Herald of Ice
" I'm experiencing the same problem with HoI - massive FPS drop when it triggers. I'm currently running vanilla EK caster build and use HoI to add some plain damage to EK - the explosion effect has little to no improvement to my damage since EK kills all enemies simultaneously in most cases. The problem lies in that, most cases of freezing are resulted from critical strikes, and most critical strikes brings various other visual effects like burning and shocking simultaneously aside from freezing of its own. Criticals make FPS drop when there was no HoI - and now there is a new burden added to the "camel" - my poor video card to undertake. Two-handed - Mop
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" Did you try combining HoI and Quecholli? I did. And it seems to work quite well. I hit enemies with Glacial Hammer (without Melee Splash) and if they shatter I can observe both the HoI on-kill effect as well as the corpse explosion from Quecholli. Also trash mobs seemed to occasionally die from full health when around the one just killed. (Which can't be from Quecholli as it only deals 10% of the mob's HP and I don't have any increased fire/elemental damage) I could also observe chilled monsters in the vicinity - although I'm not quite sure whether that could also be the added cold from HoI applied to the Quecholli explosion... And regarding the earlier-discussed combination of HoI and PCoC. I was not able to create any power charges with that combination... :( Crit happens.
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A question, would a life leech gem work with HoI? Leeching from the ice explosion that is.
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I think that should work.
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Compared to herald of thunder... the shatter explosion is terribly weak. Especially when freezes are much harder to trigger than shocks.
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I'm using cold snap with a trap support. Does this skill still work when the skill that caused the shatter was a trap? I'm pretty sure I can see the animation when self casting a spell, but it is hard to tell.
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Traps do not have the Herald of Ice Buff -> they don't get the on-Kill bonus.
(the +Damage bonus applies directly to the Skill that lays a Trap, so that does work) | |
" Thanks for the quick reply! At least its one more aura I don't have to run now. Also Awwwwwww D; | |
If I use HoI with a none cold damage spell like arc. If arc crits and applies shock, will the damage from HoI on my Arc cast crit as well and possibly freeze the enemy?
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No, Skills use their own Crit Chance, as always. Herald will roll against its own Crit Chance (of 0%) when triggered.
Herald's +Cold Damage is simply part of Arc, same as with all other sources of +Damage. Your Arc deals Cold and Lightning Damage, because you have Herald of Ice active. Last edited by Vipermagi on Dec 9, 2014, 8:21:20 PM
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