[3.24] Frostbolt/Ice Nova Hierophant | 100m DPS | All Content
" I have 4k HP, 2 K ES and 4 K mana with cheap ass gear (under 5 c each). I'm not using neither perfect form nor kaom's boots, but I went for a essence worm. All rares have mainly resists, mana, life and ES if possible. | |
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I added crafting instructions for my Large Cluster Jewel to the main post & slides.
Your Large Jewel should exactly match the one I showed (there are some alternatives, but they are more rare). Just note that the Widespread Destruction affix is there for a reason, even though we do not allocate it! It ensures we get the correct ordering. Here is a CRAFTING GUIDE, you should be able to follow it even though I do not explain all the reasoning. Also note that this is a 5-10 exalt craft on average; more if you are unlucky.
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BASE JEWEL:
Large Cluster Jewel Item Level: 75-83 (NOTE: 84+ can be used but it's more complicated) Adds 8 Passive Skills Added Small Passive Skills grant: 12% increased Cold Damage Not Corrupted / Mirrored List of TARGET affixes and their CLASSES: PREFIX Class A: Blanketed Snow PREFIX Class B: Sadist OR Corrosive Elements OR Prismatic Heart SUFFIX Class A: Widespread Destruction OR Doryani's Lesson OR Disorienting Display SUFFIX Class B: 2 Jewel Sockets List of BLACKLISTED Combos: BLACKLISTED: Prismatic Heart + Doryani's Lesson BLACKLISTED: Prismatic Heart + Disorienting Display The END GOAL: A Rare Jewel, 4 affixes, with one TARGET affix from EACH of the 4 affix CLASSES, and without a BLACKLISTED combo. CRAFTING INSTRUCTIONS: Normal Jewel, 0 affixes: Use Transmutation. Magic Jewel, 1 affix: Use Augmentation if your ONE affix is any of the TARGET affixes. Otherwise, use Alteration. Magic Jewel, 2 affixes: Use Regal if BOTH affixes are TARGET affixes and the combo is not BLACKLISTED. Otherwise, use Alteration. Rare Jewel, 3 affixes: Use Exalt / Leo Slam if ALL of the following apply: * One affix MUST be Blanketed Snow * ALL 3 affixes are TARGET affixes * ALL 3 affixes are from different CLASSES * The affixes do not contain a BLACKLISTED combo * IF two suffixes are present, then one of them MUST be Widespread Destruction Otherwise, use Scouring. Rare Jewel, 4 Affixes: You are DONE if ALL of the following apply: * ALL 4 affixes are TARGET affixes * ALL 4 affixes are from different CLASSES * The affixes do not contain a BLACKLISTED combo Otherwise, sell the jewel and buy another base, or use Scouring. | |
" nah i cast my bolt and hold down my icenova and it goes off 50000 times my dmg is just garbage |
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" nah i cast my bolt and hold down my icenova and it goes off 50000 times my dmg is just garbage honestly the only major thing im missing is the bottled faith but i wouldnt think it made THAT big of a difference Last edited by DeathMedlc on Mar 21, 2020, 12:50:16 AM
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" Your gear is insane, you should not be having damage issues with anything besides like T16s with max delirium. However there are a few things you could quickly fix. - Use my Cluster Jewel setup (at least use the 2 medium jewels). They are crazy high value. You can take out Faith&Steel, Elemental Focus (notable), Divine Judgment, Doom Cast/Written in Blood if necessary to fund the passive points. Since you have Cull on Frostbolt you can replace Wish for Death with Evil Eye. - Use Zealotry over Hatred because you have a Watcher's Eye for it - Your jewels are not great compared to the rest of your gear My latest build idea is to use Thunderstruck for the knockback (triggered by Cold Conduction):  Unfortunately it's only on Large Lightning jewels so we would give up a Blanketed Snow (10% cold pen). It might still be worth it in many cases. I'm trying it out to see. | |
" Wouldn't the knock-back push away enemies from the ice nova, thereby being quite counterproductive? It'd be great if it was pushing enemies away from us (therefore along the frostbolt path), but I would imagine the ice nova being the source of damage, it would push them away from that? Knock-back in my experience is great on purely ranged skills but aoe skills with limited area or melee skills can be negatively impacted. One could simply try to have a jewel with a "x% chance to knock-back on hit" for that purpose. Unless "on hit" only means with attacks and not spells? |
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" I ran one last league for mapping and swapped a %life/flask charge on crit Stygian for bossing/deep delving; it worked beautifully. | |
" for knockback we could maybe use Burden Projection, but i was able to find it only on Large Cluster Jewel |
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Correct me if im wrong. is it right to assume we take Conviction of power because the alternatives are worse. Our power charges can only come from blocking and are a bonus if they proc but it doesn't really matter
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" Conviction of power: 25% chance to gain an Endurance Charge when you gain a Power Charge 15% chance to gain a Power Charge if you or your Totems kill an Enemy Damage Penetrates 5% Elemental Resistances while you have a Power Charge 5% reduced Elemental Damage taken while you have an Endurance Charge 50% chance to gain a Power Charge when you Summon a Totem so you'll get them by killing, and then have a 1/4 chance each time you gain a charge to get an endurance charge. ---- I'm looking at swapping into ailment immunity as it seems to be my only struggles at the moment and it opens the build up slightly with a slight phys reduction loss. |
