Also I didn't include Stormwing Bone Arrows here only because I didn't feel like farming the ammo to test it, but it's obviously boosted by the same "storm boosting" items. I've seen some pretty funny clips of people using Ansbach's Longbow to shotgun people down with em so they're probably pretty strong lol. Either way, enjoy the video, thinking about making an Arcane one next!
I fell in love with the Claymore + Stormblade + Black Flame blade early in my first play-through. Storm FTW! Also great information! You aren’t just copying the same crap other creators say “nEW oP bUiLd!!” with generic build explanations. Good shit! 👍
Thanks man, I really appreciate it! And yeah I think the info comes from a genuine curiosity to KNOW certain things in the game as questions pop up in my head lol. If you like all the info on this one then you'll REALLY like the next vid
For sure, I liked that we got TWO (I guess three if you include the Divine Beast Bighead Mode) items that boosted storm damage so I wanted to see how strong all the storm stuff was. Turns out, PRETTY STRONG
Personally i find stormcaller to be better in duels than horn calling storm, simply because one can use it in weapons like the claymore and the crescent mon axe, both of wich have their respective r2 as a roll catch after the first part of storm caller.
This is my first time in your channel, and i honestly thought this was going to be a waste of time like other people's rambling "build" vids. Glad to be wrong. I learned a few good points here, thanks!
of course! yeah I mean I've seen a lot of build videos that are going "in the right direction" but are kinda half baked, like it's clear they didn't test or try to optimize them in the slightest lol
storm caller on one sword and storm blade on the other to catch people who are rolling away from me 💪🏿 I'm thinking of leveling faith some so I can use electrocharge to emulate a thunder storm 💯
Nice video. I wanna try this now. A question about stormcaller, does the wind part build up status effects if the weapon doesn't hit? Lastly, the censorship is hilarious 😁
I am 90% sure the wind parts won't help with status buildup since the "storm damage" from Storm Blade also doesn't apply status effects, but I haven't actually tested so there's a chance I'm wrong. And yo LOL it's hilarious to me that the guy in these storm ash arts is wearing underwear in some, and then just letting his ass hang out in others
Great build bro! Since I'm not towards the end game yet, can you suggest an alternative for Freyja's greatsword that i can use in the meantime. Thanks again!
thanks man, and yeah I mean, any Curved Greatsword or Greatsword that you can give Heavy affinity for decent Strength scaling will work, and even the Great Katana is not a bad option even though it only has a B for STR scaling. Those are some off the top of my head I'd throw out there, I think maybe Beastman's Cleaver is a STR scaling curved greatsword but you'd have to farm for it.
seeing as you mentioned you get stormblade at the start at the hut I was wondering if you could do a new game run with a high damage weapon like the 2h you get from the wagon at gatefront and how that could carry you through leveling a new char.
You absolutely could, though I think Storm Blade may be tied to your stats + weapon level so though you're not going to be 1-2 shotting mobs, you'll definitely still get a huge advantage imo (will also save you a lot of time lol)
@@lexdtv I been playing with a new build all day and I can say the Lordsworn Greatsword you get at the start in the wagon with ash of war is by far the easiest playt hrough I have had. I also went and got myself built up a bit though, went and collected 11 seeds with +7 crimson tears and also got the Great Stars great hammer for a very nice bleed + strike weapon as a secondary fighting anything that is weak to that but yeah, your built is amazing for how easy it is to level up let alone a new game + Tks for informing us of this build.
I did! For some reason it was barely hitting harder than the Freyja's Greatsword version, but I might play around with it a little more. The Great Katana moveset is definitely insane, I love it
@@lexdtv it doesn’t really hit harder, but you do get that innate bleed buildup - and the ash of war scales off of dex so I think the aow itself hits a bit harder from keen infinity. If you’re going to use it up close I’d say go blood or occult affinity as well. If status effects travel with storm blade it would be a broken tier ash of war.
