[3.15] Self-Cast Eye of Winter Occultist - Get that Diablo 2 Nostalgia!

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EvaShogouki01 wrote:

How's this build been working for people? I recognize that this skill has got to be difficult to measure DPS with but does it seem to be killing swiftly and not too fragile?

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arkon9944 wrote:

So just a few thoughts about EoW now that I've been playing it in t14-16 maps for the past few days.

1 - Projectile Speed. At first I thought this stat was amazing for the skill, I was wrong. Stacking it too high makes single target damage awful. I've tried everything from 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, and 70%. I find 20% to be the sweet spot of a good balance for strong single target damage, while also having just that tiny bit extra reach for clearing maps.

2 - Snakepit Ring. I still believe this is the single best piece of gear for EoW. The +1 chain is all you need to make EoW an amazing map clearer. The bonus spell damage and Cast Speed are just a nice bonus on top of it.

3 - I saved the best for last. I've tried all sorts of combination of supports for EoW. Spell Echo, all pure damage supports...you name it, I tried it. Which brings me to the most important support of them all...UNLEASH. This support is single handedly the most important support of them all. You want to scale Unleash as much as possible. This means getting Thunderous Salvo on the tree. Seal Mender on a large Cluster Jewel. And lastly, strangely enough...Doedre's Malevolence gloves. The negative cast speed means nearly nothing as EoW already casts super slow. The bonus Unleash seals are obviously a huge bonus. And lastly, the added Chaos Damage is tremendous. EoW has a 40% 'effectiveness of added damage'. Sounds bad, right? Well that's 40% PER SHARD that hits. So in reality, while casting with Unleash, you're going to be hitting an enemy with tons of shards, multiplying that 40% to outrageous numbers.

I'm currently running a LL/ES version of this build. I've killed A6 Sirus deathless and rather easily with this build (I'm still gathering watchstones or I would've done him on A8). I have not fought Shaper or Elder yet, but I don't see either of them being a problem since they are both rather stationary bosses. I wouldn't call him 'hard' by any means, but so far I would say the boss this build has the most trouble with is Al-Hezmin (The poison based conqueror). He dances around a lot and avoids damage that way, but otherwise just keep on him and he goes down fast enough with a few solid overlapping EoW's landing on top of him.

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Tombreaver wrote:

What do you guys think about using Expedition's end as an armour?
The "chills nearby ennemies" and inc dmg to chilled ennemies look quite nice.
I'm currently in a6, and boss damage is okayish as long as bosses dont move too much.
My main issue is the defense. Once you hit ennemies you're good to go as you chill them (and i also got blind on hit gloves) but mobs that are either ranged or super fast (drox rare possessed by sirus for example) just melt me before i can hit them.
Rituals/alva are really hard too as mobs spawn on top of you.
So that's why i'm wondering about Expedition's end. Maybe getting a shaper's presence to get temp chains as an aura could be nice too.
I've seen few of you go LL, i'm tempted to try it out but currency is an issue right now.

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Tombreaver wrote:

Yeah i figured that much. maybe LL is the way. how do you feel defense wise?
Also i noticed you HoI is linked to your CWDT. While it wont be triggered it is affected by the mana reservation!