



If you're looking for a supportive permafreeze char for partyplay, that's also able to hold its own damage-wise well enough to clear maps solo this build may be interesting to you.

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About Cold Snap



Cold Snap is a cold-based AoE-spell with high on-hit damage, implicit chance to freeze and a cooldown of 4 seconds. While the cooldown seems to prevent this spell to be used as main skill, you can bypass it by expending a power charge.



There are a few ways to do this, we're using the established method of Resolute Technique with

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Leveling this build



Unfortunately you can't level properly with this build, because Romira's Banquet has a level requirement of 60. Until this level, it's best to just use established methods like Flame Totem + Firestorm, Bladefall or leveling in a group.

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Passive Tree



20pt - 40pt - 60pt - 80pt - 100pt - 120pt

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Bandits



Oak - Alira - Oak

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Gems





This setup gives us the highest on-hit damage for maximum freeze duration while maintaining a good AoE. Until you have a Blood Magic staff, you'll have to use a Blood Magic gem.





While Cold Snap is great for freezing stuff, its single target damage is not that good.

This setup is our fix for that, use it for single targets and reflect rares.





Herald of Ice adds a good amount of damage to our Cold Snap, and deals lots of damage through the AoE-explosion occuring on shattering an enemy.

Frostbite lowers enemies cold resistance and gives us more chance to freeze, while Warlord's Mark gives us leech and Endurance Charges on kill. With Blasphemy we won't have to manually cast these curses.





Immortal Call gives us a good uptime of physical immunity in combination with Endurance Charges from Warlord's Mark, Frost Wall saves us from ranged enemies until they're frozen.





Lightning Warp is our movement skill, mostly to get past our selfcasting Frost Walls.

Summon Flame Golem gives us additional damage for more freeze duration.

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Gear





Your staff doesn't really need much, only +2 Cold Gem Level and a free prefix for Vagan's Blood Magic craft. +1 Gem Level, Cast Speed and Cold Damage% are great additions.

Taryn's Shiver is also good, mostly due to buffing damage for everyone in your party. But the downside is that you'll have to use Blood Magic gem.





Carcass Jack synergizes will with all our skills and the Blasphemy setup. You can also use a rare chest if you're on a budget.





All you need from these slots is life and resistances. 30ms on boots is nice to have, Dexterity allows you to drop +30 Dex nodes in the passive tree.





Life and resistances build the base, Movement Speed or flask-related mods are also good.





Romira's Banquet is absolutely required to run this build. Its roll doesn't matter, get the cheapest you can. The other jewelry only needs Life and resistances, Cast Speed, Spell/Cold Damage% and Dexterity are good additions.





Try to replicate this flask setup. If you can't afford Taste of Hate, use a Granite Flask of Iron Skin and replace one Quicksilver Flask with a Sapphire Flask or Heat.





Try to get jewels with Freeze Chance/Duration and any form of Cast Speed. Life% is great but increases jewel cost. Also good to have is Spell/AoE/Cold Damage.

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Mapping



This build is best played in a group, but can also solo maps. Try to stay behind your Frost Walls and aim into the middle of a pack to make the most out of your AoE. If you see a reflect rare, pop your Sapphire Flask and use Glacial Cascade to burst it down.



Avoid Elemental Reflect, No Regen and Immune to Status Ailments maps. On Blood Magic you'll have to disable your curses and auras.

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Videos



Unfortunately no videos for the new spec yet! Not really interested in playing this build atm, if someone runs this and wants their video linked here let me know.

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Thanks for checking out my guide! Please leave questions or concerns in comments.





Welcome to my Cold Snap guide, fellow exile!If you're looking for a supportive permafreeze char for partyplay, that's also able to hold its own damage-wise well enough to clear maps solo this build may be interesting to you.______________________________________________________________________________________Cold Snap is a cold-based AoE-spell with high on-hit damage, implicit chance to freeze and a cooldown of 4 seconds. While the cooldown seems to prevent this spell to be used as main skill, you can bypass it by expending a power charge.There are a few ways to do this, we're using the established method of Resolute Technique with Romira's Banquet , which enables us to indefinitely spam Cold Snap.______________________________________________________________________________________Unfortunately you can't level properly with this build, because Romira's Banquet has a level requirement of 60. Until this level, it's best to just use established methods like Flame Totem + Firestorm, Bladefall or leveling in a group.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Oak - Alira - Oak______________________________________________________________________________________This setup gives us the highest on-hit damage for maximum freeze duration while maintaining a good AoE. Until you have a Blood Magic staff, you'll have to use a Blood Magic gem.While Cold Snap is great for freezing stuff, its single target damage is not that good.This setup is our fix for that, use it for single targets and reflect rares.Herald of Ice adds a good amount of damage to our Cold Snap, and deals lots of damage through the AoE-explosion occuring on shattering an enemy.Frostbite lowers enemies cold resistance and gives us more chance to freeze, while Warlord's Mark gives us leech and Endurance Charges on kill. With Blasphemy we won't have to manually cast these curses.Immortal Call gives us a good uptime of physical immunity in combination with Endurance Charges from Warlord's Mark, Frost Wall saves us from ranged enemies until they're frozen.Lightning Warp is our movement skill, mostly to get past our selfcasting Frost Walls.Summon Flame Golem gives us additional damage for more freeze duration.______________________________________________________________________________________Your staff doesn't really need much, only +2 Cold Gem Level and a free prefix for Vagan's Blood Magic craft. +1 Gem Level, Cast Speed and Cold Damage% are great additions.Taryn's Shiver is also good, mostly due to buffing damage for everyone in your party. But the downside is that you'll have to use Blood Magic gem.Carcass Jack synergizes will with all our skills and the Blasphemy setup. You can also use a rare chest if you're on a budget.All you need from these slots is life and resistances. 30ms on boots is nice to have, Dexterity allows you to drop +30 Dex nodes in the passive tree.Life and resistances build the base, Movement Speed or flask-related mods are also good.Romira's Banquet is absolutely required to run this build. Its roll doesn't matter, get the cheapest you can. The other jewelry only needs Life and resistances, Cast Speed, Spell/Cold Damage% and Dexterity are good additions.Try to replicate this flask setup. If you can't afford Taste of Hate, use a Granite Flask of Iron Skin and replace one Quicksilver Flask with a Sapphire Flask or Heat.Try to get jewels with Freeze Chance/Duration and any form of Cast Speed. Life% is great but increases jewel cost. Also good to have is Spell/AoE/Cold Damage.______________________________________________________________________________________This build is best played in a group, but can also solo maps. Try to stay behind your Frost Walls and aim into the middle of a pack to make the most out of your AoE. If you see a reflect rare, pop your Sapphire Flask and use Glacial Cascade to burst it down.Avoid Elemental Reflect, No Regen and Immune to Status Ailments maps. On Blood Magic you'll have to disable your curses and auras.______________________________________________________________________________________Unfortunately no videos for the new spec yet! Not really interested in playing this build atm, if someone runs this and wants their video linked here let me know.______________________________________________________________________________________Thanks for checking out my guide! Please leave questions or concerns in comments. Still waiting for much need Selfcast buffs and Elementalist rework.



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