I was looking for a invasion build...I was getting overwhelmed with multiple enemies...I adjusted my build by taking ideas from this video...I like my claymore but it seems either the weapon is not good enough or I am not good enough for using it in invasions....Can't catch anyone who is running.. Also do you or anyone know if raptor talons r2 still true combos?
Not sure about the Raptor Talons, but Claymore should be a decent choice; definitely try a Curved Greatsword or something that may hit a little harder with Storm Blade if not. Sometimes the projectile is gonna have a tough time hitting your targets if the latency is high, and really it's best to catch someone BY SURPRISE with it when they're going for a drink if you're able.
I don't know if I'd say better, but I actually tried it out and liked it a lot, honestly probably my second choice tbh. Very good moveset on that thing, but I think I got a little more damage out of Freyja's. Great Katana has Bleed so there's that also, honestly a solid choice if you wanted to go for it.
@@aryantiwari1945 yeah I tested both a 60 STR/60 DEX build alongside a 40 STR/60DEX build (just to see if 2 handing made a difference in any way). Quality infused storm ashes hit the hardest with the 60/60 build, so the storm damage just scaled with the stats directly (or else the strength most from 2 handing would have made it hit the same). Ultimately though, it just wasn't worth all the stat points forked over to DEX, especially for a Rune Level 150 build.
could this surpass the keen flamberge 80 dexterity build, with the same setup? and a slot for bloodflame when it hits? or even nagakiba, great katana and guardian sword spear for top scaling and range?
Ahh these are all good questions, I'll have to try them out and see what it looks like, but again my hesitation lies in forking so many points over to DEX on a RL150 build
Since I was focusing on boosting Storm Ashes, I'd probably throw them into DEX tbh and try optimizing again from there. Quality seemed to boost Storm damage the most, even if it was just a small amount!
Ey listen I agree, it's super strong in 1v1 situations for sure, but I just had better luck with some of the other storm ashes when it came to invasions specifically
@@lexdtv tbh all of the storm ashes are incredible for PvP 😂 I must admit I don’t take advantage of storm blade much. I know it’s amazing I just never use. Keep up the good videos
@@Buddyguy1988 will do, and yeah I honestly thought Storm Blade would be kinda mid for PvP since it's fairly dodgeable, but people just kept gettin hit lol
Liked the video and drooped a sub however major correction: Effective str from two handing doesn’t work like that. It doesn’t affect skills or AoWs (it doesn’t affect critics strikes either). On top of this it is mathematically impossible for the dex build to get less of a gain from either quality or str. Dexterity will ALWAYS scale higher than both for storm or quality AoWs. Maybe something was up with your testing but that was objectively wrong information. >.< Maybe you were using inconsistent weapons that could have altered the results, I’m curious on your testing method, The reason for this is normally quality includes a co-efficient of 1.9 for both dex/Str, str normally has a co-efficient of 2.8 for str along, on a weak set up it 2.4 but has a Dex scaling of 1.2, on a dex set up it has a dex co-efficient of 2.8 and a str co-efficient of 1.3. On a dex-weak it will be the same as str w/ a 2.4 Dex coefficient , 1.2 str coefficient which only occurs on a few viable weapons such as the nagakiba, daggers, flamberge, :/ Mathematically your dex should be around 5-10% higher in overall scaling for any quality bullet AoW Storm assault will always either scale best on a lightning weapon or the GSS which has a comically high AR for no reason. Also going dex gives you better use of the Storm arrows
So yeah I'm not saying Strength scaled better than either Quality or DEX for storm damage, it actually scaled the worst. Point being, it was such a tiny difference in storm damage, and you get way higher PHYSICAL AR for a wayyyyy lower stat requirement with STR. I wasn't implying the two handing from Strength applied to storm damage, just smacking things with your weapon. 80 DEX just did not scale PURE storm damage better than 60 STR/60 DEX, and I even tried the lightning infusion as suggested but the split damage killed its seemingly impressive AR. It also did not make pure storm damage hit any harder; it was the same between Keen and Lightning, the different affinities just affected AR. I tested with A scaling DEX weapons for Keen and Lightning, and A scaling STR weapons for heavy. This was all using the Storm Blade projectile.
