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

Arc said he was done with the league, so I don't think he'll be checking in this thread again, but we have a potentially big buff in the upcoming patch notes:

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Fixed a bug where shocks applied by the Cold Conduction cluster jewel notable had their magnitudes and duration inversed.


So I read this initially and thought "do they mean that our 10% Shock value was actually being applied as a 10s shock duration instead (and vice versa)?" I went to a t16 white map and Frost Bombed some enemies, and they were definitely only being chilled & shocked for a couple of seconds. So what does it actually mean? Let's look at an old (as in pre-3.10d) exchange between Wallach and GGG staff viperesque:



Specifically, viperesque said that Cold Conduction was meant to be 15% shock with effectiveness scaling, but that the stats were being used in the wrong order. That's worded similarly enough to the patch notes that I think they mean the same thing. My best guess is that Cold Conduction was applying shock effectiveness buffs to an unshocked target, and then applying the shock, thus negating the effectiveness increases.

What does that mean for us? It means a huge amount of damage scaling with Astonishing Affliction and other non-damaging ailments nodes. PoB already assumes we can scale Cold Conduction, so you won't see your PoB numbers increase at all, but in-game damage should be noticeably higher.

All of this, of course, hinges on me interpreting incredibly vague patch notes correctly. Here's hoping...
Could someone take a look at my setup?

Level 81, 6-link Pledge, Furs, helmet enchant, etc. Still only doing 27k avg hit. was doing a T12 conqueror and took 6 portals and about 5 minutes to kill.

Not sure what I need to upgrade. Got about 4ex right now that I can spend and trying to farm more.

Thanks!

https://pastebin.com/h8qGUfsc
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Kilgu wrote:
Could someone take a look at my setup?

Level 81, 6-link Pledge, Furs, helmet enchant, etc. Still only doing 27k avg hit. was doing a T12 conqueror and took 6 portals and about 5 minutes to kill.

Not sure what I need to upgrade. Got about 4ex right now that I can spend and trying to farm more.

Thanks!

https://pastebin.com/h8qGUfsc


Your build is a bit of a mess; I think you need to look at the guide again. It would take a long time to address each of the issues you have, and the wonderful thing about this build is that Arcinde has done a fantastic job of creating detailed and accessible information. Compare his slides and/or someone else's PoB to your build and look at the differences.
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Arc said he was done with the league, so I don't think he'll be checking in this thread again, but we have a potentially big buff in the upcoming patch notes:

"
Fixed a bug where shocks applied by the Cold Conduction cluster jewel notable had their magnitudes and duration inversed.


So I read this initially and thought "do they mean that our 10% Shock value was actually being applied as a 10s shock duration instead (and vice versa)?" I went to a t16 white map and Frost Bombed some enemies, and they were definitely only being chilled & shocked for a couple of seconds. So what does it actually mean? Let's look at an old (as in pre-3.10d) exchange between Wallach and GGG staff viperesque:



Specifically, viperesque said that Cold Conduction was meant to be 15% shock with effectiveness scaling, but that the stats were being used in the wrong order. That's worded similarly enough to the patch notes that I think they mean the same thing. My best guess is that Cold Conduction was applying shock effectiveness buffs to an unshocked target, and then applying the shock, thus negating the effectiveness increases.

What does that mean for us? It means a huge amount of damage scaling with Astonishing Affliction and other non-damaging ailments nodes. PoB already assumes we can scale Cold Conduction, so you won't see your PoB numbers increase at all, but in-game damage should be noticeably higher.

All of this, of course, hinges on me interpreting incredibly vague patch notes correctly. Here's hoping...


any new findings about the new patch? :)
Hey guys, is bottled faith really worth the price tag? I can either afford to get bottled faith or shell out for a %inc life stygian vise. Any advice?
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Hi guys,

Doing this character as my second since i had quite a bit of money to spend on this league. Not sure what i need to improve right now, i dunno how my damage and life will be increasing since i think i'm just left to my jewel set up with my skill points. I'm doing fine at tier 15-16 maps even with delirium just random 1 shots happen from time to time. just seems sometimes my damage isn't enough to kill some bosses and rares smoothly.

nvm i figured out
Last edited by FengTal on May 2, 2020, 4:23:19 PM
I seem to be having issues freezing monsters. Every once in a while it's not that big of a deal because we also blind with this build, but I'm not even freezing most monsters even in maps without the mod "monsters have % to avoid elemental ailments".

Does delerium mechanic prevent freeze at 80-100% deli?
Found another pretty nice glorious vanity.

Seed# 941
Arcane Vision to Thaumaturgical Aptitude (31%/41%)

Small nodes on normal pathing route:
3% Life
11% Light Res
3% Shock Chance
3% Life
8% Crit Multi
Thanks for a fantastic guide! Very well presented.

This is the first league I was able to afford a HH, and I just got this double corrupt on my Farruls Fur today!

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