[3.0] Quad Glacial Cascade Totems - Fun and Cheap!
 I made this build during the legacy league just for fun and it turned out rather well. I thought I would share this for anyone who wants a relatively cheap and awesomely fun build. I've done Uber labs, normal Atziri and up to the guardians with this guy. Message me with any question. If I don't answer it's because I'm getting all intimate with The Fall of Oriath. _________________________________ Update - 09/01/2017 -Added Level 70 tree suggestion. Update - 08/06/2017 -3.0 Tree fixed, pantheon suggestions and uber lab enchant update. _________________________________ Gameplay Video's Necropolis (full run) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf159PzEW98 Normal Atziri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuA4sTswgYE Plaza (boss) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RkSa3h3Zwg _________________________________ Strengths and weaknesses: Strengths -3.0 Buffed glacial cascade hard. -Beginner friendly, new league starter, great currency farmer. -Clear speed is equivalent to other totem builds. -No unique required. -Utilizes the new MoM nodes. Weaknesses -The build has a hard time with some RiP mods. -Guardians/Shaper is hard if even doable. -Using MoM requires you to keep a mana flask for emergency's. _________________________________ Skill Tree: Remember as you level you should get the points you need but here is a level 70 suggestion. https://goo.gl/uxJqbY Two points saved thx to mrstrong つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Changed out Frost Walker with Storm Weaver thx Gabbed! つ ◕_◕ ༽つ 3.0 Final Tree. PoE main site https://goo.gl/eVcG59 3.0 Final Tree. Path of Building pastebin below. https://pastebin.com/MkXcRj7b _________________________________ Ascendancy: Class - Hierophant Points - Ritual of Awakening > Pursuit of Faith > Divine Guidance > Sanctuary of Thought Any order of obtaining these is fine but having Sanctuary of Thought is a quality of life node that is hard to live without. _________________________________ Pantheon: These can be changed on a whim so use what you need. Major - Soul of Lunaris ( Capture Lycius, Midnight's Howl, Master of the Blade, and Arachnoxia) Minor - Soul of Ryslatha ( Capture The Winged Death ) _________________________________ Requirements: -Dexterity on your gear. We don't take a lot of dex nodes and we need enough to max out GC and such. There is a 30 point node you can take one point off the tree to help you level until you get some on your gear. My favorite thing is to get a Amulet with + to all stats and + to dex. -Uber lab helm enchant (40% of Glacial Cascade physical damage converted to cold damage.) This is a really important enchant for the build. An easy way to get this is to get the enchant on any helm then use essence of greed and craft a high life/res rare. 3.0 Change - The gem itself now converts 60% of physical damage to cold and the new uber enchant does 40% effectively converting 100% physical to cold. _________________________________ Gem Setups: For Damage - Glacial Cascade > Spell Totem > Faster Casting > Cold Penetration > Concentrated Effect support > Culling strike support - Orb of Storms > Increased AoE > Increased Critical strikes > Increased Duration Orb of storms crits as soon as you drop it triggering "Elemental Overload" which gives you 40% elemental damage. I used this on bosses, chest, big groups or rares and things of that nature. For Defense - Immortal call > Cast when damage taken > Increased duration > ( Free Slot, I use golems) For Utility - Lightning warp > Faster casting > Less duration > Rapid Decay (you can sub out the 4th) - Frostbite > Increased AoE > Increased Duration - Hatred, Vaal skeletons ect.. _________________________________ Bandits: 3.0 Bandit Choice Lord Kraityn or 2 skill points which ever you prefer. _________________________________ Gearing and stats: Life > Resist Cap > Spell/cold/area/phy damage > Cast speed. Low cost setup
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Jewels -Inc. Life -Inc. Spell/Cold/Totem/area/phy damage -Inc. Cast speed Flask For flask it's important to keep at least one mana flask due to MoM zapping you or Low/No regen maps. _________________________________ Leveling Tips and uniques Inc. ♥ we all go tissues ♥ Last edited by weallgotissues#4890 on Sep 1, 2017, 10:00:48 AM Last bumped on Apr 30, 2018, 9:08:02 AM
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" This is from patch notes. So you'll have 90% conversion just from a Merciless Lab, and with an Uber Lab enchant you'll get to 100% conversion now. |
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" That's good news. Thanks, I'll have to update it! ♥ we all go tissues ♥
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awesome, I might try this build for the big update
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What does your DPS look like per totem? Interested in the build
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" 13.5k with 1 Totem, 9.5k with all 4 totems placed. Glacial cascade causes multiple Hits: Each circle in the Glacial Cascade overlaps partially with adjacent circles... It is not the highest DPS build out there but for what it is, with the gear I have, it does a great job. I'm sure some uniques and better gear could pump up the numbers alot. ♥ we all go tissues ♥
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" yea I know the dps calc gets a little weird with GC's multi hits, just didn't want the build to do next to no damage. I'm just trying to figure out a personally new build for the league. I've neglected Totems in the past and figured now was a fine time to give them a shot |
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Picked up Freezing Pulse for leveling. Wondering if i should go for Ancestral Bond fairly quickly, or if that's more of an endgame node.
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The 3.0 passive three doesnt show for me:(
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" You can level with 2 x Firestorm totems. Just put it in a +1 fire scepter or wand. |
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