How to use the Arctic Armour Level 20

My role is dual totem ice, there are currently using chaos inoculation.

Reply mana 147.2

Currently only have access to Level 11

Please help me answer

TYVM

eldritch battery

Don't move. You can use lightning warp or other movement skills to avoid the higher mana drain, but I'm not sure how inconveniencing that might be for you.

arctic armor is not really intended to be perma on ...

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1337fun wrote:

arctic armor is not really intended to be perma on ...

neither is Righteous Fire :)

GGG didn't really think about all the ways these skills can be exploited.
they couldn't.

but balancing the game assuming you use these? wrong answer.
I'm talking about the ridiculous Voidbearer maps boss, of course.
as only one example of difficulty by ways of 1-shot and gear-check.
and believe me there are many.

by contrast, I don't remember seeing any way the environment can be used to harm a player-character or limit their actions, outside of the Vaal Oversoul boss fight.
and actual enemy AI is also very, very rare.

@JohnKeys

Just use level 20 AA and you can facetank voidbearer boss for days.

The advantage is that if you have enough mana regen to keep arctic armour up while moving it will likely mean that you also have enough to spam skills when you're standing still.

But level 20, yeah, doubt that's doable permanently active... leave higher levels for temporary buffs, like when standing still and leaching mana.

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DestroTheGod wrote:

@JohnKeys

Just use level 20 AA and you can facetank voidbearer boss for days.

And that is exactly the reason why it is hard to have a high lvl AA on the whole time. Though IMHO AA is designed very well - you can make a build which has it on the whole time, but you will have to make sacrifices in other areas to achieve it. Either with EB and tons of mana regen nodes or with the idea to never move, using LW or similar to 'move' around.
I've seen both ideas realised in some youtube videos and both can work.

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DestroTheGod wrote:

@JohnKeys

Just use level 20 AA and you can facetank voidbearer boss for days.

my point exactly.

what if you don't have good level Arctic Armour?

what if you don't have "my precious"

what if you didn't Aegis Aurora + Rainbowstride +

??

yeah then you are basically screwed, my friend.
(I'm aware I probably forgot a couple more gear-based ways, to counter that overgrown living flame-thrower).

is it fair to base difficulty on gear?
that is a question, I really want to ask the balance and mob design guys at GGG.

and yes, skill gems are gear too.
level 1 AA will do very little, and not everybody actually uses mana, or has enough of it.

wait for 1.0 and get lightning warp + reduced skill duration. Enjoy not having to walk anymore.