Trying new "Lightning+Sword/Shield" Build, please

[knredash]

So far I had seen that the 3 main builds are:

1> Lightning + Spear (Stun + Nuke)
2> Ice + Sword/shield (freeze + KD + Stab)
3> Fire + bow

Questions:
If I a pure INT, is a lightning + sword/Shield feasible?

I wanna know if anyone in the high-end try this build b4?

Cuz I wanna know how it fares in PvE and PvP, i am Thinking of having multiple Criticals using sword chains and lightning shock effect and upped parry ratio for PvM

And "Nuke when far", "KD + Stab when near" for PvP

[phulshof]

So far I had seen that the 3 main builds are:
Questions:
If I a pure INT, is a lightning + sword/Shield feasible?

I wanna know if anyone in the high-end try this build b4?

Cuz I wanna know how it fares in PvE and PvP, i am Thinking of having multiple Criticals using sword chains and lightning shock effect and upped parry ratio for PvM

And "Nuke when far", "KD + Stab when near" for PvP

I'm lvl 52, so I may not qualify as high-end, but my character's capable of the type of fighting you describe. I use the fire tree as well, because I usually double-nuke my opponents, but since I have all chains series as well I can play this build.

I currently use double nuke (fire+lightning) vs multiple enemies because of the splash damage with the lightning imbue, and for fun the chains+lightning imbue vs single enemies. At this level, the 2 chains deal as much damage as the 2 nukes, but the splash damage is of course a lot less. I've also mixed nukes with chains and KD-stab in PvP, and found it both effective and fun. Basically this character can adapt to the situation because of the skill sets, but it costs quite a bit of sp (though that's also caused because I have force as a 4th tree on top of sword, fire, and lightning).

I'm not playing pure INT however; I'm 90% mag balance while naked (about 103% with my clothes on). I do very well in PvM, and quite well in PvP as well, but since my equipment is above what the avarage person would use I don't know if I can qualify as a reflection of feasibility for your build.

[Brutish1]

Any full int or int hybrid has light in their build. The 2 MUST have skills are piercing force and grass walk. Many choose fire as their main imbue and nuke for 2 reasons. 1 higher damage than light. 2 Having less HP than Str builds, they don't want the splash damage to aggro additional mobs. There are 2 additional advantages to using fire nuke over light nuke, 1 longer range and 2 less SP used. There is 1 advantage to the light nuke over fire (besides splash), if you cast fire or ice imbue, the splash can carry the effect to other mobs.