7 months ago

Ascendancy ThumbnailLevel 81 LL Wintertide Brand Trickster3.23

Life: 1,595136%
ES: 3,157
Mana: 106
eHP:
22,195
Resistances: 79%/79%/79%/79%
Evade: 81%
Spell Block: 50%
Evasion: 39,450
DPS: 449,877
Speed: 2.42
Hit Rate: 6.28
Hit Chance: 100%
Config: Frenzy, Power
Bandit: Kill All
Pantheon: Soul of the Brine King, Soul of Shakari
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Gear

Engraved WandSaffell's FrameRime GazeQueen of the ForestDoedre's TenureAssassin's BootsJade AmuletAmethyst RingAmethyst RingStygian Vise
Life FlaskGranite FlaskJade FlaskSilver FlaskQuicksilver Flask
Hypnotic Eye Jewel

Gems

Wintertide Brand
Controlled Destruction
Hypothermia
Swift Affliction
Cold Snap
Bonechill
Controlled Destruction
Swift Affliction
Tempest Shield
Arrogance
Brand Recall
Grace
Vaal Discipline
Malevolence
Shield Charge
Faster Attacks
Frostblink
Arcane Surge
Frostbite
Frost Bomb

Tree Preview

Level 81 (104 passives)
Ghost DanceGhost Dance
Pain AttunementPain Attunement
RunebinderRunebinder
Brand MasteryBrand Mastery
  • Brands Attach to a new Enemy each time they Activate, no more than once every 0.3 seconds
Caster MasteryCaster Mastery
  • 25% chance to open nearby Chests when you Cast a Spell
Energy Shield MasteryEnergy Shield Mastery
  • 30% of Chaos Damage taken does not bypass Energy Shield
Evasion and Energy Shield MasteryEvasion and Energy Shield Mastery
  • 1% increased Evasion Rating per 5 Intelligence
  • Dexterity provides no inherent bonus to Evasion Rating
Life MasteryLife Mastery
  • +50 to maximum Life
Mana MasteryMana Mastery
  • 12% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Skills
Reservation MasteryReservation Mastery
  • Auras from your Skills have 10% increased Effect on you
  • 8% increased Damage for each of your Aura or Herald Skills affecting you
Spell Suppression MasterySpell Suppression Mastery
  • Chance to Suppress Spell Damage is Lucky

Notes

Use Brand Recall to force the secondary debuff from Wintertide Brand to activate faster. Cold Snap for single target. Swap to Devoto's Devotion for more movespeed (also lets you drop the dex node). Can also swap Malevolence for Haste.
Sadly can't really use Petrified Blood, on paper it's more ehp than Discipline but Vaal Discipline is more useful imo.
Leave out LL if you want to be tankier.
I left out Defiance Banner for now because of reservation issues. Get the remaining few k evasion from ring or amulet prefix or higher rolls on flask and gear or something, Utmost Intellect is also very useful.

Made for farming Logbooks and Heist contracts. !Not made to push red maps! (didn't test it there, it's not what I'll be using this build for. Red maps could go well, could go very badly, maybe do a test run yourself).

Can swap to Wintertide Brand at lvl 12 before Merveil, use alongside Holy Flame Totem and Flame Wall. Rolling Magma is better but I dislike the playstyle.
Grab Cold Snap in a2 (chamber of sins) and rush Runebinder and the brand mastery.
Isn't the best campaign starter, but it gets the job done (tested it in ssf, was fine).
Fourth lab can be either Spell Breaker, Swift Killer or Heartstopper, whatever you like more.
Best upgrades to get for this base setup are a Taste of Hate and phys taken as shield corruption for defenses and gem levels from amulet, helmet/chest corruption, wand and lvl 21 gems for damage.
Amulet annoint is just to get cheap access to end and frenzy charges.

Eventually I will swap into Storm Brand of Indecision (or Penance Brand of Dissipation if it "survives"). Maybe another brand if they release more transfigured brand gems.