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

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NoImagination wrote:

The nerfs weren't a big deal, freezing pulse is well suited to rituals, and Viridi's Veil has made it a lot cheaper to get to the top end.

Cool.
Thanks a lot for the info.

For some reason, I always end coming back to this build even if it's not the tankiest or the highest damage around ... but I love the play style.

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RandomRadiation wrote:

Do you think my wands will be good enough?
Should i change the main wand from multiplier to trigger?

Normally when someone asks about DPS, their wands are rubbish. Yours look good though, so I wouldn't worry about them for now. You don't need trigger on a wand, it's just nice to have, so if your concern for now is lack of DPS, I'd keep crit multi.

Oh, and getting 21 on freezing pulse helps a lot, as does quality on DPS gems.

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NoImagination wrote:

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RandomRadiation wrote:

Do you think my wands will be good enough?
Should i change the main wand from multiplier to trigger?

Normally when someone asks about DPS, their wands are rubbish. Yours look good though, so I wouldn't worry about them for now. You don't need trigger on a wand, it's just nice to have, so if your concern for now is lack of DPS, I'd keep crit multi.

Oh, and getting 21 on freezing pulse helps a lot, as does quality on DPS gems.

THANK YOU ALOT !

Ill do as you suggest.

btw: clusters are expensive af... and i suck at crafting.. gonna make some ex and pay the 11ex,

You're welcome. Wallach wrote a guide for crafting the large cluster jewel on the first page of this thread, but I just bought them.

yea i saw it. but my brain dont compute with that :)

Has anyone had any luck with Encounters VII?

- I don't know if I can kill Doedre without also killing the monoliths, which removes the stacks.

- What's the best way to kill Burtok under these conditions with this build?

HI having a blast with this build

looking for more dmg

https://pastebin.com/uT9vTiGW 237k per totem

got 14ex for items.

Cluster jewels is 14ex atm

Could anyone take a peek on my tree etc to see if I could optimize it and/or how my gear is looking atm? I see NoImagination have gone a different route from the starting area around templar and stuff but dont think I have enough life to do the same!

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JuhlDk wrote:

looking for more dmg

Buy a 21/20 or 21/23 freezing pulse. Quality on other DPS gems is also valuable.

You don't need 3 notables on your large jewel for a while. With 2 notables, you can still get blanketed snow & disorienting display for under 1.5ex:

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Ritual/24rGD3GFk

You only necessarily need the 3rd notable when you've finished both mediums, the small, and the Watcher's Eye. Speaking of which, you should get one of those, one of the hatred mods is < 50c, and two of the better ones are < 4ex or less.

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kaygee82 wrote:

Could anyone take a peek on my tree etc to see if I could optimize it and/or how my gear is looking atm? I see NoImagination have gone a different route from the starting area around templar and stuff but dont think I have enough life to do the same!

Yeh, I think my route only works when you have the gear for it. It's about removing the less efficient nodes, but you can't take advantage of it until the gear is there and you've finished levelling. It's also possible that it isn't perfectly optimised - Wallach's tree is the result of lots of people looking at it, mine is only from one person.

Perhaps your main hand wand is easiest to upgrade? A Watcher's Eye will be a good plan, the Pain Attunement socket is easy to reach. I also didn't find Arcane Capacitor to be worth it really, but that depends on your mana to life ratio. You want 3 life for every 2 mana.

Is the crit jewel worth it? If you can get into Doom Cast or awakened hextouch, the curse jewel is amazing. Culling strike and unnerve are both big gains.

Damn NoImagination is doing some mad service here on the thread, Respect!
Also thats a pretty cool tree, you went the more expensive route with those mad crit jewels. Shit is dope. I would love to try it out but it would likely double my build cost haha.

Do you mind taking a peek at mine? I am trying to upgrade mostly in terms of DPS(just wanting to see how far I can push it).

Current plan for upgrades:
Watcher's eye (at 96, I am hard stuck 95 cuz I am playing clumsily)
Finish my awakened gems (still missing CD and pen)
+2 Proj/+1 all Chest
+1 int/+1 cold amulet (this is last cuz I would have to fix res on boots and gloves for wise oak)

But other than that can't see any obvious ones (well ofc more OP wands are always better but I think they are good enough to be saved for later)

Ignore the "killed recently" shit on wand and boots, one is a redeemer slam fail(likely cheaper to buy a better than recraft so left it as is) and other is lab fail. Also if I goofed on the PoB configs lemme know as well.
Theres two obvious edits to items, Veil I made it to be same as Atziri's and ring is onslaught on hit, which I changed to onslaught(up 100% time vs bosses cuz of trigger cold snap).