[3.5] Winter Orb CwC Ice Spear | MoM | Elementalist | Leaguestarter

fyi this build works really nice with armageddon brand. I have it in an pseudo 6 link elder helmet and aim to get a kaoms heart.

I can't get a "cheap" staff :( Anyone can link me a trade to a staff worth 1-1.5ex top?

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farzen wrote:

Hey there,

I'm playing your build too and I'm having a blast so far.

I got some sweet RNG with the menagerie and won a lucky inpulsa.

What are your thoughts on that ? Do you think I should stick to carcass jack, or sell it to get some loots (loreweave, dying sun...)

As always, thanks for your great work !

Loreweave will be best. I don't find Inpulsa particularly useful since we just do not need any more trash clear, but if you try it out and like it - up to you!

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dkei864 wrote:

I was just about to ask a similar question. But I thought about dropping the the whole Mind Over Matter and moving up to grab Elemental Overload (is that worth it? we can still crit, it's just w/o multiplier crit so we'd get a pretty constant 40% dmg up, no?) or getting Elemental Equilibrium with Fire&Lightning Herald + Inpulsa.

If you want to go Elemental Overload you have to change the whole tree, since it is set up for crit, which you don't need when being EO. 40% more damage from EO doesn't come close to being pure crit though, so I don't see the point really.

EE unfortunately makes no sense at all in this build. You keep hitting enemies with your main damage type anyway overwriting the resistances, so having 2 otherwise useless Heralds trying to proc EE is sketchy to say the least.

@Juts

thanks for the advice.

Next questions i upgraded my gear now a little bit got more life and i got the lv.12 warlords mark ring.

now i have 2 free gem slots. any suggestions what to put into it?

I crafted this 5 minutes ago for my winter orb character ! POG

I ripped this one but I love this spell so much I decided to make another. Got it to 80 really quickly and steaming ahead. However I am not using spear and going phase+acro instead of MoM, plus the non-crit route. I think the extra flexibility in the tree I prefer with non-crit. With more links for WO now I am just using it as a pure trash killer. 1h+shield, quicksilver+Phase it's just awesome. Single target if you do want to kill a boss still isn't too shabby but of course it's not a boss killer.

Anyway they really did a great job with this new spell. WIth two duration nodes and increase duration gem it's SO smooth to clear with. My favorite ability at the moment.

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dkei864 wrote:

I was just about to ask a similar question. But I thought about dropping the the whole Mind Over Matter and moving up to grab Elemental Overload (is that worth it? we can still crit, it's just w/o multiplier crit so we'd get a pretty constant 40% dmg up, no?) or getting Elemental Equilibrium with Fire&Lightning Herald + Inpulsa.

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If you want to go Elemental Overload you have to change the whole tree, since it is set up for crit, which you don't need when being EO. 40% more damage from EO doesn't come close to being pure crit though, so I don't see the point really.

EE unfortunately makes no sense at all in this build. You keep hitting enemies with your main damage type anyway overwriting the resistances, so having 2 otherwise useless Heralds trying to proc EE is sketchy to say the least.

Thanks for the answer! I guess I just really wanted to use Inpulsa for those feel-good blow ups.

Anyboby else got trouble with tier 16 maps?
I tried Maze of the minotaur and Pit of the chimera a couple of times and im getting owned.
I cleared Phoenix and Hydra without any problems - is it the rolls(Or me) or is this build bad against it? :D

I got 4600 life 1500 Free mana and 80 % Res.
every thing else is just the same gems and items.

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santeck wrote:

@Juts

thanks for the advice.

Next questions i upgraded my gear now a little bit got more life and i got the lv.12 warlords mark ring.

now i have 2 free gem slots. any suggestions what to put into it?

You're welcome to look at what Im using. Personally I found inc duration + phase run to be the most useful, especially in delves.





Biggest upgrades for me I feel were 21 ice spear, ice spear helm enchant, and dying sun. I haven't tested the winter orb lab enchant but it seemed to just provide more relaxed map clear which is already strong.

Next thing I really want is a staff with + gem level, then just as much life as I can squeeze in as I just barely break 5k

If you can fit resistances in The Pandemonius amulet & mark of the shaper ring are huge dps increases as well

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Bademan wrote:

Anyboby else got trouble with tier 16 maps?
I tried Maze of the minotaur and Pit of the chimera a couple of times and im getting owned.
I cleared Phoenix and Hydra without any problems - is it the rolls(Or me) or is this build bad against it? :D

I got 4600 life 1500 Free mana and 80 % Res.
every thing else is just the same gems and items.

Chimera was the hardest for me, but only the smoke phase. Drop a portal in the room and leave & come back with full flasks if you get shit luck finding him in smoke.

Aside from that hes mostly kiteabml with flamedash and you attack him while hes animation locked in any attack hes doing.

Haven't done hydra yet, that's next.