Prozon's Spellcaster / Summoner Templar Build. (OUTDATED)

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JTDSR wrote:

Trying this build, currently at level 37. One thing I notice is, fireball seems to do a ton more single target damage than Ice Spear, or Freezing Pulse. Now granted, I know I can get more projectiles out of Spear/Pulse with LMP or GMP, but I can nail 2-3 mobs dead from across the map with fireball, something I cannot do with Spear/Pulse. Any ideas why fireball is not a viable option as part of this build?

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JTDSR wrote:

Not seeing how, it is taking me double the amount of FP's to kill something as with FB. Not trying to be difficult, but curious to hear more of the theorycrafting behind it, rather than, "it is OP".

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JTDSR wrote:

Not seeing how, it is taking me double the amount of FP's to kill something as with FB. Not trying to be difficult, but curious to hear more of the theorycrafting behind it, rather than, "it is OP".

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Prozon wrote:

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JTDSR wrote:

Not seeing how, it is taking me double the amount of FP's to kill something as with FB. Not trying to be difficult, but curious to hear more of the theorycrafting behind it, rather than, "it is OP".

Well, for me one of the reasons are this char is exclusivly a COLD caster, i dont care if lightning or fire is better. Ive tryed to made a theme around my character, A battlemage with cold spells. its not always about being the best or using the most effective stuff.

That said, i did try fireball for single target and imo it sucked. if you keep a nice range with Ice Spear it almost always critts so it does alot of dmg and freezes the target completly. Late game my minions take care of the single target dps though, they rip apart bosses in no time with their explosions and melee attacks.

And about fireball being better then freezing pulse, i don't really see that. Keep in mind that freezing pulse always pierces, fireball dosent. i can kill HUGE packs with freezing pulse+GMP, while im sure you could do that with fireball too fireball dosent freeze every single mob on the screen making it very safe for me.

My build is about safety first, not so much about killing stuff the fastest. once you get to around lvl 80, and dont do any stupid things its pretty much impossible to die with this build.

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Prozon wrote:

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JTDSR wrote:

Not seeing how, it is taking me double the amount of FP's to kill something as with FB. Not trying to be difficult, but curious to hear more of the theorycrafting behind it, rather than, "it is OP".

Well, for me one of the reasons are this char is exclusivly a COLD caster, i dont care if lightning or fire is better. Ive tryed to made a theme around my character, A battlemage with cold spells. its not always about being the best or using the most effective stuff.

That said, i did try fireball for single target and imo it sucked. if you keep a nice range with Ice Spear it almost always critts so it does alot of dmg and freezes the target completly. Late game my minions take care of the single target dps though, they rip apart bosses in no time with their explosions and melee attacks.

And about fireball being better then freezing pulse, i don't really see that. Keep in mind that freezing pulse always pierces, fireball dosent. i can kill HUGE packs with freezing pulse+GMP, while im sure you could do that with fireball too fireball dosent freeze every single mob on the screen making it very safe for me.

My build is about safety first, not so much about killing stuff the fastest. once you get to around lvl 80, and dont do any stupid things its pretty much impossible to die with this build.