[1.3] 7D's Glacial Cascade Build Guide [Crit; Perma freeze; Vaal Pact; Easy Atziri] 67k*4 DPS
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Welcome to my first ever Build Guide!
i am currently working on an update for this build, i deal more dmg after the patch and have curently 300hp less and 800es more You are probably asking yourself: "Whats so special about this Glacial Cascade build?" Well that's my Curse on Hit setup.->Herald of Ice+Curse on Hit+Assassin's Mark+Reduced Mana "Isn't Herald of Thunder better?" No, not with this build. This build Requires 2 Divinariuses and a Carcass Jack and Templer+Witch "Increased Radus of Area Skills" Skill Tree points With this your Herald of Ice gains +80% Area of Effect.
Huge Herald of Ice(curse on Hit Setup)
 Thanks to that, your Herald of Ice basically explodes and will always curse the entire pack. Which leads to: u will always have 7 Power Charges up
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So i'm currently at lvl 93 and here is my DPS(second version->skill tree has a little bit higher tooltip DPS)
Base gear DPS
Damage without anything
Damage with 7 Power Charges
Damage 7PC + Flasks
Damage Fully buffed
 Why 67*4 then? Simply: Glacial usually hits +-4x per wave.(4 casts per sec = 16 hits per sec) The damage is even higher if you count the Shocks (+50%dmg)
Damage with 21/20Glacial Cascade
Damage without anything
Damage with 7 Power Charges
Damage 7PC + Flasks
Damage Fully buffed
Damage with 21/20GC+ 2x Void Battery
Damage without anything
Damage with 9 Power Charges
Damage 7PC + Flasks
Damage Fully buffed
Defenses
I know, my Resistances are just slightly caped but i get Fire dmg reduction from Arctic Armor and more Cold res from Taste of Hate i rly love having high Movement Speed, so i don't have to rely on Movement Skills, which could cause Desyncs and my freezing everything, is a good defense mechanism to. also Vaal Pact is probably the biggest life saver.
V1
V2
V2 + Rare helmet
Gear & Link Setup
For this Build you need a 5Link carcass jack, a 6 link is not required! (you would gain 6k dps tho(Added Cold Damage)) 5link Setup-> Glacial Cascade, Life Leech, Concentrated Effect, Spell echo, Faster Casting faster casting gives more dmg then Added cold, and makes you less vulnerable since Spell echo locks you in place for a short time, faster casting helps out a lot. you also need 2 Divinariuses!(main reason: Increased Area of Effect) You want to get Dex on your gear so you can use Haste/vaal Haste. You also want as mutch Life as Posible on your gear. since Alpha's giving you no hp. On Rings, you wan't mana regen! so you can run a higher level Arctic Armor Alpha's is awesome in many aspects. Lower budged would be: a purtiy instead of Haste.(a rare helmet instead of Alpha's.)
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a Purity of X makes it easier to cap specific resistances also the helmet will provide more then just cold res but also life, other res and maybe even dex. For gloves i would recommend a armor or a hybirt armor base, so you can get your 4x red, cast when damage taken setup. You could use Maligaro's Virtuosity to. but i would recommend using it in combination with a rare helmet! As for Amulet, i would recommend as similar to mine, it will improve your dmg by a lot.
Flask Setup
I was thinking about switching out the Seething Divine Life Flask of Staunching with a Ruby or Jade Flask(with remove bleeding) since the recent patch changed Flask Suffix: "Remove Bleeding" to "Immunity to Bleeding during Flask Effect" so Seething is not as good of a Decision as a 4.2Sec Ruby/Jade. So i'll prob change that soon Taste of Hate is NOT required in this build, if u have one use it, its nice but if you don't have one, then don't bother about it.
Passive Skill Tree
Bandits: You can do Oak, Alira, Alira or Oak, Skillpoint, Alira its up to you, how u feel about it. I've chosen -Oak, Skillpoint, Alira
Leveling Trees
Level 20: LeveL 24: Reverberation Rod, would be a good weapon and cheap weapon for leveling Level 40: Level 50: rush to vaal packt. -> Glacial Cascade+Faster casting+Spell echo+Life leech If you use everberation Rod, just drop the spell echo in the setup above Level 66: get a 5Link Carcass jack and 2 Divinariuses (get 1 more Dex note in Skill tree if u dont have gear with dex) Level 80+:get mana regen in Skill Tree as your priority! to get more Defenses(Arctic Armor) Level 80+(V1) Level 80+(V2) If you Level higher, just chose what you need. u'll know what u'll need by them im sure. I would chose Life i gues
possible changes
Well that's for my Glacial Cascade Build Guide, feel free to discuss it with me ingame, in the Comments below or on my Stream. i'll add more videos and stuff later! Last edited by 7DJester#5689 on Sep 6, 2015, 2:54:34 PM
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Awesome guide man. I have seen this build in action and I have to say that some of the hardest content in the game became a joke. :)
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Hello, thanks for the guide, it looks awesome
Trying to up a Templar right now ^^ What about the bandits ? Oak,Kill,Alira ? Or you have a specific setup ? |
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ah right yeah its oak-Kill/alira(up to you)-Alira
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Any chance you could add 20-40-60-80-100-120 passive tree for leveling?
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Sure i'll add it right away
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Great job on the guide man , that build is lookin crazy ! but yea throw out some vids for the sake of the HOI and HOT argument !
Loving it ! |
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Nice build. This should be almost identical (or even slightly better) with a witch start, correct? Basically 58% spell damage for witch vs the 26% elemental damage, 12% cast speed, and 10 energy shield for shadow.
The reason I think witch might be slightly better is the spell damage will also affect the physical portion of GC, where as the shadow's ele damage will not. |
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it might be better, right. But i personally prefer the 12% cast speed notes.
why? simply because i want to cast as fast as possible, so i'm not locked on place (spell echo) for a too long time. so i can reposition myself. Last edited by 7DJester#5689 on Feb 4, 2015, 5:26:08 PM
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Nice build!
Got a question here. Is 64K*4 DPS means GC does 4 times of tooltip DPS? Last edited by Lurgee#5692 on Feb 5, 2015, 2:36:01 AM
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