RF elemental overload question.

[Imyo]

So it seems i gain a lot of dmg with elemental overload, but its hard to proc, im using vortex on cwdt atm but its unconsistent, is there any other "pasive" way to proc it ?

[Paroe]

Cast when damage taken is the best way, but are you leveling your CWDT gem?
Find out the lowest it needs to be and keep it as low as possible so it triggers more.

[Imyo]

Originally posted by Paroe:

Cast when damage taken is the best way, but are you leveling your CWDT gem?
Find out the lowest it needs to be and keep it as low as possible so it triggers more.

its at lvl 1 , i just need something to crit once, and im using chield charge with faster attacks and the brightbrick constantly (shield charge also lvl 1), and it seems i cant crit enough, EO is up like 25% of the time, im considering taking it away and going deeper into the duelist tree instead

[Paroe]

Originally posted by Imyo:

Originally posted by Paroe:

Cast when damage taken is the best way, but are you leveling your CWDT gem?
Find out the lowest it needs to be and keep it as low as possible so it triggers more.

its at lvl 1 , i just need something to crit once, and im using chield charge with faster attacks and the brightbrick constantly (shield charge also lvl 1), and it seems i cant crit enough, EO is up like 25% of the time, im considering taking it away and going deeper into the duelist tree instead

OH youre using it to crit... i confused elemental overload with the other one then.
If youre building FOR crit why not do cyclone? Get some way to grab power charges.
If you need to use a spell then maybe use spell totem firestorm?

[Awesome!]

socket increased crit strikes into your shield charge.

you should also have a source of either added cold or lightning damage to attacks on your gear so you proc ee as you shield charge through packs.

[Imyo]

Originally posted by Awesome!:

socket increased crit strikes into your shield charge.

you should also have a source of either added cold or lightning damage to attacks on your gear so you proc ee as you shield charge through packs.

yeah got the EE part covered, and im using increase crit on the shield charge too, but it seems that its not enough to make it go uptime 100%.

Do i lose that much dmg if i drop it ?

[Awesome!]

Originally posted by Imyo:

Do i lose that much dmg if i drop it ?

yes it is a huge damage increase. you could potentially get some crit chance on jewels or something to increase your procs.

[Pyrrhus]

I've used Orb of Storms + Increased Critical Strikes in the past to good effect. Also great in combination with Curse on Hit and the curse of your choice for extra utility. This can also be used to proc Elemental Equilibrium if it fits into your build.

[Imyo]

Originally posted by Pyrrhus:

I've used Orb of Storms + Increased Critical Strikes in the past to good effect. Also great in combination with Curse on Hit and the curse of your choice for extra utility. This can also be used to proc Elemental Equilibrium if it fits into your build.

Saw a few builds using that, i guess its the best option for now, i wanted it to proc more like a natural thing with shield charge but sadly its not enough.

[Krausser]

I personally ran Shield Charge, Faster, Fortify, Inc Crits for proccing it. There is an option with Orb of Storms as well, but I dislike it by a mile. It's super clunky, although really consistent.