UPDATE: full guide here - th-cam.com/video/3PxO81rVxmY/w-d-xo.html FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Q. Can I play this with a -4 or -5 mana wand? A. Yes, you just don't take Gift of Winter. Q. I can't take Spark Artillery (lightning conversion) in Frost Claw if I have -4 or -5 cost wand, is this a problem? A. No, you do not need that node. The build still works the same with Cold or Fire based Frost Claw. Q. How do I improve my bossing damage? A. Check out the new end game version of this build that combines the amazing clear speed with boss oneshot capabilities: th-cam.com/video/SLFBbVdeIp0/w-d-xo.html Q. Why are you not using Elemental Nova? A. Nova only has a 42% chance to apply per cast / recast of Frost Claw. With 5 per cast, that would be 2.1 (0.42 * 5) per FC Cast. For our build we already can apply 20+ Spark Charges per cast so this is a very small increase that didn't seem worth cluttering the screen and taking up a skill slot. Q. Is this build better than glacier? A. Depends what you want to do, both are S-tier. This one will likely be able to clear echos much faster. Glacier might have an easier time bossing until high level of gear where Spark Charge shines. Q. How do I sustain mana? A. You cast teleport with mana tunnel then meteor right after - You occasionally mana strike - You get mana back from sorcerer tree archmage Q. When level can I transition to this build? A. As soon as you have a total of 64 passive points which would be mid 50s + 8/8 from campaign. You need 20 points in the mage tree to unlock sorc, then 40 points in sorc tree to unlock arcane current which is mandatory. Q. What is required to start the build? A. Just the 64 passive points mentioned above. You do not need any gear to start, it is strong even before you get enigma. - If you don't have enigma yet, you want the highest amount of flat damage possible (eg. staff with high +spell damage or Vilatria's set) Q. What are the most important things to focus on? A. Get enigma as soon as possible, you can use runes of ascendance on any catalyst, banish nemesis to reroll uniques, buy catalyst prophecies as CoF, or purchase from bazaar as MG. - You also want gear with as much INT as possible, after that prioritize mana, cooldown, and critical strikes. Q. Why does Frost Claw need to cost 40, can I make it cheaper? A. No, it must cost at least 40 because the Arcane Current node which applies spark charges only works if the spell costs at least 40, see my mana cost calculator tool: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DLiKBOApPtBBm5prr185HU-iYM9k28ENFgz-voXpB-4/copy?gid=245613649#gid=245613649 Q. My Frost Claw costs 40 but I still do no damage, why? A. The game does not show you decimal places, your Frost Claw actually costs 39.6 or something like this, and is showing you 40. - Use my Mana Cost calculator to determine what your actual mana cost is: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DLiKBOApPtBBm5prr185HU-iYM9k28ENFgz-voXpB-4/copy?gid=245613649#gid=245613649 Q. Why is my Frost Claw mana cost not reaching 40? A. You must have ALL the mana cost increasing nodes in Frost Claw skill tree: Hand of Morditas, On Through the Snow, Ever Onward, Frozen Malice, Volley of Glass. You also cannot have any mana efficiency on the idols / Frost Claw tree, and you cannot have too much Minus Mana Cost on your weapon / Frost Claw skill tree. Use my mana cost calculator to help: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DLiKBOApPtBBm5prr185HU-iYM9k28ENFgz-voXpB-4/copy?gid=245613649#gid=245613649 Q. Will this work as Runemaster or Spellblade? A. No, you need 40 points in Sorcerer to unlock Arcane Current. Q. How do you trigger Meteor? A. I am not triggering it, I direct cast it after I use teleport. Q. Why Meteor? A. I use it as a mana generator. When you have Mana Tunnel in Teleport and Aftermath in Meteor you recover a lot of mana when using meteor directly after teleport. Q. Why Mana Strike? A. I use it as a mana generator. It is not really necessary when running echos, but it helps for an extra boost when fighting tanky bosses. If you don't find it necessary you can use snap freeze or ele nova, or something else. Q. Why not Focus? A. Focus has a node which adds cooldown but instantly grants a % of your maximum mana, I tried using this and it felt awkward and clunky. You may prefer this over meteor + teleport, that's an option. Q. Why Prismatic Gaze? / How do we get or use shards?! A. We don't care about the shards, we only use the helm for the base crit it provides.
This guy is a testament that there are creators that don't make it too much on maxroll but they have content that blows everything away... This build really is super easy to build up and the DPS is just insane for how paltry the initial gear requirements need to be.
Kamehameha Sorc goes brrr on bosses. Nice build. I'm leveling with Glacier right now and was planning to experiment with (cold) Frostclaw + Static Orb. This looks like another good option.
What are the benefits of converting frost claw to lightning? Why not fire, you save 2 skill points and can skip the Gift of Winter node which allows you to use -5 cost Wrongwarp. Also have you consider Fingers of the Phantom Mire? It adds 20% move speed, which means that's 60 more spell damage from Wrongwarp. A 3LP has a 3.21% to drop, which is not that bad for COF.
Fire is fine, it doesn't make much difference either way. I was running it last night on stream and the damage felt the same. Fingers doesn't look bad for the oneshot setup tbh, has a more multi. Has we lose 200 flat armor and potentially 1-3 affix spots depending on seal, and armor applies to DoT mitigation vs eternal gauntlets for the echo setup and evade is very important when you have a long cooldown traversal with mana tunnel.
@@kerepus you gain more by not taking it. Also glacier is better. With spark charges. Try to get the arena boots from Aion. 1% damage per 1% move speed. Killer combo if you also include the gloves. My static orb tool top is at 2.7million and missing still missing very important slams. COF sometimes is annoying.
Hey Amazing build, I just change over to it yesterday to give it a go. Works really well, one question when you do the item swap how do you prevent one point being taken from Manacharged on Static Orb? It always takes the extra point you get from the off hand from that node. Do you just not spec the extra point?
