Lightning Strike Build: Day One Grind and Discoveries

Tuno's lightning strike build excelled in clearing maps despite subpar gear, utilizing returning projectiles and rage support for increased damage and attack speed.

### Lightning Strike Build Update and Day One Grind Recap
* ⚡️  Tuno shares his experience with the Lightning Strike build, praising its **clear speed and effectiveness**, especially with the **buffed Lightning Strike skill**.
* 🛡️  Despite using subpar gear, Tuno was able to clear T16 maps and complete most of his Atlas, showcasing the build's **potential even with basic equipment**.
* 🔗  He highlights the importance of certain support gems like **Returning Projectiles** and **Rage Support**, which **significantly enhance the build's performance**.
* 🛠️  Tuno discusses crafting challenges, noting that **merging Essences no longer works as before**, cautioning against **wasting resources on this method**.
* 💰  He shares some gear choices, including the use of **Prismweave and Dom Breaker** for added defenses, and mentions plans to **upgrade his weapon for even better performance**.
* 🎮  The build's **clear speed and chain mechanics** are praised, with Tuno looking forward to further improvements with **better gear**.
* 🔮  Tuno teases future videos where he will share more mechanics and tips about the Lightning Strike build, aiming to provide **valuable insights** for players interested in trying it.
* 🎥  This video serves as an update to his Lightning Strike guide, aiming to **motivate players** who may still be **undecided** about starting this build in the current league.

hey what up everybody it's tuno. I just woke up after my day one grind, and basically just wanted to talk to you guys through everything that went right with the build, some things that I tested, all that kind of stuff. So first of all, lightning strike is pretty insane. Like, they really did buff it a lot. It was very obvious when I was leveling through the campaign. You know, I got the t16s on a four-link basically, and it was very easy. Now, the single target wasn't amazing to begin with, and it still sort of isn't because I'm using a 300 DPS claw. You know, 300 Elemental DPS. It's a really bad claw, but it has a little bit of Critical Strike, some damage, and it's actually just getting me through just fine for the time being. But I've done either exarc, I have completed my Atlas pretty much aside for just a few Maps here and there, which I'll have to go through and pick out. Overall, it's really carried me through. And now all I really

have to do is get my last two, you know, my last two watch stones, and then, um, yeah, start doing my grind. But basically, I just wanted to show you guys what it kind of looks like right now. I'm doing, um, I'm doing Anas right now, which is kind of just like speed farming Al and go, uh, type of thing, and for the bosses and that sort of stuff. And right now, the main differences with my links as to compare with the guide is that I'm actually using a returning projectiles because it's actually pretty decent on, uh, clear. I'm not 100% certain whether these mechanics are true, but as far as I know, um, what happens is that you're actually able to hit twice as much with your projectiles. Um, actually more than that because you're hitting with the projectiles from your melee hit as well as the projectiles from your actual projectile return. So that's like three times projectile hit and one time melee hit. So in theory, it should be like 70% damage or something.

like that, but um, I haven't gone to standard and tested this with self-poison or anything. It's just more like hearsay, but for clear itself, since I am clearing mostly with just my projectiles. Anyways, this is actually pretty, pretty damn nice. And um, you know, I've swapped this out for added cold or something like that. Now, for the rage support, rage support is actually really, really nice because what it does is, you know, it gives you rage. Rage is 30% more damage when it's charged up all the way. But on top of that, it gives you attack speed, um, while you have rage. So it's like increased attack speed as well as rage on hit. And this is something that you absolutely should put in your main links. You know, replace Elemental damage with attack skills, um, for this because what this gives you is, you know, 30% more damage as well as some attack and cast speed. However, as soon as you get an Eldritch implicit for, uh, rage on hit or a Lethal Pride with rage on hit, then

that's when you're going to be swapping it out for Elemental damage with attack skills. Instead, multistrike support to me doesn't feel quite like. Doesn't really actually feel amazing just yet. But um, once you get more attack speed and that kind of stuff, then it's going to start to feel a little bit nicer, you know? If I get a claw with T1 attack speed, then yeah, it should feel a bit nicer. And the rest of my gears, honestly, like pretty bad. I kind of just picked these up off the floor. They're pretty good. The new percent increase life and, uh, sorry, the new flat life modifiers are insane, right? Like, yeah, they're really crazy. I'm using prism weave because, um, I have yet to get the, you know, darkness enthroned. But I did grab a taming, and I actually put this one together myself, and a six-link as well. My amulet is pretty cool. I dropped this one on the floor as well. It's just a bunch of res, and I crafted Elemental damage with attack skills. And Dom breaker is one that I dropped too on my

quest exarc and when I put this on, it was just like a huge buff to my defenses because it gives so much armor. And yeah, I'm going to have to put quality on it now that I look at it. But yeah, the armor really does help a lot because we kind of are lacking armor. So getting as much armor as we possibly can, it's really going to help our defenses since this will like make sure that we're not really dying to small hits as well as um buff your molten shell which uh will make your mapping experience feel nicer. And yeah, they basically removed uh glass blowers bobles from the video game it feels like. So I actually just spammed instilling orbs on my flasks to get the when charges reach full. My flasks are not fully like actually crafted yo already in Wildwood. But that's pretty cool. I'm probably just going to pause the recording here so I don't have to bore you guys with running through the entire thing. All right, that's kind of

unfortunately, I wasn't really able to find my way through the Wildwood like I once used to. Um, I guess I'll have to be practicing that just a little bit as the bells go off as well. But yeah, basically, this is kind of what the build looks like right now, and I'm really abusing uh ball lining strike. Ball lining strike is so good, like just popping this here on the floor, uh, when you get like a lot of density, is just, it feels amazing. But yeah, this build has really been, it's just been, it's been really, really good. Um, the clear is just as amazing as I thought it was going to be, you know, with Dead Eye's chains and that kind of stuff. And all things considered, because I have really, really bad gear, right, like I have really, really bad gear, and my weapon is not good either. So the fact that I'm just like able to sort of clear as well as I do, and I, I know now that I got like some steroids, basically in the form of um shrines.

