ChuckNoRis wrote:the 2 pieces from the lightning set are good for now untill you get more eerie shrines (at this stage you should farm Fauztinville a few times). There is a point from where having a lot of %max mana is not that efficient compaired to boosting the energy , reason why i went for the setup you see in the miniguide . in early-mid game when the base mana pool is small because half your skillpoints are in STR and Dexterity , the %max mana is not that efficient once you go above 100% boost compaired to boosting the flat and %energy . Also , the (eerie) crafts provide 2x MO bonus , so gaining a high chance of skeleton reanimate comes cheaper . In adittion , those eerie crafts are also boosting the damage of Flamestrike .
i am not suporting respecs from "x" build to "y" build , just because of the above . you need to understand how it works and only after that you should attempt to do ubers . since you skipped that part because you did not play the build as intended from the start , it's something normal to experience failing . the gameplay is quite different compaired to the fire/cold build .
by the way , why max snow queen while you keep the other skills in that tree just as 1-pointers ? makes no sence . either max the Ice elementals or Frigid sphere for them to gain more life (the first option sounds better)
the warp armor on my build was maxed for the %avoid (you can get more than 40% total avoid with the end game gearing) , not for the extra %TCD (you don't need that since you're not tanking at all) , The lightning tree was also chosen for the extra boost to Energy granted via Nova Charge .
in what regards TA , you should take slow steps . The chronofiled is just slowing their movement speed , but their arrows still come at you at the same usual speed . for the narrow spots , use Flamestrike in order to kill them faster ; for the wide arreas lure small packs to the narrow coridor , so you may have time to get a lot of reanimates arround before proceeding in the big rooms .
good luck !
I'm a newbie, so i got pretty hard time to understand fire/cold build at first, i found out when i got to destruction level, even if i maxed my Frigid Sphere and Ice Kids, get % minion life and resistance max or as high as i can, they still die pretty quick and provide no damge, monster still come at me and skip them, the only minion i can count on is my Bar Merch, so in my logic when i switching to Reanimatrix, Ice Kids are only for distraction, i just need them tank for me 1 or 2 shots, give me some seconds to deal massive damge, and i need to survive by my own, at least can survive after 2,3 surprise shots from monster, that's why i max Snow Queen and Living Flame, leave the rest 1 point. I tried the Warp Armor, the % avoid is very useful, but without ice kids, the distraction is low, it's become a nightmare for some uber dsat i cant use my Bar Merch.
I have a question, where can i read about those reincarnated monster, about their stat and what they provide beside tanking ?