Peak only caps crit if you have base crit elsewhere. If you only have 5% base crit you need 1900% increased crit chance total or something. If you have 1 phantom grip it would probably work, if you have +6% from crystal skull you dont need peak
Just when I finished decking out the secret weapon build (even managed to slam max T7 Mana on my laddle) you give me something else to work towards! :p
Something worth mentioning (apologies if you did as i did not watch 100% of the video) but you want -3 mana cost wrongwarp, -4 or more puts frost claw just under the 40 mana goal.
@@FrozenSentinel I'm confused. Even with a -3 wrongwarp I'm sitting at 39.4 mana cost given the setup in the video. I'd have to go to a -4 or -3 and change the nodes out of gift of winter to make it work. How is this working in the video?
First of all thanks, feels better than clearing with Meteor Procs. I have a few questions/points: 1) For me, tooltip damage of Static Orb goes down when equipping Grimoire (and chugging a potion) over Stormcarved. And that's without the amulet, which would make added damage even less valuable. Also probably not accounting for the lightning pen as well.. 2) Do Spark Charges inherit the 6% base crit from the Frost Claw tree? If so, they should be nigh capped with Peak of the Mountain, which I'm using. I only swap Enigma for a 6% exalted offhand. 3) how about the new Swiftness unique gloves? Using a 3 lp version for free 20% movespeed and a few bonus stats.
i think you want the marina lost soul wand or whatever its called for the grimore setup. Im playing with the glacier setup and while its nicer to play transient rest (glacier generate mana), i miss frostclaw's ward generation. Frost claw setup requires a bit too much mana management for me, can we do anything about it? @@FrozenSentinel
Yep, i almost thinking about a variant similar to this with frost claw + static but this one is more polish damn. Time to farm all the bis item and slap. Edit : Finaly i try a bit the build and i come to this conclusion. i prefer to use glacier instead of frost claw because it regen mana pretty much almost at 100 % while clearing the map very well and spam more easily static orb for elite. And instead of Arcane ascendance i use flame ward witch gives 10 spell damage, 50% lighting damage, damage reduction and more flexibity for moving and have good defence. And damn the build clap very hard, One shooting all day night x) Sorry i'm french. Hope it understandable.
Good day, thx for the video, I saw the commentary about conversion of frost claw, i guess gift of winter is good and lightning conversion is good if you have -3 wrongwarp so you can prestack shock and passive for cast speed, but in case of -4 and above is there even a point in converting? we dont want it to be cold? what need in converting to fire? all the increases are spell, elemental -ignites?
What's your opinion on the swiftness rings? idk i feel the extra movespeed is better than evad. using a glacier build though trying to get it faster since I have a warp wand. surprised the guide on maxroll suggests the crit multiplier over the cast/move ability :)
don't really like giving up evade when we only have wrongwarp for traversal but you can if you want for a speedy setup, definitely wouldn't be better for boss oneshotting though
@@FrozenSentinel I have Marina's lost soul that has -5 mana which puts me at 37.4 mana cost. I have no other -5 or mana efficiency etc, is the only way to get a weapon that does not have -5 mana cost to fix this?
Thanks for the video! Wondering about the significance of the 5 points into the recollection (cooldown recovery) nodes? Not sure what that helps with other than maybe some slightly faster teleports? but the bonus from the julras has a 12 second cd and wrongwarp lasts 10 seconds so don't need faster teleport? Wondering if points might be spent better elsewhere
@@FrozenSentinel Really appreciate the reply! With 3/4 points in rending cascade how much sheet spell crit is needed to reach cap? I'm pretty new and don't see anything that shows me crit chance of individual abilities. Thanks for your help!
In your sheet guide for mana calc, you say I cant allocate points on "Gift of Winter" if my wand has -5 spell cost. But if I dont allocate points in it, how do I convert it to Lightning Damage?
Kinda new to LE - not to arpg. Is there any instance of type of damage that skips ward shield ? like chaos do with es in poe Are there fully immune mobs in game to any element ?
This is sick. Swapped from glacier sorc to this - one shot 565 corr last ruin boss and got ravenous void gloves which never had before :) Also just wondering - would swapping to Scales of Ettera for bossing would do anything useful with lightning infusion.
@@DucLu-t7c well the idea is to use exactly lightning infusion to help with one shotting the bosses. And even if you do not one shot - anyway you need to wait for focus to refill your mana which by the time it's is done - infusion cooldown will be over as well or close to.
@FrozenSentinel - really cool looking build, thanks very much for sharing all this information about it. Could you explain the spell rotation for bossing? If you already explained this somewhere, please could you point me to it? Thanks!
Great timing for a build update to drop as I had taken my sweet time to get started and I had barely put together the initial set up for the previous one! One question btw, is the minion damage on the silver ring in the planner intended or..?
@@FrozenSentinel Thanks for the reply, yeah I heard it from the video that the stats are not final but I wanted to ask because given that I don't think there are minions in the build (correctme if I'm wrong), I assumed it'd be better to put something like lighting dmg or even leave it blank rather than having a stat that could spark endless questions from confused players for you in there if you know what I mean.
that planner is an actual character snapshot though, not a created one, I did include the "aspirational" planner in the description which contains no dead stats
hello, i just found 3lp wronngwarp, but... it got -4spell mana cost :( . Will i lose a lot if damage if i get rid of "spark artillery" ? to have 40+mana cost witout gift of winter
loving this build but i just cannot seem to get the Wrongwarp to drop with the minus mana cost of 3 had multiple 2LP ones drop but cant use them as they put the mana cost of frost claw under 40 Thankfully i got a 2lp Ladle I can run in the mean time
i see you are using "tyrant crown" helm base, is this leech rly that important ? arcane visage can give 15%cdr & 15%mana. Thanks for guide by the way, i will respec from glacier yo your build soon :)
hey, i know this is kind of old, but im hoping you will still see this and help me out. so i played your straight frost claw build up until i had the items to switch to this build. im a little light on mana, but its close enough. im still one shotting what i wanna one shot. the problem is how bad frost claw feels for me now in maps. i am not smart enough to know why. obviously we switched from lightning to cold, but not much else changed in the frost claw tree. the passives changed quite a bit. we dropped the ward per cast nodes, and obviously arent using meteor anymore for mana. is there anything else im missing? how do you not feel like shit in maps with this?
