Hypothermia nerf

What is the purpose of the Hypothermia skill gem now after the changes?

Context: https://www.twitch.tv/octavian0/clip/DaintyPlayfulBunnyPJSalt-mTvYX774OneDrz-P

nothing same with efficacy..

they literally removed the whole Cold DOT archetype... At this point why Cold DOT even exist?


This is the biggest joke

Imagine wasteind a gem slot, to get a weaker skillpoint passiv with a mana multiplier :D ... this is an april fool joke GGG!

I was expecting to see Cold DoT builds suffer a similar effect due to the nerfs (20%-40%) damage nerf due to support gems and damage "balance" - although it's more like 50% across the board tbh. But, holy shizzle. Vortex was already low damage and these changes, the nuke to Hypothermia and Bonechill, will simply gut all the Cold DoT builds; not just the top end ones, as they advertised...

I was considering shak's vortex build but this looks bad. zdps and clunky. rip 400+ forum pages build.

yeah its sad. Vortex / Cold DOT was one of the best balanced build in the game. Not OP. Not oneshotting anybosses. No 20000 Movement speed zoombing. Just an good allround build for casuals...

i want have an official answer from GGG why they though nerfing Cold Dot is a good idea.. the build wasnt even FOTM... Its like saying Lets nerf Enci's Arc witch, cause we want new player to struggle!!!

I don't think it was very widely used anyway, but they also destroyed Witchfire Brew. No more DoT bonus on it. Now it just casts Despair for you instead of casting the curse yourself. Baffling.

so guess. You play vortex/vaal coldsnap on max aoe with phaserun/icebite frenzy charge generation and just zoom though white maps. But engame content on a vortex build... I call not possible anymore.

I just run a T16 map with my 98 occultis in standard league. I put Hypothermia and Awake swift affliction out (4 link vortex) to compensate and simulate the raw dmg los.... White and Blue mobs are fine. But Even random Essence mobs take ages...


AND i am not even talking about the HUGE Mana cost increase... you need to heavy invest into mana reg and mana to be able to cast vortex while moving (1 sec cooldown interval)

New vortex build with trigger wand also cost mana and cwdt also cost mana is arround 130 mana/s if u want to cast cold snap too its easy 250 mana/s.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TUE74Y21KE
i made a quick run on beach boss old vortex and new vortex (arround 60% more dmg lost (4link))

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WaifuJanna wrote:

nothing same with efficacy..

they literally removed the whole Cold DOT archetype... At this point why Cold DOT even exist?


This is the biggest joke i ever seen in video game balance.

Imagine wasteind a gem slot, to get a weaker skillpoint passiv with a mana multiplier :D ... this is an april fool joke GGG!

Still not looking good for Cold DoT but Efficacy did in fact only lose the 20% more spell damage and kept 24% inc DoT

Efficacy:
Now has a 140% Cost and Reservation Multiplier (previously 130%).
No longer has “Supported Skills deal 10-20% more Spell Damage”.
Supported Skills now have 15-24% increased Duration (previously 10-16%).

the obliterated a mid tier skill set that doesnt affect the meta at all and they gutted every related gem to it for no reason

so sad to see such failure

Well, Chris just wrote a reddit post addressing the nerfs, and it looks like they're putting the Cold Dot back into Hypothermia:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/op73wg/some_thoughts_from_chris/