Dear exiles, I will share the Archmage Ice Nova Hierophant Build with you today. Now, let's jump into the details.
Equipment
Look for These Mods on Rare Items
Elemental Damage
Lightning Damage
Spell Damage
Cast Speed
Critical Chance
Critical Multiplier
Elemental Resistances
Life
Mana
Mandatory Uniques
Kitava's Thirst
This helmet is mandatory because it causes socketed gems to be automatically casted when you use at least 100 mana in 1 cast. This is awesome for our Frostbolts.
Anathema
This ring is mandatory because it causes your curse to limit to be the same as your maximum power charges, in this case, 4.
Recommended Uniques
Loreweave
Rare Wand
Plague Gnarl: needs at least 35% cast speed, 80% spell/lightning damage, and 80% critical strike chance for spells.
Rare Gloves
Corpse Paw: needs some life, mana, and resistances.
Recommended Flasks
Divine Life Flask
Quicksilver Flask
Granite Flask
Diamond Flask
Silver Flask
Gems
Armour
Ice Nova of Frostbots - Archmage - Spell Echo - Inspiration - Lightning Penetration -Increased Critical Damage
Helmet
Frostbolt - Greater Volley - Elemental Weakness - Enfeeble
Gloves
Arcane Cloak - Automation - Arcane Surge - Increased Duration
Boots
Clarity - Arrogance - Determination - Eternal Blessing
Claw
Frostblink of Wintry Blast - Faster Casting - Sigil of Power
Shield
Assassin's Mark - Punishment - Arcanist Brand
Jewel
Look for These Mods on Rare Jewels
Maximum Life
Critical Multiplier
Maximum Mana
Cast Speed
Watcher's Eye
Watcher's Eye Prismatic Jewel: at least 18% of damage taken while affected by Clarity is recouped as mana.
Unique Jewel
Immutable Force Crimson Jewel: if you are having problems with stuns, an Immutable Force with at least 900% stun recovery can be the answer.
Glorious Vanity Timeless Jewel: this jewel is amazing for your survivability. But it must be sacrificed in the name of Doryani. This will grant you the corrupted soul keynode. This causes all of the damage taken to be divided between your life and energy shield. Since we already divide the damage between our life and mana, this node makes it a lot harder for you to die in 1 hit.
Skill Tree
You can view the whole tree from this video.
Ascendancy
Pantheon
Major God: Brine
Minor God: Shakari
Leveling
Main Skills
1. Start using Spark on level 1 and change to Arc on level 12. Begin utilizing Arc Totems as you acquire the Ancestral Bond node in your skill tree, which typically occurs around level 52. Reaching level 74, respec your tree and start using Archmage Ice Nova.
2. If this is your first character, do the following steps: 1-Create a Witch. 2-Reach the first town (takes 5 minutes). 3-Talk to Nessa and purchase Spark. 4-Store your wand that has the Spark and Arcane Surge gems equipped in your stash.
3. Now, create your templar; you'll have to use Glacial Hammer until the first town. You can get your wand with Spark and Arcane Surge in your stash there.
4. Reaching level 8, add Added Lightning Damage.
5. Reaching level 10, activate Clarity for more mana regeneration.
6. Reaching level 12, replace Spark with Arc.
7. At level 12, consider employing Arc Totems for additional damage output. However, it's important to note that your primary skill should remain Arc itself, not the totems. Treat this as a supplementary configuration, distinct from your principal Arc arrangement.
8. Reaching level 16, activate Summon Skitterbots for more damage and survivability.
9. Reaching level 18, replace Arcane Surge with Faster Casting and add Elemental Focus.
10. Also, on level 18, you can replace Added Lightning Damage with Faster Casting and Elemental Focus in your totem setup.
11. Reaching level 38, replace Faster Casting with Spell Echo.
12. Upon reaching the Ancestral Bond node in your skill tree, which typically happens around level 52, it's essential to equip a Soul Mantle. At this point, you should implement the setup within it. Additionally, make sure to equip a Kikazaru ring to mitigate the effects of the curses that come with using the Soul Mantle.
13. On level 74, link Clarity with arrogance and Determination with Eternal Blessing. This way your mana will be full and grant more damage.
14. Reaching level 74, respec your passive tree and equip the necessary items. Now, you are ready to start destroying maps with your archmage Ice Nova.
15. Don't forget to also create your Frostbolt and curse setups in your Kitava's Thirst.
Leveling Items
Tabula Rasa
Goldrim
Lochtonial
Wanderlust
Lifesprig
Axiom Perpetuum
Praxis
Replica Prismweave
Cerberus Limb
Soul Mantle
Kikazaru
Singularity
Conclusion
Here is the ending of this build. I'm glad to hear that you're finding the guide useful! If you have any more questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask. Happy gaming!
