Level 95 Hybrid Wintertide Brand Occultist^3.25

Notes

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Ascendancy Order
Void Beacon > Frigid Wake > Vile Bastion > Profane Bloom > Swap out Vile Bastion in endgame if desired. Malediction likely the best
Vile Bastion is the most flexible ascendancy point. Can literally be any other ascendancy based on build need or personal preference

Bandits
Personal preference. You can always change it later via vendor recipe. The only reward I wouldn't recommend is helping Oak, and I'll likely choose either Resistances or Movement Speed early and respec in maps

When to switch to Cold DoT
-Switching to Wintertide + Creeping Frost at lvl 12 is do + Arcane Surge (Keep level 1 for more uptime)able but single target will likely feel bad and we can't get the Brand reattach mastery until lvl 15-16
-Earliest recommended switch to Wintertide is around lvl 18-20 after killing Weaver when you can socket Wintertide + Ele Focus + Controlled Destruction along with Cold Snap
-Safest switch is after killing Gravicius when you can get 4 links, Vortex, and make the switch off Rolling Magma all at once. Also recommended because A3 Piety fight is bugged and she doesn't take DoT effects.
Don't forget we can use gold to respec now!

Lvling Gems Pre-Switch
Rolling Magma + Ele Prolif + Combustion (Lower Prison)
Holy Flame Totem + Summon Phantasm + Infused Channeling or any other damage support (Added Fire/Cold/Lightning or something else)
Flame Wall - Place your walls so the HFTotem and Rolling Magma projectiles travel through it to gain damage
Frostblink + lvl 1 Arcane Surge - Replace Frostblink with Flame Dash (Quest reward) after Brutus
Clarity + Vitality (Buy after Brutus)
- If you're not swapping to Cold DoT at lvl 12, you should also use Herald of Ash at lvl 16 and/or Anger at 24 until you swap

Gems to buy and level for Cold DoT swap (Cost in parentheses)
Lvl 4: Frost Bomb (Wisdom scroll)
Lvl 8: 2x Efficacy (1 Transmute each)
Lvl 12: Wintertide Brand (Transmute)
Lvl 16: Brand Recall (Alteration), Cold Snap (Quest reward or Alteration if you took a Herald) - Can run Vaal side areas looking for Vaal Cold Snap
Lvl 18: Elemental Focus, 2x Controlled Destruction (1 Alteration each)
Lvl 24: Malevolence, Elemental Weakness (Alteration), Frostbite (Quest reward or an Alteration if you took Anger)
Lvl 28: Vortex (Chance Orb)
We don't need to run Library. Hypothermia is not needed until we have a 6th link

Cold DoT Lvling Gems - The links below are the main links you want to run. Other gems for endgame setup can be leveled in offhand or worked in as desired
Wintertide Brand + Efficacy + Controlled Destruction + any of Ele Focus, Hypothermia, or Bonechill
Cold Snap + Efficacy + Controlled Destruction + any of Ele Focus, Hypothermia, or Bonechill (Only run Bonechill on 1 4-link)
Flame Dash + Arcane Surge
Frostbite, Frost Bomb, Brand Recall
Clarity, Malevolence, Vitality (if you can fit it)

Getting currency to buy gems - Sell unidentified blue/yellow items for Transmute shards, sell them identified for Alteration shards

Respec notes - We're respeccing Fire Walker into Frost Walker and moving the 5 points from the Breath of Flames cluster into the Brand Equity + mastery cluster

SSF Wand - ilvl 2 Driftwood Wand (Get in Act 1 Coast zone)
Spam Essence of Woe until you get +1 cold spells, then craft damage over time or other damage mod.

Ailments - Immune to Freeze and Chill via ascendancy, immune to Shock via Flask, dealing with Ignite via minor Pantheon for reduced duration

Traitor Keystone from Brutal Restraint timeless jewel can allow you to run Coruscating Elixir and go low life using 2-3 flasks without a Shavs

2nd Curse - You gain a ton of damage from 2+ curses. You can self-cast or get them via Rings like Profane Proxy and/or Delve rings with curse on hit

Regexs - Copy and paste these into vendor search bars to highlight wanted items
Act 1 - Highlights RRB, BBB, and BBR sockets, movement speed boots, and wands with +1 fire and/or fire dot multi
b-b-b|r-[rb]-b|b-[rb]-r|r-b-r|b-r-b|nne|Flam|Earn

Act 2 onward - Highlights BBB, BBBB, movement speed boots, and wands with +1 cold and/or cold dot multi
ts:.+(\S*b){4}|b-b-b|nne|rint|singe|Incl