[3.23] Lk's Cold DoT Ele [League-start to over 40m DoT] (Wildwood Primalist Update)

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cadosinio wrote:

I am having huge mana issues when leveling, currently act 7. Even with ~15lvl clarity running I still run out of mana all the time (of course there's no way to fit determination in). Is there a solution other than spamming enduring mana flasks?

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Dumplation wrote:

Any thoughts on best crucible wand trees?

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Killtrox wrote:

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I will update the guide for alternative body armours soon.

GGG's breach nerfs have resulted in a sharp increase in Skin of the Lords price vs the prior leagues. Hence, we should consider other chests that provide +4 levels to Vortex and Creeping Frost.

The tier list is:
1. +1 socketed gems, +2 socketed duration gems
2. +1 socketed gems, +2 socketed AoE gems
3. +2 socketed duration gems, +2 socketed AoE gems

The reason why 1>2 is because swift affliction has the duration tag, and hence will gain 2 levels from +2 socketed duration.

The reason why 1 and 2 > 3 is because it allows further scaling from Empower 4.

The power level of Empower Lv3 is similar to that from Hypothermia Lv 21. Both provide ~30% more DoT damage. The gem set-up for 1 and 2 uses Empower instead of Hypothermia in 3. Hence if you have Empower lvl 4, the set-up of 1 and 2 will be more powerful than 3.

The advantage of using a chest aside from Skin of the Lords is that you can get life, resistances, and other buffs such as increased AoE and damage from Carcass Jack. These benefits, in a good chest can match or even be better than Skin of the Lords for a lower price.

We can use tainted crafting to turn bases with suitable corrupted implicits into 6L chests in a cheap manner.

Are you trying to create the absolute most thorough and impressive guide for cold DOT? Because this is how you create the absolute most thorough and impressive guide for cold DOT.

Absolute legend.

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SonsOfKorhal wrote:

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cadosinio wrote:

I am having huge mana issues when leveling, currently act 7. Even with ~15lvl clarity running I still run out of mana all the time (of course there's no way to fit determination in). Is there a solution other than spamming enduring mana flasks?

hard to tell without seeing your character. could be that you are linking too many support gems to vortex/creeping frost too early.

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proyousart wrote:

hey! thanks so much for creating this. this is my first character back in years and im having a blast.

i had some quick questions - general and build specific

1) if anyone has the time and could look through my character to give advice on my next upgrades that'd be great. i have about ~20 div to spend

2) is pain attunement THAT good? from what i read it's just 30% more spell damage right? if i ran an abyss jewel and belt with + damage and + damage after kill like i am right now, is it better? considering we free up a jewel slot and a passive skill point and better stats on a rare belt?

3) i have a +2 amulet with cold damage leech, is it potentially possible to pivot my build to EoM instead of DD? i find the leech to be more consistent and i dont have to spend passive points. how would i potentially pivot this build to a non-DD EoM build (wtih cold leech on my amulet)


EDIT: also just took your advice and 6linked + chromed a +1/+2 duration chest base , i never crafted anything corrupted before so it was scary but it actually wasnt that bad! THANK YOU!

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cadosinio wrote:

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SonsOfKorhal wrote:

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cadosinio wrote:

I am having huge mana issues when leveling, currently act 7. Even with ~15lvl clarity running I still run out of mana all the time (of course there's no way to fit determination in). Is there a solution other than spamming enduring mana flasks?

hard to tell without seeing your character. could be that you are linking too many support gems to vortex/creeping frost too early.

This is my character: https://pobb.in/Uh0xYimCZZlH

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Killtrox wrote:

Is there a way to run ele reflect maps? I notice the claim that this build can run all map mods, but I am unable to run these.

Thanks!

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The easiest solution will be to spend your next 3 SP adding Eldritch Battery. Let us know how it goes.