As i am a bit of a cold dmg fan and just hot the two dlcs (so i got no clue about builds anymore) i am looking for something like:
cold caster
inquisitor with the cold rune?
arcanist with trozan sky shard + flash freeze?
can’t think of any else…
cold melee with a shield and tanky class
=> no dual wield/night blade
As me and friends are playing on hardcore the build should not be a glass cannon and the cold skills should slow/stun enemies as much as possible (we habe only self found stuff and as said are new to the dlcs).
If you’re going with Rune of Hagarrad / TSS then you’ll probably be a bit glassy. And that’s fine because caster isn’t supposed to facetank shit. It doesn’t mean that casters are not viable for hardcore, just that your playstyle should be adjusted accordingly. Also, durability of the build and safety on hardcore is 30% build 70% updating gear in a timely manner. You’ll lose even shield tanks if your gear is obsolete.
Cold DW won’t be tanky as hell, but both Blademaster and Infiltrator have some defensive tools. Soldier have lot of cookies and you have Cadence as attack, while Infiltrator you start with Shadow strike and Amarasta and the switch to Beronath fury.
My old RoH vidicator had like 17k health, 3k armor, 45% physical res and “insane” healing from Bat - Twin Fangs. Could eat Lokarr for breakfast. Not sure how it would fare in SR though since I put her in the garbage bin when FG was released basically.
Maybe stupid perspective/question: is arcanist + inquisitor overkill?
Would it be logical to chose those two masteries as they have both cold skills or is one of the two enough so i take a more solid second mastery for defensive stuff and get additional cold skills via items?
Both TSS and RoH require ton of skill point investment so your cold dmg mage hunter will be very thin since you can not afford to invest enough in their defensive skills.
It’s not impossible, but I can’t recommend it. I’ve played such a build early in AoM and my main gripe with it is you’d really want Star Pact for cdr, but have to get Censure instead, otherwise it’s a cold build w/o cold RR. Another thing is, like malawiglenn mentioned, it’s quite a stretch on your skillpoints, which was fine back when much of the Arcanist support side was crap, which is not the case anymore.
Cold retal is basically just as impossible as cold with a shield. There is shield for cold Eye of Reckoning, but that’s suboptimal.
You got two options as people have mentioned: cold caster or cold dw melee nightblade.
Cold casters I know of: Rune of Hagarrad, Trozan’s Sky Shard, cold Panetti’s (requires freshly buffed cold box offhand (forgot its name while on vacation)), cold Flames of Ignaffar (requires the same offhand), cold grenado (requires golden silver sentinel set (my GD brain really is on vacation) & 1h axe, gloves).
TL:DR play Trozan’s set warlock/druid or a nightblade.
Edit: If you wanna play a cold Mage Hunter, don’t try to max out the rune and TSS. Max out TSS and use the rune for debuff only imo.
I would also want to build a second Char which uses shield, be tanky, cripple/slows enemies.
Any experiences advice for that?
Oathkeeper seems first choice i guess - years ago i used to have a retaliation warder…
I got a LvL 36 Oathkeeper now - but to be honest i got no clue what to do with it.
I chose to go with fire, but i got no clue what are the most valuable skills:
Guardian of Empyrion with celestial presence
Presence of Virtue
Ascension
I have my doubts about my main attack skill - is righteous fervor worth it?
Which class provides an exclusive skill that is worth it, divine mandate seems pretty average to me!?
Well if like sword and board you can make a decent one as a new player. There is an item called servitor’s cleaver which converts all physical to fire, this will apply to all WPS you use with RF as well so Smite and Shattering Smash get full phys convert to fire. Take RF, consecration, Smite, Shattering Smash, Ascension etc. Also happen to be a few decent fire MI shields to go along with it
Cold with a shield is pretty niche and generally needs gear so not new player friendly.
