[Videos] 1.0.6 Life- & Critbased Freeze Pulser [175K+ DPS // 5K+ HP]

My other guides:



Want to start this guide by showing a video of the build engame
http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=c4-feed-u&v=c1w-MX6Cl4I

Hello!

I'm here to present by request my very new build to you guys. This build is focused on taryn's shiver. You will probably want to use Kaom's Heart with this, though its possible to get ~4K HP which is more than enough in the non hardcore leagues, I would not recommend this build in a hardcore league.

End game plan (~lvl90+)


Leveling guide
This build requires not that you have to pick the nodes I specc in this specific order, if you feel you need to get things in a different order, do it



Current level 88 build


Bandit Rewards

Normal - Help Oak for 40+ to maximum life, which will result in much higher with our %life nodes in tree.

Cruel- Kill Alira for 4% increasedcast speed

Merciless - Help Alira for maximum power charge

Skills


Gear


My gear


Explanation why I chose just this gear



Pictures of my stats


Videos


Calculating total dps


Conclussion


Feel free to ask me here, in pm or in game @freezepuIser

Added merciless dominus fight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4HOg7OuY9s

Thanks for the guide, great timing for me as I am now leveling a Templar with intent to do FP. I was intending to use Berek's Ring (Life leech if frozen, mana leech if shocked) as a way to avoid using leech gems. I'm also doing a very low end build so I don't expect to solo maps in the slightest. I have chosen Static Blows, and was thinking of trying to get the shock via a lightning spell and added Light damage gem attached to a totem. Any thoughts on that approach? I won't have the points to invest in +Totem skills or in +Light skills, so not sure if it'll work

I have a very tight budget so I can't really follow your gearing guide, although the skill tree you have is in the same overall direction of what I've been doing so far

Another Q: when leveling, I found early on that FP could not compare to melee skills as I was using some unique swords, daggers and axes I had found. So I found leveling with Spectral Throw and Double Strike was MUCH more powerful then FP. Did you level all the way using FP? I had a L36 wand that had +92% spell damage, and FP still stunk compared to using very cheap Shiversting and later Mightflay uniques.

Cheers

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crushkyle wrote:

Thanks for the guide, great timing for me as I am now leveling a Templar with intent to do FP. I was intending to use Berek's Ring (Life leech if frozen, mana leech if shocked) as a way to avoid using leech gems. I'm also doing a very low end build so I don't expect to solo maps in the slightest. I have chosen Static Blows, and was thinking of trying to get the shock via a lightning spell and added Light damage gem attached to a totem. Any thoughts on that approach? I won't have the points to invest in +Totem skills or in +Light skills, so not sure if it'll work

I have a very tight budget so I can't really follow your gearing guide, although the skill tree you have is in the same overall direction of what I've been doing so far

Another Q: when leveling, I found early on that FP could not compare to melee skills as I was using some unique swords, daggers and axes I had found. So I found leveling with Spectral Throw and Double Strike was MUCH more powerful then FP. Did you level all the way using FP? I had a L36 wand that had +92% spell damage, and FP still stunk compared to using very cheap Shiversting and later Mightflay uniques.

Cheers

The totem idea could work but late game it might not be very sucessfull due to many people having high damnage which means you wont have time to cast your totem. Even in single play it might be faster to just link it to freezeing pulse itself. I'd say added lightning is one of the most valueable links to freezepulse as it adds alot of damage and gives it a high chance of shocking(30% minimum).

When I leveled I used cleave til I got to level 20. By then I got a flameblast + faster casting and did rush through normal in a very short ammount of time, could even use it at the start of cruel without any points invested to burn / fire damage. At level ~40 I did pick 2 sceptres up I found on the ground with eitehr spelldamage, spell crit / cast speed and did start using freezepulse with added lightning and gmp. Worked great and eventually I did add a lifeleech gem and used Voll's protector(can easily get one for free, or atleast 1 fusing) so I gained power charges on crit, which gave me higher crit chance and more damage and made leveling very easy and fast.

If you have any more questions feel free to ask! :)

uh man, you again
you should also tell that your items and skill gems cost a total of 250 exalted.
with less currency, you will only be able to reach 4600 HP (legacy kaom's) or not even 4K (no Kaom's Heart) in the lategame with no armor and no evasion, and no 6-l taryns shiver, so way less dps and no survivability.

