Best supports for Ball Lightning?

@Wolf287 & suszterpatt
Thanks,that concept looks very interesting.Well,I'm planning to desing a trap build one day,and this looks very promising.But will be of no use for the toon I'm currently developing

@sirbone
I totally agree mate.In fact,I'm already using it on my character MistressBLB,and combo:
Ball Lightning + Spell Echo + Increased Aoe + Lightning Penetration
as a base is plain awesome.In fact,I'm developing it further,and because of using Call of the Brotherhood ring I was pondering to complete that by Cold Penetration.Tooltip damage is pathetic 2219 DPS,yet clear speed is amazing - at least for Harvest,Dried Lake and some tier 1-4 maps so far.
Well,she kills stuff so fast I've even pondering on dropping off Knockback,as usually there is nothing alive left to be pushed back.

I used a COB ball lightning build a few seasons ago, and here is my pretty cheap setup that got me to t13 maps, before I got bored. My single target DPS was too shoddy...



Bitterdream makes for an 8 link; singularity makes it so anything within melee range dies instantly. 3 curses (Have another ring and boots for 5 if I wanted) give insane DPS and survival.

Everything crumbled easily, until I got to high tier map bosses; there wasnt enough cold DPS to freeze them, or even slow them enough. It is pretty hard to deal good damage with ball lightning and keep on the move. It went from cakewalk to brick wall very fast.

Despite that, this was the most fun build I have played, 9/10, would play again.

For a strait up BL caster, get a few knockback jewels. You want between 18-25% total. That way you push mobs back but keep them in range of the ball's strikes. Too much knockback will keep mobs away from you but also push them out of DPS range.

There must be balance in all things Grasshopper.

wolf