ARC vs Freezing pulse

I feel sad now that i spend 50 hours on my pure lighting witch current lvl 68 because
ARC feels so bad in its current state.
Its so ironic that i took all the % increased lighting damage and im using a quality ARC and
a quality Conductivity curse 18% quality and 3 supports gems on ARC: increased cast speed,
added lighting damage and increased critical stike chance and im doing half thats HALF of the simple non quality Freezing pulse with no support gems ???
ARC chains 2 times while Freezing pulse has AOE so it hits way more enemies then ARC does
and slows with a chance to freeze too.
What are the skill designers THINKING?
I forgot to say im using a unique wand with 29% more lighting damage and still ARC is so bad compare with Freezing pulse not even half the effectiveness.

My Arc Witch is doing pretty decently:

if u were using Freezing pulse your damage would be at least 5k
Im not saying ARC is not VIABLE, im talking about the fact that its not near as good as Freezing pulse.

I guess, but Arc has a longer reach, plus it doesn't need targeting. I agree that it needs a little bit more oomph though.

>arc
>50% damage effectiveness


DID THEY EVEN TEST THE SKILLS WOW

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Fluttershypony wrote:

>arc
>50% damage effectiveness


DID THEY EVEN TEST THE SKILLS WOW

Ofcourse they tested the skills,that's why it got 50% dmg effectiveness.
Who told you every skill must deal heavy amounts of damage?
Freezing pulse gives the best of its output at melee range.
Arc does not require targeting,got a good chance to shock and hits far away.
Use elemental proliferation and go hit a group of 10 mobs. Tell me what happens when you shock 1 monster and what follows when you continue casting arc or another aoe spell with better damage.

My group wants me to be in their party mainly for the insane amount of shock on mobs. 120% increased damage is not low.

Try this combo Arc-chain-elemental proliferation-faster casting. If you can't hold the mana cost yet,remove chain or faster casting. If you ever get your hands on a 5L then you will see tons more of damage.

Don't forget guys,the game have partying in mind. An arc user can provide tons of shock for his party.

Also you can get better rolls on a wand than this unique item. For example

The rolls can go even higher.

I like Arc it may not be as powerful as other skills, but who says you need to 1 shot something for it to be good?

It may not be the best for big packs but it does ok on Bosses and single target.

You also have to consider shock stacking that won't be listed as part of the DPS.

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Fluttershypony wrote:

>arc
>50% damage effectiveness


DID THEY EVEN TEST THE SKILLS WOW

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