The 1.2.0 Joule Build! Top
Hi! Nicky Tsunami here with a new build! Thank you all for the love on my first build,
Ringo for Noobs, it made it to the Vain Glory game news page and has over 20k views! Thanks so much.
SO...to all you
Joule Junkies, opportunity knocks! It seems like
Joule has been left behind and is a less popular character in the game right now. I think she was a little soft, a little slow and a little weak which is disaster in this game!
I think that has changed, big time.
I've recently taken up playing
Joule again after fun runs getting better with Krul, Petal and SAW and I really think that the recent update has further improved Joule's ability to be a massive game changer.
Early Game Build (~6min.-ish) Top
Early game, get your
Halcyon Potions, your
Ironguard Contract and get into the jungle. Try to work the jungle as hard as you can without getting into too many team battles yet. Right now you are super slow, super weak and super squishy. Get your
Rocket Leap early and use it to ESCAPE. If you do get in a team fight, drive the opponent off then get outta dodge, turret diving with
Joule is a disaster! Also, get your
Sprint Boots its a good escape tool to have.
Right now the priority is to stay alive and get leveled up as fast as possible. I usually try to be near level 6 by 6min in. It is tough but doable and if you get there you are ahead of the game. Buy
Crystal Bit and
Energy Battery and build your
Heavy Prism and
Void Battery en route to your first game-changer,
Eve of Harvest.
Also, do your team a favor, get a
Scout Trap and put it way in the back of the Gold Mine. It's a pro move and will help you keep an eye on the gold mine and eventually the Kraken later in the game. Your team will love you for it.
Mid Game Build Top
Here's where things get really fun, really fast.
Eve of Harvest helps recharge your life while you stomp, shock and blast your way through the jungle. You should be able to remain in the jungle and keep your life up with the crystal lifesteal of
Eve of Harvest and your energy should stay up too thanks to its energy recharge.
Remember to keep farming because this build gets fun when you clear about $6000 gold and earn your
Shatterglass. Let's have a little heart to heart about our main steampunk gal
Joule, the
Big Red Button and
Shatterglass+
Eve of Harvest. The
Big Red Button has a
520% crystal ratio. 520%!!! That means at max level, you'll deal 1750 base damage + (50+150 crystal power x 520%) = 2,790 damage! That is an unbelievable number! You aim this thing right and unless the opponent has built real deal shield defense, they are going to either be dead or close to it if they are anywhere close to your beam. As a comparison,
Adagio's very scary
Verse of Judgement maxed out with the same power-ups makes 1,190 damage, less than half of the
Big Red Button!
In addition, the
Rocket Leap maxed out deals 450 base damage + (50+150 crystal power x 110%) = 670 damage with a 1.7sec stun! In comparison
Krul's ULT maxed out with the same upgrades is 750 damage with a 3sec stun.
Rocket Leap is like having another mini-ULT!
Late Game Build Top
Now that you are late game and your kills should be doubling your early game deaths, let's add to the build. Late in the game I find that the team I'm with will glue together and hunt as a 3-person gang. If its up to you lead the charge and be on the offensive, I like to build
Alternating Current and/or
Frostburn and/or
Clockwork.
Frostburn and
Alternating Current add even more crystal power which just makes your abilities mind-blowing.
Frostburn slows opponents down 35% max (you'll be at the max) for 1.5sec. I like it if I'm fighting really quick opponents.
I like
Alternating Current if I'm battling a lot of opponent tanks. One cool thing about
Alternating Current is your
Eve of Harvest heals you with the crystal lifesteal from the crystal damage every other swing
Alternating Current is activated.
Clockwork of course speeds your ability slowdown and if you are really pushing the offensive game hard, the enemy will feel like you are constantly unleashing you abilities on them. You can put an immense amount of pressure on the enemy if you're ULT is up every 55sec. and your
Rocket Leap is up every 5sec and you can fire your
Thunder Strike every second. EVERY SECOND!
If I have an offensive powerhouse like a really banger
SAW or sharpshooter
Ringo, I go support with a
Crucible and a
Fountain of Renewal. Just keeping these two alive and gunning with you as back-up with your
Big Red Button ready to go is enough to push a lane really hard.
Final Thoughts Top
A note on your opponents. They are going to underestimate you, and charge in to try to take you out, you might even take some early deaths as you are building your
Shatterglass and
Eve of Harvest, don't worry. Keep plugging away. When you max your
Rocket Leap stomp awesomeness and you land one square on an opponent, stun them then ROAST them with your overpowered
Thunder Strike, you'll have them running for their lives. They won't want anything to do with you.
Surprise is your best friend here. Your
Joule is a nightmare, a jungle stalker that can leap from no where and take half an opponent's energy in an instant. To your enemy, every bush in the lane has a
Big Red Button waiting in it to unleash the beam and roast you alive leaving nothing but a smoldering, shuddering, crispy
SAW/
Celeste/
Petal-y mess in the middle of the lane. So fun.
Aiming. Think about your
Rocket Leap and your
Big Red Button. As soon as you fire these off, your enemy is going to MOVE FAST. If you take just a second to think about where they will turn instantly when they know they are in harm's way, you'll hit them square on. In the case of the
Big Red Button they have one chance to get out of the beam or they are toast! Laugh when you see your opponent run for the hills when you fire your
Big Red Button!
Keep Calm and
Joule On!
About me - Find me at NickyTsunami and I love to play with folks of all skill levels! I love a good team battle and working with my team to get a win! I main with Joule, SAW, and Krul and I like Petal, Skaarf and I Glaive a little too :)
PS - If you use this build against me... I will LOVE IT! Good luck!
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