[3.17] Wallach's Hierophant Freezing Pulse Totems (No Further Updates)

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Wallach wrote:

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binkyboy wrote:

I would like to get your thoughts on ARCANE CLOAK, it looks like it could be a replacement for immortal call or steelskin and give this build a damage boost?

I talk a little about this skill in the patch notes video I just uploaded this morning - it seems like it could be a good skill, but is something you're going to have to cast manually because of the way the buff effect scales. CWDT triggers don't cost any mana, so it won't grant any buff scaling if you use it that way and would render it mostly pointless. We should get the gem details later today so we can get a better idea of how exactly it scales and what it costs, but I think having to manually cast your guard skill will turn off a lot of people.

Probably a stupid question but where is your video?

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frogemoth wrote:

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Wallach wrote:

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binkyboy wrote:

I would like to get your thoughts on ARCANE CLOAK, it looks like it could be a replacement for immortal call or steelskin and give this build a damage boost?

I talk a little about this skill in the patch notes video I just uploaded this morning - it seems like it could be a good skill, but is something you're going to have to cast manually because of the way the buff effect scales. CWDT triggers don't cost any mana, so it won't grant any buff scaling if you use it that way and would render it mostly pointless. We should get the gem details later today so we can get a better idea of how exactly it scales and what it costs, but I think having to manually cast your guard skill will turn off a lot of people.

Probably a stupid question but where is your video?

Here's the link to the patch notes overview: Click Me

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Wallach wrote:

Here's the link to the patch notes overview: Click Me

Watched both. Thanks for taking the time to make them.

Thanks for the build, I had an awesome time with it a few leagues back and I'm pretty sure this will be my league starter in 3.10. However, the new Archmage support got me intrigued:

Archmage Support: Adds lightning damage to supported skills and changes their cost to a percentage of your unreserved mana, adding a portion of the new cost as added lightning damage.

Do you think this works with totems, or does it only apply to you casting the totem and actually does nothing when the totem itself starts casting? If it does work, with our pretty large unreserved mana pool it might be good enough to try a lightning variant of the build, probably with Arc or even Divine Ire. What do you think?

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Viktranka wrote:

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NoAimNecessary wrote:

would this build be best to level with something like storm brand until Tabula / Soul mantle then switch to FP?

I think someone asked similar question 3 pages ago or so, you can level with whatever is comfortable for you, if that's storm brand, orb of storms or other "well tested levelling skill" go for it, spec into some extra damage nodes early and unspec it later.

You can also level with stormblast / icicle mines. Mines got nerfed on throwing speed but very little and except pyroclasm mines rest were untouched.

Thank you, I tried the storm mines but due to lack of mine support gems I found storm brand to be better (plus taking some brand nodes when taking totem so works quite nicely). I will run with this at league start

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Wallach wrote:

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NoAimNecessary wrote:

Hey Wallach,

Just looking for some advice, done a practice run with holy flame totems with freezing pulse self cast and it felt dire, even with frost bite and frost bomb reducing resists it has felt like I had no damage (Currently act 6).

I switched over to test out FP totems as soon as i got the jewel, I understand this build is focused mainly around having soul mantle + rings before switching to FP. You have probably answered this but I don't fancy going through 100 pages, would this build be best to level with something like storm brand until Tabula / Soul mantle then switch to FP?

To be honest I never think all that much about the earliest leveling portion because it's pretty easy any way you go about it, but you can totally level however you want if you find it slow. Once you get the second labyrinth out of the way things become pretty trivial, so just focus on getting there by whatever means feels most comfortable (and maybe doesn't cost you too many respec points to switch over). Even at league start it shouldn't be hard to accumulate a bit of currency to get a 4-link Soul Mantle and a pair of Kikazarus up and running before you finish the story (assuming you're in trade league), and that's all you really need to start cruising.

With the recent buffs to monsters through the campaign in 3.9 winging it got me through the content with the self-cast FP and holy flame totems but it took way longer then ever before.

Honestly even Act 6 FP totems with a random 4 link felt pretty decent, just the first 4-5 acts felt pretty rough :( As I replied above I have tested with storm brand and its pretty rapid, will level gems in off-hands for the switch over to FP.

Thank you for the build and hope to get it to 100 this league!

dear Wallach i love the guide, first time i try out totems.
i wanna do this for 3.10 and just started a practice run.
alltough your leveling section is very detailed a question came up
do i want to support freezing pulse with spelltotem before i get a soul mantle?
and if so, do i take ancestral bond from then on?
cheers

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peihla wrote:

dear Wallach i love the guide, first time i try out totems.
i wanna do this for 3.10 and just started a practice run.
alltough your leveling section is very detailed a question came up
do i want to support freezing pulse with spelltotem before i get a soul mantle?
and if so, do i take ancestral bond from then on?
cheers

It's pretty safe to switch over to Ancestral Bond / Spell Totem as soon as you get your second labyrinth done, yeah. Without a Soul Mantle / Kikazaru setup you may find it is faster to just run with Holy Flame Totem though. I'd say use your practice run to see how it feels to you and go from there.

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Wallach wrote:

It's pretty safe to switch over to Ancestral Bond / Spell Totem as soon as you get your second labyrinth done, yeah. Without a Soul Mantle / Kikazaru setup you may find it is faster to just run with Holy Flame Totem though. I'd say use your practice run to see how it feels to you and go from there.

oh right because i can only place one totem!
makes sense now, cheers

Hi, I´m new at the game (this is my second character) and I begun this build recently. I have a 33 lvl templar right now.

I´m wondering why is it so important the mana regen. For the gear it´s more important to get armour or energy shield?

Thanks

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sudaB6274 wrote:

Hi, I´m new at the game (this is my second character) and I begun this build recently. I have a 33 lvl templar right now.

I´m wondering why is it so important the mana regen. For the gear it´s more important to get armour or energy shield?

Thanks

You will be taking a node called Mind Over Matter, this basically uses your mana pool as another layer of defence so more mana regen is better ^^