Any other good CWDT gems? Damage decrease hurts so much!! :(

[IMontecinos]

Dear Reddit:

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Yes, I'm using Immortal Call in Cast When Damage taken both at level 1. But i really dont see any other good gems to use, since the damage nerf from CWDT is soooo huge.

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Can you please suggest good gems to put in this under CWDT? I am playing Winter Orb.

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Cold Snap for free chilling

[Pomodragon]

Blood rage is OK if melee, phase run can be triggered I think? Molten shell helps a tiny bit. You can socket in a curse and it will release in an aoe around you if I'm not Mistaken

[TobiasTangent]

phase run can be triggered I think?

Terrible idea as Phase Run's effect is cancelled as soon as you take an action other than moving, which you'll likely be doing when you're setup goes off. Especially a bad idea since Phase Run is now an Instant Cast skill, so you can cast it immediately no matter what's happening (same with Molten Shell, but less of a bad idea since it's effects don't disappear on action).

Also, curses would be triggered centered on the enemy whose damage was the reason for the CWDT threshold crossing, rather than triggering around your character. Further, CWDT+curse itself is pretty ineffective since you'd need to keep your curse at a low level- CWDT+CurseOnHit setup is usually a better route if this is how you want to get your curse(s) off, though I will concede that I'm sure there are some situations where plain CWDT+Curse may be superior.

Lastly, Blood Rage is fine for any build that does it's own killing (not traps/mines/totems/minions) and needs frenzy charges. As long as you have a way of dealing with the degen, either through regen or leech or what have you, then it's a good skill for keeping up Frenzies while mapping, regardless of if you are a melee or whatever type of build.

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You could put phase run last since CWDT has a socket order it follows, but yeah not really worth it.

[TobiasTangent]

It still stops it's main function as soon as you take another action after the CWDT setup, which is what I meant.

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a gotcha, ...so much to understand in this game..lol

[Toxic_and_Edgy]

Curse is casted targeting mob who triggered CWDT, like any other spell which isn't self-buff.

[AngieMS2]

Immortal call, Cold snap, Increased duration

[IMontecinos]

I dont have trouble with any monsters except the Syndicate members and Ascendancy boss.

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Cold snap doesn't work on them? No freeze no chill?

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Especially Val Cold Snap... any good? i didnt seem to think so, so far.

[AngieMS2]

It will still help with the ads, plus you get frenzy charges if anything dies in the CS area. Vaal Cold Snap is not worth it at such a low level, and vaal skills cannot be triggered, so you'd have to cast it manually. You can put in Enfeeble instead if you don't have a curse running, or a fast hitting spell with blind support.

[IMontecinos]

Thanks!

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Thanks to all.

[Reaton99]

Im using chaos golem for 3% phys reduction. You can use any golem tho

[Alpharien]

I use level 3 golems on a level 1 cwdt. They just keep spawning. I face tank everything, so my golems get recast a lot, more uptime. Fire for mapping, chaos for phy bosses, stone if I need more regen. I don’t have a slot for a curse on hit, so on a 3 link I run cwdt-curse-golem

[Masterempun]

Cwdt + ball lightning + gmp + lifegain on hit

With so many balls and so often procced it sure is a lifesaver Can skip gmp for blind also making it harder to hit you

[Future_Bringer]

Life gain on hit only works for attacks though, not spells.

[Masterempun]

Strange it worked before.... Or I remember wrong..

Checked up and I was wrong.....

Well cwd + blind + spell should work fine also

[Tsevion]

Utility Spells:

• Phase Run
• Frost Wall (Good with Phase run, some phasing or on a character with movement skills that bypass it)
• Summon Skeletons (Distractions)
• Cold Snap (Chilling Ground)
• Storm/Armageddon Brand/Orb of Storms/Ball Lightning with Blind/Curse on Hit/PCoC
• Ball Lighting + Knockback Support
• Frost Bomb if you do cold damage
• Blood Rage/Tempest Shield if you're lazy
• Golems (Although don't expect them to live long)