The Frozen Dagger (ST/CoC - Self found, noob friendly) [Gameplay Videos]
My bad, didn't mean to put words in your mouth.
Thanks for making the switch to Conduit. That turns my Tabula Rasa into a true 6-link! :D You may have also turned me to giving Cold Snap another try after that perma-freeze map last night. |
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I'm new to the game, only been playing a couple months. I have tried a few different builds, experimenting with most classes and "noob friendly" builds.
This is by far, the easiest to play from the start. I had no gear, just the gems needed to get the build going. Only level 42 but, thus far, it's been face melting magic. Mobs just explode in to frozen rocks for me to walk across and bask in glory. Thanks for the great guild. I plan on taking this toon to end game maps. The Lab, making a great game good since 2016.
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" I understand, if i build in sc/domination i would build differently aswell with more damage than survivability. And my build has 5,2k hp atm with few uniaues with no hp and amulet with no hp i guess you could get even more life. And i still think using ek on coc builds is almost a must since it deals so much damage with no investments (i blame other spells being very weak and mobs being assholes having elemental resistances all the time). Last edited by NagiSoi#1418 on Jan 29, 2014, 8:00:48 PM
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" It makes me happy to hear that I could be of use to others :D " Most assuredly EK is the most 'efficient' spell to use with CoC. It requires almost no investment to cause massive amounts of dmg. But, what fun is it to do what everyone else is doing ;) Now I know I say that using a CoC build. But, I started this well before it became a fotm. On a side note ... other spells maybe be weak in dmg compared to EK. But they each bring their utility that EK cannot (without further investment). Edit: Did some minor editing and additions to a couple sections. Planning on overhauling the whole post soon. It's getting a little muddled. Check out my Frozen Dagger build in the Shadow forums!! Last edited by Juggla1570#0315 on Jan 29, 2014, 8:17:39 PM
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Yep. Parties really appreciate mass shock/perma-freeze.
Even from a pure damage standpoint, even though EK is more efficient, it's more fun to do something different. :) Edit: So this just happened... I know it's suicide on Elemental Reflect but eh. You gain the XP back fast. Last edited by feyith#0081 on Jan 31, 2014, 2:18:59 AM
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Hey,
Thanks for the great guide. I want to try pretty soon. Sorry if it has already been asked (I looked) but I noticed that in the passive tree we can swap the three Attack Speed nodes from the Ranger area with Aspect of the Panther and the two One Handed Attack Speed nodes. Is there a reason not to do so? Thanks! |
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" That is a great point. I originally chose the ranger start nodes because I wanted the 20% accuracy next to them. Well I dumped the accuracy after finding some great accuracy gloves. I have just forgotten to change over to aspect since then. I will update the tree and a note about the accuracy in the tree later. Thanks for the catch! Check out my Frozen Dagger build in the Shadow forums!!
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This is my first character and it's really fun so far, especially after I was able to trade for a COC gem. Two questions though, when should I switch some points over to things like Spell Power/Spell Damage/Deep Thoughts/Mana Geyser? Should I do it along the way or just follow the progression as it's written?
Also, I noticed that you take Discharge with Double Strike but without PCoC on anything with that setup. Is this on purpose? |
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" Honestly the progression of the tree will change depending on the gear available to you and where you are at in the tree. If you need mana/regen badly then make the sacrifice to grab Thoughts and/or Geyser. Otherwise go for more dmg or survivability. I make notes on almost all of the links for this vry reason ;) " I get free power charges from Voll's (look at the chest in the gear section). The voll's is not required to make this build work. But without it you will have to sacrifice gem slots for PCoC. Check out my Frozen Dagger build in the Shadow forums!!
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Sorry it's been a bit since I managed this thread. I have been working on a new character. Will be making a build thread for my ranger soon :)
Updated gear. Will update current stats later today. Check out my Frozen Dagger build in the Shadow forums!!
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