[3.11 Viable] Freezing Pulse MoM Trickster / Late-Game 15mil+ Shaper DPS / League-Start Viable

- Don't get surrounded, it is easy to get stunned and have your casts interrupted by melee hits
- Shield Charge > Dash > Shield Charge combo gets you around pretty quickly
- Spell Totem is not required for Map bosses, just use Vaal Righteous Fire and Frost Bomb
- For Sirus fight, suggest you keep your Flask charges till Phase 3 so you can burst him down more quickly

Freezing Pulse:
- Really not much to say here, basically we're just trying to stack as many multiplicative damage buffs as we can for Freezing Pulse
- Awakened Spell Echo is expensive, but provides a ~8-10% damage boost above the normal Spell Echo Gem
- If you're playing this in 3.11, hopefully the price of Awakened Spell Echo has dropped with Herald Stacking (hopefully) gone
- Would suggest you to only make this upgrade if you have a ton of currency to spare
- Click closer to your character if you want the 5 projectiles to spread out more and cover more of the screen
- Monsters can't get hit by multiple projectiles from the same cast, so it's a generally a good idea to spread out the projectiles to get more AoE

Frostbomb Curse on Hit:
- Frostbomb is a huge damage boost for most cold-damage based builds, and hence we are using this to proc our curses as well
- Awakened Curse on Hit at Level 5 allows us to have 2 curses, and we are cursing enemies with Projectile Weakness and Frostbite
- If you can't afford it, just lose the Frostbite curse and just run with Projectile Weakness
- Or, you can also choose to Anoint Whispers of Doom on your Amulet
- The curses only apply when the Frostbomb explodes, so for conqueror's / other bosses with spawn animations, just get used to casting this ~2 seconds before you can start dpsing them so that the curses can take effect immediately

Auras:
- We are running Hatred linked to Enlightened to reduce Mana reservation (and effectively increase our health pool)
- If you want to run a Clarity Watcher's Eye for %Mana as additional ES, then swap the Enlightened gem for a Lvl1 Clarity
- You will lose some unreserved Mana, but gain a crap ton of additional ES

Wave of Conviction:
- Linked to Spell Totem so that it can be auto-cast while you are doing damage
- Elemental Proliferation helps to increase the uptime of ignites / chills on bosses
- This helps to proc the debuff from Cinderswallow's Urn as well as other damage boosts against chilled enemies
- This is important for bossing because our Freezing Pulse is linked to Elemental Focus and is not able to inflict these Elemental Ailments by itself

Others:
- Movement: Shield Charge + Fortify + Faster Attacks + additional Dash included to cross gaps/ledges (I kind of alternate between Dash and Shield Charge, depending on the terrain of the map)
- Vaal Righteous Fire + Increased Duration for additional Spell Damage on bosses (we are only using the Vaal version of the skill)
- Cast When Damage Taken + Steelskin and Summon Lightning Golem just for some small added offence and defence

- Nothing really noteworthy here, just focusing heavily on Crit Multi, Cold Damage and Cast Speed
- For Cluster Jewels, went for standard Cold Damage, but decided to stack a little bit of Projectile Speed with the Medium Cluster Jewels to get that full screen insta-clear effect
- This effectively increases your range for Freezing Pulse as well

Weapon: Rare Wand
- Prioritize "+1 Level to all Cold Spell Skill Gems"
- Try to find additional Crit Chance / Crit Multi / Spell Damage / Cold Damage if possible
- Additional Mana on here is a bonus as well

Off-Hand: Rare Shield
- Look for a lot of Crit Chance for Spells / Spell Damage / Cold Damage / Life + whatever resists you can find
- Additional Spell Block Chance / Mana are good bonus mods here

Helmet: Rare
- As usual, most of the helmets for my builds are self-crafted
- Just find at least an iLvl85 non-influenced base with the enchant you are looking for, slam a Redeemer's Orb and spam with Frigid and Pristine fossils until you get a decent roll
- You're looking for Life / Nearby Enemies have -X% to Cold Resistance / Whatever additional Resists you need
- If you are running this as a league starter, don't worry about any of this yet and just focus on Life + Resists on your helm
- For enchants, both the Damage and Cast Speed enchants for Freezing Pulse are good, but I would recommend the Cast Speed one just to make the gameplay feel smoother

Body Armor: Cloak of Defiance
- Gives us Mind Over Matter + additional 10% damage taken from Mana before Life, which is very good for keeping us alive
- We have a pretty big mana pool so even with 50% reserved for Hatred, this boosts our survivability by quite a bit
- It also synergises very well with Trickster's Weave the Arcane Ascendancy node, which helps to replenish our Mana very quickly after taking some damage

Amulet: Rare / Aul's Uprising
- For the highest dps, look for a well-rolled Amulet with "+1 to all Intelligence skill gems" and "+1 to all Cold Skill Gems"
- This gives +2 to the level of Freezing Pulse which is a big dps boost
- Other than that, Life / Crit Multi / Spell Damage / Cold Damage are good stats here
- For more survivability, you can also use Aul's Uprising with "Hatred reserves no Mana"
- This clears up our entire Mana pool for damage mitigation, bringing our effective health pool to ~10k
- This is great option if you are still trying to level up your character (I usually level to 94-96 and then switch to more dps)
- This is also likely the cheaper "Mid-Game" option, depending on the league and how far into the league you are in

Rings: Rare
- Not much to say here, look for Life / Resists / Crit Multi / Spell Damage / Cold Damage
- The ring slots are really flexible here because we do not need any "Curse on hit" mods
- I usually get them as the last slots in case I need to top up any stats / resistances

Others:
- Belt: Life / Resists / Elemental Damage / Damage / Damage against Chilled Enemies - Stygian Vise recommended
- Gloves: Life / Spell Damage / Cast Speed + Additional Resists if you need them

Jewels:
- Watcher's Eye: Definitely get Cold Penetration while affected by Hatred as one of the mods
- For the second mod, you can opt for %Mana gained as ES while affected by Clarity, % Cold damage while affected by Hatred or Increased Crit Strike Chance while affected by Hatred
- All three options are incredibly expensive, and totally not required (I didn't use it in my build showcase video)
- But it does show that with even more currency, this build could be pushed even further
- For your other Jewels, pick up Life / Crit Multi / Cast Speed / Mana wherever possible
- Phasing does help a lot during mapping to prevent you from getting trapped in a big group of mobs, so getting Phasing on your Abyss Jewel for your Stygian Vise would be great as well

Flasks:
- Diamond Flask for more Crit
- Bottled Faith because why the fk not
- Cinderswallow with + Crit Chance for a big damage boost against ignited enemies
- Wise Oak for additional damage (if Cold Resist is your highest)
- If Cold Resistance isn't your highest, I would go for Atziri's Promise
- If you are mainly looking at normal speed mapping, then I would recommend Rumi's Concoction instead of Wise Oak
- It gives a huge boost to survivability and allows you to basically map completely care free
- Your damage would already be more than enough to melt map bosses so you don't really need the Wise Oak at all

- Level up Awakened Gems to Level 5 (Showcase was done with Awakened Controlled Destruction and Awakened Elemental Focus @ Lvl 1)
- Triple Mod Watcher's Eye - Cold Penetration (Hatred) + Crit Strike Chance (Hatred) + %Mana as ES (Clarity) - Probably 4-5 Mirrors at this point
- Double Crit Multi + Life / Mana / Cast Speed Jewels
- Better rolled Amulet with +1 Cold / +1 Int Spell Skill Gems
- Double-Corrupted Cloak of Defiance with +2 Proj Gems / +1 Socketed Gems
- 28% Quality everything