6 weeks ago

Ascendancy ThumbnailLevel 100 Hybrid MoM Ice Nova of Frostbolts Hierophant3.24

Life: 4,138115%
ES: 2,26422%
Mana: 8,798394%
eHP:
135,909
Resistances: 76%/76%/76%/76%
Armour: 36,148
DPS: 16,806,442
Speed: 6.11
Hit Chance: 100%
Config:
Pinnacle, 36% Shock, Power, Custom Mods
Bandit: Kill All
Pantheon: Soul of the Brine King, Soul of Garukhan
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Gear

SingularityTitanium Spirit ShieldPig-Faced BascinetFull DragonscaleDragonscale GauntletsDragonscale BootsAtziri's FoibleDream FragmentsAmethyst RingStygian Vise
Divine Life FlaskGranite FlaskEternal Mana FlaskQuartz FlaskQuicksilver Flask
Hypnotic Eye JewelHealthy MindEnergised ArmourWatcher's EyeUnnatural Instinct

Gems

Ice Nova of Frostbolts
Archmage
Inspiration
Intensify
Awakened Spell Echo
Awakened Lightning Penetration
Frostbolt
Returning Projectiles
Greater Volley
Arcanist Brand
Arcane Cloak
Arcane Surge
Increased Duration
Sigil of Power
Clarity
Arrogance
Determination
Eternal Blessing
Shield Charge
Faster Attacks
Frost Shield
Enduring Cry
Punishment

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Elemental OverloadElemental Overload
Iron WillIron Will
MagebaneMagebane
Mind Over MatterMind Over Matter
Armour and Energy Shield MasteryArmour and Energy Shield Mastery
  • 10% of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Chaos Damage
Caster MasteryCaster Mastery
  • Spells which can gain Intensity have +1 to maximum Intensity
Elemental MasteryElemental Mastery
  • Hits have 25% chance to treat Enemy Monster Elemental Resistance values as inverted
Evasion MasteryEvasion Mastery
  • +15% chance to Suppress Spell Damage if Equipped Helmet, Body Armour, Gloves, and Boots all have Evasion Rating
Leech MasteryLeech Mastery
  • 10% of Leech is Instant
Life MasteryLife Mastery
  • 15% increased maximum Life if there are no Life Modifiers on Equipped Body Armour
  • +50 to maximum Life
Lightning MasteryLightning Mastery
  • Increases and reductions to Maximum Mana also apply to Shock Effect at 30% of their value
Mana MasteryMana Mastery
  • 10% of Damage taken Recouped as Mana
  • 10% reduced Mana Cost of Skills

Notes

NOTES FOR BUILD

LEVELING
-You can level as either Armaggeddon Brand till merc lab and farm Ice Nova of Frostbolts there OR you can level as Archmage with Firestorm, Storm Burst, or Ball Lightning
-Technically can farm Normal Lab as well but not recommended
-Charges first from normal lab if you are brand leveling, otherwise go Divine Guidance for archmage memes
-Technically can leap slam and craft on axes/sword super early but that's not required
-Call to Arms + Enduring Cry should be good throughout the game, as soon as you can use it
-Manually casting Arcane Cloak is most likely going to be the best, but you can technically automate it if you're REALLY lazy

TREE NOTES
-Early trees go for shadow suppression + suppression is lucky - until able to get capped from gear
-Dexterity nodes if you can't get any on gear early

ENERGISED ARMOR IS HUGE
-Make sure you pick up every crimson jewel and vaal it, this is really big for the templar armor

ARCANIST BRAND
-Arcanist Brand + Return Projectiles is WAY more single target for Ice Nova, because the return projectiles has a max range when linked to arcanist brand so they return faster
-Once you get 100% AOE from Sanctuary of Thought you can use it for mapping + clear as well, maybe preference though

UNIQUE ITEM OPTIONS
-Early Options, you can use Dream Fragments, Praxis, Mindspiral, Atziri's Foible (probably even end-game)
-Pledge of Hands could be used very good for damage, but you lose shield charge
-Kitava's Thirst could be used for automating some skills
-Ravenous Passion for perma berserk + a lot of cast speed and damage
-Taste of Hate for some more phys mitigation if you really feel like you need it
-Cloak of Defiance is okay, but not crazy
**INDIGON IS NOT REALLY THAT GOOD ANYMORE BECAUSE ARCHMAGE SCALES OFF UNRESERVED INSTEAD OF MANA COST**
**IVORY TOWER COULD BE SUPER MINMAX BUT THIS IS A LEAGUE START GUIDE!**

PANTHEONS + AILMENT IMMUNITY
-Most likely going to use Brine King + Garukhan for freeze + reduced shock for most of the time
-You could go for Stormshroud + Avoid shock on belt/boots OR Ancestral Vision + ailment boot implicit