[3.14] Ice Spear/Freezing Pulse Totems | Leveling with Penguin Video Series | Budget

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Intro
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Hey everyone!

This build is for those who followed my Leveling with Penguin series, and want to start early maps.

This build is both Freezing Pulse and Ice Spear. You can either:
1. Gem swap (Ice Spear for boss, Freezing Pulse for mapping)
2. Only use Freezing Pulse or Ice Spear

Obviously gem swapping is annoying, but it is the most optimized for damage and speed. While testing I tried both Freezing Pulse for all content, as well as Ice Spear for all content with no gem swaps. It is certainly doable if that is your preferred method. I will have some notes in the Gems section for those that are interested.

Also, keep in mind all my testing was done on a 5L.

If you have any questions feel free to leave it on my YouTube video, as I will be able to respond quicker!

Hope you enjoy!


Changelog
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3.15
League of Nerfs!

- Pretty much all support gems were nerfed across the board, so keep that in mind. I'm not gonna name them all, because none were game breaking though it is going to be a damage loss (welcome to 3.15).

- Once PoB updates, I will post a new one with changes to anything, for now it seems viable.

3.14
New build!



Videos
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Build Video:




POB
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PoB: https://pastebin.com/Bh7Zc03j



Gems
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Note: If you are not using Soul Mantle, you will need to add Spell Totem to your gem links.

I ordered the gem links based on importance :P

Ice Spear/Freezing Pulse 6L:
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Ice Spear 6L (For Single Target):
Ice Spear - Added Cold Damage - Hypothermia - Multiple Totems - Increased Critical Damage - Cold Penetration


Ice Spear 6L (For Mapping):
Ice Spear - Added Cold Damage - Pierce - Hypothermia - Multiple Totems - Increased Critical Damage

Freezing Pulse 6L:
Freezing Pulse - Added Cold Damage - Hypothermia - Multiple Totems - Increased Critical Damage - Cold Penetration


Arcane Cloak 4L:
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Arcane Cloak - Arcane Surge - Second Wind - Increased Duration


Arcanist Brand 4L:
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Arcanist Brand (Ice Spear) 4L:
Arcanist Brand - Snipers Mark - Frost Bomb - Blade Blast

or

Arcanist Brand (Freezing Pulse) 4L:
Arcanist Brand - Frostbite - Frost Bomb - Blade Blast


Cold Snap (Boss Chiller) 3L:
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Cold Snap - Bonechill - Hypothermia


Flame Dash 3L:
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Flame Dash - Arcane Surge - Second Wind


CWDT 2L:
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Tempest Shield lvl 1 - CWDT lvl 1


Clarity 1L:
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Clarity


Vaal Skill 1L: (can use Haste or Grace instead)
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Vaal Righteous Fire




Gear
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The Explanation tab will show what you want on every piece of gear.

Explanation
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Wand
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- Adds # to # Cold Damage to Spells
- Increased Spell Damage/Cold Damage
- Cast Speed
- Critical Strike Multiplier
- Critical Strike Chance
- Mana


Shield
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- Life
- Increased Spell Damage/Cold Damage
- Cast Speed
- Block
- Critical Strike Multiplier
- Critical Strike Chance
- Resistance
- Mana

Option 2 (Atziri's Reflection):
- Allows us to now rare rings
- More expensive early game


Body
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- +1 to max totems
- Give us lvl 20 Spell Totem


Boots
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- Movement Speed
- Life
- Resistance
- Mana
- Dexterity


Helm
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- Life
- Resistance
- Mana
- Dexterity

Helm Enchants:
- Any Ice Spear/Freezing Pulse Helm Enchant is fine on a budget

Option 2 (Viridi's Veil):
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Viridi's Veil, Preator Crown

- Allows us to not need 2 Kikazaru Rings to be unaffected by curses
- Can be hard to get on SSF and on league start



Gloves
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- Life
- Resistance
- Mana
- Dexterity


Amulet
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- Life
- Resistance
- Mana

or if you are resistance capped

- Life
- Critical Strike Multiplier
- Cast Speed
- Spell Damage
- Mana

Annoint: Deflection


Rings
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- Gives us 80% reduction to curses (Soul Mantle curses us)

Option 2 (if you are using Viridi's Veil or Atziri's Reflection)
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- Life
- Resistance
- Cast Speed
- Mana
- Mana Regen



Belt
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- Life
- Resistance
- Mana


Flasks
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- Make sure you have Freeze immune and bleed immune on your flasks
- Dying Sun is OP for Ice Spear, but expensive



Current Gear
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Jewels
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Rare Jewels
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- #% increased maximum Life
- Critical Strike Multiplier (Elemental Skills, Dual Wielding, Lightning Skills)
- Cast Speed
- Mana
- +#% to Elemental Resistance


Rare Abyss Jewels
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- +# to Life
- Critical Strike Multiplier
- Added Cold to spells
- Cast Speed
- Mana
- #% chance to gain Onslaught for 4 seconds on Kill


Unique Jewels:
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First Snow
- Use 1 - 2 if you are using Freezing Pulse, otherwise do not use

Self-Flagellation
- Gives us damage per curse on us (with Soul Mantle it is a good damage boost)

Rain of Splinters
- Great DPS for Ice Spear (not very good for Freezing Pulse)


Cluster Jewels:
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I currently don't use, but as you level and get more passive points it will be very worth it.

1 Large Cluster Jewel:
12% Increased Cold Damage
8 Passive Skills
Blanketed Snow
Prismatic Heart
Disorienting Display

1 Medium Cluster Jewel:
12% increased Totem Damage
4-5 Passive Skills
Ancestral Echo
Sleepless Sentries

1 Medium Cluster Jewel
10% increased Effect of Non-Damaging Ailments
4-5 Passive Skills
Cold Conduction
Astonishing Affliction

- Keep in mind getting good jewels will be very expensive, so when looking try to get the mod I listed towards the top





Passive Tree
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Ascendancy
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Hierophant

1. Pursuit of Faith
2. Ritual of Awakening
3. Divine Guidance
4. Conviction of Power



Bandits
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Kill All


Leveling
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Check out my Leveling series, where I level up this exact build!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLitEIwEBCB3w_gkzEsglOAnZJpXMb_x15


Pantheon
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Major: Soul of Lunaris

Minor: Soul of Garukhan

P.S. This is players choice and not mandatory. If you like something else, then go for it!


Pros/Cons
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+ Tanky
+ Safe Playstyle
+ Easy to Gear
+ SSF Friendly (can do without Soul Mantle)
+ HC Friendly
+ Insane Boss Clearing

- Not a top tier mapper
- Totems can be stupid when targeting




Last edited by ShamefulPenguin on Jul 29, 2021, 12:16:42 PM
Last bumped on Aug 12, 2021, 2:55:35 AM
:)
Excited how this will perform in New League.

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