[Invoker] Elemental Expression needs a MAJOR buff

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Volonur#0219 wrote:

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blgmike#5184 wrote:

Yes it triggers off of melee critical hits which are done by CoC monks.

I play CoC invoker and I have literally a 100% crit chance with attack. I am also CoC so I’ve taken some spell damage nodes which help with EE. Would love if EE built energy like CoC rather than spend mana.

Also elemental damage buffs amplify EE. There’s a few herald nodes that help its damage output significantly. There’s also a trifecta of damage nodes between Monk & Sorc that do work.

It does not matter how much you invest into Elemental Expression; its damage won't be sufficient to even consider it. I doubt it will be sufficient if you go full cosplay sorc and spec only spell damage nodes.
Again, you can create whatever abomination you wish warrior monk, sorc monk, whatever rocks your boat. It does not make EE a viable option, period. Its damage is a joke due to it scaling off spell damage and not attack damage. But even if they make it scale off of attack damage, in its current state, it would not raise its damage enough to make it viable.
And no, making it reserve Spirit instead of cost mana will not make it any better. Spirit is a precious commodity and no sane monk will allocate spirit for such dog poopoo skill.

As OP mentioned, EE as it stands now, needs a MAJOR buff. And mana costs of skills in general need a major overhaul, no one but sorcs can use a high level skill atm without running out of mana almost instantly; which is another poor design choice by devs. The whole game seems to be balanced around sorcs.

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POEJae#2832 wrote:

The Elemental Expression skill from the Invoker

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Skellymancer#5263 wrote:

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POEJae#2832 wrote:

The Elemental Expression skill from the Invoker

This is the before-last class, that I think should be buffed in any way.
The last of course being the "sparkweaver".

If anything, severe nerfs all over the tree and ascendancy is expected...

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LineArck#6395 wrote:

I hereby challenge you to make an elemental storm build of any kind (provided elemental storm is actually useful and not just a gimmick)

Lone that i've seen so far is from Jungroan who was, has usual, using unintended mechanics to make something look broken exepet this time even tho it could clear content it's was pretty bad + killing your frame and server. (nerf in coming)

Both elemental expression and elemental storm need buff / rework.

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LineArck#6395 wrote:

I hereby challenge you to make an elemental storm build of any kind (provided elemental storm is actually useful and not just a gimmick)

Lone that i've seen so far is from Jungroan who was, has usual, using unintended mechanics to make something look broken exepet this time even tho it could clear content it's was pretty bad + killing your frame and server. (nerf in coming)

Both elemental expression and elemental storm need buff / rework.

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blgmike#5184 wrote:

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LineArck#6395 wrote:

I hereby challenge you to make an elemental storm build of any kind (provided elemental storm is actually useful and not just a gimmick)

Lone that i've seen so far is from Jungroan who was, has usual, using unintended mechanics to make something look broken exepet this time even tho it could clear content it's was pretty bad + killing your frame and server. (nerf in coming)

Both elemental expression and elemental storm need buff / rework.

Elemental Expression triggers Dynamism without having to run any meta gems, giving you 40% increased damage at basically all times (with a high crit rate).

It also triggers Rising Tempest at max effect on a single proc (36% damage).

It can also be socketed with Blind (free evasion and accuracy).

It’s not meant to clear screens, it does a great job supporting.