[3.5] Occultist Cold DoT Caster (Cold Snap + Vortex) WIP

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Agr1as wrote:

This solves all mana issues and you don't have to use neither a suboptimal chest or spend extra passives. Also get lab enchant on boots, it will make sure you never run out of mana even if you spam all buttons at once.

Thats also an option, but i rather not choose to craft mana on jewelry as while manaregen can be found plenty on the tree, recharge start is very limited. Around 92 we dont have ES nodes left anyways to justify not getting 1-2 mana ones.

Forgot to mention, mana nodes also become ES nodes if you have the eye.

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DevilsmilE wrote:

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Agr1as wrote:

This solves all mana issues and you don't have to use neither a suboptimal chest or spend extra passives. Also get lab enchant on boots, it will make sure you never run out of mana even if you spam all buttons at once.

Thats also an option, but i rather not choose to craft mana on jewelry as while manaregen can be found plenty on the tree, recharge start is very limited. Around 92 we dont have ES nodes left anyways to justify not getting 1-2 mana ones.

Forgot to mention, mana nodes also become ES nodes if you have the eye.

This is how I deal with my mana issue.

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Agr1as wrote:

P.S. FFS, even life based Occultist version of Cold DoT caster exists and is able to kill Uber Elder, so what are we even arguing about?

I agree with you. Last thing I wanted is to start some kind of dispute here..

I also have to apologize for my sceptisicm about using a bow on this build.
I did a little PoB- session today and couldnt stop me from crafting a bow afterwards..


With this the damage is actually 10-15% or so higher with the benefit of having this juicy es regen speed.


I just wanted to say thank you for changing my mind on this one.

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s0mosh wrote:

With this the damage is actually 10-15% or so higher with the benefit of having this juicy es regen speed.


I just wanted to say thank you for changing my mind on this one.

You are welcome, how long did it take to hit 1p3s? Did you manage to succeed on first annul? I had some, lets say, bad experiences with that.

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DevilsmilE wrote:

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s0mosh wrote:

With this the damage is actually 10-15% or so higher with the benefit of having this juicy es regen speed.


I just wanted to say thank you for changing my mind on this one.

You are welcome, how long did it take to hit 1p3s? Did you manage to succeed on first annul? I had some, lets say, bad experiences with that.

I got pretty unlucky with the essences but I only used 3 annul, so the costs were reasonable.

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s0mosh wrote:

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Agr1as wrote:

P.S. FFS, even life based Occultist version of Cold DoT caster exists and is able to kill Uber Elder, so what are we even arguing about?

I agree with you. Last thing I wanted is to start some kind of dispute here..

I also have to apologize for my sceptisicm about using a bow on this build.
I did a little PoB- session today and couldnt stop me from crafting a bow afterwards..

Spoiler

With this the damage is actually 10-15% or so higher with the benefit of having this juicy es regen speed.


I just wanted to say thank you for changing my mind on this one.

Hi mate

Could you walk through how you did this crafting step by step mate? :)

Cheers

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Islandsbrygge wrote:

Hi mate

Could you walk through how you did this crafting step by step mate? :)

Cheers

Hey, first you need a full set of porpcupine. Turn in your bow and get shrieking essence of sorrow for +2. What you are aiming for is 1 prefix and 3 suffixes, the next step is to annul off 1 suffix. What you need to be able to begin the craft is 1prefix and 2 suffixes on a 3 stat bow. Next you craft cannot roll attack mods on it and slam for +1 bow. Remove crafted mod and craft 70%+ cold damage prefix. For the last suffix slot you can just slam it if you want.

can't you use malachai ring for EE and then you can use added cold damage to spells?

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kesotron wrote:

can't you use malachai ring for EE and then you can use added cold damage to spells?

I'm using Malachai's in the build. But added damage does not affect DoT portion of skill, which is what we are trying to scale.

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Agr1as wrote:

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cha_siu_bao wrote:

you could plan a level 100 character in PoB, and craft perfect mods for every gear slot, including a literally perfect Watcher's Eye... My first recommendation would be to check the damage and ES numbers with more realistic gear.

Like I said, I'm not doing a build guide, just wanted to see what full potential of the build can be. Of course I'm not expecting to hit 13k ES, I will be quite happy with 9-10k even. The same goes for damage.

Was reading this thread again and found this post and laughed so hard. So i was not expecting to hit 13k ES...