[2.1] The Aylardex Mind over matter Cold snapper. w/ videos

The best Ascendancy class for this build would be Templar Hierophant. You get an additional 10% MOM effect and gain free endurance charges from Conviction of power since this build is always gaining power charges.

Planned skill tree for 2.2

For defenses this build mainly stacks life and mana while using Mind over matter. MOM plus the Aylardex and 10 power charges nets around 40% of damage taken from mana before life. To mitigate the mana cost, get mana, mana regen, and use rallying cry along with its threshhold jewel, Spirited Response.With this I have around 200 mana regen with all power charges up and have 936 unreserved mana. This is more than enough to regen all the mana lost from getting hit. For multiple hard hitting attacks I use a mana pot to quickly recover mana. I also use cast on damage taken linked to immortal call and duration. this gives us around 1-2 sec uptime of immortal call and can be insta procced by using

With 10 power charges up the average damage of Cold Snap is 9.1k with a cast time of 0.20 secconds.The tool tip would be 45.5k dps but the actual damage would be higher because it doesn't calculate extra damage from frostbite, hypothermia, and cold pen.

Necessary Items


Recommended Uniques


Weapons

Armour

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Data Base skill tree

Use Clarity, Arctic Armour, and Herald Of Ice. Clarity is neccesary to have a high mana regen rate, Arctic Armour is to survive hard hitting phys damage, and herald of ice is for damage and making power charge generation so much faster in the beginning of maps.

Self Cast Frostbite. It doesn't take up much time to self cast it and the mana reserved needed to blasphemy it would be a waste. Swap out to Temporal chains for bosses that cannot be frozen, you lose some damage but in return you can easily kite bosses.

Normal - +40 life
Cruel - cast speed
Merc - +1 power charge

Cold snap


Spell Totem


Cast on Damage Taken


Movement

Basically you need a life flask with remove bleed, a life flask with remove freeze, a mana flask for when you lose all your mana from large hits, and Doedre's elixir. Doedre's elixir is good for keeping up power charges when moving around the map with no mobs to attack and to proc our immortal call before we get hit. The last flask can be whatever you want.

Optional Unique flasks

If you want to save as much currency as possible, the easiest way to level is as a regular spell caster while leveling cold snap on the side. I recommend first leveling using firestorm and flame totem until act 3 normal, then switching to glacial cascade. I recommend not dual wielding wands for leveling, instead using a shield and the best wand/scepter you have. For the skill tree, prioritize getting life, mana, and damage. you can allocate power charges, mind over matter, and resolute technique as you get closer to level 60. The build naturally paths through strength and Int nodes but you might be short on the dex needed to run herald of ice. Agility, the dex node in-between Templar and Witch, can be picked up if necessary.

Once you reach act 4 cruel. I recommend farming dried lake until reaching level 60. Make sure by level 60 you have all the power charges allocated along with resolute technique. At 60 you can then equip Romira's banquet and switch over to cold snap.

33 Points

77 points

Helpful leveling unqiues



It is also Possible to level up using cold snap

There are a few map mods that you need to look out for when running this build. This build can't do Elemental reflect or Blood Magic maps.The "No life or mana regen" map mod is doable, but you have to use a mana leech gem. I recommend keeping a leveled mana leech gem in your stash in case you happen to roll no regen maps. Also, Higher Tier maps can roll "Monsters are Immune to Elemental Status Ailments" which is doable but can be rippy if you aren't careful.

With 5L Cold Snap

With 6L Cold Snap


Just some videos of me doing rare maps.