Frostwind + Arctic blast build?

[Echod16]

Frostwind + Arctic blast build?

Thinking about building an Arctic blast druid with a +14 arctic blast frostwind cryptic sword. Is it feasible? or is the skill capped at +3 like other items...I don't see any note about it on arreat summit

 

[stephan]

Re: Frostwind + Arctic blast build?

It's an oskill, so it is capped. It's on the AS item page.

 

[sdbramwell]

Re: Frostwind + Arctic blast build?

yeah a druid only gets +3 to arctic blast from frostwind.

 

[Akimbo]

Re: Frostwind + Arctic blast build?

Isn't it bugged like inferno as well, so it does only ~1/3 listed damage?

 

[sdbramwell]

Re: Frostwind + Arctic blast build?

not to my knowledge. arctic blast late game tends to be a pretty useless skill.

 

[Verashiden]

Re: Frostwind + Arctic blast build?

Yes, it's bugged like Inferno.

 

[VeeSe]

Re: Frostwind + Arctic blast build?

Yeah, you'd be using a bugged skill that only does 1/3 the listed damage and a weapon that only gives +3 to it, if that sounds like a good plan to you, go for it! =)

 

[stephan]

Re: Frostwind + Arctic blast build?

Well if it would be 1/3 of 100k per second I'd go for it.

 

[Scudstorm]

Re: Frostwind + Arctic blast build?

If Blizzard ever fixes this bug, I'm sooooo making an Inferno/Arctic Blast sorc!

 

[Verashiden]

Re: Frostwind + Arctic blast build?

They won't. Too much effort to recode it and not enough "return" for their efforts. They're too focused on WoW to bother do something like that >.>.

 

[red_beard_neo]

Re: Frostwind + Arctic blast build?

They won't. Too much effort to recode it and not enough "return" for their efforts. They're too focused on WoW to bother do something like that >.>.

Not that they couldn't just triple the damage and tell everyone to ignore the LCS. We're used to doing that anyways.

 

[Verashiden]

Re: Frostwind + Arctic blast build?

Yeah, but that would mean that they'd have to admit something is broken instead of "working as intended".

 

[red_beard_neo]

Re: Frostwind + Arctic blast build?

Yeah, but that would mean that they'd have to admit something is broken instead of "working as intended".

Well, it hasn't never happened -- they did eventually fix the "mercs and minions attack bone walls" bug after a long time claiming it was a feature -- but you're probably right. It's a nice thought though.