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

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MasterLoki666 wrote:

Your boots are nice go for a enchant there and you could craft cannot be frozen on those.

Gloves and Helmet are not very good you are missing good damage stats.

Another great improvement would also be a +2 projectile or +1 socketed gems corruption chest.
+2 projectile would be budget friendly and still 20% more damage its even worth to buy a unlinked one with that corruption and do the rest yourself on the crafting bench.

SO choose chest / helmet / glove upgrade

Thanks for your answer! I'll try to enchant the boots.

In fact, I do have a +2 projectile mantle (got one relatively cheap a while ago), problem is, it's not linked, has no quality, and below average stats overall. And I don't have 6l recipe anyway (have been delving in 220-250 range for a few days already, no luck). Meanwhile, I also run Alva in hopes of getting a proper double-corrupted one, but this is probably a futile affair.

So, I need dmg on helmet AND gloves? I thought they are defensive pieces and was actually looking for some dex+life+res, so I could use a different ring or maybe even a second Essence Worm. I currently have shaper helm with +flat cold dmg, are there significatly better options dmg-wise? And what dmg mod should I prioritize on gloves? Warlord's Culling strike? I feel this will become a mirror-worth build after all...

By the way, I'm not sure if you've noticed how bad my wand is :) I picked this one for 1ex because of extra mana and light res (needed to balance MOM and res at that point), and now can't find a decent upgrade. I've wasted 1200 alts attempting to craft +1 spell with another useful T1 mod on a profane wand, then I saw those multimod-ready bases on sale for 10ex(!). It feels like whole market went crazy as the league wraps up...

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Chrisophylacks wrote:

So, I need dmg on helmet AND gloves? I thought they are defensive pieces and was actually looking for some dex+life+res, so I could use a different ring or maybe even a second Essence Worm. I currently have shaper helm with +flat cold dmg, are there significatly better options dmg-wise? And what dmg mod should I prioritize on gloves? Warlord's Culling strike? I feel this will become a mirror-worth build after all...

Check my Hiero.

Offensive mods are:
Helmet:
- 30% increased freezing pulse projectile speed
- Nearby enemies have -9% to cold resistance
Gloves:
- 8% increased Cast Speed (this is from Shaper mod "Level 18 Slower Projectiles")
- 21% increased Projectile Damage (like above "Level 16 Faster Casting")

Culling strike on gloves is very good for bossing but very expensive as well.

Try to fit second Essence Worm - Zealotry gives 20% MORE (this bonus is multiplicative not additive) DPS (for my Hiero at least). It is really worth but reaching 75% all res with two Essences and Pandemonius can be tricky. And don't forget to have uncapped cold res as he highest - this is must to Wise Oak flask work as expected.

You have to be patient searching market - sometimes there are very specific items (yet powerful) that fit only specific build (like ours) but are very cheap. My boots for example were purchased for 35c only... And if we are talking about boots - my enchantment ("120% increased...") is simply BiS - it outperforms cold penetration (according to PoB).

Currently I have over 2.3M Shaper DPS and perhaps my last upgrade (but absolutely not needed - it is just a whim) will be Awakened Curse on Hit (Level 5) to apply 2 curses at once.

In current state my Hierpohant just wrecks T16 Metamorphs/Bosses not mentioning regular mapping. Honestly, game is so easy now that I'm a bit bored playing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Have to say this is the probably the best and funnest build Ive played in a while. I trucked the entire storyline with subpar items and went to Kitava at lvl 69. Unfortunately my dodge skills are sad and I was one shot on one of his red ground thingys. So I chalked it up to bad luck and started over. I did find my 1st Exalt of this league just before I ripped so I was able to aquire all the needed items to rebuild. Im back to act 4 as of now and looking forward to getting my revenge. Just out of curiosity Im wondering if the build is considered squishy for HC? I think I had about 2600 life, 1300 es, and around 1300 mana when I ripped. I followed the SKill tree exactly like it is except I chose to take the 2 golem passive Golem COmmander along the way. Anywho ILL BE BACK ….

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starczek wrote:

And if we are talking about boots - my enchantment ("120% increased...") is simply BiS - it outperforms cold penetration (according to PoB).

That enchantment doesn't work at all if you hit enemies with Frost Bomb or Flame Dash. You do deal 0 damage, but you can still deal critical strikes with those skills. POB doesn't take this into consideration.

Yeah this build rips. I'm not even running max damage stuff everywhere, I modified a few pieces of gear to speed farm through maps. Still shreds bosses and all content that I want/need to do. Most I've played a league and I attribute it to such a fun and flexible build.

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Chrisophylacks wrote:

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MasterLoki666 wrote:

Your boots are nice go for a enchant there and you could craft cannot be frozen on those.
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Thanks for your answer! I'll try to enchant the boots
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LOL, got this on the FIRST try today:


Some RNG compensation for not dropping me a single exalt for two weeks...
And Now people are saying 120 crit is not BiS, but no way I'm rerolling it.

Now, just need to farm syndicate for antifreeze mod.

Hi,

my gear isn't very good, and I have about 3 Ex and 50 Chaos to spend, what order should I look to upgrade my gear?

Is it worth going for a pandemonius first? They are about 2.5 Ex at the moment.

Thanks

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Chrisophylacks wrote:

LOL, got this on the FIRST try today:

Some RNG compensation for not dropping me a single exalt for two weeks...
And Now people are saying 120 crit is not BiS, but no way I'm rerolling it.

Now, just need to farm syndicate for antifreeze mod.

Go to act 1, go to zone, check your critical hit chance for Freezing Pulse. Hit mobs with Frost Bomb couple of times. See how it changes.

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Wermine wrote:

Go to act 1, go to zone, check your critical hit chance for Freezing Pulse. Hit mobs with Frost Bomb couple of times. See how it changes.

Yea, yea, I know of this problem. So, I've rearranged FB links to (Frost Bomb + Controlled Destruction + Increased Duration + Spell Cascade) and did some testing today.

Frost Bomb primary duration is 3.46 seconds, and it applies cold exposure (for secondary duration of 8.65 seconds) on the first pulse, i.e. almost immediately. Actual FB hit (which may proc a crit with 39.72% chance on my setup) occurs only after primary duration expires. Frankly, if something is not dead (or in the process of changing phase) after 3.46 seconds, this means my power is lacking, and I need to go buy better gear :)

I'm not at this level yet, but I actually saw a guy in public party who ran this build, and obliterated Drox (Awakener lvl 8 ofc) in less than 3 seconds in a 6 people party, he is the one who inspired me to try it.

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Wermine wrote:

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starczek wrote:

And if we are talking about boots - my enchantment ("120% increased...") is simply BiS - it outperforms cold penetration (according to PoB).

That enchantment doesn't work at all if you hit enemies with Frost Bomb or Flame Dash. You do deal 0 damage, but you can still deal critical strikes with those skills. POB doesn't take this into consideration.

You're right but... I've made some simulations in PoB checking differences between 120% crit, 10% penetration and no enchant at all. Results:

1) 120% crit --> +9.04% damage
2) 10% penetration --> +5.39% damage

Remember that crit chance is less than 100% (assume 50%) so only every second frost bomb removes effect of the 120% enchant.

All in all - this is not bad ;) But I agree that I missed fact that we can crit without applying damage (what is not too logical game mechanics but that's another story).