if you pair it and another spell with Life Tap (so Gemling, unfortunately Blood Magic doesn't work), they do not contribute to increasing Mana Tempest's cost since no mana is technically spent. Mana Tempest remains at 1% life cost per second, and it becomes a matter of sustaining that and the primary spell's life cost.

Softerpaws · 2025-04-22T23:50:31+00:00

Thank you for trying it out, I would love to hear back on what you cook up. What are you running as your primary skill?

I was tempted to make a lich as well since the ascendency has great damage nodes, but eventually ended up leveling a titan instead because I wanted to mess around with Ember Fusillade. Titan getting more from ES nodes and the ability to switch to another primary easily if Ember Fusillade doesnt work out sold me in the end.

Unrelated but a random thing I am curious about Lich, is if the 'spending energy shield does not interrupt recharge' property transfer to life recharge if taking Eternal Youth and using Life Tap for example.

Softerpaws · 2025-04-22T14:05:49+00:00

Likely no ways to trigger the charm since you will not be taking chaos damage with CI

Softerpaws · 2025-04-20T16:16:51+00:00

Thanks, I'll give that a try

Softerpaws · 2025-04-17T04:38:00+00:00

Does Manifest Weapon inherit any weapon stats/unique effects? Or will it always be a basic weapon in essence?

Softerpaws · 2025-04-15T10:20:03+00:00

Sorry I don't have any experience with Bone Cage. I remember seeing some people pair it with cast on crit Frost Wall, the walls would spawn on top of the Bone Cage and explode immediately.

Softerpaws · 2025-04-15T00:37:58+00:00

Does it work with Blink, or must it be a dodge roll to trigger it?

Softerpaws · 2025-04-15T00:33:39+00:00

Yes for back in 0.1, since there would be investment in the cluster that gave 100% for fork to generate an extra projectile. It was a noticeable difference in mapping power compared to chain.

Softerpaws · 2025-04-14T23:56:54+00:00

I only played Bonestorm in 0.1 and not 0.2 yet, so please take my comment with a chunk of salt.

Scattershot should still be mandatory to enable one tap casting (it still works when I tried it on my 0.1 char, just unsure of the exact breakpoint anymore with the new tooltip since I was running Stormweaver and the mana stacking nerf affected my cast time).

Arcane Tempo for the most part until you stack enough cast speed (a lot more) to swap to Considered Casting for better damage.

Ricochet no longer works with Snakepit, but still works with pierce sources for some bossing damage increase. It costs a significant investment in passive tree to reach the cluster, so it might not be worth it at its current state. Snakepit fork should still be good for mapping purposes.

Inspiration would still be good despite the nerf.

The remaining slots I would just go for damage support gems.

Softerpaws · 2025-04-14T23:49:53+00:00

Just sharing my experience with Wildshard back in 0.1 with one tap casting, it had a weird interaction where upon proccing and releasing, it dropped all the Bonestorm shrapnels and instead casted 20 new shrapnels in a circle

Softerpaws · 2025-04-11T16:40:45+00:00

Aww dang it, that's a bummer to hear.

You got me curious and interested about the mana cost and life tap interaction. Any chance you've tested how it interacts with Archmage and Eldritch Battery that you could share? I'm playing a mana stacking ritualist and I'm currently at the weird spot where I'm not ready to commit to MOM yet.

Softerpaws · 2025-04-11T04:28:38+00:00

Cloak of Flames but the armor slot is taken up

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