Ice Battle Mage (Cold Sorc)

[Dru]

yea the item is

Holy Wars

Holy Wars
Eagle Orb (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: 35 to 36
(Sorceress Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 171
Item Level: 120
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
7% Chance to cast level 60 Fire Cannonade on Death Blow
+4 to Sorceress Skill Levels
50% Cast Speed
+(20 to 30)% to Spell Damage
-(20 to 30)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(30 to 35) to Emerald Prison
20% to Energy
+(80 to 100) Life after each Kill
3% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (2)

[Maertsy]

Hi Schelm. Getting "on kill" procs is a bad idea on a cold sorceress, or melee spell caster in general. They proc when mobs are killed by your weapon damage, which is 0.000001% of your dmg when you hitting with that cold melee attack skill.

"On death blow" is ok. "On melee attack" is ok but AR is needed as mentioned. We don't invest in AR as a cold corc.

[Schelm1312]

Thx for the feedback <3
When I wrote "kill" I meant "Death blow". And your answers made everything clear

[Dru]

on kill procs still work, you'll just need like 90k+ AR.

[Siosilvar]

alright, let me just settle this

glacial torrent works exactly like UHM: melee devotion, attack speed, life/mana on melee attack with AR, ctc on melee attack always, ctc on death blow always, ctc on kill only if your pitiful normal attack swing happens to kill something

frigid nova is a regular spell: melee devotion, cast speed, ctc on death blow, has next delay so spamming it doesn't help much

[Berkabus]

maybe stupid question. But what relics should i aim for? Enjoying this build so far. Sitting at Tier4's in nightmare and its no match. Single target attack is amazing!

Would be fun to try with good gear later on =)

[cnlnjzfjb]

maybe stupid question. But what relics should i aim for? Enjoying this build so far. Sitting at Tier4's in nightmare and its no match. Single target attack is amazing!

Would be fun to try with good gear later on =)

I assume that relics are for late game. And a late game ice sorc has to use voidstar, since Avalanche/Frozen Orb/Ice Bolt Nova/Frigid Nova...all these suck for endgame content (lab, mainly). Voidstar is ur only way out as ice sorc in endgame.


So relics u need are: Raven Heart, Churel, Blood Fury (U need Atanna's Key on offhand to apply glacial torrent for single target. If u dont mind bothering with frequent switching, ofc u can get it from an offhand sorc orb and skip this relic), Champions of the Sun/Skeletal Flayer (Not a must, it depends on u)

That is for voidstar + glacial torrent combo, so just pick 3 out of them. If glacial torrent + frigid nova combo in mid game with melee devotion, farming scos or sth, ofc no need minion/spell relics.

[Dru]

maybe stupid question. But what relics should i aim for? Enjoying this build so far. Sitting at Tier4's in nightmare and its no match. Single target attack is amazing!

Would be fun to try with good gear later on =)

I assume that relics are for late game. And a late game ice sorc has to use voidstar, since Avalanche/Frozen Orb/Ice Bolt Nova/Frigid Nova...all these suck for endgame content (lab, mainly). Voidstar is ur only way out as ice sorc in endgame.


So relics u need are: Raven Heart, Churel, Blood Fury (U need Atanna's Key on offhand to apply glacial torrent for single target. If u dont mind bothering with frequent switching, ofc u can get it from an offhand sorc orb and skip this relic), Champions of the Sun/Skeletal Flayer (Not a must, it depends on u)

That is for voidstar + glacial torrent combo, so just pick 3 out of them. If glacial torrent + frigid nova combo in mid game with melee devotion, farming scos or sth, ofc no need minion/spell relics.

yea sounds correct. if there are any changes for next season i will gladly update the guide.

[cnlnjzfjb]

yea sounds correct. if there are any changes for next season i will gladly update the guide.

Cool guide. Cold sorc has been not a popular build for several patches, lets see if she will get some major changes in 2.8. Hope it is some buffs. Since there will be new relics and old relics buffed in 2.8, maybe cold sorc gets some powerful new skills or buffed old skills to use.

[cnlnjzfjb]

Since those op relics will be released in 2.8. So basically, huge improvement for all builds, physical/ele/caster....
For ice sorc endgame in 2.8, I guess the relic combo is supposed to be: 1. Voidstar relic 2. SoV relic 3. Blood Fury relic (if u dont mind swapping gears a lot, then no need) 4. Mark of the Wild/Raven Heart/Churel/other relics

Deckard Cain's Heirloom

Deckard Cain's Heirloom
Short Staff (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: 53 to 55
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 188
Item Level: 120
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.15 per Dexterity)%
+2.5% Spell Damage per 1% Additional Experience Gain
+1 to All Skills
-(20 to 25)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-(20 to 25)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
-(20 to 25)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
Maximum Fire Resist +2%
Maximum Lightning Resist +2%
Maximum Cold Resist +2%
2% Reanimate as: Random Monster
(21 to 60)% Magic Find
''Knowledge is Power''
Socketed (3)

on mainhand to reach 5fpa cast break point and gain some huge spell dmg for the possible max dps in 2.8. Good thing is, we dont need superbeast relic like many builds in 2.8, which should be an expensive one in 2.8. Even though, voidstar/SoV r also not cheap, I guess.