@@lexdtv oh the weapon scaling itself doesn’t matter too much. Certain weapons have a weak or strong scaling to the keen or heavy affinity for bullet ashes. Keen does better on weapons like the dismounter or knight’s great sword, uchigatana rather than the nagakiba or flamberge, even though keen has a high 1-h AR on those two. Lightning actually prefers weapons like Mesmer soldier spear, or other high AR weapons to do weapon strike skill damage. Normally the damage diff on lightning is comparable to heavy or keen if you disregard weaknesses but I still only recommend it when using skills like overhead stance, lion’s claw, wing stance or storm assault or using the lightning slash to boost AR. On a 60/60 build vs a 80 dex build it would be fair to at least compare it to a 80/40 build Other words: for AoWs: Lightning is best for weapon strike AoWs, lightning slash, and certain light/heavy weapons, also many enemies and bosses are weak to lightning, players are weak to lightning. Highest Dmg on weapon strike skills outside of counter damage from piercing Heavy: high 2 handed AR, out side of guardian sword spear, better bullet scaling than lightning, worse than keen on bullets, fire AoWs not as good as lightning :/ Fire: not that great, but good against certain bosses Keen: sometimes higher 1-Ar than heavy. Scales both cold and lightning AoE, and quality AoW, alot of weapons with native bleed, relies a lot on the L2 or R2 button, overall best with paired weapons, tied with blood/lightning with powerstanced weapons
@@lexdtv effectively the best way to test this is on omens in the sewers who have a high defense, but 0 in all defenses but holy and slash, ignore those two. Slash damage is elevated against them, while they resist holy. For weapon strike skills lightning is highest, followed by keen/heavy. (Thing sword dance, piercing or lion’s claw) For bullets w/ quality scaling: keen > quality/cold/blood/poison > heavy/lightning/fire
@@thesquishogods8015 this is all pretty good info but I think you're getting stuck in the weeds about pumping the damage numbers too narrowly. This is a rune level 150 build, and the most "bang for your buck" per-stat-point for physical AR is just gonna be Strength when two-handed, no questions about it. the 60/60 build was just to test numbers for fun, but tbh at Rune Level 150 you don't have many levels to throw around at all if spec'd like that so it's just not viable. For the hero starting class, you'd have to toss 89 levels into STR + DEX to meet either 60/60 or 40/80 (even considering the Divine Beast Helm's +3 to both). This leaves 54 levels to distribute among Vigor, Endurance, Mind, Faith, etc. Lightning affinity just ain't it; can't apply greases, and sure you can test it on things with zero lightning resistance like you said but on average your targets are most likely going to be reducing it alongside their physical damage reduction, and it's just not gonna hit that hard. Rather than split the damage so harshly, just apply lightning grease imo. Also Horned Warrior's Greatsword is part of this arsenal and scales purely with Strength so there's that to consider :P
@@lexdtv I’m a optimizer who runs between levels 125-200 for pvp with 5 dedicated characters for all of those xD bang for buck is still keen for storm blade and storm assault , especially when considering the introduction of the lizard GS and the guardian sword spear exists. Lizard GS’s and Dismounter’s reach is too good to pass on >.< For the level 150 yeah still keen, at 54 str you are only hitting the soft cap for regular attacks, none of the storm skills will be near soft cap. Still need 80 str lightning grease doesn’t scale on motion values from crits or AoWs the same way, lightning WILL outcompete, also powerstance builds/off hand (you can also use sacred order and lightning slash on lightning) A weapon strike AoW usually scales better on lightning unless it is a super strong keen or heavy weapon like the guardian sword spear or sword lance (note Freyja’s will still do more damage on lightning affinity if using lion’s claw) Also test it with high defense but low percentage negation like the omens in the sewers. Because that is how you determine how defense affects it. There are two defense types. The damage difference is normally 10% which is significant enough for me to care. Best part of the build is still storm blade, use that on keen or heavy not lightning However when it comes to the storm incantation and the Horned warrior’s great sword, yeah go strength however I definitely won’t call it the best part of your kit even on a str build. Often for a dex build normally a 70/20 or a 80/18 split is normal, though you can get way with only 14 points into str. Str you have to often risk dropping int/fth/arc while still needing like 14-20 dex for weapons variety,
Also I didn't include Stormwing Bone Arrows here only because I didn't feel like farming the ammo to test it, but it's obviously boosted by the same "storm boosting" items. I've seen some pretty funny clips of people using Ansbach's Longbow to shotgun people down with em so they're probably pretty strong lol.