Probably missing too much int, crit chance, or crit multi. See my 1K corruption speed farm using this hybrid setup here; th-cam.com/users/liveg1Vnsg3DxFA Planner is in the description You lose massive damage without int on your Frost Claw, also possible your FC dropped below 40 mana
@@FrozenSentinel I still have like 124int, 41.8 cost, 350 or so crit multi, and my chance is kinda low at 55, but that's exactly what it was before the switch, same with the int. The difference is the 8 points in spell blade I think. Those points were massive ward gain and retention. Why do we switch to cold claw btw? And is there a way to keep the 8 spell blade points without cucking ourselves
@@HeIIaAverage the 5 point in Spellblade is only like 130 threshold, it's almost nothing. Check the pinned FAQ RE: why no lightning Yes you can take more INT instead of some other stuff and it will boost your FC damage, but I don't think it's worth giving up movement speed if running wrongwarp for maximizing your clear. I can't really help you based on the limited info provided, you can see the build working in 1000 corruption in my vods with the planner that sounds similar to yours. I'd suggest posting your planner in my discord linked in the description and asking for help with more details
In my opinion devs simply forgot that frost claw can be pumped up above 40 mana and never intended this interaction. Applying 20+ spark charges per cast is ridiculous compared to any other skills. So I wouldn't be surprised if frost claw's mana cost got slightly reduced to be under 40 mana with all the mana increase nodes.
Hey, can you help me and tell me how long you have been farming the Strands of Souls item because I have been trying to drop it for several days now and all I can get is armor and a shield...
What are the must have requirements to run this build? I'm still working through your other FC static orb build and don't have the wand, relic, or ammy in the aspirational planner.
@@FrozenSentinel I'm running your build with meteor and ladle etc currently. My question was regarding this other build you showcased from Captain. I know your disclaimer mentions needing > 1500 ish mana and some extra flat damage before trying but, are any of the uniques must have items as well such? I'm struggling a bit in corruption 300 at the moment but likely because I don't have any uniques slammed with INT or Mana.
You will probably need uniques with LP to reach enough mana to oneshot bosses, ideally tooltip >500k for static orb and > 1500 mana to consider using it otherwise it will feel bad. Focus on making the ladle setup work for now as that will be better until you start to have some legendaries
@@FrozenSentinel Sounds good. I think that's a solid plan as well. Any suggestions on what to prioritize now that I'm trying to push 300 for farming? I'm using ladle, boneclamor, unstable, enigma, 2x phantom grip, blood of exile, strands belt, and exaulted pieces for ammy, gloves, and relic. I still feel decently strong clearing mobs in echos but can get nuked if im not careful and struggle a bit with bosses now. 1K HP, 645 mana, 1600 armor, 94 int. None of my uniques currently have the recommended slams in them as well. DPS on FC shows 2553.
Hi, I am trying to understand why the confluence of fate is good. It doesn't seem like this build does any fire, necro or void damage. Could you please explain?
@@ySoCerealx im not Sure but i guess its "spell DMG" so it gets added to any spells and boosted further with any increased %spelldmg, but Not boosted by any lightning %dmg. Im kinda new to the Game, but this makes sense for me Edit: If i am correct, then you should prioritize spelldmg over any elemental or specific elemental %dmg.
1. Overflow mana with Focus before boss 2. Teleport for Julra ring + Wrongwarp 3. Frost Claw to apply slow / any ailments 4. Arcane Ascendance 5. Spam Static Orb
sorc is stronger. chaos bolt warlock is kinda like worse sorc. I think it is because warlock isn't designed raw damage setup. it is probably designed around DoT and Aliments but those aren't nearly as good as raw damage.
Great video and thinking again, but as I see in the comments, there a few of us who play HC and this cycle especially, the name if the game is kill faster then monsters, some of them are extremely dangereous-just see HC ladder how many are dead. Would you provide us with a setup for HC? When I hear word glass canon I panic:)
Glass cannon only for bossing setup, echo setup will include frailty, a bit more armor instead of mana, crit reduc cap, and 8/8 in the RM DR node. if you arent confident you can oneshot the boss, dont run the glass cannon swap. If you do run glass cannon boss swap you should TP out of the fight immediately if the initial burst doesnt kill.
@@FrozenSentinel Perfect, greatly appreciated. I am not there yet, still running the classic build I have only 550mana, but I was wondering, not sure I got cleary what is the rotation of the sills. The focus is clear, frost claw and teleport as well. But how and when to use the static orb and Ascendence - I have never used that skill I tried it and it roots you down, maybe I just dont get - is anywhere an explanation or are going to extend your document for this setup? BTW the document is awesome help
ill update the doc soon, I suggest watching the boss kills on 0.25x speed and seeing the order of skills. IIRC you can use traversal while in ascendance, this is last before burst with static
I've reviewed it 10 times.... I still don't understand how to make explosions at the end of the frost claw cast!!!!!!???? and how is the ball lightning cast when casting the frost claw???
@@FrozenSentinel okay, ty! is there a minimum mana req to switch to this? currently using your fc build but it lacks a bit on bosses, want to try this one.
