Supreme: When Deep Freeze ends, your non-ultimate cooldowns are reduced by 50%. Frozen enemies are always made vulnerable.Įnhanced: When Deep Freeze ends, gain 10% of your base HP as a Barrier for 6 seconds for each enemy you froze while it was active. Mystical: Enemies frozen by this skill are vulnerable for 4s, increased to 6s against bosses.Įnhanced: While cast above 50 mana, Frozen Orb's explosion deals 30% more damage.ĭestructive: Frozen Orb's explosions have a 35% to inflict vulnerability. Shimmering: Gain 30% damage reduction for 5s after teleporting.Įnhanced: Killing enemies frozen by this skill reduce its cooldown by 1s, up to 4s per cast. Shimmering: Restore 50% HP when Flame Shield is cast.Įnhanced: Reduces cooldown by 0.5s per enemy hit, up to 3s. Greater: While you have Barrier, Ice Shards will consider all targets frozen.Įnhanced: Gain +25% movement speed while active. Glinting: Hitting a chilled or frozen target with Frost Bolt restores mana.Įnhanced: Ice Shards have a 40% chance to ricochet when hitting a target, increased to 100% if the target is frozen. If speccing for critical damage isn't your cup of tea, you can also use Frozen Orb and its respective enchantment for easy freeze and vulnerability generation.Įnhanced: Frost Bolt has a 15% chance to explode on chilled enemies, increased to 100% on frozen targets. And for content where that isn't enough, we scale critical stats through the use of the Fire Bolt enchantment and the Devouring Blaze passive. We use Frost Nova to inflict vulnerability on targets, allowing you to scale vulnerability damage sources to multiply your damage output against tankier Elites and bosses.

Ice Shards is also a great build for endgame content with some investment. The best part is nearly every core Legendary for this build can be crafted, making this fantastic for leveling. You'll have access to four defensive skills, generate Barrier constantly, and clear hordes of monsters with little issue. We'll be using Ice Shard's chain augment to have it ricochet while you have Barrier, something we easily acquire through Ice Armor and cooldown skill usage. This build focuses on making Ice Shards as powerful as possible, inflicting as much chill and vulnerability as possible to ramp up our damage. Mediocre single-target DPS without investment.

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