Either way, enjoy the video, thinking about making an Arcane one next!
This build looks fun! Also, I love the Stalker poster you have in your background!
It is, and thank you! I've seen so many movies that I can't choose a favorite but if someone FORCED me to... it'd be that one lol
Love this video. Also big props to the way this video was edited.
I fell in love with the Claymore + Stormblade + Black Flame blade early in my first play-through. Storm FTW! Also great information! You aren’t just copying the same crap other creators say “nEW oP bUiLd!!” with generic build explanations. Good shit! 👍
Thanks man, I really appreciate it! And yeah I think the info comes from a genuine curiosity to KNOW certain things in the game as questions pop up in my head lol. If you like all the info on this one then you'll REALLY like the next vid
@@lexdtv Sick!! Looking forward to it! 🤘
Nice! Might have to try this one out myself. Thanks for the thorough analysis on the whole kit.
For sure, I liked that we got TWO (I guess three if you include the Divine Beast Bighead Mode) items that boosted storm damage so I wanted to see how strong all the storm stuff was.
Turns out, PRETTY STRONG
Good stuff man. Hope you continue to do more interesting builds like this for us who like pve and pvp. I find these very fun.
Thank you! There's another one in the works currently but I won't spoil the theme lol
Personally i find stormcaller to be better in duels than horn calling storm, simply because one can use it in weapons like the claymore and the crescent mon axe, both of wich have their respective r2 as a roll catch after the first part of storm caller.
Yeah and again most duelists know how to avoid Horn Calling Storm if they're paying attention lol, good point on the different heavy attack follow-ups
THANKS FOR THE TESTING
Of course! Thank YOU for watching
Good build! Also, the Zamor Ice Storm AoW can be buffed using the magic scorpion talisman and the magic cracked tear and boy does it do damage lol
Sounds ideal if you're trying to one shot phantoms and hosts while invading lolol
It doesn’t do shit in pvp so do not try using that as you may get one shot instead lol
@@Lancestar-Knightsounds like you don't know how to use the AoW
@@vaskopoh9512 i said about scorpion talisman in PvP not the Zamor AoW.
This is my first time in your channel, and i honestly thought this was going to be a waste of time like other people's rambling "build" vids. Glad to be wrong. I learned a few good points here, thanks!
of course! yeah I mean I've seen a lot of build videos that are going "in the right direction" but are kinda half baked, like it's clear they didn't test or try to optimize them in the slightest lol
You just in time my brother i started a storm build with dual quality banished knight great swords and its been fun asl 🙏🏿💯
Yeah I had no idea that Storm Blade hit so hard at a range, kind of insane tbh lol. What ashes you running?
storm caller on one sword and storm blade on the other to catch people who are rolling away from me 💪🏿 I'm thinking of leveling faith some so I can use electrocharge to emulate a thunder storm 💯
@@killianhardy3703I love it, especially the idea of catching someone in a storm assault combo and pressuring them with storm blade right after lol.
Solid content, subbed!
Thanks brother! More to come
Feel like I’m back in school 😅🧑🎓 professor Lex coming in with the FACTS 🤓
lol if you like that then you'll just LOVE the next one; THERE ARE SPREADSHEETS
Nice video. I wanna try this now.
A question about stormcaller, does the wind part build up status effects if the weapon doesn't hit?
Lastly, the censorship is hilarious 😁
I am 90% sure the wind parts won't help with status buildup since the "storm damage" from Storm Blade also doesn't apply status effects, but I haven't actually tested so there's a chance I'm wrong.
