How to Frost Blades (like a Champion)



Here's a level 86 Tree. This should be very attainable for anyone. It has 165% Life on the tree at this level.

(**EDIT: See progression spoilers for better Trees**)

[Edit: See "Example of Level #" for a more accurate order for node acquisition.]

* Bandits: Either kill All or kill Alira.

Here's the Ascendancy Tree.


* You convert all your Phys Dmg -> Cold Dmg.
* You're specialized into Swords.
* You like Critical Strike, since it synergizes with the no-Evade-if-Taunted Ascendancy node.
* There's a cluster of life ("Blood Drinker") ready to be picked up...
- you can get another Frenzy Charge there, or you can try to increase your maximum leech rate, or you could get critical strike nodes and "Fencing." You could get "Primeval Force" too, if you wanted.

* Gems:
(**NOTE: See progression spoilers for updated versions. This is a basic template, and it can vary slightly, depending on what's convenient/available.***)

- Blasphemy + Frostbite (and Int on gear to support it: 111 req.).
- Fortify Support + Whirling Blades + Frenzy + Faster Attacks
- Charged Dash (or Leap Slam).
- Cast when Damage Taken + Frost Bomb + Immortal Call + Ice Golem
- Herald of Ice (Grace also possible)
- Frost Blades + Multi-Strike + Added Cold Damage + Elemental Damage with Attacks + Cold Penetration
- Decoy Totem (optional but recommended)
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Dernière édition par bwam, le 7 avr. 2018 14:07:50
Dernier bump le 17 avr. 2018 02:15:47
Addendum: For gems, you'll also want to run Blood Rage.



Example of Level 42 (mid-A5)


Tree:
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Gear:
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Example of Level 50 (mid-A6)

Tree:
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Gear:
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Example of Level 63 (beginning A9)


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Gear:
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Example of Level 67 (post-A10 Kitava)

Tree:
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Gear:
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Note that "The Princess" does nearly the same damage as my OH weapon ( "Morbid Beak"), and is a nice, easily obtainable option if you don't have two decent swords.




Example of level 79 (all of Yellow Tier Maps)


Tree:
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Gear:
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At this point, all the Maps I've been able to find (from earlier in the League as well) I have been able to run successfully, even modded up, so long as there isn't ~"Elemental Damage is Reflected." I also avoid ~"Enemies Cannot be Taunted."


Level 84

Tree:
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Gear:
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(Had "Twice Enchanted" and a Dark Shrine effect for an extra enchant... was Enchanting my decent helmets... managed to get 12% increased Attack Speed during Blood Rage on the Devoto's.)
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Level 90

Tree:
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Gear:
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Elaboration:
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So I swapped to Enfeeble from Frost Bite and picked up a couple +30 Int nodes on the Tree. The Damage mitigation is really high for a couple points, and the damage lost isn't really necessary to pwn.

Riposte & Ice Golem with Blind works fine against bosses.

Having the Fortify Support on everything you do besides Frost Blades is really nice. Like sometimes, you get stuck and can't move for some reason. And then it's really convenient to have your Fortify on Frenzy too.

Fortify is really important. Bc of the Champion Ascendancy, it also gives a good bit of Damage boost (in addition to Damage mitigation).

It might be better to have Ice Golem on CwDT at a low level, just for convenience. Sometimes during hectic battles the Ice Golem is kaput.

About the Tree: Fencing isn't taken, and won't be. 12% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills (on the Primeval Force wheel) outDPSes it. Not to mention grabbing a +Frenzy Charge (for two Skill Points) would be more than twice the Damage.

Some Life might be nice QoL. Maybe a node or two. Didn't die once leveling from 89 to 90, and I was pretty intrepid about my use of my highest tier maps (although, admittedly, I was usually running T11s and some T12s & slumming in T9s/T10s.)


I know this isn't going to win Build of the Week, bc it's not flashy/sexy/suave... but hopefully someone out there will find it useful :)

Any comments (or Qs!) gladly welcome.
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