[3.5] Occultist Cold DoT Caster (Cold Snap + Vortex) WIP

How do you get aspect of the spider? Cant see it on any of your gear.

Hello,

is "X% increased Damage over time" increasing the Damage of Cold snap an Vortex? if i put a jewel with "X% increased Damage over time" i see no diffrence in the damageoverview of Cold snap an Vortex...

i saw you want to push the thing to its limit.

You forgot the shaped crystal belt with 10%ES and 35% spell damage on flask, also i don't trust in elemental overload as only 5% crit doesn't feel reliable at all.


you can also get the cold damage over time multiplier on jewel, i think it would be a good replacement for one of the suffix.

+4% to Cold Damage over Time Multiplier

is the maximum obtainable on jewel, i believe a little frigid fossil would do the trick

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Cordial wrote:

Hello,

is "X% increased Damage over time" increasing the Damage of Cold snap an Vortex? if i put a jewel with "X% increased Damage over time" i see no diffrence in the damageoverview of Cold snap an Vortex...

Yes it does. Ingame tooltip often lies, use PoB.

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DevilsmilE wrote:

How do you get aspect of the spider? Cant see it on any of your gear.

Still didn't get it( Need to capture the right beast (in Bestiary league it was Fenumal Hybrid Arachnid, no idea if it is the same in 3.5)

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arbredeplastic wrote:

i saw you want to push the thing to its limit.

You forgot the shaped crystal belt with 10%ES and 35% spell damage on flask, also i don't trust in elemental overload as only 5% crit doesn't feel reliable at all.


you can also get the cold damage over time multiplier on jewel, i think it would be a good replacement for one of the suffix.

+4% to Cold Damage over Time Multiplier

is the maximum obtainable on jewel, i believe a little frigid fossil would do the trick

I didn't forget it, but recharge on Bated Breath is too good to pass up, and build really doesn't have any problems with damage. Also, difference between perfect Bated Breath and perfect shaped Crystal Belt is 158 ES for my current character. And price difference is enormous.

Ele Overload is up 100% of time on bosses when I drop OoS.

Yes, Cold DoT Multi will be good replacement for any damage stat on jewel. There was no such stat when I was making the build that is why it is not on the jewels.

Is 4% cold dot multi better than 15% spell/cold dmg?

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boomersoonr wrote:

Is 4% cold dot multi better than 15% spell/cold dmg?

It is about the same as 16% actually.

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arbredeplastic wrote:

i saw you want to push the thing to its limit.

I think the limiting factor here is the bow setup, which i kinda dont understand.

Why the bow? Because it's cheap? Don't tell me cause of the ES regen from the quiver^^.

I mean, you get a Rime Gaze and a Spine of the First Claimant for 11c, which will do plenty more damage than the bow plus you are able to use a shield.


With this setup I'm sitting at 2.1m Shaper dot dps right now (without any flask or Vaal RF, with ca. 4.2m) which isn't even end of the line dps wise.


So, without crazy gear 1.5m shouold be doable relatively easy whithout sacrificing defences.


Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of trying something new/not being part of the hoard, but am I missing some noticable benefit from a bow setup here?



take care.

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s0mosh wrote:

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arbredeplastic wrote:

i saw you want to push the thing to its limit.

I think the limiting factor here is the bow setup, which i kinda dont understand.

Why the bow? Because it's cheap? Don't tell me cause of the ES regen from the quiver^^.

I mean, you get a Rime Gaze and a Spine of the First Claimant for 11c, which will do plenty more damage than the bow plus you are able to use a shield.


With this setup I'm sitting at 2.1m Shaper dot dps right now (without any flask or Vaal RF, with ca. 4.2m) which isn't even end of the line dps wise.


So, without crazy gear 1.5m shouold be doable relatively easy whithout sacrificing defences.


Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of trying something new/not being part of the hoard, but am I missing some noticable benefit from a bow setup here?



take care.

I think you are vastly underestimating the usefulness of the quiver with all the slow we are getting. The es recharge start is under 1 sec, making you practically immortal to non1shot enemies. Tempchains+120% chill effect+ 3 spider webs, couple it up with stibnite+jade+quartz flasks and you can facetank every single nonspellcaster boss, and even those struggle to bring your ES down due to how slow they are.


Damage wise, we simply do not need any more as we currently have and better just focus on more defenses.
Im currently sitting at 800k shaper dot dps, and i dont think i ever need more, can tank shaper slam, and with betrayal id rather get a higher pool, but without giving up that sweet 80% recharge from the quiver.


Also for Agr1as, id consider getting :


as the damage reduction and the dps boost more than makes up for the 200-300 less es from body armour. As someone also mentioned might of the meek, it has improved the build immensely for me, netting me 10% more dps and 1.3k extra ES from just putting the jewel in and despeccing the noteables. If you can afford it, its a nobrainer.

Here is my current character: https://pastebin.com/xFXeSe6q

10100 es, 530k sustainable vortex dot on shaper, 170k cold snap on practically a 4link. I found that you dont really need 6link on it as a 5link with faster casting clears every blue/white t16 pack, so skipping 6link on a chest is perfectly reasonable.