And yo LOL it's hilarious to me that the guy in these storm ash arts is wearing underwear in some, and then just letting his ass hang out in others
Great build bro! Since I'm not towards the end game yet, can you suggest an alternative for Freyja's greatsword that i can use in the meantime. Thanks again!
thanks man, and yeah I mean, any Curved Greatsword or Greatsword that you can give Heavy affinity for decent Strength scaling will work, and even the Great Katana is not a bad option even though it only has a B for STR scaling.
Those are some off the top of my head I'd throw out there, I think maybe Beastman's Cleaver is a STR scaling curved greatsword but you'd have to farm for it.
Just discovered your channel, keep up the solid content!
Thank you thank you, more on the way for sure!
seeing as you mentioned you get stormblade at the start at the hut I was wondering if you could do a new game run with a high damage weapon like the 2h you get from the wagon at gatefront and how that could carry you through leveling a new char.
You absolutely could, though I think Storm Blade may be tied to your stats + weapon level so though you're not going to be 1-2 shotting mobs, you'll definitely still get a huge advantage imo (will also save you a lot of time lol)
@@lexdtv I been playing with a new build all day and I can say the Lordsworn Greatsword you get at the start in the wagon with ash of war is by far the easiest playt hrough I have had. I also went and got myself built up a bit though, went and collected 11 seeds with +7 crimson tears and also got the Great Stars great hammer for a very nice bleed + strike weapon as a secondary fighting anything that is weak to that but yeah, your built is amazing for how easy it is to level up let alone a new game + Tks for informing us of this build.
My man!! You gotta try storm blade on a dex build with keen great Katana.
I did! For some reason it was barely hitting harder than the Freyja's Greatsword version, but I might play around with it a little more. The Great Katana moveset is definitely insane, I love it
@@lexdtv it doesn’t really hit harder, but you do get that innate bleed buildup - and the ash of war scales off of dex so I think the aow itself hits a bit harder from keen infinity. If you’re going to use it up close I’d say go blood or occult affinity as well.
If status effects travel with storm blade it would be a broken tier ash of war.
@@CrucibleBroStorm scale of quality not dex and he two hand weapon so STR > DEX here Its a better optimisation for sure
@@CrucibleBro54 STR > 54 DEX because 1.5x
I was looking for a invasion build...I was getting overwhelmed with multiple enemies...I adjusted my build by taking ideas from this video...I like my claymore but it seems either the weapon is not good enough or I am not good enough for using it in invasions....Can't catch anyone who is running..
Also do you or anyone know if raptor talons r2 still true combos?
Not sure about the Raptor Talons, but Claymore should be a decent choice; definitely try a Curved Greatsword or something that may hit a little harder with Storm Blade if not. Sometimes the projectile is gonna have a tough time hitting your targets if the latency is high, and really it's best to catch someone BY SURPRISE with it when they're going for a drink if you're able.
Wouldn't it be better having stormblade on a great katana
I don't know if I'd say better, but I actually tried it out and liked it a lot, honestly probably my second choice tbh. Very good moveset on that thing, but I think I got a little more damage out of Freyja's.
Great Katana has Bleed so there's that also, honestly a solid choice if you wanted to go for it.
Surprised quality doesn't work. Like, 50 or 60 dex and 54 str or something like that
@@aryantiwari1945 yeah I tested both a 60 STR/60 DEX build alongside a 40 STR/60DEX build (just to see if 2 handing made a difference in any way).
Quality infused storm ashes hit the hardest with the 60/60 build, so the storm damage just scaled with the stats directly (or else the strength most from 2 handing would have made it hit the same). Ultimately though, it just wasn't worth all the stat points forked over to DEX, especially for a Rune Level 150 build.
It does work like that 34 str and 50 dex, 54 str and 50 dex, or 66 str and 80 dex
could this surpass the keen flamberge 80 dexterity build, with the same setup? and a slot for bloodflame when it hits? or even nagakiba, great katana and guardian sword spear for top scaling and range?
