2012-09-28, 02:51 AM
As if Ice Armor - Crystallize, or Covering Fire - Hardened for that matter were too good. Pretty pomegranatety deal for all CM Wizards.
I want them to buff Ice Armor - Frozen Storm to something like 5 to 10 second duration and/or with a damage buff and maybe give it a small proc rate like 0.05 since you can activate it while using Sleet Storm. Would be really sweet, but god forbid a skill be viable outside of facerolling pre-inferno bot areas. Right now, all it can be used for is botting.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wi...fWg!YZYYaY
I've been running my Snow Storm build in A2, and it works fine except I'm too used to being able to tank through everything with Diamond Skin. I've been using Prism for its AP reduction, but I don't actually think it's necessary, at least with the current proc rate. The build should focus on high resist, moderate armor, and Life Regen. Life on Hit I feel wouldn't work well since only Sleet Storm activates it and it has such unreliable range and high DPS. Blizzard only provides 2%, which is nothing. Maybe if they buff Hydra to proc LoH it could be useful. For ranged monsters that kite me or things I can't tank (for long), I snare with Blizzard and have a Hydra to kill them, and I use Sleet Storm and tank and then kite until my HP regens. I'd like to be able to top 2k without Galvanizing, but that feels unrealistic without a pomegranateton (will to spend) more money. I think Sleet Storm deserves a bit of a range buff though. Black Ice might be a decent alternative too.
I might need some more max AP to be able to comfortably use this build though, as it doesn't appear to be too efficient in Act 2. Everything dies to Sleet Storm, so I rarely have to use Blizzard and Hydra (not to mention I don't have enough AP to use all three). It's really only there as flavour or pre-engagement on large groups. I honestly don't think Snowbound is worthwhile as a rune, especially post-patch. I just need a bit more AP to be able to start everything, upkeep is fine as it is. I need a Stone of Jordan (or two) and after 1.05, a good helm to round this build out. SoJ with Ray of Frost are difficult to find. I think other people are buying all the good ones. Maybe a Source with Blizzard Duration as well since that's neat, but a better source in general. Also, what the pineapple Blizzard, you have an item that can reproduce the effect of a rune? Really?
I wish Frozen Orb existed... I miss my MeleeOrb...
Also, my Demon Hunter has 299% Gold Find, and I'm going to start scaling some towards more Magic Find and Pickup Radius I guess. I bought a Gold Skin to see how often it procs, and it's like less than 10%, unaffected by Gold Find and difficulty, and has an internal cooldown of 10 seconds or something.
I want them to buff Ice Armor - Frozen Storm to something like 5 to 10 second duration and/or with a damage buff and maybe give it a small proc rate like 0.05 since you can activate it while using Sleet Storm. Would be really sweet, but god forbid a skill be viable outside of facerolling pre-inferno bot areas. Right now, all it can be used for is botting.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wi...fWg!YZYYaY
I've been running my Snow Storm build in A2, and it works fine except I'm too used to being able to tank through everything with Diamond Skin. I've been using Prism for its AP reduction, but I don't actually think it's necessary, at least with the current proc rate. The build should focus on high resist, moderate armor, and Life Regen. Life on Hit I feel wouldn't work well since only Sleet Storm activates it and it has such unreliable range and high DPS. Blizzard only provides 2%, which is nothing. Maybe if they buff Hydra to proc LoH it could be useful. For ranged monsters that kite me or things I can't tank (for long), I snare with Blizzard and have a Hydra to kill them, and I use Sleet Storm and tank and then kite until my HP regens. I'd like to be able to top 2k without Galvanizing, but that feels unrealistic without a pomegranateton (will to spend) more money. I think Sleet Storm deserves a bit of a range buff though. Black Ice might be a decent alternative too.
I might need some more max AP to be able to comfortably use this build though, as it doesn't appear to be too efficient in Act 2. Everything dies to Sleet Storm, so I rarely have to use Blizzard and Hydra (not to mention I don't have enough AP to use all three). It's really only there as flavour or pre-engagement on large groups. I honestly don't think Snowbound is worthwhile as a rune, especially post-patch. I just need a bit more AP to be able to start everything, upkeep is fine as it is. I need a Stone of Jordan (or two) and after 1.05, a good helm to round this build out. SoJ with Ray of Frost are difficult to find. I think other people are buying all the good ones. Maybe a Source with Blizzard Duration as well since that's neat, but a better source in general. Also, what the pineapple Blizzard, you have an item that can reproduce the effect of a rune? Really?
I wish Frozen Orb existed... I miss my MeleeOrb...
Also, my Demon Hunter has 299% Gold Find, and I'm going to start scaling some towards more Magic Find and Pickup Radius I guess. I bought a Gold Skin to see how often it procs, and it's like less than 10%, unaffected by Gold Find and difficulty, and has an internal cooldown of 10 seconds or something.