Best "Lag Build" ideas

[Tyran Thraxus]

I'm thinking of a Lag build, you know, the type of build you could go make a sandwich while in a dungeon during "Dungeon Alert" and come back and be fine while everything around you is a corpse?

I'm currently having fun in Shadowdale with my "Burst Minion Warlock":

-Enlightened Spirit tree: Fortify Summons, Imbue Summons, Displace summons, Eldritch Aura, Celestial Spirit.
-Feat: Augment Summoning
-Harper Agent Enhancement: Harper Leadership
-Magus of the Eclipse Epic Destiny ability: Grand Summoner
-The Cry of Battle: filigree set bonus
-Cleric hireling, bunch of summons.

Everything else is up to you. With this build i'm actually LOOKING for lag.

 

[norriskwondo]

So your play strategy is to go in and not play, just open the chests. LOL I love it

 

[norriskwondo]

Hopefully you have the guild hireling buffs too?

 

[magaiti]

Abyss Auralock with extended Death Aura. Undead enemies may be a problem though

 

[unbongwah]

As soon as I saw the thread title, my first thought was "warlock summoner" so good to know we're on the same wavelength.

 

[DBZ]

For heroics ES WARLOCK

 

[Qrvar]

Not sure if the summons would help, as they'd also be lagged, but everything else checks out.

Essentially anything with aura / AoE DoT + enough defenses to survive the lag. Monks with Cauldron of Flame (+15% uncap dodge) also work well but if the lag lasts longer than 30 seconds you may be cooked. So maybe also go T5 Shintao to have access to Rise of the Phoenix.

Also wanna stack as much incorporeality / concealment as possible. So maybe race Tiefling for Obscuring Darkness.

Diehard with extended unconsciousness range is also a must, so Fury as one of the EDs is recommended.

 

[Tyran Thraxus]

So your play strategy is to go in and not play, just open the chests. LOL I love it

Yup. I have a really bad temper with lag, so I decided to use lag to my gaming advantage.

 

[AlimonyJFMSU]

I like this idea.

 

[Aristis]

Brilliant idea, honestly. We should definitely keep pushing this. Maybe they’ll just hand us a free Shepherd Druid as a THANKYOU2025 coupon - fully optimized for summoning… and lag-friendly gameplay.

 

[DDO Gaming]

I'm thinking of a Lag build, you know, the type of build you could go make a sandwich while in a dungeon during "Dungeon Alert" and come back and be fine while everything around you is a corpse?

Well...as a palemaster you can have a skel...then you can summon a monster...and you can hire a warforged barb and constantly heal them.

So leave all three to attack and your selfhealing will also heal the skel

 

[saekee]

My lag build is melee 7 wizard/rest whatever. You go vampire or wraith, extended death auras but tier 5 EK for bubble defenses, cast displacement. It has not been perfect and suffers in reaper (raid lags too) but otherwise has been pretty solid.

Currently doing this with 12 monk.

 

[AlimonyJFMSU]

This thread.

 

[Neon Puce]

Brilliant idea, honestly. We should definitely keep pushing this. Maybe they’ll just hand us a free Shepherd Druid as a THANKYOU2025 coupon - fully optimized for summoning… and lag-friendly gameplay.

I bet THANKYOU2025 will be released in 2026

 

[TrappedSoulstone]

Go DB for 3x death aura and go Magus for extra passive damage. ES work great during lag spikes depending on your preference build cc options mb even shiradi or DI if breath works with DB. Id skip harper and try squeeze confusion in - great def tool.

 

[Mokune]

ES Aura-Lock was my goto from day one of Warlock release. The Aura giving survivability through the worst of lag spikes that have been around for ages (well years of playing DDO at any rate). I played MANY 'lock lives not JUST because of lag survivability but also due to the fun factor.

They knew this. They also knew they couldn't fix the lag (the talent, intelligence and knowledge just weren't there) So, they did the only thing they could do. They nerfed the P!$$ out of ES warlock 4 maybe 5 or 6 times. Maybe so the suffering of playing a lag infested game was spread amongst all the classes. Can only speculate.

The list of other egregious SSG choices is exhausting. ALL the other nerfs to combat lag are nothing more than GASLIGHTING.

DDO at this point seems to be the planned profit loss problem child of the larger companies for tax write off purposes.

Some "whales" somewhere, who love DDO and also LOVE ranged Inquisitive play are calling the shots.

Hell, I can *almost* imagine a coded account flag that induces lag for FTP and premium players while VIP SSG shills make positive posts on the forums while enjoying lag free play in some imaginary la-la land.

 

[Sarpado Man]

I'm thinking of a Lag build, you know, the type of build you could go make a sandwich while in a dungeon during "Dungeon Alert" and come back and be fine while everything around you is a corpse?

I'm currently having fun in Shadowdale with my "Burst Minion Warlock":

-Enlightened Spirit tree: Fortify Summons, Imbue Summons, Displace summons, Eldritch Aura, Celestial Spirit.
-Feat: Augment Summoning
-Harper Agent Enhancement: Harper Leadership
-Magus of the Eclipse Epic Destiny ability: Grand Summoner
-The Cry of Battle: filigree set bonus
-Cleric hireling, bunch of summons.

Everything else is up to you. With this build i'm actually LOOKING for lag.

Are you struggling with lag? Maybe it's time to join the "Is the most wonderful lag of the year!" (Contest) post.
Follow the link: https://forums.ddo.com/index.php?th...ul-lag-of-the-year-contest.22577/#post-309483

 

[droid327]

Honestly just a tanky build with decent hamp and Auto-Consecrate from Divine Crusader is enough to keep you basically unkillable from most incoming DPS rates