I wish GGG would consider adding a way for Ritual drops to get ilevel 86 again.

Title is self explanatory but it's worth emphasizing:

-New Eldritch mods only affect slots in which Implicit bearing gear exists.

-Boots; Conflicts with Dreamquest, Two-Toned, Vigilante, Brimstone, Stormrider.

-Gloves: Conflicts with Finglerless Silk/Spiked/Gripped and Sinestral/Debilitation/Nexus/Apothecary.

-Helms: Bone Helmet, Penitent Mask, Archdemon Crown, Blizzard Crown.

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Every time you Eldritch one of these items, you outright ruin it.

However, the whole purpose of these items is to have choice, and for them to be marginally better in certain circumstances than other items or vaal mods.

However, there's one that REALLY sticks out, and that's the Blizzard Crown.

Blizzard Crown happens to be the only item in the entire arsenal of Affix ridden Armours, without being Ilevel 85 +.

Tailwind/Elusive are ilevel 75 Mods before Maven.
Most Glove mods are okay at ilevel 83.


But then there's Blizzard Crown/Redeemer..... which would have the option to get -12% Cold resist to nearby enemies.... except it's ilevel 85.

Now.... The highest level you can even get on these items is 83, which now shuts out crafting that, and then trying to Maven.

So, the item has a built in downside that is deceptively strong, and the only real item that purely is able to be crafted to mitigate it..... is itself. Now that's denied.

Could GGG please add a node somewhere on the Atlas Tree which allows for Ritual drops to gain levels?

It's kind of unfair to have such strong Eldritch mods just laughing in the face of all other implicits, just because Ritual levels were sacc'd.

Agreed. As long as there are mods hidden behind ilvl85 and ilvl86 there has to be a way, no matter how difficult, to acquire those items. It´s a very heavy design oversight and flaw not being able to get them.

Agreed, it seems more like an oversight than a desire to limit the ritual items. Would be nice to see a fix on the atlas passive tree.

Someone actually uses Blizzard Crown for cold damage?

I thought it's only used by Elementalists stacking flat damage for their Ignite.

they dont care

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ExiledSarin wrote:

Someone actually uses Blizzard Crown for cold damage?

I thought it's only used by Elementalists stacking flat damage for their Ignite.

I’m exploring using it with whispering ice to reduce nearby resist, mana efficiency, int%, added cold damage, flat int, since ice storm now has a 100% added damage multi, and almost every other cold skill I use has over 250% added damage multi. Blizzard base+hunter added damage = about 540 int worth of base added damage to ice storm, if you disregard the Blizzard crown downside. With flat int and the int%, it could raise the base damage another 60-65 added cold damage.