[3.5] Occultist Vortex/Cold Snap ES/CI - Deathless and Safe Uber Elder and T16's

Anyone managed to get or even see "Trigger socketed spell" mod yet? I think procing EE \ EO without it is going to be a pain.

Using just OoS "handcast" for now, other gems just leveling. Shame this QoL is hidden behind Syndicate Unveil farm, need to be lucky to get those encounters after daily quests, then wish for Veiled items to drop, then for Weapon and if you are rly lucky then you got this mod from it...

I dont remember if this mod was just one Unveil or you had to Unveil it 2-3 times?

It likely needs to be found multiple times

"Trigger a socketed spell when you use a skill" seems to still be around as veiled mod, as there are a handful of weapons (none particularly amazing, though) with it up for trade right now. From the look of them I assume that they are all drops that had the mod revealed. I can't seem to find any definitive information regarding crafting it, though.

The thought of hand-casting Orb of Storms, Vortex, and Cold Snap, not to mention Phase Run and Flame Dash is unappealing to me. Plus that leaves out Frost Bomb which is a huge dps increase. I'm still leveling my character through the story, but I think I might set up a low level Cast When Damage Taken with Orb of Storms and Frost Bomb. It'll probably be decently fine for mapping since we do get hit quite a bit charging into enemies, but it probably won't be ideal for bossing. Hopefully by the time I'm thinking about T16+ bosses though I'll have already unlocked the craft, there will be a decent item up for trade, or a reputable crafting service will have it available.

Also, as an aside, I was looking back on my saved Path of Building profile for my Betrayal character and realized that I never allocated Elemental Equilibrium (not sure why) and I killed Uber Elder without it. So, given the dodgy nature of dropping Orb of Storms/Storm Brand right now I'm probably just going to roll without it until I have a weapon with the mod.

Yeah I'm trying out a CwDT Frost Bomb / Storm Brand. Not sure if Storm Brand is better than OOS but seems to be comparable. It also casts on top of whatever hit you which is nice and you can have 3 of them out.

Sorry if ive missed this, how does the frost bomb in this set work? I understand the usefulness of frost bomb in this build but wouldn't it mess up EE?

My understanding is that the lighting damage from orb of storms and storm brand tick fast enough to change EE back to lightning so that it provides an overall buff to the Cold DoT damage.

Super quickly: Malevolence ?

Seems gnarly, and there is mana to spare.

For EE we can't have any + cold damage to spells on items, right?

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Alros wrote:

For EE we can't have any + cold damage to spells on items, right?

Yes sir!