[3.8] LiftingNerdBro's Tri/Quad Frostbolt Totems Hierophant - Strong League Starter!

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Demon_Ok wrote:

No, totems not "you"
1. Reflect kill totems, not "you"
2. enchant #% increased Critical Strike Chance if you haven't Crit Recently - work always

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LittlebirdMD wrote:

I was wondering if Doryani's Catalyst Sceptre would be viable for the build with a shield as I've been using the Brightbeak Hammer and shield charge for the mobility. Is this a good "end game" option or is the dual Shimmeron the best at end game for the build? Also, any suggestions about how I can make meaningful upgrades to my gear/items is appreciated as I have some currency but haven't been sure what to invest it in to power up my build to tackle higher level maps and end game content with this build (particularly being able to do bosses effectively). Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

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LittlebirdMD wrote:

I have about 4 Ex or so farmed up, what would be the best investment of these given my current items to grow in power? I'm not so good at knowing what will give me bigger power spike for my money. Also, how much would I have to tweak my current talent tree to adjust and run the dual shimmeron?

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FreedomOI wrote:

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I can only tell you that with staff setup I struggled to reach half the dps off shimmerons on pob. If I would go staff a+3 staff with a lvl 4 Empower is far better then tyrians.

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As for your current gear/tree:
-missing the 6th power charge and the 4% node
-a ilvl 85 shaped armor will net you the same dps as soul mantle without the drawback probably more since keeping 4 totems alive in a guardian fight is almost impossible. you can also get 200-270 flatlife resulting 550-700 more ehp out of it, combined with better liferoles on the rest of the gear it will push you out of the 1hit zone(I got 6.4k)
-you will get hit in a guardian fight, the curses further reduce your ehp, even with 80% reduce effect it might be the reason you got 1 shot
- Most important: You arent using a diamond flask! combined with the boot crit enchant that will probably double your dps!
The pandaemonius amy has several advantages on top of the insane dps boost:
-Blind, even without much eva on gear you will evade 45% of the attacks
-Every boss is chilled for 30% no matter how much life he has. If you combine that with a hinder when hit by spells abyss jewel it gets up to 60%. It isnt permafrezze but the next best.
- lots of small stuff which will net probably another 40-50% dps(helm enchant,curse on hit, pen on belt, tree isnt realy optimised...)

I can do guardians if I only hit 1-2 "bad mods" within 10-15 secs, BUT if I alch/vaal and hit 3-5 of the mods the fights get ugly. I will have to focus, recharge flasks and any mistake might kill me, I usually only do that maps shortly after lvl up.