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Having a lot of fun with trying this.

My only issue is the lack of defensive resists. I feel vulnerable to all the elements.

Hello.
Thanks for the fast reply, I just have one more question.

I see you have raise spectre on your boots, but for the people who doesn't have this gem, can we replace it with summon skeleotns? It's going to be basically the same, right?

Thanks!

Edit: Will an item with these skill gems work nicely with a cold caster shadow? (Minion life + minion damage + summon skeletons + raise zombies) ?

Hi! Thanks for the awesome build seems really fun. Keep up the good work! :)

My question is if you could take a look on the skill tree I made for a cold caster. It's currently at 119 Points and I just can't decide what I could cut out :P

hey build is going fine! but at lvl 36 i am haveing some mana regen or max mana probs... i cast 10 fp an i am out.. an the regen is really bad. i see that we take more mana nodes towords lvl 40-50. so am i ok here? just gota tough it out?

thankss

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dirtydevil87 wrote:

hey build is going fine! but at lvl 36 i am haveing some mana regen or max mana probs... i cast 10 fp an i am out.. an the regen is really bad. i see that we take more mana nodes towords lvl 40-50. so am i ok here? just gota tough it out?

thankss

Are you running Clarity?

With my Shadow, when I was running through the 30's I always had Clarity up, and I could spam FP as much as I wanted (Had like 40 mana/sec)

But without Clarity my regen was only like 20 mana/sec

yes i got the mana regen gem its lvl 6 an it cuts my mana in half so i got out of 500 i got 230 to use an it dose down faster then it regens.. i think i need some mana regen gear. but i dont wana lose my dps an cast speed :(
any items you guys know of that would work?

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Thegoodlol wrote:

Hello.
I see you have raise spectre on your boots, but for the people who doesn't have this gem, can we replace it with summon skeleotns? It's going to be basically the same, right?

Skeletons only last for a short duration, so it's annoying to keep summoning them. You can try it, but I'm not a fan unless they're on a spell totem. Spectres aren't particularly important to the build though.

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Proteozym wrote:

My question is if you could take a look on the skill tree I made for a cold caster. It's currently at 119 Points and I just can't decide what I could cut out :P

Well, you will eventually have 118 points (or 119 if you take the skillpoint from bandits every time) at lvl 99 :p

But what number of points are you trying to cut down to? Random note: You need another 30 DEX node unless you are absolutely sure you will have a perfect onyx amulet and high dex maligros (you will need 109 DEX)

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dirtydevil87 wrote:

hey build is going fine! but at lvl 36 i am haveing some mana regen or max mana probs... i cast 10 fp an i am out.. an the regen is really bad. i see that we take more mana nodes towords lvl 40-50. so am i ok here? just gota tough it out?

thankss

You cast 10 fp then run out even with mana potions going?

yes i cast 10 fp then mana is at 0. bec its half resverd from clairty an i use a pot an it helps but like i mean i gota kite alot... atm around lvl 35-42 .. kinda sux. i cant find any nice mana regen or max mana gear the prices ppl want are out the roof :(

This build is nice in terms of dmg however there are couple problems I've encountered:

- lacks resists (its hard to max them from gear only)

- even with sorc mana nodes and regen+mana gear there is still not enough mana for a constant spam (freezing pulse alone is fine but throw a spear every now and then and u need to wait for a mana...

- its more of a close range build and I think its more suited towards teamplay than soloing

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ShadowWalker07 wrote:

This build is nice in terms of dmg however there are couple problems I've encountered:

- lacks resists (its hard to max them from gear only)

My current gear at 69 is not great or anything yet i got 50%+ in all and one at 75% (fire, while i was leveling at merci docks[firedogs]) from gear only. Made few compromises where i had to grab Prismatic ring with high roll extra resistances instead of cold damage and spell speed ring, but worth it for survival, and can always swap fast between those if needed. Id be able to easy also squeeze in 75% for all, but that would mean sacrifices with dmg, all resist ES shield instead of dmg one.

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ShadowWalker07 wrote:

- even with sorc mana nodes and regen+mana gear there is still not enough mana for a constant spam (freezing pulse alone is fine but throw a spear every now and then and u need to wait for a mana...

This was true until around 50s or so for me. Those Templar nodes really helped and so did getting proper rings, amulet and shields with mana regen mods along with clarity getting to higher levels.

GMP was out of reach for me with Freezing Pulse until i got 5L chest around lvl 60 and could add mana leech in there, after that it's easily self sustaining and could add also chaos dmg (or lightning if trying out that shock stack with that one passive).

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ShadowWalker07 wrote:

- its more of a close range build and I think its more suited towards teamplay than soloing

With all the crit multiplier in this gear, Ice Spear does deadly damage long range too. Also Freezing Pulse has pretty far range alone itself if you got high enough QL on it, my 14 for example adds +42% speed and allows me to use it without faster speed support gem too.

Soloing works pretty well if you use ice spear and ice spear totem first to freezelock harder mobs and then can close in to finish with FP, easier mobs you can go with FP to begin with and just freeze and wipe em out fast.


And thanks for the thread, leveled my shadow in less than week up to maps with this as guide and it went mostly nicely. Few spots where mana was issue (especially around lvl 30-40) but dmg was even then very high with small waiting breaks for regen.