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

Just came here to say thank you for this build. Wanted to try totems this league, and was not disappointed.
A8 Sirus done.
T16 Elemental Reflect No Regen Elder Guardian map - done (I was surprised tbh).
Single target damage is great, clear is perfect - the only inconvenience is stuns. Is there an easy way to mitigate them?

First, thanks for the build, despite my slow start it's progressing nicely, next goal is the shield.
Second, why on earth are we not using Arcane Cloak? (I am btw) nice defensive bonus, HUGE burst (FP has 200% damage effectiveness) and max level arcane surge procs.

Also wondering if anyone has tested Sigil of Power yet, mainly wondering if there's enough room in it's AoE to move around.

How much content can this build do without the high investment? maybe only the cluster jewels but no atziri's reflection and the other 10ex items?

does atziris reflection ignore the limit of how many curses I can apply to a monster?

And what would be my next goal to reach 45m dps? Pandemonium necklace, artziris reflection, what else

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exilekami wrote:

does atziris reflection ignore the limit of how many curses I can apply to a monster?

And what would be my next goal to reach 45m dps? Pandemonium necklace, artziris reflection, what else

You will need 100-200EX for that

Shield: 20 EX
Eye Jewel: 10-50 EX
Corrupted Mantle +1: 25-30 EX
Cluster Jewel: 10-20 EX
Amulet with +1 +1: 20-30EX
Weapon with +1 +1: 20-40 EX
Good Helm, glove, boots: 12-36 EX
Awakened GEMs: 10-40 EX

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Galaerivel wrote:

Wallach, thank you for that quick reply.

Using this opportunity I would like to ask you about transition part:

Why do you use added cold damage over Ice Bite support gem? The latter also has add cold damage but much more than just that. How would you compare those two sup gems?

Also I would like ask about items, such as Rime Gaze or Hrimsorrow - are they useful for this build? They have buff to the cold damage for example.

Ice Bite support is only competitive with Added Cold Damage if you can add a significant amount of extra maximum Frenzy charges to the build (which we can't in our setup), and be able to generate them with full uptime. That's just the regular version of the gem; once Awakened Added Cold Damage is an option, it is a significantly more powerful gem at level 5 due to the +1 to cold spells bonus.

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exilekami wrote:

does atziris reflection ignore the limit of how many curses I can apply to a monster?

And what would be my next goal to reach 45m dps? Pandemonium necklace, artziris reflection, what else

No, Atziri's Reflection has no impact on the amount of curses you can apply to a target.

As far as reaching 45 million Sirus DPS... it's technically doable, but you have a very long road ahead. Personally I would probably not invest such a large amount into this build for that kind of goal. The short version is that besides getting all of the standard high-end pieces, you will likely want to move into a double cluster setup and invest in a number of ~40%+ critical strike multiplier jewels.

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Sibru wrote:

How much content can this build do without the high investment? maybe only the cluster jewels but no atziri's reflection and the other 10ex items?

I don't think there's anything that will really not be doable for a decently invested version of the build without the Atziri's Reflection and such, other than stuff like 100% Delirious T16 type juiced maps. Most of the endgame content like A8 Sirus and Uber Elder are mechanical fights without any real DPS checks, they're just going to take longer. My current Heist character is doing around ~2.5 million Sirus DPS with flasks, and I'm around maybe 5 Ex invested into the build right now (~3 of that being the 6L Soul Mantle).

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infinityinc wrote:

First, thanks for the build, despite my slow start it's progressing nicely, next goal is the shield.
Second, why on earth are we not using Arcane Cloak? (I am btw) nice defensive bonus, HUGE burst (FP has 200% damage effectiveness) and max level arcane surge procs.

Also wondering if anyone has tested Sigil of Power yet, mainly wondering if there's enough room in it's AoE to move around.

Arcane Cloak is a pretty reasonable swap if you don't mind manually activating your guard skill (or having your guard skill be on LMB). It's around a ~7% damage increase while active at rank 20. Just be aware that you are at risk of burst damage immediately after you activate this skill each time; you may want to consider running a hybrid flask or something to mitigate the chances of you getting spiked after using it.

Sigil of Power looked fairly large, but I'm not sure the best way to fit it into the build. I'll need to do some more actual testing of it and Frost Shield to see if they might be good enough to merit replacing our Vaal skill.

Guys, what do you thinkg about the Heatshiver as an early mapping helmet? It has double resistances, which we need cause of Soul Mantle and Kikazarus. What is even more - it has increased cold damage, if fire spell was used recently - with that we shouldn't have a problem, cause of Flame Dash.

What do you think?

The only problem can be with sockets, right?

Hi, much thanks for the build -
I'm a returning new player that has been following your build for the league and im very much enjoying it.

is it possible to update the PoB tree links? since they updated the skill trees and it's no longer letting me use the current ones

Fo all those who have problems with PoB; you need the 'community' version of it.
Nice build btw. Always loved totems.

Hey Wallach.

First of all, thanks for the build. Never liked totem playstyle but im actually having some fun with this.

It's doing good work, have most of the Mandatory items.

I know there's alot to improve but can you tell me what my first priority's should be?

Im guessing the cluster jewels? Will that increase my dps by alot?



Thanks.