[3.23] Lk's Cold DoT Ele [League-start to over 40m DoT] (Wildwood Primalist Update)

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mynewaccountisawsome wrote:

Hey there,

first of all thank u for the build guide I had an absolute blast with it.
That's why I decided to push it to the limit and min max it as much as possible.
Here is the Result:

pob: https://pobb.in/WjI0WAkfL_Lo

What is this build for?

Its an awesome league starter, an absolute allrounder and shines most
in alch and go scenarios.
It can run all mods on all maps, the clear is absolutely decent
and the playstyle super fun and zoomy.
It can do all the content that the game has to offer pretty easy and on a fairly low budget.

Can it do uber bosses?

Yes it can do Uber bosses but I would not recommend that to new players,
because it wont one-shot any Uber bosses and that will force u to do the boss mechanics.

Uber Shaper run:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXv7B8l6uVI

What makes this build stand out?

The overall comfort of just running unidentified maps, essences and other hard content without thinking too much about mods and just blasting.

Vortex and creeping frost are similar to totems and allow u to move around avoiding hits while doing damage at the same time.

The overall levelling experience is super smooth and getting into red maps works even on a 4-link.


What are the conns:

Enemies cant take more then 36 mil dot damage per second, that means your dps will hit a brick wall at some point .

The build is very vulnerable to Degen since the only source off life recovery is our flasks.
This is especially bad for some boss fights like Sirius or even shaper.

High investments into this build have diminishing returns and wont scale very well in the endgame.
That means no matter how much u invest it will never be a really good Uber boss killer.

Conclusion:

Overall I would say that this is the best League starter I ever played.
It carried me through all of the content and made me a lot of currency.
Its allrounder capability's make it very versatile which for example allows u to adjust your farming strategy if needed.

I highly recommend this build to other players and I will definitely play it again next league

thanks

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esostaks wrote:

Wanted to thank author for the build. This is definitely one of the smoothest and most fun mapping builds that I've played. I rarely play the same build two leagues in a row, but I might play this one next league too, if it's not nerfed.

Acts: extremely smooth, everything just melts, and phases are the only thing that protects act bosses from dying in 5 seconds (this was without any leveling gear).

~100 c budget: basic rare gear with life + resistances. Was able to do unrolled/transmuted red tier maps with rituals in them without problems. Also highest level heists and grand heists. Would quite often die to map bosses when doing Maven + 1-3 extra bosses strategy, and Maven invitations would often eat up 5 of my portals.

~5 div budget: bought Diadem, Cowards Legacy, Fury, cheap Vulnerability immunity Watcher's eye. Was easily able to do alch & go red tier maps with the Maven strategy. Started dying a bit from the Eater's altar packs when started doing those.

~another 25 div: Skin of the Lords, Empower 4, most main setup gems 21/20, amulet + 1 and non-damaging ailments, gloves with exposure, replaced rings to fix resistances. Even though there's still plenty of upgrades like awakened gems, better Skin of the Lords, expensive Watcher's Eye, Frigid Wake jewels and of course rares with min-maxed rolls, everything already melting like crazy. I managed to easily hit 95 level myself because I die only every 15-20 maps and mostly due to my own mistakes - for example, stopping to move.

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LilSaint95 wrote:

After asking questions here and getting answers, I finally dialed in the build to my own taste and figured I'd share in case it helps anyone else.

Here is a pob -> https://pobb.in/hbvrPMXkmBis

• You will see that I opted out of the nodes on the left side of the tree in favour of a Caster Mastery wheel and Revenge of the Hunted

Some key things that helped me are:

• Gaining immunity to poison and ignite (see Watcher's Eye & Shaper Ring)
• Picking up a weapon that Req <= 159 int to allow optimal use of tattoos (can still be a wand, but a good mace/dagger at low int is easier to find)
• Opting for a corrupted chest with res
• % Chance to avoid stun boot enchant
• As another user stated, taking a Caster Wheel for auto opening of chests is a huge QoL

Watcher's Eye (Unaffected by Poison while affected by Malevolence):


Corrupted Mark of the Shaper (Cannot be Ignited):


Overall the build is sitting very comfy at overcapped ele res (high overcap for cold/light to run eater of worlds altars). With the help of tattoos, 75% chaos res has been achieved as well. Additionally, I found myself dropping Lethe Shade after achieveing immunity to ignite and poison. Yes, some gear could be upgraded for optimal dps (including my +1 chest); however, I am very happy with the current state of the build. Swapping my chest would potentially snowball many other gear changes, and I have everything where I want it (down to the last tattoo). You'll see that my attributes are as low as they can possibly get (as close to 159 minimum).

Lastly, when it comes to resistance, I found that the easiest gap to fill was lightning resistance via tattoos. We have so much spare int on this build that I found lightning resistance to be the last priority when it came to capping res on gear.


This has been my take after playing this build religiously this league. Maybe it will help some, or maybe not.