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

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Graiaule wrote:

Another uh oh -- Wicked Ward is getting pulled out of the Ascendancy and nerfed as a keystone.

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zecoratul wrote:

SoD + Forbidden Taste = instaheal (and 10%dodge to boot). The only downside is it will take 2 flask slots, but for those of us without ES on hit Watcher's Eye it could be an option.

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zecoratul wrote:

SoD + Forbidden Taste = instaheal (and 10%dodge to boot). The only downside is it will take 2 flask slots, but for those of us without ES on hit Watcher's Eye it could be an option.

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Scaal wrote:

Hi there!

I'm going to roll this char in SSF at Friday, but i wonder -- i can get to prolly 1500 int, and ~8k ES, but will it be enough to do shaper/uelder, or some delve bosses?

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Scaal wrote:

Hi there!

I'm going to roll this char in SSF at Friday, but i wonder -- i can get to prolly 1500 int, and ~8k ES, but will it be enough to do shaper/uelder, or some delve bosses? I'm concerned also about clear speed, not looking for zoom zoom, it's obviously not that kind of build (and btw i did my only 40/40 using WI back when it was on zerker ^^), but just thinking loud and asking more experienced players if those stats mentioned above will suffice? With some luck and patience i hope for 1,7k INT, but probably not more.

What's your opinion?

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We've decided that Winter Orb, Storm Brand, Bane and Soulrend were too powerful for clearing through content without heavy investment, so the damage and other aspects have been reduced in power.

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The Occultist now only has a single Energy Shield based notable, with a condensed and limited version of the previous Energy Shield notables. The ability for energy shield to be uninterruptible if recovery has started recently has moved to a new Keystone found near the Witch, making the mechanic available to a broader selection of characters, though with a new downside.

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We've removed the powerful passive clusters behind many keystones. These passives were being used to add additional power to Keystones in a way that worked well on the passive tree, but unique items were unable to receive the same power without characters being able to double up by taking both the unique and the keystone.

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We've made a number of changes to bonuses to Energy Shield on the passive tree. The value of increases to energy shield on various passive clusters have been lowered, with some flat energy shield available early in the passive tree. This will let energy shield have some extra defensive benefits at early levels, while reducing the potential Energy Shield that a fully invested late game character can achieve.

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The inclusion of the Dense Fossil with Delve and the item quality crafted modifiers with Betrayal significantly increased the potential energy shield available on many item slots, with minimal investment. The values granted were too great, so we've made changes to both Dense Fossils and quality crafted modifiers.

You can no longer craft any local item quality modifiers on Boots, Gloves and Helms. You will still be able to craft them on body armour and shields.

Dense Fossils no longer include local armour, evasion or energy shield suffixes. Instead, the fossils will have local item quality as a potential suffix on body armour and shields, with a slightly higher potential value than the craftable modifiers. Other item slots will have new modifiers appropriate to their defences.