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

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IcedInferno007 wrote:

Hope you feel better soon and make a full recovery. If you ever feel up to it I recommend taking a look at using the unique triple damage staff and omniscience. You can get some crazy totem damage raking the approach. Understand if you don't feel up to it though.

Take it easy.

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loloppe wrote:

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IcedInferno007 wrote:

Hope you feel better soon and make a full recovery. If you ever feel up to it I recommend taking a look at using the unique triple damage staff and omniscience. You can get some crazy totem damage raking the approach. Understand if you don't feel up to it though.

Take it easy.

Yea but currently Freezing Pulse Totem (or Spell Totem in general) isn't really a good "league-start" build, but at least can scale pretty well in term of DPS now if you can manage a setup with The Annihilating Light and Crystallised Omniscience (both BIS and usually cheap item).

Here my PoB of my 3.17 build for anyone that might be interested: https://pastebin.com/XVhuqjFE

I finished #1 Hierophant in Archnemesis and mostly played FP Totem (although I did try most other elemental spell skill gems with the setup to try to find some alternative, but Freezing Pulse base damage + it's a cold spell + it's a fast projectile: it's pretty much impossible to beat Freezing Pulse for Spell Totem).

If someone feel like playing something else Spell Totem wise, Rolling Magma and Ball Lightning are also pretty good DPS-wise but lack the survivability/defensive aspect that Freezing Pulse bring.

For something more meme: VD totem + Consecrate/Unearth (Crazy damage but wacky playstyle and rippy) or Storm Brand totem (or any Brand tbh, it's just pretty scuffed).

But Dexterity-Stacking Siege Ballista totem is simply easier at league start to setup, it's easier to scale and you can league-start with Explosive Arrow and then transition into it.

With Spell Totem, we're pretty much stuck with Wave of Conviction + Holy Flame Totem until the swap, which is not that bad, but not that great either.

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IcedInferno007 wrote:

Are you league starting ballistas?

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loloppe wrote:

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IcedInferno007 wrote:

Are you league starting ballistas?

I'm probably gonna league start Wave of Conviction + Holy Flame Totem and then transition into Freezing Pulse totem when I'll have a Soul Mantle + Kikazaru setup. I don't really mind the lack of single target early on and usually get pretty far on day 1, but I wouldn't recommend the same to people with less or no experience with the build.

The clear is pretty good, but early mapping can be quite tricky, the build is pretty low on defense early on and pretty much no single target, and Ice Spear/Creeping Frost swap is not really worth doing while mapping, it's just a chore.

The early upgrades for the build are hard to get, Viridi's Veil take a while before becoming available and pretty much the same for the staff and amulet and we can't really use any of this without the whole setup.

I pretty much make-do with Self-Flagellation, try to 6l a Soul Mantle early or buy one if possible, level up gems and start accumulating currency in t16 as soon as possible.

I was usually using 5way carry to push 100 but it's probably won't be a good option anymore, maybe Chayula Breachstone or just straight mapping will do the trick this time. I'm not sure if I'll go for #1 Hierophant in 3.18, it's just cost way too much currency and is pretty unfun.

For people wondering, it cost around 50c per 5way (or a bit cheaper if you're the reset, but the price fluctuate per league). At level 99, one 5way was giving around 4% exp. I expect price of 5way service to stay in a similar range, but the exp to be lower due to the hh nerf (maybe 3% now).

Also, the new jewel Sublime Vision might be completely busted if a version for Hatred with Brittle exist. It would give us 40-50% more damage. But it will probably be extremely expensive (50ex+).

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loloppe wrote:

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IcedInferno007 wrote:

Are you league starting ballistas?

I'm probably gonna league start Wave of Conviction + Holy Flame Totem and then transition into Freezing Pulse totem when I'll have a Soul Mantle + Kikazaru setup. I don't really mind the lack of single target early on and usually get pretty far on day 1, but I wouldn't recommend the same to people with less or no experience with the build.

The clear is pretty good, but early mapping can be quite tricky, the build is pretty low on defense early on and pretty much no single target, and Ice Spear/Creeping Frost swap is not really worth doing while mapping, it's just a chore.

The early upgrades for the build are hard to get, Viridi's Veil take a while before becoming available and pretty much the same for the staff and amulet and we can't really use any of this without the whole setup.

I pretty much make-do with Self-Flagellation, try to 6l a Soul Mantle early or buy one if possible, level up gems and start accumulating currency in t16 as soon as possible.

I was usually using 5way carry to push 100 but it's probably won't be a good option anymore, maybe Chayula Breachstone or just straight mapping will do the trick this time. I'm not sure if I'll go for #1 Hierophant in 3.18, it's just cost way too much currency and is pretty unfun.

For people wondering, it cost around 50c per 5way (or a bit cheaper if you're the reset, but the price fluctuate per league). At level 99, one 5way was giving around 4% exp. I expect price of 5way service to stay in a similar range, but the exp to be lower due to the hh nerf (maybe 3% now).

Also, the new jewel Sublime Vision might be completely busted if a version for Hatred with Brittle exist. It would give us 40-50% more damage. But it will probably be extremely expensive (50ex+).