Theres always a risk when you go full dps for bossing but I think finishing the fights immediately is safer than fighting it out and potentially ripping to a mistake or lag during the fight. the build overall is solid for HC as we get a pretty good amount of EHP
Idk what to tell ya, got way more people saying the opposite. FC + Spark Charge does way more AoE damage with much better coverage, more range, more splash / overlapping / shotting, etc.
@@FrozenSentinel You said the necklace gives "quite a bit" of flat damage and "you do help scale damage types that are not lightning" but it doesn't make any sense. Is it applying to lightning skills due to a bug? Is it intended for the game to let any skill benefit from any type of flat damage? If so, why have different types at all?
OK sorry, I didn't understand how the game works. I thought added damage was only effective on the type of skill being used. Static Orb does 40 base lightning damage, and confluence alone would make it do 40 lightning, ~30 fire, ~30 necrotic, and ~30 void at 200% added dmg effectiveness. The only real difference between them is if you have a specific type of increased damage or penetration type, it would only apply to that particular type and not the others.
UPDATE: full guide here - th-cam.com/video/3PxO81rVxmY/w-d-xo.html
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Q. Can I play this with a -4 or -5 mana wand?
A. Yes, you just don't take Gift of Winter.
Q. I can't take Spark Artillery (lightning conversion) in Frost Claw if I have -4 or -5 cost wand, is this a problem?
A. No, you do not need that node. The build still works the same with Cold or Fire based Frost Claw.
Q. How do I improve my bossing damage?
A. Check out the new end game version of this build that combines the amazing clear speed with boss oneshot capabilities:
th-cam.com/video/SLFBbVdeIp0/w-d-xo.html
Q. Why are you not using Elemental Nova?
A. Nova only has a 42% chance to apply per cast / recast of Frost Claw. With 5 per cast, that would be 2.1 (0.42 * 5) per FC Cast.
For our build we already can apply 20+ Spark Charges per cast so this is a very small increase that didn't seem worth cluttering the screen and
taking up a skill slot.
Q. Is this build better than glacier?
A. Depends what you want to do, both are S-tier. This one will likely be able to clear echos much faster. Glacier
might have an easier time bossing until high level of gear where Spark Charge shines.
Q. How do I sustain mana?
A. You cast teleport with mana tunnel then meteor right after
- You occasionally mana strike
- You get mana back from sorcerer tree archmage
Q. When level can I transition to this build?
A. As soon as you have a total of 64 passive points which would be mid 50s + 8/8 from campaign. You need
20 points in the mage tree to unlock sorc, then 40 points in sorc tree to unlock arcane current which is mandatory.
Q. What is required to start the build?
A. Just the 64 passive points mentioned above. You do not need any gear to start, it is strong even before you get enigma.
- If you don't have enigma yet, you want the highest amount of flat damage possible (eg. staff with high +spell damage or Vilatria's set)
Q. What are the most important things to focus on?
A. Get enigma as soon as possible, you can use runes of ascendance on any catalyst, banish nemesis to reroll uniques,
buy catalyst prophecies as CoF, or purchase from bazaar as MG.
- You also want gear with as much INT as possible, after that prioritize mana, cooldown, and critical strikes.
Q. Why does Frost Claw need to cost 40, can I make it cheaper?
A. No, it must cost at least 40 because the Arcane Current node which applies spark charges only works if the spell costs at least 40, see my mana cost calculator tool:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DLiKBOApPtBBm5prr185HU-iYM9k28ENFgz-voXpB-4/copy?gid=245613649#gid=245613649
Q. My Frost Claw costs 40 but I still do no damage, why?
A. The game does not show you decimal places, your Frost Claw actually costs 39.6 or something like this, and is showing you 40.
- Use my Mana Cost calculator to determine what your actual mana cost is:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DLiKBOApPtBBm5prr185HU-iYM9k28ENFgz-voXpB-4/copy?gid=245613649#gid=245613649
Q. Why is my Frost Claw mana cost not reaching 40?
A. You must have ALL the mana cost increasing nodes in Frost Claw skill tree: Hand of Morditas, On Through the Snow, Ever Onward,
Frozen Malice, Volley of Glass. You also cannot have any mana efficiency on the idols / Frost Claw tree, and you cannot have
too much Minus Mana Cost on your weapon / Frost Claw skill tree. Use my mana cost calculator to help:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DLiKBOApPtBBm5prr185HU-iYM9k28ENFgz-voXpB-4/copy?gid=245613649#gid=245613649
Q. Will this work as Runemaster or Spellblade?
A. No, you need 40 points in Sorcerer to unlock Arcane Current.
Q. How do you trigger Meteor?
A. I am not triggering it, I direct cast it after I use teleport.
Q. Why Meteor?
A. I use it as a mana generator. When you have Mana Tunnel in Teleport and Aftermath in Meteor you
recover a lot of mana when using meteor directly after teleport.
Q. Why Mana Strike?
A. I use it as a mana generator. It is not really necessary when running echos, but it helps for an extra boost when
fighting tanky bosses. If you don't find it necessary you can use snap freeze or ele nova, or something else.
Q. Why not Focus?
A. Focus has a node which adds cooldown but instantly grants a % of your maximum mana, I tried using this and it felt
awkward and clunky. You may prefer this over meteor + teleport, that's an option.
Q. Why Prismatic Gaze? / How do we get or use shards?!
A. We don't care about the shards, we only use the helm for the base crit it provides.
This guy is a testament that there are creators that don't make it too much on maxroll but they have content that blows everything away... This build really is super easy to build up and the DPS is just insane for how paltry the initial gear requirements need to be.
:)
Finally I managed to defeat Aberroth... this weekend only... thanks to this build. I got a build for the boss and other one for monolith runs.
congrats!
