Hi there, I see a build vid which I am converging against. It used cold melee (spellblade), but has chance to shock on hit on one of the weapons.
Is that just because the best weapon available or does it actually work without lightning damage… and as long as shock procs from that affix, the ele pens on enemy will work?
Just so I know what items to keep/craft or not.
Shock reduces enemy lightning resistance and reduces stun avoidance (In this case it is likely used for reducing enemy stun avoidance so they are likely to be stunned) But cold skill can proc shock on hit
Cheers mate. That’s awesome. Well the very frugal entry on shock on the wiki just said elemental res reduction, so I assumed it was both cold pen and stun, but ok so it will only affect lightning? If so the wiki should be updated? Either way, thanks for the info/reply.
The wiki is outdated. Shock was changed to only reduce lightning resistances and stun avoidance couple patches ago. (5% lightning res per stack against monsters and 2% resistance against bosses up to 20 stacks)
1.67 or 5/3 extra dmg on max revs vs bosses is juicy 
So for cold, it’s only cold pen/ele pen one can use , as chill only slows down aye?
There is actually blessing that grants you cold shred on hit (at max roll from empowered monolith it rolls up to 50% chance on hit) this works the same way (reduces cold resistances per stack 5% against normal and 2% against bosses and max stacks is 20) They added those shred blessings this patch and now every type of damage has a shred blessing 
Brilliant! Totally new so appreciate your time mate. Onwards!!! Still having piss poor gear but levelling with a exsanginous + the scavenger + mourning frosts all dropping within 1 hour after each other helped. Ridiculously low ehp, but seems to be generally ok as I am still only pre 70s. 
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