Fyregrass' Comprehensive Freezing Pulse Totems Guide - Act 1 to Maven 9 (Updated for 3.15)

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vctrkuan1 wrote:
Been playing the budget version and changed into the mid tier build once I got enough currency. Really fun and powerful, started with arc totems build and respec to this. The build I am currently using is below.

https://pastebin.com/vaDp9pPy

Changed some stuff around to fit my playstyle

1. Removed support gems for vortex-bonechill to fit in flame dash- arcane surge
2. Dropped arcane capacitor to take the 3rd notable on cluster for 4% dps increase.
3. use frostbomb instead frostbite as it doesnt stack with sniper's mark.
4.using dying sun, atziri instead of wise oak as dying sun messes with it and i needed the chaos res.
5. using panicked health flask as I am always on low health because of belt.

Currently sitting at 21m shaper dps with ice spear and 1m dps with FP. considerably more tanky than the budget version but still randomly dies sometimes when playing too aggressively.


Would you mind sharing how you generate Power charge and Frenzy charge from your PoB?
And a suggestion to improve your build is getting a Large radius Thread of Hope above the Witch starting location.
My build is currently sitting at 15 mil ( 21 with VRF and VH) for Ice spear and 4 mil for Freezing Pulse. https://pastebin.com/iTqpT1WQ
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mrkid0612 wrote:
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vctrkuan1 wrote:
Been playing the budget version and changed into the mid tier build once I got enough currency. Really fun and powerful, started with arc totems build and respec to this. The build I am currently using is below.

https://pastebin.com/vaDp9pPy

Changed some stuff around to fit my playstyle

1. Removed support gems for vortex-bonechill to fit in flame dash- arcane surge
2. Dropped arcane capacitor to take the 3rd notable on cluster for 4% dps increase.
3. use frostbomb instead frostbite as it doesnt stack with sniper's mark.
4.using dying sun, atziri instead of wise oak as dying sun messes with it and i needed the chaos res.
5. using panicked health flask as I am always on low health because of belt.

Currently sitting at 21m shaper dps with ice spear and 1m dps with FP. considerably more tanky than the budget version but still randomly dies sometimes when playing too aggressively.


Would you mind sharing how you generate Power charge and Frenzy charge from your PoB?
And a suggestion to improve your build is getting a Large radius Thread of Hope above the Witch starting location.
My build is currently sitting at 15 mil ( 21 with VRF and VH) for Ice spear and 4 mil for Freezing Pulse. https://pastebin.com/iTqpT1WQ


The wand I am using passively gives me a random charge every 6 seconds, i just assume 1 of each for simplicity sake. I will look into the Thread of hope improvement in POB, thanks.

Edit: The thread of hope provides around 1mil more dps and a bit more chaos res and hp for a bit less mana regen. i might go for it.

https://pastebin.com/uDujK13p

new POB, currently with 22.5mil ice spear dps and 4.8mil dps for FP.
Last edited by vctrkuan1 on Aug 8, 2021, 4:33:49 AM
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vctrkuan1 wrote:
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mrkid0612 wrote:
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vctrkuan1 wrote:
Been playing the budget version and changed into the mid tier build once I got enough currency. Really fun and powerful, started with arc totems build and respec to this. The build I am currently using is below.

https://pastebin.com/vaDp9pPy

Changed some stuff around to fit my playstyle

1. Removed support gems for vortex-bonechill to fit in flame dash- arcane surge
2. Dropped arcane capacitor to take the 3rd notable on cluster for 4% dps increase.
3. use frostbomb instead frostbite as it doesnt stack with sniper's mark.
4.using dying sun, atziri instead of wise oak as dying sun messes with it and i needed the chaos res.
5. using panicked health flask as I am always on low health because of belt.

Currently sitting at 21m shaper dps with ice spear and 1m dps with FP. considerably more tanky than the budget version but still randomly dies sometimes when playing too aggressively.


Would you mind sharing how you generate Power charge and Frenzy charge from your PoB?
And a suggestion to improve your build is getting a Large radius Thread of Hope above the Witch starting location.
My build is currently sitting at 15 mil ( 21 with VRF and VH) for Ice spear and 4 mil for Freezing Pulse. https://pastebin.com/iTqpT1WQ


The wand I am using passively gives me a random charge every 6 seconds, i just assume 1 of each for simplicity sake. I will look into the Thread of hope improvement in POB, thanks.

Edit: The thread of hope provides around 1mil more dps and a bit more chaos res and hp for a bit less mana regen. i might go for it.

https://pastebin.com/uDujK13p

new POB, currently with 22.5mil ice spear dps and 4.8mil dps for FP.


Congrats on the upgrade. Another suggestion I can give is to drop Hypothermia on FP and GMP on Ice spear, then you can get multiple totem which is a QOL and DPS increases in your build ( mine dropped a bit dps not sure why).
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The wand I am using passively gives me a random charge every 6 seconds, i just assume 1 of each for simplicity sake. I will look into the Thread of hope improvement in POB, thanks.

Edit: The thread of hope provides around 1mil more dps and a bit more chaos res and hp for a bit less mana regen. i might go for it.

https://pastebin.com/uDujK13p

new POB, currently with 22.5mil ice spear dps and 4.8mil dps for FP.


Congrats on the upgrade. Another suggestion I can give is to drop Hypothermia on FP and GMP on Ice spear, then you can get multiple totem which is a QOL and DPS increases in your build ( mine dropped a bit dps not sure why).


Just tested it on my POB, it drops my FP dmg by around 300k dps with 6 totems vs 4. It does however increases my ice spear dmg by around 2 mil dps given all 8 of my totems are present. I might give it a go depending how smooth it is.

Edit: mistaken on how multiple totem support works. In the end, the damage is around the same but the normal set up includes wave of conviction totem which constantly applies exposure whereas the multiple totem set up doesnt. The damage for FP totem however drops quite a lot.
Last edited by vctrkuan1 on Aug 8, 2021, 3:30:50 PM
Hi, my question is: where do we get the chaos resist from in this build? Sirius and other boss are very chaotic ... how do you deal with this?
Last edited by kiplazar01 on Aug 8, 2021, 7:33:23 PM
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kiplazar01 wrote:
Hi, my question is: where do we get the chaos resist from in this build? Sirius and other boss are very chaotic ... how do you deal with this?


try to fit it in your gloves and boots since those are the only defensive rares used. I use an atziri's promise too to boost my chaos res. with all that, my chaos res sits at around -5%/46% depending if atziri is enabled.
Last edited by vctrkuan1 on Aug 9, 2021, 2:29:32 AM
Hi,I am new to totem builds and this is going to be my very first totem build. I am moderately experienced player. So what I wanna ask is that which one is good for starter budget to get the invitations done Freezing Pulse or Forbidden Rite totems. Also is Torchoak Step a viable option here as it is in the forbidden rite totem build?
Something is wrong with the kikazaru and soul mantle setup. I have the sanctum of thought notable and the soul mantle is still cursing me
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JohnWick19 wrote:
Something is wrong with the kikazaru and soul mantle setup. I have the sanctum of thought notable and the soul mantle is still cursing me


No it's the normal behaviour. You are cursed, but the effectivness of curses is 0. So they don't affect you, but this way you are able to use the self flagelation jewel to boost your dps.
Hi, so im trying some things out and im confused. I have inner conviction which should change gained frenzy charges to power charges. I also have 6 open power charge options and 5 minimum from ascendacy. Now im trying to use the annointment disciple of the slaughter which should give me a chance to gain a frenzy charge on kill - which should appear as the extra power charge that i have space for. But it doesnt, nothing happens. Is this a bug or intended?

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