[3.5] Inva's CI/LL Vortex DoT | 3.3 million Shaper eDPS | 13k ES | Sub 2min Uber Elder | Videos

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warrofua wrote:

The explosion of the frost bomb (as will any initial “hit” from vortex or cold snap) will swing EE to cold res buff temporarily, but a split second later as soon as a storm brand bolt hits it is back to -cold res, so no big deal.

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warrofua wrote:

Just FYI for anyone trying to craft a sceptre like Inva, I did this last night and hit a snag because I didn’t realize cold damage % increase can be a prefix OR a suffix. If it is a prefix you won’t be able to craft %spell damage AND % damage over time like Inva did.

Here is my understanding of the best way to craft this thing (please advise of incorrect info/order of operations):
1. Get ilvl 78 sceptre or higher with 40% elemental implicit (void or opal)
2. Alt/aug until you get the mystical “heartstopping” prefix or the 2nd tier (still good) “Gelid” prefix, this can take 2-3k alts! (+\- a few k standard deviation)
3. Regal
4. Annul and pray it doesn’t hit your CDOT multi (if it does, scour and start over)
5. If you are feeling extra ballsy, and the remaining affix isnt great, annul again
6. If you are left with only CDOT multi you wins, but don’t be a noob (like me) and mess it up at this point
7. Be sure to consider before crafting further (ie plan it out, double check it, ask experience player if unsure) :
-if you have two prefixes on your rare after annul (CDOT multi + something else) you won’t be able to craft %spell damage AND %damage over time, so make sure to craft %spell damage since it’s the bigger stat of the two
-if you have a prefix and suffix on your rare after annul, you won’t be able to fit any other suffixes except for the trigger and multi mod.
-cold damage explicit can be a prefix OR a suffix, so make sure you look closely at what it is before you plan (I didn’t realize this and ended up not being able to craft % spell damage on mine, just % damage over time)

I you mess up after crafting multi mod there is not really an option to fix it afaik, just have to make due with a substandard craft or sell it and try again (bye bye 3-4+ ex so plan carefully!)

Good luck!

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livejamie wrote:

Crafted some gear for this build

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Invalesco wrote:

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livejamie wrote:

Crafted some gear for this build

Thats some nice gear, thanks for sharing!

That spell cascade mod on ur sceptre would actually be pretty useful if you have frost bomb socketed in it as opposed to lightning golem, but I suppose u prefer the incr. cast speed for the time being.

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livejamie wrote:

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Invalesco wrote:

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livejamie wrote:

Crafted some gear for this build

Thats some nice gear, thanks for sharing!

That spell cascade mod on ur sceptre would actually be pretty useful if you have frost bomb socketed in it as opposed to lightning golem, but I suppose u prefer the incr. cast speed for the time being.

Oh yeah you can ignore the links I was just testing some things out. It's awesome for Frost Bomb.

The build is good, like all of your builds are. The playstyle just isn't for me. Going to be selling the gear.

The gloves were by far the hardest to make of the 3. Getting cold dot was very hard.