Would this build be viable without using a Pledge of Hands? I still have a 6L chest but I'd really love to try and give this a shot w/Duel wielding wands or maybe Divinarius. (guessing wands are better for the Cast Speed rolls)
You lose double curse w/o pledge. Less optimal. How LL and Mana leach and maintain powercharges without two auto curse? You need at least a 5L chest to double curse automatically.
Second you'll be running all over tree chasing mana because pledge give basically 10 nodes of mana free. Nodes you spend on DPS instead of mana.
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Anyway guys big update
I decided to get rid of EB altogether with uncertainty about EB nerf in 2.0. This build never needed it really in first place with Automatic Warlords/Assassins Curses. We lose AA but have 1000+ ES so effective EHP is now ~6000 with life. Could have even more EHP as hybrid now that we know to gear for it.
We will also gain 6 tree points come patch not messing with EB - therefore we get even more powerful and Will be able to run Anger too since we are not running clarity either and it will apply to spells.
UPDATE
1.3 made build better due to changes to Templar tree. More AOE more DPS and can use only a 5L chest.
I took out Lightning coil due to legacy status and its hard as hell to 4b2r it.
BYE BYE:(
Pros
This build destroys larger area than discharges and provides massive defenses since they are frozen 90% of the time or die instant.
This build is also tanky you run, 24-26 Arctic Armor, Instant 14.7% Leech, 80% cold resits for reflect pacts. ~4700 life. Always have endurance charges up due to warlords automatic cursing. CWDT 7 Seconds automatic immortal call Immunity to physical.
This build is really fun with battle mage aspect to it. You warp all over and face tank everything fearing nothing.
The build uses Crit ICE NOVA - over 55% CC with 7 power charge and assassins mark which is automatically applied by play style - lightning warp to cast assassins mark on hit - You never run out of power charge if you move fast.
Play style is easy - You simply lightning warp pack to pack right in the middle of them automatically cursing them and destroy whole screen.
Party will love you. You freeze everything and draw all fire by warping in mobs face.
Hidden DPS is LW applying shock status effect almost always with high CC for 50% more DPS. Hidden DPS is automatic assassins mark more CC and "more" CD makes huge crits. You almost always apply freeze status effect as well due to High CC and ~4 casts per sec.
Cost is medium-low about 10ex-70ex depending on links of your Staff and chest used which is cheap considering it's power.
Minimum build costs
5L PoH 6-9 exa
5L Carcass 2 exa
Windscream Boots 20C
Rest Gear chaos gear.
So, the base of the build is ~10 exa.
Build can do ALL Map mods. Saves Money on map rolling. For no mana regen maps you just have turn off Arctic Armor and warlords mark takes care of life and mana..For Blood magic AA off DPS auras off warlords and instant LL takes care of health. For reflects use surgeons flask and instant leech takes care of you even on huge crits.
You can run these doesnt matter 99% of the time unless a really crazy combo that i have not seen in 93 levels of this build
cons...
-Massive hp single target like atziri prefers Arctic Breath swap gem for quick kill
-Uber probably not.
Base DPS <---what i run all the time more than enough
Higher_DPS_options
Highest DPS ICE nova in PoH is
I calculated 94K once gems 20/20 leveled. But ofc no pen gem so it's a lot of paper DPS for show. Not to mention no LL gem so reflect will one shot you. But it's fun to probably lvl these and try it out on easy maps. More to come...
base + atziri promise
Defense
24-26 AA http://s15.postimg.org/5g61pv817/image.jpg Defense
Gear_and_Gems
You want to try and get life on all gear. Few reasons to run high level Immortal call for long duration so you can take bit hit before it goes off for 7 sec. Also, although pretty tanky with AA purity etc, this a whats known as a "sponge" build rather than a huge mitigation build. You face tank - take damage and instantly heal it back via relentless casting. Need decent life sink. Finally, anti stun/freeze etc more life less of that will happen to you.
First item is POH - Gives huge mana to run auras and big regen taking very few mana nodes on tree. Is a 7L and gives us DPS. If you only have a 5L take out added cold or LL depending. LL allows full functionality tank on any map due to double LL when combined with warlords. Added cold more deeps.
Atziri boss swap gems to take them down in 1-2 sec
Second item chest houses our lighting Warp double curse set up. Only need 5L!
Ultimate chest 6L with enhance or inc aoe
Big Defense HC option. Over 7000 "life" option but less DPS and AOE.
24+ AA and dual curse boots. Helps to get + gem... cost about 4ex or make one. I run herald in here at 25! AA @ 25!
CWDT set - 7 second phys immunity at this level
Aura Helm - make up whatever purity u need...clarity and other herald.
Rest of life gear rounds out resitances DPS and HP. Note with Lightning coil will need mana regen on all jewelry in 7L.
i would lvl with shadow due to cast speed and mana regen nerf witch got. you will end up with 5% more dps as shadow
just use ice nova all the way arctic breath for single target and maybe a fire trap aoe at start too. use almost any wands until you get poh. Use RIME GAZE helm, like 1 alc for nova setup which has free conc
My witch @93
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final
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Fight is really easy. Ice Nova for all the trash areas blows through them very fast. Then on Boss's you switch to a single target shotgun effect like Arctic breath or ice spear with GMP. Sometimes if all 5 hit First vaal doesnt even get a shot off. Second only pops up twice. Use Lightning flasks.
Trio requires a CWDT setup or IC manual. Heavy physical and since we have no sheild t block any of it periods of immunity are nice. Also use Rumi flask if you have one. I dont but I'm using lighting coil which makes phys EHP huge. Anti bleed flasks a must. Kill Bitch first. then whomever. They go down fast enough.
Atziri usually can't do much before she goes to phases. 1-2 spells at most due to our large shotgun DPS. Guys who try to heal her phase...just switch back to ice nova and stand next to atziri they wont get close. Atziri Clones - dont hit one with shield she reflects hard. Shotgun another one for pretty much instant kill. Turn off Ice Purity for Fire purity and use fire and lightning flasks for this fight.
Dont be afraid to face tank! This is a sponge build meaning damage taken is instantly healed back by constant output damage. You just have to watch out for the big hits like vaal smash, many lighting calls, and flameblasts.
Hardcore
Since everyone is asking about hc i will address that. Crit builds are not viable in HC IMO. like with this crit build all it takes for you to die is be on a reflect map forget to pop lightning flask, warp in, crit whole pack, hit on high end on lightning warp wide variance, and doing over 400% crit damage you'll instant gib yourself. much too dangerous IMO for HC.
So here is HC setup
witch is not best for this build shadow is because more cast speed out of box - HC tree
HC gear is almost same except you dont use crit jewerly but cast speed/regen jewerly and use cloak for over 7000 "life" you dont run any purities unless needed just two heralds for dps and clarity for mana regen and MoM recharge. while having about 1800 free mana "life" for MoM.
gear looks something like this
double auto curse chest with ele weakness for more DPS or frostbite for better freeze and warlords mark
couple of those jewelry need regen but notice no crit and cast speed instead.
Belly of The Beast Chest is another option. (one id prolly use cos I don't like being OOM when being hit like cloak does sometimes)
Huge life with Belly and "perpetual" flasks recharge every fight.
But belly hard to 3b so keep that in mind.
Belly will give you about 6000 life total and allow running of a purity too unlike Cloak of Defiance.
With added cold gem this build is basically a perma freezer. 45%-65%(with frost bite) chance to freeze every hit and you hit over 4x per second.
So.. i fail to see how EB was ever needed for your build? lol.
