Captainlance9's Reverse Chill Entangle Stormweaver

Basics Overview

Building a reverse chill Stormweaver specialized into Entangle (other skills can be done I just wanted plants). The gameplan loop is to proc self chill by casting Entangle on enemies with Shackles of the Wretched via a reflect elemental ailment inflict special cultivation orb outcome that also has to successfully removed "chill immune after 6 seconds mod" combined with Sierran Inheritance to reverse the effect on chill. Heavy Snows from Stormweaver allows for 70% action speed instead of normal 50% action speed chill cap. Stormweaver also grants all damage can chill through Shaper of Winter which makes physical damage from Entangle & lightning damage from Archmage to consistently chill enemies. Stormweaver also allows for strong mana synnergy with Force of Will & Constant Gale enabling a defensive option as well as damage output power source with the use of Indigon.

Defense

• High Mana Pool + 96%+ damage taken from mana before life
• Overflow mana with Undying Hate (kurgal) Socketed Next to Chaos Inoculation
• Big Mana Regen Utilizing Quipolatl's Thesis
• Self Chill + Double Chill on Enemy Insures very Easy Dodging of Boss Mechanics

Biggest weakness is lack of shock immune, can be annointed via Crystallised Immunities OR via an alternative tree pathing which I will make a mockup tree for.

Offense

• +Gem Levels Physical/All/Entangle
• %gain damage as extra on wand + Archmage + Heart of the Well
• %spell damage on wand/focus
• %spell damage from Indigon
• Rakiata's Flow OR Frost Bomb + Elemental Weakness(requires Craiceann's Rune of Warding + Warding Fetish cluster for curse mitigation)
• %Cast Speed
• %Action Speed from reverse chill
• Wildsurge Incantation for Damage multiplier on Entangle

Mana/Indigon Balance

Indigon ramps mana cost for substantial damage gain, this needs to be 'delicately' balanced.

Too much cost = Ramps out of control = can't cast

Too Low cost = not much damage gain

• Recommended = 4-5% cost per 200 mana spent recently
• Efficiency II on Lvl 10ish vulnerability(shoot for 600 mana cost)
• 13+% damage per 200 mana spent recently
• Quipolatl's Thesis grants giga mana recovery based on casting Vulnerability curse with links recommended below (needs Whispers of Doom for curse delay)
• rotate casts between Vulnerability & Entangle (if you only spam cast Entangle you will lose mana regen from Vulnerability + Quipolatl's Thesis and spend mana down to zero)

Mind Over Matter

Mind Over Matter is too bricked on mana sustain so we opt for very high(96+%) damage taken from mana before life instead. Its recommended to get life recoup enchant corruption on Sierran Inheritance to counterbalance the slight damage going to life pool.

• 20% Force of Will
• 19% from kurgal abyss mod as suffix on amulet(16%*1.2 from quality) use omen of the blackblooded when applying a preserved collarbone to amulet suffix
• 10% Mental Perseverance
• 16% Lucidity Cluster
• 16% Chakra of Thought allocated via From Nothing Resonance
• 15% The Greatwolf's Rune of Willpower
• 3% Heart of the Well

Jewels

• Undying Hate socketed near Chaos Inoculation with Kurgal Mod which grants Sacrifice of the Mind for overflow mana
• Heart of the Well with mana cost efficiency helps fight Indigon ramp (you want low inc cost per 200 spent recently
• From Nothing with Resonance keystone to grab damage taken from mana before life nodes and critical notables

Quest Rewards

• Act 3 Vial = Mana Regeneration Rate
• Act 4 Tattoos = Resistances
• Interlude 2 Pillar = Resistances unless capped, then use %movement speed
• • Don't worry if you choose different quest rewards, this shouldn't brick your character as most quest rewards have similar power levels

AVOID THESE

• % gain fire as extra = reflect ignite = death
• Headhunter with no ignite immunity, HH can grant fire as extra thus allowing one to pk themselves with self ignite.
• Meteor Shrine gives "gain as extra fire" = ignite = death

FAQ

• Can Reverse chill be played on non Stormweaver? YES, reverse chill with 50% action speed is still very powerful, if you have a good idea, run with it.
• Can I play Reverse chill without EXPENSIVE version of Shackles of the Wretched(chill immune mod removed)? Yes, HOWEVER you will need over a 6 second duration of chill (200% increased chill duration on enemies) and its recommended to play on a non Stormweaver, as double chill will not work because the second chill wont be able to be applied simultaneously

The build plays as a speedy plant caster mostly alternating casts between Entangle to damage enemies and Vulnerability casts to proc mana regeneration. Only variation is when doing boss damage place down a Sigil of Power combined with Thunderstorm to water Entangle.

• Shackles of the Wretched with elemental reflect mod allows us to proc a chill on ourselves.
• Sierran Inheritance reverses that self chill into a positive speed multiplier rather than negative
• Stormweaver ascendancy grants 2x 35% chills for greater speed
• Mana scaling allows to assemble some reasonable defence on top of damage scaling
• Quipolatl's Thesis + Whispers of Doom & appropriately curse links result in big mana regen
• Indigon gives bit %spell damage increases when appropriately balanced

Wrote Important Guide Details for Reverse Chill Stormweaver Janurary 2nd, 2026.