[2.1] Mind over Matter Freezing Pulser - safe, good damage and affordable

hey man as i said here's my update on the build so far,

i recently started going into maps it seems ok so far i think my damage is lacking and my single target on some mob affixes is really low i try to switch to cold pen for single target other than that it seems to be going ok .

this is my gear it's far from perfect but since i am on tali my currency is really limited if you have any ideas on what to improve or if something catches your eye as off please let me know.

Hmm, hard for me to say - I'll assume you have more or less the same tree, and from gear you only need a 5-link Pledge and Winds of Change to increase your damage, both of which you have, and all the right gems. Of course, with spells like Freezing Pulse that gain base damage per level level 20 will make a marked difference.

Otherwise - how close to mobs do you get? If you shoot from afar, that could partly explain the loss of damage against mobs. What's your tooltip DPS?

It's getting good now that i am getting used to FP again , i used to play back in beta which was different heh, my tdps is around 21k right now.

Good Jewels are really hard to find in tali they are all expensive as hell right now.

Other than that it seems better now that i am getting the hang of it.

Good to hear that! 21k DPS is still pretty low for this build though. Level 20 FP should probably come before any gear changes if you're not desperate for life and resists. Pity that jewels are so expensive in Tali (I don't have a character there) with the build having so many slots for them, I think I bought all of mine in Standard for 5-7 Chaos a piece.

Ok so small update , i am sitting at around 33k dps now after i managed to grab some ok jewels.

Glad you got your jewels, some of these look rather nice! I wouldn't have expected damage to increase by 50% just through jewels but they ARE rather important. Hope you find clearing maps more enjoyable now!

Btw i had an idea last night i wanted to run through you , how about linking herald of ice with hypothermia as well? It doesn't hurt our mana much and it seems to up the damage quite a bit especially on those annoying resist cold targets.

How does something like that sound to you?

I'm normally not in favor of supports which increase reservation costs, but that seems like a good variant. I've tried it on a few map runs and mobs DO die noticeably faster, at the expense of about 80 reserved mana. I like that for packs of mobs (and often switch off Herald against tough bosses anyway). I'm also going to try Culling Strike and Ice Bite instead of Hypothermia to see which of them gives better clear speed. Thanks for the idea!

In other news, for some reason I decided that instead of saving to buy a 6-linked Pledge I would buy a 6-linked Judgement Staff and try to Chance it into a Pledge. Some advice: Don't. Many hundreds of Chances later I've learned quite a bit about how bad the mod combinations on a staff can get...

After some testing Hypothermia does seem the best option to link with Herald, unless of course you're doing dangerous maps and want as much unreserved mana as possible. Ice Bite - despite high hopes - hardly ever gives me a frenzy charge at all...

Added Hypothermia to the original post.

Do you have any videos of how the build plays? Very interested in giving it a go.