[0.11.0] Aimlessgun's Cold Caster Guide [Now with RF/PA section] Videos! [
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what do you think about cold to fire?
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Note: Due to midterms I won't be around as much to answer questions for the next few days.
" Hah that's awesome. " I'm lvling up a lightning dmg gem right now. It's weird though because I don't really know how to calculate the effects, except if I 'feel' like it's better or worse :/ " Only haste will improve your DPS (slightly), and it's super expensive to run. That's one reason I don't think EB/Inner Force is needed for cold caster. |
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" The first thing I'd drop is the big crit damage Throatseeker circle between witch and shadow. There should be empty HP nodes ready and waiting for those points (near shadow area, another between witch and shadow, for example). " I don't really see the huge benefit of it, because freezing pulse is a fast casting, medium damage spell, and burns don't stack. Since they don't stack, burn damage is better with slower, high damage spells. Also things tend to die so fast that there really isn't time for burn damage to do anything :p But in a large party that's not always the case, and I havn't tested Cold to Fire, so I might be underestimating it, seeing it as mediocre 'on paper'. " Great to hear about your success :) Nice to hear that dual daggers works too. Last edited by aimlessgun#1443 on Feb 8, 2013, 3:07:24 PM
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Last edited by blacee#6352 on Mar 13, 2017, 9:00:57 AM
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" aimlessgun already answered this but I'll be more specific. The reason Anger and Wrath will NOT work with FP is that FP is a spell. Anger and Wrath only work with physical-based attacks. If you notice the wording on those auras, they say "add cold/fire damage to your attacks", not spells. I'm leveling up a FP shadow as well, currently 53 farming Docks in Cruel. It's a good fun build and one of the better ones if you haven't built up large amounts of good gear yet (read: relatively low gear requirements). A couple of levels ago I was running with Eldritch Battery and it was great - had crazy amounts of mana regen. Then I got 1 shot from an explosive arrow in Cruel act2 (it didn't help I had negative fire resist at the time). So respec'd that out for the time being as the extra defense from energy shield gives me better piece of mind for now. Thanks for the guide aimlessgun! |
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How much does increased projectile speed affects freezing pulse?
I've got a Karui Ward, Jade Amulet (+30% projectile speed). :D | |
" I think it makes FP travel further? Correct me if i'm wrong. By how much further i'm not too sure either. Maybe 30%? lol. |
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Hey man, thanks a lot for this build. I'm up to level 68 now and it's awesome. Couple of questions though:
1. How do you manage without taking the second set of might and agility nodes? Do you have +str/dex gear? I was forced to take them since I just couldn't cover the requirements on the Faster Projectiles, LMP and Reduced mana I use for my auras. 2. What do you recon about Item Rarity/Item Quantity as a 5th+ link for FP? I don't seem to especially need the DPS boost past the first three. Last edited by Zanadar#2112 on Feb 9, 2013, 7:32:57 PM
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can golden kris have better properties than copper kris?
i wonder if i should farm copper kris in normal or golden in cruel :/ |
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Hi. First of all I wanted to thank you for this build, I'm still low leve but I'm finding it a lot of fun. I only had a question, would it be a better idea to go Doom Cast (60% crit chance on spell between CI and EB) since I'm so near on my way to the witch area ?
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