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(NERFED!) Crit Winter Orb - Blood Mage

presentationWitch
presentationBlood Mage
Creator
Starter
Ronarray
0.1 Early Access
Updated on Dec 20, 2024
Dec 20, 2024

Build Overview

BUILD IS UPDATED LIVE

UPDATE - It seems like CoC was NERFED, will try to figure something now but DONT BUILD IT until it is updated.

1.You need at least access to Winter Orb to Play it.

2. Spell Leech is bugged so you are not leeching health - waiting for a patch.

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So this is a Concept for a Crit Oriented Winter Orb Blood Mage.

Combining A LOT of Projectiles with Cast on Critical Comet, this looks like a strong all rounder for any type of content.

UPDATE - Seems we cant Sustain bloodmagic, so going to use Mana instead.

Ask me on Twitch if you will have questions, link is up there.

EARLY SKILLS - Spark + Flame Wall - Raging Spirits + Solar Orb

After that Invest into Ember Fusillade + Flame Wall + Solar Orb.

Repick to Winter Orb when it is available.

You can also use any other build to level up early and repick when lvl for Winter Orb is reached.

Equipment

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1
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Equipment Priority
+1

Equipment Section is Empty for Now. Just Roll the Staff with Cold Damage and a lot of Life + Resistances on Items.

Dont forget to try capping 75% resistances.

Skill Gems

1

Punch

Item

Punch
2

Eye of Winter

Eye of Winter
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3

Cast on Critical

Cast on Critical
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4

Blasphemy

Blasphemy
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5

Flame Wall

Flame Wall
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6

Hypothermia

Hypothermia
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Gem Priority
+15

Blasphemy is still a great way to survive better, even after the initial nerf.

EARLY SKILLS - Spark + Flame Wall - Raging Spirits + Solar Orb

After that Invest into Ember Fusillade + Flame Wall + Solar Orb.

Repick to Winter Orb + CoC when it is available.

Passive Tree

main:
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123
set 1:
20
20
set 2:
20
20

Cast Speed and Crit Chance are both important to stack.

Adding some bonuses to triggers also help.

You can also skip first Ascendency - Sanguimancy to avoid Life cost early on.

EARLY GAME - Using Flame related skills is a great way to progress early.

How it Plays

You just throw your Winter Orbs into enemy's direction hoping for Wildshard to Proc and Enjoying Huge crits from your Comet when Winter Orb projectiles crit.

Casting occasional Flame Walls to improve the damage of your projectiles when they will fly through and sniping mark against bosses is recommended.


How it Works

In terms of offense we are combining Winter Orb with as much Cast Speed bonuses as possible + Wintershards to provide even more projectiles.

We are also using Unleash for initial boost against enemy packs with multiple orbs.

You need to Crit as often as possible too because it triggers comet so investin in Crit.

Since Bloodmage is based around Crit - getting Cast on Critical is a great idea, so we can combine it with Comet + Spell Echo to do tremendous damage.

In Terms of defenses, we have a life stack + Enfeeble as an aura + Free Petrified from Ascendency together with Life Leech and Recoup.

Also build should do a lot of Cold damage with both Comet and Winter Orb projectiles freezing everything around - so it will be easier to survive.

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