Kamehameha Sorc goes brrr on bosses. Nice build. I'm leveling with Glacier right now and was planning to experiment with (cold) Frostclaw + Static Orb. This looks like another good option.
What are the benefits of converting frost claw to lightning?
Why not fire, you save 2 skill points and can skip the Gift of Winter node which allows you to use -5 cost Wrongwarp.
Also have you consider Fingers of the Phantom Mire? It adds 20% move speed, which means that's 60 more spell damage from Wrongwarp.
A 3LP has a 3.21% to drop, which is not that bad for COF.
Fire is fine, it doesn't make much difference either way. I was running it last night on stream and the damage felt the same.
Fingers doesn't look bad for the oneshot setup tbh, has a more multi. Has we lose 200 flat armor and potentially 1-3 affix spots depending on seal, and armor applies to DoT mitigation vs eternal gauntlets for the echo setup and evade is very important when you have a long cooldown traversal with mana tunnel.
I need to take out Gift of Winter otherwise I couldn't get FC to be above 40 mana :(
@@kerepus you gain more by not taking it. Also glacier is better. With spark charges. Try to get the arena boots from Aion. 1% damage per 1% move speed. Killer combo if you also include the gloves. My static orb tool top is at 2.7million and missing still missing very important slams. COF sometimes is annoying.
Hey Amazing build, I just change over to it yesterday to give it a go. Works really well, one question when you do the item swap how do you prevent one point being taken from Manacharged on Static Orb? It always takes the extra point you get from the off hand from that node. Do you just not spec the extra point?
I don't spec the extra point yea, there is a pre-determined logic for how points are removed and it's not helpful here unfortunately
Was in stream yesterday while you working on this. Friggin pumped to see it and build toward it
I'm sure there's an obvious answer to this but I'll ask anyway: why not Peak of the Mountain to cap crit?
Peak only caps crit if you have base crit elsewhere. If you only have 5% base crit you need 1900% increased crit chance total or something. If you have 1 phantom grip it would probably work, if you have +6% from crystal skull you dont need peak
@@FrozenSentinel idk what is your math. but im only crit capped for static orb with peak and +6 skull. and also only after teleport and trippled int.
Just when I finished decking out the secret weapon build (even managed to slam max T7 Mana on my laddle) you give me something else to work towards! :p
Something worth mentioning (apologies if you did as i did not watch 100% of the video) but you want -3 mana cost wrongwarp, -4 or more puts frost claw just under the 40 mana goal.
-4 is fine, you just don't use gift of winter which is what I'm currently doing
@@FrozenSentinel I'm confused. Even with a -3 wrongwarp I'm sitting at 39.4 mana cost given the setup in the video. I'd have to go to a -4 or -3 and change the nodes out of gift of winter to make it work. How is this working in the video?
And then also if you don't take the gift of winter, do you keep it cold based? don't take artor's or spark artillery?
nevermind, i guess it ends up being more mana reduction when equipped
First of all thanks, feels better than clearing with Meteor Procs. I have a few questions/points:
1) For me, tooltip damage of Static Orb goes down when equipping Grimoire (and chugging a potion) over Stormcarved. And that's without the amulet, which would make added damage even less valuable. Also probably not accounting for the lightning pen as well..
2) Do Spark Charges inherit the 6% base crit from the Frost Claw tree? If so, they should be nigh capped with Peak of the Mountain, which I'm using. I only swap Enigma for a 6% exalted offhand.
3) how about the new Swiftness unique gloves? Using a 3 lp version for free 20% movespeed and a few bonus stats.
I think light pen is included in tooltip, but yea relic might not be worth it over storm. I'd just go for the neck then
@@FrozenSentinel just replying in case you missed my edited additions
They do not inherit
i think you want the marina lost soul wand or whatever its called for the grimore setup. Im playing with the glacier setup and while its nicer to play transient rest (glacier generate mana), i miss frostclaw's ward generation. Frost claw setup requires a bit too much mana management for me, can we do anything about it? @@FrozenSentinel
Yep, i almost thinking about a variant similar to this with frost claw + static but this one is more polish damn. Time to farm all the bis item and slap.
Edit : Finaly i try a bit the build and i come to this conclusion. i prefer to use glacier instead of frost claw because it regen mana pretty much almost at 100 % while clearing the map very well and spam more easily static orb for elite. And instead of Arcane ascendance i use flame ward witch gives 10 spell damage, 50% lighting damage, damage reduction and more flexibity for moving and have good defence. And damn the build clap very hard, One shooting all day night x)
Sorry i'm french. Hope it understandable.
Good day, thx for the video, I saw the commentary about conversion of frost claw, i guess gift of winter is good and lightning conversion is good if you have -3 wrongwarp so you can prestack shock and passive for cast speed, but in case of -4 and above is there even a point in converting? we dont want it to be cold? what need in converting to fire? all the increases are spell, elemental -ignites?
-4 and above you don't take Gift of Winter, converting doesn't make much difference
What's your opinion on the swiftness rings? idk i feel the extra movespeed is better than evad. using a glacier build though trying to get it faster since I have a warp wand. surprised the guide on maxroll suggests the crit multiplier over the cast/move ability :)
don't really like giving up evade when we only have wrongwarp for traversal but you can if you want for a speedy setup, definitely wouldn't be better for boss oneshotting though
@@FrozenSentinel ya mostly for monos as those are all about travel :)
that feel when frost claw is not 40 mana but 39.6
struggler here
Same, I had mana efficiency on idols that I forgot about for quite a while, once I changed that, was awesome.
Yea thats a ruff one, there are quite a few combinations of minus mana items and FC skill point configs that leave you just under 40
@@FrozenSentinel I have Marina's lost soul that has -5 mana which puts me at 37.4 mana cost. I have no other -5 or mana efficiency etc, is the only way to get a weapon that does not have -5 mana cost to fix this?
What's the "feel"?
