[0.10.3b] What's cooler than being cool? Ice Cold Templar

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Fougner wrote:

Since i just died on my level 54 ranger im sick of the uber low dps approach to the game. Im really intressted in this build however im very unsure wheter to go this build or if i should pick the Witch way of doing the same:

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/67258/

My question is if you could list the main differences to them as im new to the game but an experienced gamer over all. Im really curious to understand more and i would love if someone could reply.

Also sorry about the english, it isn't my native language

Dennis

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konrad252 wrote:

I made something like that. Please tell me if its any good, if not, what to change. Its my changed version of the original build(FP and IS totem), just instead of ES im going for life and all the energy shield i get on my way there i transform to mana. The questions are:are those life nodes and only 1%HP/s regen enough for my survi and will i be able to stand the chaos dmg later on?

Your build

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUABVuLjOFz7SBG113G3fNgbZ2AtoZ9UzmKEGkwl4KbKU_sODrYTdiMdoM4FE2iAOQijmT3prb6TUG8eVprGmwZhSSqNunjap2upwiPRoFJsjhmT9DQz2VVxtrd2CQ2xR8CnqGvm5UEVkosnK6zBUJBloIQ37AEB0yzLR-4kwx9EH_Gnm0ZwfPxdoIe2wuIQvIdoqMPxNzHO3xaprjKf8YRlv3PHNxJOvAfBLMCcSepWm0kPKdcSVHjn9QZvJ8OSOOE8NlJO3J-wFFw1fPqcFJd8kLD34QC_ow2Fm8=

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konrad252 wrote:

Do you think it could work on HC?

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FriarJon wrote:

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konrad252 wrote:

Do you think it could work on HC?

I haven't tried this on HC.

Honestly, I think life is safer than CI though CI has the potential to be better with really good gear (because you don't get increased life mods on gear but you do for ES). Going hybrid armour/ES gear you'll be a little squishy until you get good gear as well though. The real danger of this build is elemental reflect as it has lots of crit and crit damage. You have Purity to help. You might want to get "elemental adaptation" for the max resits and keep a sapphire flask handy if you can.

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FriarJon wrote:

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Fougner wrote:

Since i just died on my level 54 ranger im sick of the uber low dps approach to the game. Im really intressted in this build however im very unsure wheter to go this build or if i should pick the Witch way of doing the same:

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/67258/

My question is if you could list the main differences to them as im new to the game but an experienced gamer over all. Im really curious to understand more and i would love if someone could reply.

Also sorry about the english, it isn't my native language

Dennis

If you plan on going Chaos Inoculation (CI) then templar and witch are pretty close. Both have good mana passives early on. Templar definitely has a survivability advantage in the early game. You can take some life nodes and spec out of them later. You'll get more str and can wear hybrid armour/energy shield (ES) gear.

As for quest gems, you'll need to rush a witch or shadow to get Freezing Pulse and Ice Spear though as templar doesn't get them. I'd reccomend shadow as you can get Lesser Multi Projectiles from the act 2 spike quest if you don't have the currency to trade for one. You'll need to do the same for Faster Projectiles. The witch rewards are better suited to the basic gems this build requires (except for the dex gems), but templar does get Reduced Mana Cost.

I chose templar because my build relies on life instead of CI and gets ES only to convert to mana with Eldritch Battery. Templar gets more auras for quest rewards and Reduced Mana is essential for running auras. If you want a life or hyrbrid life/ES build you'll have a much better time as templar.

Just a note, the witch build in that thread you linked spends 75% of its time chasing ES nodes which is not a whole lot different than melee chasing life nodes. It has no crit at all, but this may be intentional to avoid death from elemental reflect.