

Sometimes this means you have to skip map bosses because the mods make it so that you cannot avoid the damage.

Surviving endgame bosses (T16 Guardians and others that cannot be frozen) requires knowing the mechanics, avoiding the damage, and killing the boss quickly. Survivability is linked purely to the ability to freeze things, regenerate ES, and avoid damage. Freezing Pulse still has a couple clunky skill mechanics where it can get stuck in narrow doorways or on objects Uber Elder is pretty easy if you know the mechanics. + Farms red Elder and Elder Guardians effortlessly. + Can do all maps/map bosses/map mods except Elemental Reflect maps 16% IIQ/70% IIR + Bisco's Collar possible in leagues. 44% IIQ/100% IIR + Bisco's Collar possible in Standard. + Can run decent Magic Find without sacrificing anything while clearing up to T16 maps. + Freezes almost everything in the game, including T15 bosses This build has a really nice combination of DPS, survivability, movement, and magic find. The DPS you see with this build is the DPS you get. With this build, there are no conditional tricks like flasks or Frost Bomb or any other nonsense that people use to artificially inflate Path of Building numbers. I got sick of looking through build guides claiming millions of DPS in Path of Building but then you find out that it's only under super specific conditions. + DPS for this build is just pure, raw, unconditional DPS. Unbuffed ~2M DPS shaper DPS with good gear, ~4M shaper DPS with GG gear.

+ Good DPS that scales up to insane DPS with enough gear. To showcase what’s possible with Freezing Pulse[ and get you excited to play the game and maybe try out the skill! A level like you would any Occultist spell caster. There is nothing special about leveling a self-cast Freezing Pulse Occultist. With the assumption that you can figure out level for yourself. To present you with offensive and defensive options for building high budget endgame Freezing Pulse and give you my take on which is best To players interested in pushing a Freezing Pulse build as far as it will go, with an emphasis on endgame mapping and Elder farming, which is the content I personally enjoy. Be sturdy enough defensively that I can be played while sleepy/zoned out/having a couple drinks/etc. Include as much magic find as possible. Be capable of clearing all content in the game without difficulty, given that a player knows relevant mechanics. If possible, rival the fastest meta builds. Achieve the fastest map clear speed possible with self-cast Freezing Pulse. Endgame-Optimizen Low Life Freezing Pulse Build Goals: Now has an added damage effectiveness of 150% (from 125%). Now deals 8 to 12 Cold damage at gem level 1 (from 7 to 11) and 888 to 1332 Cold damage at gem level 20 (from 798 to 1197). Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 21 (was 18). In Path of Exile 3.6 Synthesis, Freezing Pulse has Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 5 (was 4).