Ahh these are all good questions, I'll have to try them out and see what it looks like, but again my hesitation lies in forking so many points over to DEX on a RL150 build
If you made build #1 at 200 would you put points into dex or faith ?
Since I was focusing on boosting Storm Ashes, I'd probably throw them into DEX tbh and try optimizing again from there. Quality seemed to boost Storm damage the most, even if it was just a small amount!
i wish he had a talisman for frost builds
I definitely would have loved to play around with a Frost build. Maybe next DLC? lolol
@@lexdtv I'm playing with one now it's fun
Storm assault is soooo broken lol what you mean ? You just can’t use it ti trade w big weapons. Small weapons its checkmate
Ey listen I agree, it's super strong in 1v1 situations for sure, but I just had better luck with some of the other storm ashes when it came to invasions specifically
Storm assault isn’t as broken as before
@@lexdtv tbh all of the storm ashes are incredible for PvP 😂 I must admit I don’t take advantage of storm blade much. I know it’s amazing I just never use. Keep up the good videos
@@Lancestar-Knight true it’s still insane tho . Just gotta time your hyper armor a little better
@@Buddyguy1988 will do, and yeah I honestly thought Storm Blade would be kinda mid for PvP since it's fairly dodgeable, but people just kept gettin hit lol
Liked the video and drooped a sub however major correction:
Effective str from two handing doesn’t work like that. It doesn’t affect skills or AoWs (it doesn’t affect critics strikes either). On top of this it is mathematically impossible for the dex build to get less of a gain from either quality or str. Dexterity will ALWAYS scale higher than both for storm or quality AoWs.
Maybe something was up with your testing but that was objectively wrong information. >.<
Maybe you were using inconsistent weapons that could have altered the results, I’m curious on your testing method,
The reason for this is normally quality includes a co-efficient of 1.9 for both dex/Str, str normally has a co-efficient of 2.8 for str along, on a weak set up it 2.4 but has a Dex scaling of 1.2, on a dex set up it has a dex co-efficient of 2.8 and a str co-efficient of 1.3.
On a dex-weak it will be the same as str w/ a 2.4 Dex coefficient , 1.2 str coefficient which only occurs on a few viable weapons such as the nagakiba, daggers, flamberge, :/
Mathematically your dex should be around 5-10% higher in overall scaling for any quality bullet AoW
Storm assault will always either scale best on a lightning weapon or the GSS which has a comically high AR for no reason.
Also going dex gives you better use of the Storm arrows
So yeah I'm not saying Strength scaled better than either Quality or DEX for storm damage, it actually scaled the worst.
Point being, it was such a tiny difference in storm damage, and you get way higher PHYSICAL AR for a wayyyyy lower stat requirement with STR. I wasn't implying the two handing from Strength applied to storm damage, just smacking things with your weapon.
80 DEX just did not scale PURE storm damage better than 60 STR/60 DEX, and I even tried the lightning infusion as suggested but the split damage killed its seemingly impressive AR. It also did not make pure storm damage hit any harder; it was the same between Keen and Lightning, the different affinities just affected AR.
I tested with A scaling DEX weapons for Keen and Lightning, and A scaling STR weapons for heavy. This was all using the Storm Blade projectile.
@@lexdtv oh the weapon scaling itself doesn’t matter too much. Certain weapons have a weak or strong scaling to the keen or heavy affinity for bullet ashes. Keen does better on weapons like the dismounter or knight’s great sword, uchigatana rather than the nagakiba or flamberge, even though keen has a high 1-h AR on those two.
Lightning actually prefers weapons like Mesmer soldier spear, or other high AR weapons to do weapon strike skill damage. Normally the damage diff on lightning is comparable to heavy or keen if you disregard weaknesses but I still only recommend it when using skills like overhead stance, lion’s claw, wing stance or storm assault or using the lightning slash to boost AR.
