[3.6] The Blizz Sorc - Icestorm/Winter Orb CI Occultist - Viable For Everything

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Kelvynn wrote:

That's... unexpected. I thought it would be something like 10%. So this is already better than Hypothermia.

And then there is Infused Channelling with similar damage mods plus some awesome defenses, especially against cold damage (hi there, Uber Elder!).

Very interesting...

Right?!?! Damnit, I'm TRYING to convince myself to play a different build but Whispering Ice keeps pulling me back in with every new chunk of information.

Damn Infused Channeling is like icing on the ice cake...and then there's the new gear as well. Going to be a fun league again!

any chance you'll update for 3.6? I really wanna play this :D

Chances are it will be updated, considering he's discussing new patch here with us. And even if he didn't you could still easily use current guide and make adjustment yourself. There will be some changes to tree, and few changes to support gems, but at its core the build will remain the same.

Oh... Infused Channelling's 40% MORE damage is for the 'supported skill', i.e. WO. Which isn't a bad thing for trash clearing, but Icestorm only gets 10% MORE from the Infusion buff.

Still, 8% LESS cold damage taken from Uber Elder sounds pretty damn good. Will we finally be able to just stand and cast and facetank everything including the ball barrages? Considering that even the 10% MORE is a pure improvement from the 3.5 version (with LL), the damage is already fine.

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iamCytosine wrote:

any chance you'll update for 3.6? I really wanna play this :D

It will be updated for 3.6 before the league starts.

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Kelvynn wrote:

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iamCytosine wrote:

any chance you'll update for 3.6? I really wanna play this :D

It will be updated for 3.6 before the league starts.

amazing, thanks bud

What I'm wondering is if we could possibly selfcast Icestorm now. We got huge cast speed buff, and intensify looks interesting. On max (4) stacks it's one of biggest more damage modifiers (64% MORE!) and it also greatly reduce our aoe which means more shards will hit target. CwC will probably still be better (especially with clear speed boost winter orb gives) but it's worth at least considering imo.

Maybe my problem was I was looking for 17%+ staves. I did run an arc miner for the first ~8 hours of the league (in Pacific time zone) and used the funds I got from him to level my WI char quickly (2 x lifesprig, 5c staff, etc.)

Would it be possible to run this with Malediction and Vile Bastion instead, then do something like Herald of Ice + Curse on Hit + Assassin's Mark + Enfeeble/Frostbite and a little bit of increased critical?