Thanks for the video! Wondering about the significance of the 5 points into the recollection (cooldown recovery) nodes? Not sure what that helps with other than maybe some slightly faster teleports? but the bonus from the julras has a 12 second cd and wrongwarp lasts 10 seconds so don't need faster teleport? Wondering if points might be spent better elsewhere
teleport is quality of life, mana tunnel tp is how we consistently regen mana with archmage refund + static orb
@@FrozenSentinel Really appreciate the reply! With 3/4 points in rending cascade how much sheet spell crit is needed to reach cap? I'm pretty new and don't see anything that shows me crit chance of individual abilities. Thanks for your help!
Reaching crit cap for frost claw is not important, you care only about spark charge and static orb
Looks great cuz Im struggling right now but this maybe can make be "strong" again,ty :D
Nice build ! What are the mandatory items for this build and when do you think is good time to switch from the classic frost claw to this one ?
Nothing is "mandatory" but you will need over 1000 mana and over 100 int
In your sheet guide for mana calc, you say I cant allocate points on "Gift of Winter" if my wand has -5 spell cost. But if I dont allocate points in it, how do I convert it to Lightning Damage?
You don't convert to lightning
No need to covert as long as you have the frost claw above 40 mana you apply spark charge (which is the main damage dealer)
That does look cool :)
Nice excited for this vid
Kinda new to LE - not to arpg.
Is there any instance of type of damage that skips ward shield ? like chaos do with es in poe
Are there fully immune mobs in game to any element ?
No and no
@@FrozenSentinel Thank You
This is sick. Swapped from glacier sorc to this - one shot 565 corr last ruin boss and got ravenous void gloves which never had before :) Also just wondering - would swapping to Scales of Ettera for bossing would do anything useful with lightning infusion.
Hm maybe, I haven't tried it, could be interesting
scale of ettera is doable but do not use lightniing infusion one you do 80% less damage after stack is over. Use the Cold & Fire one instead.
@@DucLu-t7c well the idea is to use exactly lightning infusion to help with one shotting the bosses. And even if you do not one shot - anyway you need to wait for focus to refill your mana which by the time it's is done - infusion cooldown will be over as well or close to.
@FrozenSentinel - really cool looking build, thanks very much for sharing all this information about it. Could you explain the spell rotation for bossing? If you already explained this somewhere, please could you point me to it? Thanks!
fc, teleport, arcane, spam orb, focus
Great timing for a build update to drop as I had taken my sweet time to get started and I had barely put together the initial set up for the previous one! One question btw, is the minion damage on the silver ring in the planner intended or..?
not intended, gear is work in progress
@@FrozenSentinel Thanks for the reply, yeah I heard it from the video that the stats are not final but I wanted to ask because given that I don't think there are minions in the build (correctme if I'm wrong), I assumed it'd be better to put something like lighting dmg or even leave it blank rather than having a stat that could spark endless questions from confused players for you in there if you know what I mean.
that planner is an actual character snapshot though, not a created one, I did include the "aspirational" planner in the description which contains no dead stats
hello, i just found 3lp wronngwarp, but... it got -4spell mana cost :( . Will i lose a lot if damage if i get rid of "spark artillery" ? to have 40+mana cost witout gift of winter
not really, it's fine
loving this build but i just cannot seem to get the Wrongwarp to drop with the minus mana cost of 3 had multiple 2LP ones drop but cant use them as they put the mana cost of frost claw under 40 Thankfully i got a 2lp Ladle I can run in the mean time
You can use a -4 or -5 Wrongwarp, just remove gift of winter. Here is my planner with a -4 www.lastepochtools.com/planner/AKb9GOvo
I play this build and dropped all uniques you listed yesterday lol. But how did he get so much mana, man. Need to start doing some Jurla runs.
Yea you will want some legendaries to start using this setup if you want to kill bosses in one rotation, otherwise its a bit awkward
@@FrozenSentinel I have everything already. I have a lot of armor/mana idols too but no flat mana/mana one.
A Question: why do you use Amulet The Confluence of Fate ?
See updated guide, I answer that here;
th-cam.com/video/3PxO81rVxmY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8lFeBsK1WSiBFT93&t=706
hey , for echo farming setup amulet would strong mind work? got a nice one with 4lp ?
yes
Hey, I'm currently running the static orb build, but woth glacier and meteor coc for clearing echoes...do u think frost claw is superior?
for clear definitely
i see you are using "tyrant crown" helm base, is this leech rly that important ? arcane visage can give 15%cdr & 15%mana. Thanks for guide by the way, i will respec from glacier yo your build soon :)
This is a CoF character, we don't get to choose what base we get with good affixes unfortunately, Arcane Visage is better
What changes would you recommend for the HC version of this build?
definitely want frailty, 8/8 in the RM DR node, and a bit more armor for the echo swap instead of mana. could drop some MS for defense too.
@@FrozenSentinel
tyvm!
hey, i know this is kind of old, but im hoping you will still see this and help me out. so i played your straight frost claw build up until i had the items to switch to this build. im a little light on mana, but its close enough. im still one shotting what i wanna one shot. the problem is how bad frost claw feels for me now in maps. i am not smart enough to know why. obviously we switched from lightning to cold, but not much else changed in the frost claw tree. the passives changed quite a bit. we dropped the ward per cast nodes, and obviously arent using meteor anymore for mana. is there anything else im missing? how do you not feel like shit in maps with this?
Probably missing too much int, crit chance, or crit multi.
