[3.11] Cold BV PF Indigon ft. RF | All content done in HC! | Fast mapper, safe boss-killer

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Niedzwiedz wrote:

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Phont wrote:

Really enjoying the build so far, even with my scuffed gear. One question I have though is your opinion on running Archmage with Vortex? While running it, I was able to sustain max Indigon stacks throughout the whole map but it doesn't seem to use much mana to proc Arcane Surge and Indigon otherwise unless I'm missing an interaciton.

Never ended up testing it, but it's a cool idea for ramping up Indigon fast. However, I assume you can't really bind vortex to LMB, as sometimes it just takes your whole mana pool with one cast? Or even when manually refreshing your vortex on bosses, I'd assume that sometimes it costs way too much.

I'm not sure what you mean with arcane surge. From what I played with archmage and arcane surge last league, everything seemed to work.

Oh no, Archmage and Arcane Surge works great!

I'm assuming I'll lose some survivability running Archmage though right since it drains mana at a hefty rate and making MoM less effective?

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Oh no, Archmage and Arcane Surge works great!

I'm assuming I'll lose some survivability running Archmage though right since it drains mana at a hefty rate and making MoM less effective?

Yeah, for sure. Sounds neat for mapping though, if you need the extra DPS. Less so for bossing

1-what is best pantheon for boss fight (like siros) and map clear/2-and unnatural instinct virdian jewel have smal effect or have high effect on this build ?

This is my gear and I am still getting one shotted by all guardians. Where did I go wrong and what to improve? Build feels weak against end game content (survival wise)

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This is my gear and I am still getting one shotted by all guardians. Where did I go wrong and what to improve? Build feels weak against end game content (survival wise)

No divine flesh, no max ele res gear, so aside from taste of hate for cold damage you don't really have any special elemental mitigation. I'd assume elemental damage is what's killing you.

15% conversion on the chest would help with physical mitigation, but seems like less of a priority than elemental damage.

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1-what is best pantheon for boss fight (like siros) and map clear/2-and unnatural instinct virdian jewel have smal effect or have high effect on this build ?

I always stick to solaris, but the minor pantheon can be ralakesh (against Sirus for ground degen, or even elder/uber elder), Yugul (against shaper and uber elder), and gruthkul or even tukohama (for face-tanking physical bosses like minotaur and warlord - really not necessary with gear though)

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Niedzwiedz wrote:

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This is my gear and I am still getting one shotted by all guardians. Where did I go wrong and what to improve? Build feels weak against end game content (survival wise)

No divine flesh, no max ele res gear, so aside from taste of hate for cold damage you don't really have any special elemental mitigation. I'd assume elemental damage is what's killing you.

15% conversion on the chest would help with physical mitigation, but seems like less of a priority than elemental damage.

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1-what is best pantheon for boss fight (like siros) and map clear/2-and unnatural instinct virdian jewel have smal effect or have high effect on this build ?

I always stick to solaris, but the minor pantheon can be ralakesh (against Sirus for ground degen, or even elder/uber elder), Yugul (against shaper and uber elder), and gruthkul or even tukohama (for face-tanking physical bosses like minotaur and warlord - really not necessary with gear though)

Hey, have you tried running t14-16 100% delirium maps? How do they go?

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Niedzwiedz wrote:

This is my gear and I am still getting one shotted by all guardians. Where did I go wrong and what to improve? Build feels weak against end game content (survival wise)

No divine flesh, no max ele res gear, so aside from taste of hate for cold damage you don't really have any special elemental mitigation. I'd assume elemental damage is what's killing you.

15% conversion on the chest would help with physical mitigation, but seems like less of a priority than elemental damage.

You reckon one divine flesh will help with that? What is the best way to obtain that? Have you got any numbers that give it? Thanks!

Ive done every end game boss, countless conquerors and guardians, fully juiced maps, s(+1 watchstones, 100% delirious maps etc, the op got to level 100 in hc) and the survivability is quite good. Can i sit still and face tank everything in the game? No, but the tools are there for me to do all of the content quite comfortably. And im still lacking + res gear on my shield. (working on it)

This is an awesome build and once you get going with your BVs the damage is nuts.

Not having divine flesh is just a massive nerf to yourself. Its absolutely OP.

I also incorporated the vigil into my build for a longer laster fortify on bosses, tap it once and forget about it. I hate getting fortify via shield charge.

This is my stuff, theres a bit of work to be done yet, but yeah. The most important thing would be a shield upgrade right now, im still deciding if i want to go with a tanky shield or an ES base with +1 to phys, not sure yet. my jewels are pretty trash, so i could get more damage that way, but i dont think its necessary. I also have a lot of t2 rolls on my shit, maybe ill fix it, i probably wont though.

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You reckon one divine flesh will help with that? What is the best way to obtain that? Have you got any numbers that give it? Thanks!

I've added a small section on glorious vanity in the guide, but basically it's not about the number. The number determines what the small passives in radius of the jewel are. What you want is a glorious vanity dedicated to xibaqua, as that is what changes keystones in radius to divine flesh.

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Hey, have you tried running t14-16 100% delirium maps? How do they go?

I have not, as the risk/reward ratio seems a bit disadvantageous in hardcore, although maybe I just need more confidence/experience.

I'm not sure what the benchmarks usually are for clearing 100% delirium high red maps, but I would assume this does well as the damage and tankiness are substantial. My hardcore character isn't that min-maxed, but a truly min-maxed, softcore-ized version of the build could push a lot more damage and still be tanky. Adding spellblock is also probably a nice idea to tank up against delirium effects. All-in-all, this should be a solid build concept for high delirium, especially with the crazy explodey-chest scaling on a dense map

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Niedzwiedz wrote:

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You reckon one divine flesh will help with that? What is the best way to obtain that? Have you got any numbers that give it? Thanks!

I've added a small section on glorious vanity in the guide, but basically it's not about the number. The number determines what the small passives in radius of the jewel are. What you want is a glorious vanity dedicated to xibaqua, as that is what changes keystones in radius to divine flesh.

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Hey, have you tried running t14-16 100% delirium maps? How do they go?

I have not, as the risk/reward ratio seems a bit disadvantageous in hardcore, although maybe I just need more confidence/experience.

I'm not sure what the benchmarks usually are for clearing 100% delirium high red maps, but I would assume this does well as the damage and tankiness are substantial. My hardcore character isn't that min-maxed, but a truly min-maxed, softcore-ized version of the build could push a lot more damage and still be tanky. Adding spellblock is also probably a nice idea to tank up against delirium effects. All-in-all, this should be a solid build concept for high delirium, especially with the crazy explodey-chest scaling on a dense map

Probably wrong place and not the best question to ask but still the majority of the players using assassin for bladevortex. Compared to assassin what could be the differences? Less dps but more qol/survivability i guess?