[3.6] The Blizz Sorc - Icestorm/Winter Orb CI Occultist - Viable For Everything

Last time I played the berserker version of this build in 3.0, now I want to start the new league so I was wondering if it's better this build or the ascendant ?

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Fanatisme escreveu:

Last time I played the berserker version of this build in 3.0, now I want to start the new league so I was wondering if it's better this build or the ascendant ?

This is better due to the stronger defenses from a cold-based attack.

Uh oh. Immortal call no longer gives you invulnerability to physical damage. We may need to switch to the new Steelskin.

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Graiaule escreveu:

Uh oh. Immortal call no longer gives you invulnerability to physical damage. We may need to switch to the new Steelskin.

Steelskin is only 70% absorb, so it also won't proc Arakaali. This, plus the "adjustment" to Winter Orb do not look great for this build. :(

Worst case scenario, back to scorching ray, which could also facetank everything in the game (albeit less reliably).

Blood rage was a relatively new thing and not 'core'. Winter Orb depends on how much it's nerfed of course, but it's always likely that this build would fall a few places in the meta-rankings with a melee focussed season.

Unrelated, but I skipped the last two servers, but will play something again this time round, WI if there's a build as good as 3.3/3.4. Still got 90 pages to catch up on in this thread though...

WI - never dies ! ! ! love Kelvynn , love this build.) I'm done.

I have no doubts that Kelvynn will keep this viable no matter how many nerfs GGG throws our way. I'm taking a break and skipping the next league but I will keeps tabs on this thread to see how things turns out.

People have been crying about melee needing a rework for years so nothing surprising. The Immortal Call nerf seems a bit extreme however, but that's the name of the game with this game. :)

if WO gets nuked.. maybe cyclone cwc instead for clear and maybe blight cwc or divine ire cwc for single target?

Another uh oh -- Wicked Ward is getting pulled out of the Ascendancy and nerfed as a keystone.

Hey maybe we'll be meleeing with the staff this league! New ascendancy for Occultist: "Convert spell attacks to melee attacks!"

If WO gets nuked, I'll switch to Cyclone. Also, WW being taken out of ascendancy means it will probably be replaced with something else, we should wait to see what exactly.