that kind of stuff, but um, I'm usually able to clear here my maps pretty damn well, and you can see that the chains, the chains are putting in the work, right? Like the chains really, really do put in the work. It's super satisfying, and you can just imagine that, like, I can get a claw with 800 DPS, and like Ultra end game, maybe, no, not 800 DPS, but you can get a claw with a crazy amount of DPS in end game, which is going to boost my damage even further, uh, so yeah, like, once you get like a super, super high-end claw, this build is just going to feel like S tier. You can see just how crazy this can get, even just now, um, just with the gear that I have. So yeah, it's been super satisfying, and I've really been enjoying it. Now there's a few other learnings, uh, from my day one grind that I want to share with you guys, uh, as soon as I finish this clear. I'll, I'll basically just talk you guys through the things that I've

discovered. And the things that let's hope like we don't die to this boss because I have like actually still negative chaos res want to embarrass myself in front of my friend. I just drw bot lining strike on him and a tornado. Oh yeah, I've been using tornado a little bit for single Target. Oh, he's, he's, he's like he's ghosted and he's got wisps. Okay, give me a break. Okay, not an ideal showcase. I know, but um, you guys know how it is all right. So, uh, let me talk you through some of the things that I've done as well. I spent all day yesterday, um, Rec coming guys. Rec Combs, they're just, they're just they killed ROMs, they killed them. Um, ROMs, uh, I mean there's maybe some information that we're missing. I don't want to jump the gun and say like they're dead, but they're dead. So basically you cannot get essence modifiers together anymore from my findings. You cannot get essence modifiers together anymore. I threw so

many claws in here none of them came back with double Elemental damage. The only time it did was when I put a claw that had like uh an Essence modifier and a non-Essence flat, and then the essence modifier non-Essence flat went to one claw, but it didn't merge the other Essence with it, of course, which I'm trying to get like triple um flat Elemental damage prefix. But yeah, crafting your claw this way is unviable. It just doesn't work. We have to learn relearn how to use these because like as we know right now, they just don't function in the way that they used to. So um yeah, I would advise you guys to just like not waste your time like I did and um don't try to merge together Essences uh because as far as I know it just it just doesn't work um. That's why I'm still using this piece of [ __ ] right now. I'll just probably go out of my way to buy like a new claw for the

time being, you know, I just wanted to warn you guys with that. And uh, there's a lot of other tips and trips about uh, tricks about the Le mechanic that I can share with you guys, but that'll probably be in another video in the future. And um, yeah, overall, this is intended to be sort of like a little update on the guide. And if anybody's still on the fence about leak starting lightning strike, then um, you know, maybe that boss kill aside, uh, you guys might be a little bit motivated now to start the build, uh, compared to like yesterday or whatever. Anyways, thanks so much for uh, watching the video. You've enjoyed it, you know, leave a like, a subscribe, or something like that. I appreciate you. Peace out.

PoE 3.25 - LS Is Stronk! Recombs Are Dead!

Crouching_Tuna

Review of Day One Grind and Build Progress in Path of Exile

Tuno is impressed with the buff to Lightning Strike, which made leveling through the campaign and handling T16s on a four-link much easier.

Despite using a low DPS claw, the build has been effective for clearing content and completing the Atlas.

Tuno is currently focused on acquiring the last two watch stones and is using a unique projectile mechanic for clearing, which has been performing well.

Review of Equipment and Skills for Gaming Build

Rage support provides 30% increased damage and attack speed, making it a crucial addition to main links.

Consider replacing it with Elemental damage with attack skills when obtaining certain items with rage on hit.

Multistrike support may not feel effective without sufficient attack speed, but can improve with better gear.

The new flat life modifiers are highly beneficial, and the use of Prism Weave is a temporary alternative to obtaining the Darkness Enthroned.

The Taming ring has been personally crafted, and a six-link setup has been achieved.

The Impact of Armor on Defenses in the Video Game

Equipping the quest exarc provides a significant boost to armor, greatly enhancing defensive capabilities.

The removal of glass blowers' baubles has led to the use of instilling orbs on flasks to achieve maximum charges.

The player is able to effectively clear the game despite having poor gear, thanks to the powerful ball lightning strike and the use of shrines for added strength.

Chains play a crucial role in boosting damage in the end game.

A high-end claw with a crazy amount of DPS can take the build to an S tier level, making the experience super satisfying.

There is also a discovery that essence modifiers can no longer be obtained together, impacting the game.

Ineffective Claw Crafting for Elemental Damage

Crafting claws for double or triple elemental damage using Essences is currently not effective.

The traditional method of merging Essences to achieve this is no longer functional.

The creator advises against wasting time on this method and suggests purchasing a new claw instead.