Path of Exile 1 Gameplay Help and Discussion - Is Lightning Coil OP? - Forum

It is pretty OP although it's about the same rank as CoD after the aura nerf, the main draw is it's consistency whereas armour suffers from diminishing returns. IGN: Chundaziri 8/8 Ambush/Invasion Complete - 21/06/2014 8/8 Warbands/Tempest Complete - 10/08/2015	Posted by Chundadragon#1131 on Oct 5, 2014, 4:42:19 PM Quote this Post
" So 8k physical damage is going to pretty much kill you, despite your armor, if say you have 6k life, and 10k armor, you'd be left with a 7k hit, and you indeed might die... 10k Armor is not going to reduce damage by 1k if you take a 8k hit. You armor is reducing it by about 755 damage. Armor formula according to wiki is Damage Reduction Factor = Armour / ( Armour + (12 * Damage) ).	Posted by Starxsword#4109 on Oct 5, 2014, 6:11:15 PM Quote this Post
This is the biggest reason why armor for the most part is no longer used, at all. The whole way armor values work is really lame. Hopefully its looked at and the reduction for physical damage is reworked.	Posted by MwHighlander#5572 on Oct 5, 2014, 6:30:01 PM Quote this Post
" RogueMage wrote: No, Lightning Coil is not "OP". When you build it properly, you take 30-40% less physical damage. Standing around taking less damage doesn't "overpower" your foes, it just enables you to survive more abuse. LC also comes with a severe drawback and does nothing to protect you from elemental damage. Before complaining about a thing that works well at a reasonable cost, you might consider all the truly grotesque pay2win items in the game. lol nice jokes man grotesque p2w items? you realize that LC is waaay more powerful than those items, it just happens to be as common as a transmute orb. Severe drawback? Oh, so you need 1 item with lightning stacked res. That is truly severe. Never mind the 60+ life it provides and combined 1200+ defenses. Oh and the whole broken mechanic. Anyone with a life based build not using LC is basically gimping themselves (aside from a handful of builds using CoD or kaom's). So yeah. Not OP? lulz, thx for chuckle m8 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X MSI RX 2080 Samsung 980 Pro SSD 32GB GSkill Trident-Z	Posted by Eep#5463 on Oct 6, 2014, 12:42:36 AM Quote this Post
I dont like LC because physical damage was not was I was afraid of when I played. It was elemental damage and some OP bosses/exile... mostly with elemental dmg. LC dont have high eva/armor even combined. The life is somewhat mediocre and it gives zero elemental protection. The lightning damage on it really doesnt boost your dps by much, it is just for crit builds to be able to shock. I prefer a good rare over LC almost anytime. The only case I would go LC is if I would play a squishy melee character, which I did. But ended up using a better rare anyway. At the time you would need the physical dmg reduction, you are able to one shot everything anyway and for that everyone is using Immortal call + increased duration linked to Cast when damage taken so... LC is mostly a hardcore league armor, to "make sure" you have enough survivability. I recommend using an MTX, because LC's visual is one of the worst in the game. It is awful. Spoiler Last edited by MegaTen_IV#3375 on Oct 6, 2014, 2:43:19 AM	Posted by MegaTen_IV#3375 on Oct 6, 2014, 2:40:39 AM Quote this Post
Its OP	Posted by GodKas#2489 on Oct 6, 2014, 2:43:13 AM Quote this Post
Overrated. If I wasn't on a phone I would go into why... ign KlearSpeed 1.3 Torment - Scion Kinetic Build Guide (HC Viable) http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1146976	Posted by iMbaQ#2112 on Oct 6, 2014, 7:36:04 AM Quote this Post
yeah OP, please nerf it to ground ! IGN TylordRampage	Posted by Malone#6946 on Oct 6, 2014, 7:47:38 AM Quote this Post
" Gregoriel wrote: I'm confused on if Lightning coil is completely OP. It certainly shows up as one of the top 3 used items in hardcore. The reason for this is because Physical damage pretty much naturally pierces armor, when taking a ridiculously big hit. So 8k physical damage is going to pretty much kill you, despite your armor, if say you have 6k life, and 10k armor, you'd be left with a 7k hit, and you indeed might die... but with lightning coil 40% of that goes to lightning damage which you're going to reduce by 75%, or 4800 + 800 = 5600 damage taken. So, to live to that 8k hit with armor, you'd need closer to 30k armor, which is not a small amount... Meanwhile, armor suggests as if it reduces a percent of physical damage, that isn't really the true story... Am I wrong? Certainly being one of the top 3 used items in the hardcore league (Beyond) seems to tell a story... The part where I get confused is that lightning damage can shock you, which can cause you take 50% more damage from all sources. So if you get unlucky to be shocked from hit A, and then take the big 8k hit B, well, ouch... Lightning Coil isnt OP. It's inability to resist physical damage well (which should be provided by armour) causes it to be OP. Buff armour, buff evasion, and Lightning Coil will be blown out by rares. Aside from physical damage "reduction", lightning coil provides below average evasion and life, and has a HUGE drawback - it has -60% resistance! IGN: MortalKombat Molten Strike build guide: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1346504 There is no knowledge That is not power Last edited by MortalKombat3#6961 on Oct 6, 2014, 8:16:41 AM	Posted by MortalKombat3#6961 on Oct 6, 2014, 8:10:57 AM Quote this Post
In comparsion to other OpBroken armor which is shavronesse, lightning coil opness is like vendor trash. 32% phys mitigation when build around it Vs +5 auras/ xx xxx more dps/ 75% free attackspeed Yup LC op please nerf ! xD IGN: PojzonAbyss [3.2] Immortal Indigon Poet's Pen Hirophant - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2129766 [3.1] Yamata No Orochi - Oni-Goroshi Jugg http://poeurl.com/bHB9 [2.4] The True Queen Of The Forest - Poison LA/BR Pathfinder http://poeurl.com/M6u [Retired]	Posted by eragon1111#0889 on Oct 6, 2014, 8:24:14 AM Quote this Post