[2.4] I want to ask sth about LA/BR Voltaxic build

Soilwork3r mentioned that he doesn't use PPAD on LA, but i use it because of i also une phys to light, so my attacks do zero phys dmg, it all is lightning and mostly chaos. When i pick up phys passives on tree, they increase my LA dmg because of both conversions from LA itself and phys to light.
About the poison support gem on BR i'm not so sure about its dmg, because poison dmg is based on both phys and chaos dmg, and BR on a voltaxic deals fire and lightning dmg that doesn't scales poison.

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SybDarret wrote:

Soilwork3r mentioned that he doesn't use PPAD on LA, but i use it because of i also une phys to light, so my attacks do zero phys dmg, it all is lightning and mostly chaos. When i pick up phys passives on tree, they increase my LA dmg because of both conversions from LA itself and phys to light.
About the poison support gem on BR i'm not so sure about its dmg, because poison dmg is based on both phys and chaos dmg, and BR on a voltaxic deals fire and lightning dmg that doesn't scales poison.

u clearly dont know much about this game do you?

for voltaxic br//la conversions doesnt matter since its converting 50% of physical damage - and with voltaxic ur physical damage is very low. ptl + ppad works only for phys la builds.
if u are picking phys nodes while going voltaxic ur doing it totally wrong cause it benefits builds with high phys damage bow (like crafted harbinger//reach of the council)
voltaxic bow phys damage is really low

and second part is wrong too. voltaxic deals 40% lighting damage and 60% chaos damage
it doesnt matter if you are using blast rain or lighting arrow since that phys damage is low and that means converted damage is going to be low too - just check ur tooltip and compare fire damage to chaos damage.
and why poison is strong i described few posts above but to tldr it : "double dipping" - it benefits twice (1- damage itself, 2 - poison damage over time ) from increases of : damage (especially from frenzy 4%more), poison (gem itself), projectile damage (lots in tree) and chaos damage (few in tree too).
thats why u can get absurd amounts of damage over time (around 30-40% of base damage)
it really helps vs high tier bossess, for low tier i would use faster attacks to make blast rain more responsive

Anyone actually killing ubers with LA/Br?

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