[3.17] Wallach's Hierophant Freezing Pulse Totems (No Further Updates)

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Daywaker19 wrote:

Hi! Currently at lvl 92 and this build is crushing it! Could you please link a final PoB for lvl 100?

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Cavollir wrote:

Hey, made this alt character for fun to try something different and having a blast. Can anyone check my tree / gear to see what i should aim to upgrade next? Think i have pretty solid foundation at lvl 80. Thanks in advance.

also an edit to ask. Is there something to change for mapping? or just spam freeze pulse and run.

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etherel90 wrote:

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Cavollir wrote:

Hey, made this alt character for fun to try something different and having a blast. Can anyone check my tree / gear to see what i should aim to upgrade next? Think i have pretty solid foundation at lvl 80. Thanks in advance.

also an edit to ask. Is there something to change for mapping? or just spam freeze pulse and run.

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For your tree, I would remove the 3 points to Arcane Capacitor and the 3 from Nimbleness and take the 5 to Throat Seeker and maybe a life node.

The very first thing I would do for gear is get a 21/20 Freezing Pulse. That should bump your damage a lot. The second thing I would do is drop the shield for another wand. The +1 totems is cool but because you can only summon 2 at a time, it makes for 4 casts total to get your max totems and you're missing a very large amount of extra damage mods. Your clearspeed and overall QoL would be better with a 2nd weapon, even without the extra totem. Personally, I would also drop Vaal Righteous Fire. I don't think the extra damage is worth the instant hit to life/mana. Probably pick up something defensive instead. Phase run or Vaal Haste/Vaal Grace. After that, getting a pair of Breathstealers (anoint Doom Cast), the projectile speed Veil enchant, a good boot enchant (mana regen if you've cast, elemental penetration or crit if you've crit recently). Also a 1mod hatred Watcher's Eye would be a nice dps bonus.

As you gain more levels and have more passives to work with, going into a Large Cluster with Blanketed Snow/Disorienting Display/Another mod and then a 2nd Medium Cluster w/ Master of Death/Whisper of Death/Master of Fear.

Edit: To your edit, yeah basically drop a couple totems, clear out the mobs, run. For ultimatums it helps to have phasing from Phase Run (cancels when casting a spell) or Divergent Dash. Then you put down your totems, cast your curses. Same for bosses.

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Cavollir wrote:

I made some of these changes thank you. If you check again should be updated? If i swap to 2 wands i dont think i would be able to reach resistance cap though which would hurt.

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IcedInferno007 wrote:

I understand i still need awakened controlled destruction, and my gear isn't perfect, but cannot fathom why dps is so low :[

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etherel90 wrote:

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Cavollir wrote:

I made some of these changes thank you. If you check again should be updated? If i swap to 2 wands i dont think i would be able to reach resistance cap though which would hurt.

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Looks like you need to get a better res stat on your magic ring and maybe a double res on your gloves. Did you take Alira for bandits? If I am doing the math right, without your shield, you should have 54 Fire, 102 Light, 67 Cold. You should be able to change around your Boots/Gloves/Ring in order to balance those out and then be able to equip a 2nd weapon.

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IcedInferno007 wrote:

I understand i still need awakened controlled destruction, and my gear isn't perfect, but cannot fathom why dps is so low :[

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See, the thing is Wallach has the top end stuff. He probably did spend 50ex on some of his pieces and that all adds up. The things he has that you do not:
1)Corrupted Soul Mantle
2)Lvl 6 awakened gems.
3)2nd Curse anoint on amulet
4)Synthesized magic ring
5)Boots with enchant and 40% to non-damaging ailments
6)Bottled Faith Flask
7)Different medium Cluster Jewel
8)Double hatred mod watcher's eye

All that stuff adds up once you have the basic gear down. If you take away those changes on his PoB the DPS drops down from 4m to 2.1m. Then if you account for differences in weapons, that's probably what the rest is.

This isn't meant to discourage you, just know you need to keep going for upgrades.

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Cavollir wrote:

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etherel90 wrote:

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Cavollir wrote:

I made some of these changes thank you. If you check again should be updated? If i swap to 2 wands i dont think i would be able to reach resistance cap though which would hurt.

Spoiler

Looks like you need to get a better res stat on your magic ring and maybe a double res on your gloves. Did you take Alira for bandits? If I am doing the math right, without your shield, you should have 54 Fire, 102 Light, 67 Cold. You should be able to change around your Boots/Gloves/Ring in order to balance those out and then be able to equip a 2nd weapon.

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IcedInferno007 wrote:

I understand i still need awakened controlled destruction, and my gear isn't perfect, but cannot fathom why dps is so low :[

Spoiler

See, the thing is Wallach has the top end stuff. He probably did spend 50ex on some of his pieces and that all adds up. The things he has that you do not:
1)Corrupted Soul Mantle
2)Lvl 6 awakened gems.
3)2nd Curse anoint on amulet
4)Synthesized magic ring
5)Boots with enchant and 40% to non-damaging ailments
6)Bottled Faith Flask
7)Different medium Cluster Jewel
8)Double hatred mod watcher's eye

All that stuff adds up once you have the basic gear down. If you take away those changes on his PoB the DPS drops down from 4m to 2.1m. Then if you account for differences in weapons, that's probably what the rest is.

This isn't meant to discourage you, just know you need to keep going for upgrades.

thanks i picked up a good wand and used alterations to spam ring for no suffix so i could get fire res on it from bench. picked up bottled faith and some other things. Hopefully list of things to improve/ is getting smaller.