[1.1.9.2][Guide] Trozan's Ice Shards - A cold Warlock Beginner Guide

It is indeed really glassy, I wouldnā€™t take it into hardcore unless you love adrenaline (which is probably what hardcore players want :stuck_out_tongue: )

Getting Mirror to 12/12 and not being shy about using it is a large part of the defence, as its cooldown gets really low. You can also aim for a Glacial/Thunderstruck prefix on your off-hand, physical resistance is very valuable and itā€™s a good investment of your time as most Trozan builds will use that off-hand.
Anyway, congrats on the upgrades Dabuwa, things should get better now with that scepter (and nice OA lmao, enjoy the crits everywhere)

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Very nice looking guide and strong build with so many ā€œgarbageā€ items! :smiley: inspiring

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Ohh, nice - TSS budged build. My first character was spellbinder TSS and it was a failure so I respecced it but I never got the idea of nuking enemies with ā€œice meteorsā€ out of my head.

Welp, itā€™s time to make another altā€¦

I always appreciate beginnerā€™s builds because I love leveling with self-found gear and slowly ā€œgrowingā€ your character. To me ā€œjourneyā€ to level 100 is more important than end-game so every build that has ā€œnatural power progressionā€ is always welcomed.

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I want to say thank you for this build. Itā€™s a blast to play as a new person to the game! Iā€™ve tried some other builds as well, (not to mention many hours of gameplay just stumbling around) and this is surprisingly right up my alley (Iā€™m more of a ranged killer ala D2ā€™s Amazon, not a kite bomb).

And to the developers: I havenā€™t had this much fun with an ARPG since D2.

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Is there any room for Time Dilation devotion? or is Star Pact enough for cdr?

The devotions are where you can be creative, I chose to use the very high cdr of the build to stack healing devotions, but you can also do a more offensive setup including bat (that youā€™d convert with a gargoyle belt) for healing, or as you wish, go for TD and abuse mirror as the main defence mechanism. I didnā€™t test those 2 last setups but they should work very well, so go ahead :ok_hand:

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Amazed that there is not many discussion here) Nice build, and as i Can see in headline, you refreshed it for 1.9.2? Is there any nerfs or buffs?

Thanks man, there were a few little buffs and nerfs here and there, most likely for a neutral impact

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Sadly the number of comments in a build topic isnā€™t always proportional to itā€™s quality.

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Loving this build!

My favourite by far :slight_smile:

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How to get skill modifier like your snapshot?
Sorry for the weird question :sweat_smile:

Skill modifiers come from gear. In that case, itā€™s solely from the weapon and off-hand

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First time playing Grim Dawn and having a great time with your TSS build!

I have a question though. I recently crafted the relic Haunt, but canā€™t seem to bind Blizzard with itā€™s skill.


Am I doing something wrong? Or are Blizzard and Haunt no longer able to be bound?
(Iā€™d like to use Haunt instead of Bloody Pox as my Blizzard proc because of the longer range.)

Anyway thanks for the detailed guide. It was very easy to follow as a newbie.

Apparently such debuffs (same case for curse of frailty) canā€™t be bound to on-crit devotions (anymore?) even though they can crit. Pox has a different mechanic so I guess this one gets a pass. Iā€™m pretty sure I saw a thread about that at one point but I canā€™t find it

But ayway, thanks fam, my pleasure

Thanks for the beginner guide! Is this still viable in 1.2?

Also Iā€™m having a hard time choosing the second class for TSS. Can you give me some direction on which I should choose?

Thanks a lot!

As 2nd class either Shaman or Occultist would be an option if you decide to later use this set:


Another would be to go Inquisitor with this:
(I highly advice AGAINST it tho, TSS side of the set needs help imo!)


Thereā€™s also this, which iirc is also mainly paired with Inquisitor:


And lastly:
(Usually not used as a full set in endgame builds tho outside of niche cases)


Hope this helps!

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Very much viable and improveable with the patch that just came out (OFF is now an incredible tool for the entire playthrough, Evade allows a more aggressive playstyle and thus build, more Nullification investment for comfortā€¦)
For second mastery choice, that guide focuses on levelling the classic Trozan build, in the optic of using the eponymous set. Shaman would be the easiest and most obvious choice, occultist isnā€™t much different until you get the full legendary set. In the end, shaman will end up with a more kitey playstyle, while warlock will focus on keeping the enemies in sigils. And Mergos gave you broader options, you can find builds on the forum to see how they play.

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Thanks guys! Iā€™m gonna go with Warlock!!

Just returning to the game and am going to follow this guide as it seems like a fun choice with the added mobility. Will post updates at some point but thanks for what seems like a nice guide to get me back into the game again!

Thanks mate, please do post updates.
Iā€™m releveling this build myself to update the guide, you may see some changes appear at some point