[3.9] Gryph's CI Vortex + Coldsnap Trickster || Uber Elder+Everything Else
" Fun fact with trickster: built in cinderswallow. :) But yes, I am also pretty hyped about the Tower defense + DoT Grounds mechanically. I'm optimistic about it. I've never personally found the CDR Enchant that impressive, but that may also be because I clear with cold snap primarily. I'd rather have an aura reserve enchant to make implementing aspect of the spider easier. As for weapon crafting, yes I agree. Will need to do some math in PoB to see what ends up being stronger. It's possible that just having one or the other with alt spamming will be good enough. Frigid fossils might be good for this too. Frigid+aetheric will greatly increase the odds of those two mods appearing and then if they're isolated we can always lock prefixes and annul+multimod. Would be an expensive endeavor, I'm sure. |
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" For now ;) We'll see how bad the numerical nerf of ghost dance is. I'll still use cinderswallow flask - I'm a glutton for onslaught - gotta go fast. Plus, I use the variant that has run speed + 50% reduced stun chance. With that, arcane swiftness and the flask nodes, I got 92% stun avoidance. I use phase run + cinderswallow to go fast - then an onslaught/phasing abyss gem and pretty much just run through everything and drop a vortex. Between the combination of them, I have more or less permanent phasing + onslaught. Personally, I never really use cold-snap except to apply bone-chill to something beefy like bosses. Gotta love that about this game - no real "right" way to play anything - tons of variation are possible. Here is the final version of the occultist version from legion - maybe there is something there you can incorporate. https://pastebin.com/E56SM87W Either way, I'll be playing the trickster version in 3.8 - will be fun to have an active group to collaborate with, since I think there were only like (3) people who played the occultist version in legion. ;) |
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" I'll take a look. With Ghost Shrouds + Brine King stun is barely an issue. That said I had a setup in Legion with crafted Stun Avoidance on Gloves, Elder Stun boots, Arcane swiftness, and a Maraketh legion jewel that gave me 20% Avoidance+Onslaught on kill which resulted in 100% stun avoidance always. Totally unneeded though. And yeah, Spamming Cold Snap is (for me) the fastest way to clear since it has much larger AOE and is spammable. You can check out any number of my mapping videos for reference. Cinderswallow is good, but I don't think we need it at all as trickster as we already have Life/Mana/Energy Shield on Kill in our ascendancy from Patient Reaper. better to use a different flask for utility (even if it's an onslaught flask) |
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So I wonder how the change to Damage over Time will affect this build, if at all. Hopefully PoB gets updated pretty quickly so we have time to tinker before the league start.
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Question:
When i played this combo, in endgame..i used Coldsnap and Vortex, (cant remember what i spammed like madman and just stand infront of various mobs and bosses)... But here i see Stormbrand (which i have 0 clue how it works >:( ) So.. what would be "proper" way to play this build? Like...general mapping for example. Need answer :D Thx in advance!!! |
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" we need it to proc EE which gives -50 cold res to monsters storm brand hits. be aware; dont wear anything gives your spells added cold damage. Trust your mind and strengthen your abilities!
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" Im familiar with that part about EE and gear req's. Not familiar how to "use" Stormbrand! Do i need to like.. trigger it myself or not? And how to play when i hit maps..like.. start -> run -> coldsnap -> spamm vortex -> thats it OR i need to also press buttons to trigger Stormbrand or what not :) That is what's bothering me...to NOT be efficient while playing because im ignoring certain skills or mechanics. |
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" This is why we use the "Trigger a Socketed Spell When You Use a Skill" Bench crafted mod on our weapon--to automate the casting of stormbrand and Orb of Storms. I will make a tweak in the guide to make this more obvious. |
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" Thumbs up! Was checking your 3.7 video and saw that you only use CS and Vortex and sometimes.. vaal skill (didnt check which one, tough). |
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" PoB is updated. Maybe @Gryphenprey can inform us if it affects us somehow positive or negative.. I tried converting PoB tree from 3.7 to 3.8 and got increase in DPS for about 20k DPS if we talk about DoT DPS of Vortex with nothing else changed gear wise, but..im more of an player who use other ppl build's rather then creating builds myself,heh.. |
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