See my 1K corruption speed farm using this hybrid setup here; th-cam.com/users/liveg1Vnsg3DxFA
Planner is in the description
You lose massive damage without int on your Frost Claw, also possible your FC dropped below 40 mana
@@FrozenSentinel I still have like 124int, 41.8 cost, 350 or so crit multi, and my chance is kinda low at 55, but that's exactly what it was before the switch, same with the int. The difference is the 8 points in spell blade I think. Those points were massive ward gain and retention. Why do we switch to cold claw btw? And is there a way to keep the 8 spell blade points without cucking ourselves
@@HeIIaAverage the 5 point in Spellblade is only like 130 threshold, it's almost nothing. Check the pinned FAQ RE: why no lightning
Yes you can take more INT instead of some other stuff and it will boost your FC damage, but I don't think it's worth giving up movement speed if running wrongwarp for maximizing your clear.
I can't really help you based on the limited info provided, you can see the build working in 1000 corruption in my vods with the planner that sounds similar to yours. I'd suggest posting your planner in my discord linked in the description and asking for help with more details
@@FrozenSentinel yeah, i know its not the build. ill do as you suggested and post in the discord. thanks for the information
Will you make an update video? Or is there a a more current build planner? Thanks man!
edit: you posted an update 5 minutes ago lmao NICE
lol good timing
Is there a build planner for the normal frost claw version before swapping to this one?
th-cam.com/video/1RoQk84Qcds/w-d-xo.html
@@FrozenSentinel Thanks. Subbed
Does your filter apply this variant? Or will there be a new one coming out?
not yet, ill update tonight
@@FrozenSentinel Thank you. Enjoying the build :)
nice ;)
do you have a version of this but for runemaster in the new cycle? I'm using one atm but the dps on single target is F tier atm
You cannot play this build as runemaster, you need the sorc passives
How does one get so much ward? Im playing divine bolt seraph blsde and im capping out at like 2800. Just started playing a few days ago lvl86
Sorc just gets a lot of ward, ward retention, mana spent gained as was, ward per second per max mana, etc
Do u think ice barrage can improve the FC build in term of bossing?
yes definitely. I tried it and it felt awkward to play but you may like it
I'm a refugee from the serpent strike nerf, just wondering is there any potential nerf/bug in this build?
I am not aware of any bug, EHG has stated they wont do nerfs mid cycle so unless a bug is found this is likely safe until 1.2
In my opinion devs simply forgot that frost claw can be pumped up above 40 mana and never intended this interaction. Applying 20+ spark charges per cast is ridiculous compared to any other skills. So I wouldn't be surprised if frost claw's mana cost got slightly reduced to be under 40 mana with all the mana increase nodes.
I've just found one bug though. You get the 100% spark charge bonus at 3 points instead of 4 but it's not big of a deal
two days ago I sold a 3LP confluence of fate ( only one on the market at the time ) and now i kinda regret it xD.
Hey, can you help me and tell me how long you have been farming the Strands of Souls item because I have been trying to drop it for several days now and all I can get is armor and a shield...
I pushed that timeline to 1000 and have dropped probably 30+ of them
@@FrozenSentinel thx to answer. 1000 its to big 4 me now :/
What are the must have requirements to run this build? I'm still working through your other FC static orb build and don't have the wand, relic, or ammy in the aspirational planner.
Not sure what you mean, this is the only FC static orb build I've uploaded
@@FrozenSentinel I'm running your build with meteor and ladle etc currently. My question was regarding this other build you showcased from Captain. I know your disclaimer mentions needing > 1500 ish mana and some extra flat damage before trying but, are any of the uniques must have items as well such? I'm struggling a bit in corruption 300 at the moment but likely because I don't have any uniques slammed with INT or Mana.
You will probably need uniques with LP to reach enough mana to oneshot bosses, ideally tooltip >500k for static orb and > 1500 mana to consider using it otherwise it will feel bad. Focus on making the ladle setup work for now as that will be better until you start to have some legendaries
@@FrozenSentinel Sounds good. I think that's a solid plan as well. Any suggestions on what to prioritize now that I'm trying to push 300 for farming? I'm using ladle, boneclamor, unstable, enigma, 2x phantom grip, blood of exile, strands belt, and exaulted pieces for ammy, gloves, and relic. I still feel decently strong clearing mobs in echos but can get nuked if im not careful and struggle a bit with bosses now. 1K HP, 645 mana, 1600 armor, 94 int. None of my uniques currently have the recommended slams in them as well. DPS on FC shows 2553.
This is the BEST build so far. Easily destroyed Maxroll's. This is an OG build. Not another me too copy! 👍👍
Workable for a runemaster? Or is this really tied to sorc?
Does not work for runemaster
Hi, I am trying to understand why the confluence of fate is good. It doesn't seem like this build does any fire, necro or void damage. Could you please explain?
It doesn't matter if the type is the same, it still adds the damage
@@FrozenSentinel how does that make sense? if you aren't doing fire/necro/void dmg then why would +dmg in those categories add any dmg to lightning
@@ySoCerealx im not Sure but i guess its "spell DMG" so it gets added to any spells and boosted further with any increased %spelldmg, but Not boosted by any lightning %dmg. Im kinda new to the Game, but this makes sense for me
Edit: If i am correct, then you should prioritize spelldmg over any elemental or specific elemental %dmg.
can you give a budget gearing for this bec i cant afford any of this stuff yet and trying to be able to still kind of play the build lol
This build will not work well with budget, just run the standard Frost Claw Spark setup until you have some of the gear seen here
@@FrozenSentinel alrighty thankyou :)
so on gear you generally want T6-T7 +to mana? thats the only way to hit so much right?
generally yea, int is good too
what’s the overall skill rotation?
1. Overflow mana with Focus before boss
2. Teleport for Julra ring + Wrongwarp
3. Frost Claw to apply slow / any ailments
4. Arcane Ascendance
5. Spam Static Orb
Is it possible to build this with lighning blast instead of frost claw or is LB just way less DPS?
tried LB and it felt pretty awful
This looks like a Chaos bolt Warlock. How do the two compare ?
