pure trap sin

[sdbramwell]

hey, so ive got some gear for trap sin that im creating.

nigma
rare circlet (+2 assassin +25 str +x res)
some fcr rings
waterwalks
magefist
soe
and mahim oak/+2 traps 10fcr ammy

basically, i was building my sin as a hybrid of WoF and DS
so my skills are as follows right now

1 in fade and prereqs
20 Fire Blast
20 Death Sentry
~10 Light Sentry
~10 Wake of Fire

i realized after i had my buddy rush me, that death sentry does crap damage. even with synergies, and that i think i spread my other skills to thin to do a true light trap sin (definitely spread to thin).

Regardless, im probably going to rebuild this character, but i was wondering how the best way to build a pure trap sin is? max the light synergies?

[essojay]

i was wondering how the best way to build a pure trap sin is? max the light synergies?

Yes. Remaining points can go into Shadow Master or Fire Blast.

Actually, I like to max FB before I max Shock Web, mostly because it gives me another option against LIs. This means I can't max all the light synergies without leveling up to high 90s (which I haven't done).

[sdbramwell]

ok so i pretty much boned my trap sin then haha.

[DECOYBOY]

in short, yes. time to hit up some ppl on your friends list to rush/lvl you :P

[sdbramwell]

hahaha, sounds like ill have to.

[crawlingdeadman]

also, dont let what you see for damage dissuade you from maxing death sentry. no one ever cared how much damage it dealt, it's the corpse explosion effect that rocks the house. max it!

[sdbramwell]

yeah i know CE is pretty awesome for death sentry, but i was in a ggc came and had some DS's plotted around, and they couldnt even kill a venom lord, whats with that? BTW there were about 40 dead corpses surrounding the venom lord and every single one of them exploded. I would think that much CE would have lit the poor b@st@rd up.

[Scudstorm]

Venom lords are fire immune and have 50% physical resistance, which means your CE only did 1/4 damage. And a ggc game means that Venom Lord probably had high life too. If it was an Unique, it could've spawned with more physical resistance mods.

[sdbramwell]

ok, well there you go, that would explain the weak physical damage, it was not unique, just a plain ol' venom lord.

[SeCKSEgai]

A light trapper can solo all of hell, the only thing my trapper couldn't do solo was ubers (though she could take some of the minis).

Tienje has a solid guide (albeit a bit pvp oriented, but it covers a lot of things applicable to pvm).

The beauty of the LS/DS combo comes when you throw an infinity on your merc.

[sdbramwell]

yeah and socket things with light facets.

[crawlingdeadman]

not sure if you're joking, but facets dont work.

[sdbramwell]

wait what? i havent done that, but how would facets not work for light sin?

[crawlingdeadman]

the game treats them as minions. the %light damage is shown in the character screen, but hey, it's not called the Lying Character Screen for nothing.

-res and % damage doesnt work on traps you throw down. i do believe that fireblast does get the bonuses from them though.

[sdbramwell]

aww thats weak sauce. but i guess it kind of makes sense though. well then dont use facets. haha thanks for pointing that out.

[Sass]

the game treats them as minions. the %light damage is shown in the character screen, but hey, it's not called the Lying Character Screen for nothing.

-res and % damage doesnt work on traps you throw down. i do believe that fireblast does get the bonuses from them though.Not that it'd mater much, but Shock Web gets a similar bonus as FB :P

[crawlingdeadman]

i knew i was forgeting one.

[sdbramwell]

yeah shock web is an actual skill. and now that i think about it, it makes since that facets wouldnt work for traps.