[3.8] LiftingNerdBro's Tri/Quad Frostbolt Totems Hierophant - Strong League Starter!

https://pastebin.com/9yvB1rU4 what is this cannot see skill tree please help

Hi, started this build for first-time player and at level 4x it seems to be working great. My one questions now that I am using multiple totems with frostbolt do I ever need to use frost bomb? I don't have it three linked, but to my understanding, it will not do damage because of Ancestral Bond, so I guess I'm a little confused.

Thanks.

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PwN.DaiKo wrote:

https://pastebin.com/9yvB1rU4 what is this cannot see skill tree please help

To open the skill tree you need the programm "PathOfBuild".

https://github.com/Openarl/PathOfBuilding/wiki

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Tommiiie wrote:

Hi, started this build for first-time player and at level 4x it seems to be working great. My one questions now that I am using multiple totems with frostbolt do I ever need to use frost bomb? I don't have it three linked, but to my understanding, it will not do damage because of Ancestral Bond, so I guess I'm a little confused.

Thanks.

Take a look at the PoE Wiki: https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Frost_Bomb

"Negative Resistances: Frost Bomb's debuff can put resistances below 0, making enemies vulnerable to cold damage."

I think that's the intention.

hello,

what about using Vortex?
Im curious if Vortex explosions of many many frostbolts spamed by totems will do any damage when we are using Ancestral Bond.

any idea?
thanks

any 3.5 updates?

ninja edit: ignore me i'm actually retarded

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TrueGohan wrote:

any 3.5 updates?

I am playing this build now with just 3 totems because of the 3.5 update. They added a new support gem that gives 2 more totems, but playing around in POB it looks to me like the loss of DPS isn't worth running 5 totems. I could be wrong maybe I am thinking wrong I don't know. When I get more currency I may try to re color my 6 link staff or get a tarns staff and try it with multiple totem support. Right now though I am tearing up the game with just 3 totems.

how do you use both vaal haste gems don't they both go on soul lock when used?

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AsPalacesBurn wrote:

how do you use both vaal haste gems don't they both go on soul lock when used?

That's an old throwback to pre-"Patch 3.3". Just use something else like Vaal Lightning Trap since it won't share cooldowns. My 5L chestpiece is running:

Arcane Surge - Vaal Haste - Efficacy - Inc. Duration - Proj. Weakness (self-cast)



Vaal Lightning Trap would be used to burst the more nuttier mobs and bosses, but if you're worried about defenses, you could instead use Vaal Cold Snap for the constant chill effect, plus any Frenzy charges you get helps with getting your totems out faster, so there's less time standing still. The only downside is the cast time for both putting you in awkward situations.

I suppose you could also try to use Vaal Summon Skeletons just to have more bodies on the field for the enemies to attack so they don't focus you the entire time, especially in cases where enemies can't be taunted (like Shaper Guardians, for example). I'm pretty sure they won't do damage though, but who cares.

Vaal Haste also had its duration nerfed into the ground which is why I threw in the Efficacy as well. It may be worth running a Soul Catcher flask if you really want to sustain its uptime but I don't think it's worth it to sacrifice mitigation and immunity flasks.



On another note, I crafted this staff very early on during leveling (iLvl 58) which has carried me through very nicely while trying to 6L the Taryn's myself.