[3.17] Wallach's Hierophant Freezing Pulse Totems (No Further Updates)
" Yes, if you don't have Zerphi's Heart, then you won't chill, unless you have Added Cold Damage somewhere and doesn't use Void Manipulation in your link. So, for the early game, you want to use something else than Hypothermia. For example: Slower Projectile, Faster Casting, PCoC or Empower. If your crit ain't capped yet (which will probably won't be), then you could also use Increased Critical Strike Support. Last edited by loloppe on Jul 22, 2021, 4:48:56 PM
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" Cool build, thanks! Do you plan on switching to FR right away? |
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" Depend on how good the skill actually is, but with a 4l soul mantle, 2x kika with self-flag then I might consider switching. HFT fall off pretty fast when you reach map and doesn't clear very well pack. Forbidden Ritual should clear faster and have more damage after the swap. Rain of Splinters might make a big difference with clear speed, so I will rush it too. Same for Dying Sun, but that will have to wait a bit. I would probably use FR + Increased Critical Strike + Void Manipulation + Increased Critical Damage. With Wither + Multiple Totem + Spell Totem to scale it further (it's pretty much free 90% more damage). Assassin's Mark will help a lot with the early damage on boss, to crit more often on them. Diamond flask will be big to scale the crit too when we don't have much. I might not use Concentrated Effect if the AoE matter. Maybe Slower Proj and swap with GMP if the spell need more projectiles. Last edited by loloppe on Jul 22, 2021, 5:04:53 PM
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@loloppe do you know if Zerphis can actually freeze, or is it just chill? It specifically says chill on the item but I have seen people talk about freeze with it other places.
IGN: Dmillz
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" You cannot freeze from what I understand, but if you use Hypothermia, you get "Supported Skills have +20% chance to Freeze Enemies which are Chilled", hence why you can freeze. | |
" Indeed and I agree. Besides, that goes for almost all older builds now. But ultimately it comes down to personal preference. For me personally I don't mind farming up currency to upgrade the build, but other than that I'm playing the build so that I can respec to Forbidden Rite totems which according to loloppe's theory crafted PoB is looking pretty good and quite expensive. I might not even make the full transition into FP totems and might just respec when I have everything ready. The two builds require almost the same set's of items and also ascendancy nodes so it's an ez route for me. :) But for anyone else still sticking to the idea of league starting as FP totems, you should know that freeze is a very powerful mechanic and it will atleast get you to yellows and higher yellow tier maps comfortably and perhaps even to T13-14s. By the time you reach Awakener 4 or 5 damage against Conqueror's may feel a bit lacking so swapping out the Freeze Pulse for Ice Spear for those bosses is not a bad idea. But all in all FP totems is an amazing build for clear and that is where it shines the most. You can still leaguestart as FP totems if you like the playstyle that FP totems afford you, such as freely dodging bosses attacks while dealing damage, if they aren't already frozen and also shattering entire packs of mobs before they have a chance to react! |
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" That's really sad to see. Used this build after I took a 2 year hiatus from POE and it was pretty good and I was able to do sirus 8 this last league. If you don't mind me asking, what will you be league starting with? And do you have a link to that build? I'm pretty lost what to league start for 3.15. |
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Long discussions on potential Forbidden Rite totem starts being had. And don't forget to follow http://www.twitch.tv/wallachtv to stay up to date on where the totem lord is headed. Last edited by GamesB4Gains on Jul 22, 2021, 8:21:13 PM
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" Absurd damage loss, wow. |
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For the first time in very many years I think 'm done with this game...I'll probably mess around with standard for about a week, but otherwise, moving on.
I think the extreme POE nerfs cater more towards the players who play tons of hours every day, but for casuals like me and some of my friends, we realize that we no longer stand a chance of making it to the more more enjoyable end game without a super substantial amount of playtime, which is going to be required for the big currency needed for gear investments to overcome the hyper nerfs..... I'm writing this for myself and 6 of my other friends who all loved the freezing pulse build, but we are all filthy casuals....So moving on to other games, maybe a non-league mmo such as final fantasy or something I don't know. As long as it's a game we can take our time on and still make it to end-game, I'm sure we will all try it.... Best of luck everyone! I will check back next league to see what the feedback of these changes causes in terms of player retention, and see what the general consensus/feedback was from other casual players. Thanks for the guide Wallach! It was a really fun build last league... |