Please add:
"Only for ultra-rich, And, Even then, Not HC viable"
somewhere in the introduction. (oh, you got that one part right, sorry. but you should add the other thing, too, so newer players don't waste a character on this build wondering why it doesn't work)

here is a link to my previous criticism:
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/737815

Don't get me wrong. I think your build is great fun and flashy, and, with the right items, somewhat lategame viable. But your approach does have its downsides, and you should mention that.
You could also compare different skill gem setups, like added chaos, faster projectiles, GMP / LMP, which aura, which defensive stats (f. ex. Grace + Iron Reflexes VS. Arctic Armour) etc

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Kiedel wrote:

uh man, you again
you should also tell that your items and skill gems cost a total of 250 exalted.
with less currency, you will only be able to reach 4600 HP (legacy kaom's) or not even 4K (no Kaom's Heart) in the lategame with no armor and no evasion, and no 6-l taryns shiver, so way less dps and no survivability.

Please add:
"Only for ultra-rich, And, Even then, Not HC viable"
somewhere in the introduction. (oh, you got that one part right, sorry. but you should add the other thing, too, so newer players don't waste a character on this build wondering why it doesn't work)

here is a link to my previous criticism:
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/737815

Don't get me wrong. I think your build is great fun and flashy, and, with the right items, somewhat lategame viable. But your approach does have its downsides, and you should mention that.
You could also compare different skill gem setups, like added chaos, faster projectiles, GMP / LMP, which aura, which defensive stats (f. ex. Grace + Iron Reflexes VS. Arctic Armour) etc

From that previous build I had not yet fixed the tree and got now 80% more hp in tree( I havent taken it myself due to the kaom's heart but GET IT) so getting to ~4000HP should not be an issue. Also said it's an expencive build and is not recommended for new players.

To answer some of the criticism from your other thread:

Mana pots will help you with the mana loss, I know got 130mana/s and 103 mana cost with ~3 casts per second, using mana pots will easily counter this(2 is enough) and therefor isnt mana leech required in my opinion.

Cold penetration is not needed as I am using frostbite and due to high crit I almost 1shot 75% resistance mobs without cursing them. And I am not using haste myself ofcourse, only benefits from the aura when I am in a party with someone running it, as you said yourself there is many other & better choices than it!

I can get 3500hp without the 60% more life from the tree, so hitting 4k cant be hard, and I dont even have hp on gloves, any of the rings and low on my belt. The armour isnt a problem really as I got high reg + lifeleech so can get from 100hp to 5k+ in just a few seconds and I only get on low hp from either a very hugh pack or i.e vaal smash. I am permafreezing mobs with coldsnap(like what 100% chance to freeze now?) so its not often I dimp down and when I do its when I myself play very dumb and not thinking of what I am doing.

And ofcourse, as said THIS IS NOT A HARDCORE BUILD


I also agree with you I could state when I try different gem combination, though the 5 most important links are FP - Added Light - GMP - Life Leech - PCOC. After those 5 I tried both faster casting, cold penetration and faster projectiles and it did seem to be that faster casting was superior.

I find it to be a way too long path to IR and did therefor not run grace as evasionbuilds arent very effective unless you go pure evasion build(just my opinion). About AA its a great idea, I run a level 11, which isnt worth it. Someone could ofcourse do some version of this and get miore mana reg and be able to run a level 15+.

Maybe im missing something, im still a bit of a noob, but watching the video, i notice you have no mana (blood magic right?) but yet I dont see that selected in your build.

/confused

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Zewks wrote:

Maybe im missing something, im still a bit of a noob, but watching the video, i notice you have no mana (blood magic right?) but yet I dont see that selected in your build.

/confused

Blood Magic mod on the map.

Questions for you.

Don't you have mana problem?

Based on your gear and gem setup I think you cast FP at 0.25 cast speed yet mana per cast is so high.

How do you freeze bosses?

Without using cold snap, going toe to toe with high physical damage bosses considering no other mob around.

I still have a problem with evangelists which cast physical spell at long range. You might get stun locked at the point. How do you solve this?

Another build I definitely won't use.