[3.24] Frostbolt/Ice Nova Hierophant | 100m DPS | All Content

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falagar112 wrote:

+ the large/2 medium socket as suggested

why do I feel so squishy? stuff looks at me and I'm dead :/

did anyone ever consider going guardian with mana vault/shavs lowlife?

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ploxirion wrote:

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falagar112 wrote:

+ the large/2 medium socket as suggested

why do I feel so squishy? stuff looks at me and I'm dead :/

did anyone ever consider going guardian with mana vault/shavs lowlife?

That's my biggest gripe with the direction the build is taking right now. There's too much focus on DPS at the price of ehp in a league that is more dangerous than was metamorph.

Compared to last league premium build (or even budget) the current build has something like 2.5k EHP missing. Also consider the fact the ES leech is really weak so if you take sustained damage, most of the time you can't even count your ES in your EHP pool.

I was looking at solving that issue using large cluster jewel with life nodes but sadly the life passives are only on small clusters :/

Don't get me wrong the build is still strong, awakener was a joke with my current stuff which is far from ideal (and I still don't have a watcher's eye) but really lacks against shotgunning stuff (Baran spell, Al-Hezim added mobs) but also against large packs with quick spell casting (such as baran mobs or delirium packs who fires a arc like spell).

Also Farrul's dodge buff only has a 50% uptime which is really not appealing to me the more I look at it but I don't see much more alternatives aside a rare chest life focused.

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I think it's worth considering running a 1 jewel socket large cluster in favor of having more passives to allot elsewhere and to craft a pair of gloves like these (I didn't have the currency to risk an annul on the phys mana leech):

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falagar112 wrote:

why do I feel so squishy? stuff looks at me and I'm dead :/

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ploxirion wrote:

Compared to last league premium build (or even budget) the current build has something like 2.5k EHP missing.

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Arcinde wrote:

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I think it's worth considering running a 1 jewel socket large cluster in favor of having more passives to allot elsewhere and to craft a pair of gloves like these (I didn't have the currency to risk an annul on the phys mana leech):

Those gloves are indeed nuts. However if you were to get that you would still run 2 jewel socket large cluster, and just place a normal jewel in the 2nd socket. Normal jewels are ridiculously OP, people tend to forget that when looking at cluster jewels.

I was generally unwilling to mess with gloves too much last league. Basically too many slots were "locked in" with regards to res/str/dex/suffix requirements (fossilcrafted helm, assassin's mark ring, tailwind boots). I considered gloves and belts as the primary res/str/dex-fulfilling slots. However this league with the -9% nearby fossilcraft rework, an 85+ ice nova enchanted helm base is 20ex+ (currently 28ex lol). So now I might look into better gloves and using helm as the res/str/dex-fulfiller. (It would still be enchanted, just not 85+, we'd ditch the -9% mod.)

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falagar112 wrote:

why do I feel so squishy? stuff looks at me and I'm dead :/

you are missing clarity 10% MoM watcher's eye (they are not that expensive)
also not survivability related, but your Ice Nova should be 21 and your Pandemonius should be 20% turbulent catalyst, these are basically free DPS.

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ploxirion wrote:

Compared to last league premium build (or even budget) the current build has something like 2.5k EHP missing.

We did get slightly squishier just b/c the cluster jewel nodes are so valuable. But I'm not sure where you're getting the 2.5k number from. My current character is 4.2k life 4.2k mana 2.5k ES for almost 11k EHP. The premium build POB has 12k EHP. I can gain some HP through gear optimizations + passive skill points from 96-100 as well.


DPS may be a non-issue for most content, but try running a T16 with max delirium. If your build is not pretty well advanced, you will struggle hard with DPS. I've seen maxed-out giga OP builds fail Blight on max delirium T16.

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HanibAAAl wrote:

Would love to see a video of someone killing Kosis on 100% delirium in simulacrum or t16 map with this build. All my encounters ended up with him two shotting me.