On a 60/60 build vs a 80 dex build it would be fair to at least compare it to a 80/40 build
Other words: for AoWs:
Lightning is best for weapon strike AoWs, lightning slash, and certain light/heavy weapons, also many enemies and bosses are weak to lightning, players are weak to lightning. Highest Dmg on weapon strike skills outside of counter damage from piercing
Heavy: high 2 handed AR, out side of guardian sword spear, better bullet scaling than lightning, worse than keen on bullets, fire AoWs not as good as lightning :/
Fire: not that great, but good against certain bosses
Keen: sometimes higher 1-Ar than heavy. Scales both cold and lightning AoE, and quality AoW, alot of weapons with native bleed, relies a lot on the L2 or R2 button, overall best with paired weapons, tied with blood/lightning with powerstanced weapons
@@lexdtv effectively the best way to test this is on omens in the sewers who have a high defense, but 0 in all defenses but holy and slash, ignore those two. Slash damage is elevated against them, while they resist holy.
For weapon strike skills lightning is highest, followed by keen/heavy. (Thing sword dance, piercing or lion’s claw)
For bullets w/ quality scaling: keen > quality/cold/blood/poison > heavy/lightning/fire
@@thesquishogods8015 this is all pretty good info but I think you're getting stuck in the weeds about pumping the damage numbers too narrowly.
This is a rune level 150 build, and the most "bang for your buck" per-stat-point for physical AR is just gonna be Strength when two-handed, no questions about it. the 60/60 build was just to test numbers for fun, but tbh at Rune Level 150 you don't have many levels to throw around at all if spec'd like that so it's just not viable. For the hero starting class, you'd have to toss 89 levels into STR + DEX to meet either 60/60 or 40/80 (even considering the Divine Beast Helm's +3 to both). This leaves 54 levels to distribute among Vigor, Endurance, Mind, Faith, etc.
Lightning affinity just ain't it; can't apply greases, and sure you can test it on things with zero lightning resistance like you said but on average your targets are most likely going to be reducing it alongside their physical damage reduction, and it's just not gonna hit that hard. Rather than split the damage so harshly, just apply lightning grease imo.
Also Horned Warrior's Greatsword is part of this arsenal and scales purely with Strength so there's that to consider :P
@@lexdtv I’m a optimizer who runs between levels 125-200 for pvp with 5 dedicated characters for all of those xD
bang for buck is still keen for storm blade and storm assault , especially when considering the introduction of the lizard GS and the guardian sword spear exists. Lizard GS’s and Dismounter’s reach is too good to pass on >.<
For the level 150 yeah still keen, at 54 str you are only hitting the soft cap for regular attacks, none of the storm skills will be near soft cap. Still need 80 str
lightning grease doesn’t scale on motion values from crits or AoWs the same way, lightning WILL outcompete, also powerstance builds/off hand (you can also use sacred order and lightning slash on lightning)
A weapon strike AoW usually scales better on lightning unless it is a super strong keen or heavy weapon like the guardian sword spear or sword lance (note Freyja’s will still do more damage on lightning affinity if using lion’s claw)
Also test it with high defense but low percentage negation like the omens in the sewers. Because that is how you determine how defense affects it. There are two defense types. The damage difference is normally 10% which is significant enough for me to care.
Best part of the build is still storm blade, use that on keen or heavy not lightning
However when it comes to the storm incantation and the Horned warrior’s great sword, yeah go strength however I definitely won’t call it the best part of your kit even on a str build.
Often for a dex build normally a 70/20 or a 80/18 split is normal, though you can get way with only 14 points into str.
Str you have to often risk dropping int/fth/arc while still needing like 14-20 dex for weapons variety,
Why tf RL150?
I dont think ive seen a pvp youtube video not at RL150. It lets you get 60 vigor and 60 in a main stat, or mixed however depending on the build
@@sandalloveromg You dont See many Videos then
Makes just 0 sence to stay at 150, 200, 250 even 300 is way more fun
It's the most popular PvP level brother, and I love me some PvP
@@lexdtv most popular for who?
@@sandalloveromgyou must be a PvE player to be this confused