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

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SonsOfKorhal wrote:

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Yan_n wrote:

Hey everyone, I can't believe I totally forgot to enchant my DD! Anyways...

I'm not really doing bosses, focusing mainly on deli maps, is it still worth it to get the curse enchants? I rarely use them tbh, maybe I should use them more, specially because I'm using arcanist brand. Or for mapping it would be better to get the vortex enchants??

Thanks in advance!

so, i would suggest getting used to casting arcanist brand on rares/uniques that are tankier - like bosses or essence mobs, and if you're doing simulacrums, even more so, because the area is smaller, and there is a lot of value in casting curses (AOE) in a small map.

for mapping, i would still say curse effectiveness gives the greatest utility.

vortex/creeping frost enchants, such as AOE/duration/spreading speed/cooldown reduction are quite trivial as when we scale with gem levels, and with our passive tree, or with our movement and clear speed/dps, we dont quite feel the effects of this.

vortex/creeping frost dmg is also not ideal as it only affects 1 out of 2 or 3 active CDOT skills we use.

we already have good damage for normal mapping, and thus would want the dps boost for tankier mobs, which is why curse effectiveness would be the most useful.

even without an enchant, the build feels sufficient. so even that is not a requirement. you may even consider corrupted implicits such as 80/90% mana reservation, or even + levels to aura gems etc, if you feel the aura boost is more desirable compared to enchants. (i dont recall finding a 80% mana reservation + curse effect helm on market yet, and i think the closest was a 90% reservation + curse which was 40-50d).

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Yan_n wrote:

Hey, yea I'm not really running Simulacrum, I'm mostly doing 80% deli crimson temples. I actually think the damage is already enough, even on tanky rares. When everything is set up (vortex, creeping frost, cold snap, hatred and the curses) they already melt really fast. But hey, more damage is always good!

Thanks, I'll go for the curses then.

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SonsOfKorhal wrote:

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Yan_n wrote:

Hey, yea I'm not really running Simulacrum, I'm mostly doing 80% deli crimson temples. I actually think the damage is already enough, even on tanky rares. When everything is set up (vortex, creeping frost, cold snap, hatred and the curses) they already melt really fast. But hey, more damage is always good!

Thanks, I'll go for the curses then.

yeah, i will say the goal is for VCS to carry your mapping dps 40% of the time, allowing you to just simply run through the map faster. if getting the curse helm enchant boosts your dps, and you'd like to switch passives/gear options to get QOL instead, that is also an option for us. many ways to build (happens that for helm enchant, dps gives us the best utility, all else being minor).

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Yan_n wrote:

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SonsOfKorhal wrote:

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Yan_n wrote:

Hey, yea I'm not really running Simulacrum, I'm mostly doing 80% deli crimson temples. I actually think the damage is already enough, even on tanky rares. When everything is set up (vortex, creeping frost, cold snap, hatred and the curses) they already melt really fast. But hey, more damage is always good!

Thanks, I'll go for the curses then.

yeah, i will say the goal is for VCS to carry your mapping dps 40% of the time, allowing you to just simply run through the map faster. if getting the curse helm enchant boosts your dps, and you'd like to switch passives/gear options to get QOL instead, that is also an option for us. many ways to build (happens that for helm enchant, dps gives us the best utility, all else being minor).

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I agree, at this point I'm not even skipping the no soul gain prevention sextant anymore if I get it because of how nice it feels. VCS is really strong. Goes from 40% to 100% uptime!

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OnrahTheMysterious wrote:

OK I have made a lot of changes per your suggestions. Next up is getting quality on my gems. I'll need farm some more currency for my body armor. Any other suggestions? Got about 1 div left. https://pobb.in/Kx10jLUFa3Uo

Also thanks for everyone offering items. Problem is, looks like we are in different time zones. I'll keep trying.

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i've actually tried to experiment with the triumvirate ring with tailwind/elusive/soul gain time reduction/regain souls and it felt really good (placing vaal RF inside), it's something you can consider if your ring/resistance set up allows for that.

also, just try swapping mark of the shaper with the death rush ring.

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Yan_n wrote:

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i've actually tried to experiment with the triumvirate ring with tailwind/elusive/soul gain time reduction/regain souls and it felt really good (placing vaal RF inside), it's something you can consider if your ring/resistance set up allows for that.

also, just try swapping mark of the shaper with the death rush ring.

Whoa!! It does feel really nice. If only I knew about it before buying my elder ring :P It's still a solid ring nonetheless, so I'm not too bothered by it.

But I really like this! I'll have to decide if I'll keep this zoom or the mark of the shaper, I wonder which one nets more damage? If its this new ring then it's a no brainer. I'll have to PoB it later.

Thanks for the advice SoK!

Edit: Also, got a divine beauty on the first 30 seconds of the test run map for the ring, maybe its a good fortune sign I should keep it? hmm...

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illusiiOnz wrote:

Having so much with this build. Thank You

current state of my build. https://pobb.in/om-cS86svYGx