Ice Battle Mage (Cold Sorc)

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Cah23 wrote:
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dxbydt wrote:How much -res would you recommend having at 125-140 lvl range?

depends what you are doing. if you are just leveling then you want to aim for 135% . the only time you go 175% pierce is if you are doing bosses (charms)


Is there any reason to keep 175 pierce even if you’re just farming? I’m at about 130 pierce. Once I farm my ice runes that should put me around 175.

- no reason to go to 175 % pierce if you are just farming. you can use those sockets for more damage or anything else you'd like.

- Careful when adding ice runes as they add level requirements
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Dru wrote:
dxbydt wrote:How much -res would you recommend having at 125-140 lvl range?

depends what you are doing. if you are just leveling then you want to aim for 135% . the only time you go 175% pierce is if you are doing bosses (charms)


How do you achieve 135 -res when most pieces have 8-10 at the most? That seems like a crazy amount.
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Just totalling up some pieces.
30 - Set
23-24 - Weapon
13 - Helm
10 x 3 - Rings/Ammy
6 - Gloves
7 - Boots

That's about 110. Is the rest from Ice Runes?
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dxbydt wrote:
Dru wrote:
dxbydt wrote:How much -res would you recommend having at 125-140 lvl range?

depends what you are doing. if you are just leveling then you want to aim for 135% . the only time you go 175% pierce is if you are doing bosses (charms)

- simple
30 from set
21 weapon
20 from helmet, swap to
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Circlet (Sacred)

Defense: 505 to 571
Required Level: 80
Required Dexterity: 262
Item Level: 105
1% Chance to cast level 10 Cold Fear on Death Blow
+(80 to 150) Spell Focus
-(15 to 20)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+(14 to 22) to Avalanche
(10 to 20)% to Energy
Elemental Resists +(15 to 25)%
Socketed (4)

5 from six angel bag
5x2 = 10 from rings
16-20% amulet
11% gloves
7-10 % boots
5x Ice runes = 15%
- In total of a range : 135-142%


How do you achieve 135 -res when most pieces have 8-10 at the most? That seems like a crazy amount.
dxbydt wrote:Just totalling up some pieces.
30 - Set
23-24 - Weapon
13 - Helm
10 x 3 - Rings/Ammy
6 - Gloves
7 - Boots

That's about 110. Is the rest from Ice Runes?


30 from set
21 weapon
20 from helmet, swap to
Eyes of Septumos
Eyes of Septumos
Circlet (Sacred)

Defense: 505 to 571
Required Level: 80
Required Dexterity: 262
Item Level: 105
1% Chance to cast level 10 Cold Fear on Death Blow
+(80 to 150) Spell Focus
-(15 to 20)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+(14 to 22) to Avalanche
(10 to 20)% to Energy
Elemental Resists +(15 to 25)%
Socketed (4)

5 from six angel bag
5x2 = 10 from rings
16-20% amulet
11% gloves
7-10 % boots
5x Ice runes = 15%
- In total of a range : 135-142%


** Minions Resists should be at 50-75% to notice a difference in Scolsgen.
Edited by Dru 2 years.
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which runes/gems to use on priestess follower ?
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why switch to warp armor/nova charge in mid tier only go to back to vengeful spirit/hive in late game but also in early?

im playing in hc and curious about switching out of 20% phys resist to get a moderate amount of avoid and small amt of defense even if you get nova charge
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Diesel11 wrote:which runes/gems to use on priestess follower ?

- pgems . i put perfect amethysts for now in every piece of gear besides the weapon, you wanna put perfect skulls in that.
scira wrote:why switch to warp armor/nova charge in mid tier only go to back to vengeful spirit/hive in late game but also in early?

im playing in hc and curious about switching out of 20% phys resist to get a moderate amount of avoid and small amt of defense even if you get nova charge


you need the defense in mid game using the set pieces as it doesnt offer much. and you dont need vengeful power mid game because the set gives you 30% phys resist. Moving onto endgame your gear changes and you no longer need all that defense, but you do need vengeful power for the physical resist because you lose most of it transitioning into late game gear. Also vengeful power just gives you that bigger boost of damage you needed.
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Spirit walkers or Vision, BiS?
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Cah23 wrote:Spirit walkers or Vision, BiS?

imo id like to try out the visions first . still hunting down my Yham rune xD
I think Visions are gonna be amazing. probably what imma use for rifting.
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Yeah, I thought vision looked better lol deciding what to throw 300 tg at, spirit walkers or yham lol Whats your gear and clvl right now?