Inpulsa's Broken Heart comprehension

Lightning Damage AND a Critical Strike is needed to Shock Enemies

And no, since Tomay pointed out that 180k is Needed to Shock Shpaer (around that value) in one hit and you do 4k with Storm Call. You'll need another 176k to your Damage.

So even with a 40% Inpulsa, you are way under the limit to Shock Shaper

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Alyaa wrote:

Lightning Damage AND a Critical Strike is needed to Shock Enemies

And no, since Tomay pointed out that 180k is Needed to Shock Shpaer (around that value) in one hit and you do 4k with Storm Call. You'll need another 176k to your Damage.

So even with a 40% Inpulsa, you are way under the limit to Shock Shaper

Really thanks to your help - very appriciated

Can you intuitively say me if not asserting - do i need use impulsa in case where i have 4.3k damage on 11-14-tier maps or i should to change body armour to atziri's splendour, for example, or to other?

I am just not sure that i shock eny monster....

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Alyaa wrote:

Exception is Critical Strike with Lightning Damage ALWAYS Shock.

This is not true. Critical strikes with Lightning Damage have an inherent 100% chance to shock alright, however, this does not mean they "ALWAYS Shock." If the hit does not meet the minimum damage requirement to apply shock it will be discarded. The minimum requirement takes precedence over the chance to shock.

Exception to this rule are Elementalists with Beacon of Ruin, they can apply shock to the effect of 20% more damage taken with any critical strike even if it deals only 1 Lightning damage.

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Beacon of Ruin overrides the minimum threshold of 1% effect that normally applies to chill and shock. In other words, 1 point of cold damage from any hit will apply chill, and 1 point of lightning damage from a critical strike will apply shock.

Since shock requires a hit, how does three dragons and scorching ray work together? Builds to 50%?

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/The_Three_Dragons

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Scorching_Ray

Scorching Ray does not hit... so T3D will do nothing.

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Alyaa wrote:

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Hi, sorry - forgot 1 question

Using inpulsa i get 43% in my case of increased damage when i have shocked en enemy recently - but how we ascertained i can not always shock enemy especiall with big life pool as i have just about 4k damage

This armour has a caprice and have this condition (abovementioned) to deliver me increased damage

Why should i uses this armour if Carcass Jack, Varnished Coat give me 47% increased damage without any condition?

Thanks?

Since you're playing an Inquisitor CJ might be the better option indeed.

As I said, the Elementalist is predestined for Inpulsa as she can easily perma-shock at 20% and spread ailments such as shock without any support whereas other classes may hit the wall at some point when the requirements to apply shock aren't met anymore. That said, the main benefits of Inpulsa are clear speed and fun factor not so much its boss-killing capabilities and for clearing maps much less lightning damage is required to shock enemies.

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tomay wrote:

Since you're playing an Inquisitor CJ might be the better option indeed.

Thanks, very much

For the "fun factor" you can also use Bubonic Trail, they explode anything you kill (not just shocked enemies) dealing fire damage to the tune of 5% of their maximum life... not quite as spectacular as Inpulsa tho.