I dont know tbh, havent played much warlock
sorc is stronger. chaos bolt warlock is kinda like worse sorc. I think it is because warlock isn't designed raw damage setup. it is probably designed around DoT and Aliments but those aren't nearly as good as raw damage.
What made this build not stand out last cycle? Was there a patch in cyc1.1 that made it this way?
They completely reworked sorcerer
Do we play Unstable core only because of mana and elemental damage?
Yes, its a solid base that is fairly easy to get LP
Great video and thinking again, but as I see in the comments, there a few of us who play HC and this cycle especially, the name if the game is kill faster then monsters, some of them are extremely dangereous-just see HC ladder how many are dead. Would you provide us with a setup for HC? When I hear word glass canon I panic:)
Glass cannon only for bossing setup, echo setup will include frailty, a bit more armor instead of mana, crit reduc cap, and 8/8 in the RM DR node.
if you arent confident you can oneshot the boss, dont run the glass cannon swap. If you do run glass cannon boss swap you should TP out of the fight immediately if the initial burst doesnt kill.
@@FrozenSentinel Perfect, greatly appreciated. I am not there yet, still running the classic build I have only 550mana, but I was wondering, not sure I got cleary what is the rotation of the sills. The focus is clear, frost claw and teleport as well. But how and when to use the static orb and Ascendence - I have never used that skill I tried it and it roots you down, maybe I just dont get - is anywhere an explanation or are going to extend your document for this setup? BTW the document is awesome help
ill update the doc soon, I suggest watching the boss kills on 0.25x speed and seeing the order of skills. IIRC you can use traversal while in ascendance, this is last before burst with static
If you have only 20 points for Static Orb, which nodes give the highest dmg multiplication, I cannot figure on how it is calculated
i have wrongwrap with t7 crit mult and chance to shock t7 :'( it is good? or i have to aim for mana + crit multiplier
Multi is a great slam, mana and multi would be better but this is fine for now
@@FrozenSentinel what do you think about fractured crown for this build?
@@Spacetime25 05:06
@@Spacetime25i believe he answered your question in the video before you asked :p
@@behelit612 Thanks! I have TDAH oopsy
I've reviewed it 10 times.... I still don't understand how to make explosions at the end of the frost claw cast!!!!!!???? and how is the ball lightning cast when casting the frost claw???
Arcane current in sorc tree, self cast static orb
Its very old build from beta and still working
Can anyone explain the bossing amulet? it adds fire/necro/void dmg how does that help this build?
flat damage is multiplied by everything
@@FrozenSentinel okay, ty! is there a minimum mana req to switch to this? currently using your fc build but it lacks a bit on bosses, want to try this one.
probably 1500 or so, you'll lose some AoE damage in the process but it is still fine
Is worth wear 2 Julra rings?
Yea they can be good for oneshot setup
great stuff! is there a lootfilter available?
Ill have one provided by tonight
@@FrozenSentinelgood day, where can I find the loot filter?
Can fractured crown be obtained from rune of ascendance?
It's not a normal item, I suggest looking up guide on how to obtain
@@FrozenSentinel the loot filter from this guide is it for the build or the one u have on your google spreadsheet the ideal one?
why where people using phantom grip ?
crit chance
Can you lvl with this?
You can level with Frost Claw, yes, static orb comes later
Is this better than the build I had before?
yes
How well do you think these builds will perform in HC?
Theres always a risk when you go full dps for bossing but I think finishing the fights immediately is safer than fighting it out and potentially ripping to a mistake or lag during the fight.
the build overall is solid for HC as we get a pretty good amount of EHP
i need this for runemaster! i started playing your runemaster frostclaw build and i dont wanna start over! pls runemaster
Only Sorc can take the spark charge node
@@FrozenSentinel I figured that I ment can u do a run aster version without the spark node
Not sure why frostclaw is used over glacier. It does less damage and costs more. I tested it and its far worse, especially with harbinger belt.
Idk what to tell ya, got way more people saying the opposite. FC + Spark Charge does way more AoE damage with much better coverage, more range, more splash / overlapping / shotting, etc.
I don't get how the confluence helps us at all. Flat fire, necrotic, and void damage sound like they don't apply when using lightning skills.
I believe I talked about this in the gear section, it does apply
@@FrozenSentinel You said the necklace gives "quite a bit" of flat damage and "you do help scale damage types that are not lightning" but it doesn't make any sense. Is it applying to lightning skills due to a bug? Is it intended for the game to let any skill benefit from any type of flat damage? If so, why have different types at all?
OK sorry, I didn't understand how the game works. I thought added damage was only effective on the type of skill being used. Static Orb does 40 base lightning damage, and confluence alone would make it do 40 lightning, ~30 fire, ~30 necrotic, and ~30 void at 200% added dmg effectiveness.
The only real difference between them is if you have a specific type of increased damage or penetration type, it would only apply to that particular type and not the others.
Such a shame that necromancer got such a big nerf, meanwhile there’s so many OP sorcerer builds.
Necro is still op ^^
@@terrassonjulien6409 False
@@Juggernautdemon torment is still s tier...
What's "mapping"?
doing echos, PoE term I guess
that wand is so rare how i get it?
ascendancy on wand, prophecies, bazaar
@@FrozenSentinel yeah on bazaar i need more money i will try ascendency more and hope ty for all that work
yea what wand to use before this ones bec there like 6mill for the cheapest one lol
stop talking and show the items, holy crap
It's literally not even an 11 minute long video with planner links in the description lol, how impatient could you possibly be xD
@@FrozenSentinel very :D didnt see the liks first
hi i am a fan from taiwan
can i ask how could you get that much energy shield ?
i always died in boss🥲
Mostly just by improving your gear, isn't really a trick it just builds automatically when you cast spells
i cant drop this wrong wrap for 2 day XDD