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Legacy of dreams - Frost attack speed build

by Zasz last updated Jul 23, 2020 ( Season 21 )

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Skills

Grim Scythe Frost Scythe
- Grim Scythe
Generate: 12 Essence per enemy hit

Slash with a summoned Scythe in front of you dealing 150% weapon damage as Physical.
Frost Scythe

Each enemy hit increases your attack speed by 1% for 5 seconds. Max 15 stacks.

Grim Scythe's damage turns into Cold.
Skeletal Mage Skeleton Archer
- Skeletal Mage
Cost: 40 Essence

Raise a skeleton from the ground to attack your foes dealing 400% weapon damage as Physical over two attacks. Lasts 0 seconds.
Skeleton Archer

Raise a Skeleton Archer that deals 400% weapon damage as Cold.

Skeleton Archers increase your attack speed by 3% for 5 seconds each time they deal damage. Max 10 stacks.
Frailty Aura of Frailty
- Frailty
Cost: 10 Essence

A crippling curse that kills enemies with less than 15% health. Lasts 30 seconds.
Aura of Frailty

Becomes an aura that curses all enemies within 15 yards.

The range of this effect is increased by 50% of your gold pickup radius.
Command Golem Ice Golem
- Command Golem
Cooldown: 45 seconds

Active: Command the Golem to the targeted location where it collapses into a pile of 5 corpses.

Passive: Raise a Flesh Golem to fight for you. Flesh Golem deals 450% weapon damage as Physical per attack.
Ice Golem

Active: Command the Golem to launch an icy blast at the targeted location, freezing enemies for 3 seconds and increasing their chance to be critically struck by 10% for 10 seconds.

Command Golem's damage turns into Cold.
Simulacrum Reservoir
- Simulacrum
Cost: 25% Health
Cooldown: 120 seconds

Create a Simulacrum made of blood that will duplicate your Secondary skills for 15 seconds.
Reservoir

Your maximum essence is increased by 100% while your Simulacrum is active.
Bone Armor Dislocation
- Bone Armor
Cooldown: 10 seconds

Rip bones from nearby enemies, dealing 125% weapon damage as Physical, and create armor that reduces damage taken by 3% per enemy hit up to a maximum of 10 enemies. Lasts for 60 secs.
Dislocation

Enemies hit are also stunned for 2 seconds.

Bone Armor's damage is turned into Poison.

Dark Reaping
- Dark Reaping
While using a scythe, gain 2% Essence and Life per kill.
Swift Harvesting
- Swift Harvesting
Increase the attack speed of Bone Spikes, Siphon Blood, and Grim Scythe by 15%.
Overwhelming Essence
- Overwhelming Essence
Increase your maximum Essence by 40.
Stand Alone
- Stand Alone
Increase armor by 100%, reduced by 10% for each active minion.

Items

Leoric's Crown

Legendary Helm

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increase the effect of any gem socketed into this item by 75–100%. This effect does not apply to Legendary Gems.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–26 Dexterity

+18–26 Strength

+18–26 Intelligence
Razeth's Volition

Legendary Shoulders

59 - 68 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence
Reduces all resource costs by 5 - 7%.

Secondary Stats

Skeletal Mage gains the effect of the Gift of Death and Singularity runes. You gain 35 - 50% damage reduction if your Essence is not full.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Haunted Visions

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

+626 - 750 Strength
+626 - 750 Dexterity
+626 - 750 Intelligence
Sockets (1)

Secondary Stats

Simulacrum now drains 1% of your maximum life every second and lasts forever. They can now duplicate Grim Scythe instead of Skeletal Mage.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Ancient Parthan Defenders

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Each stunned enemy within 25 yards reduces your damage taken by 9–12%.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Stone Gauntlets

Legendary Gloves

192 - 209 Armor

Primary Stats

10 - 20% Chance to Immobilize on Hit
+626 - 750 Strength
+626 - 750 Dexterity
+626 - 750 Intelligence

Secondary Stats

Getting hit increases your armor by 50%, but reduces your movement speed by 15% and attack speed by 20%. This effect stacks up to 5 times.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Dayntee's Binding

Legendary Belt

6 - 7 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Secondary Stats

You gain an additional 40 - 50% damage reduction when there is an enemy afflicted by any of your curses.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Depth Diggers

Legendary Pants

Primary Stats

+81–85 Resistance to All Elements
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Primary skills that generate resource deal 80–100% additional damage.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Ice Climbers

Legendary Boots

Primary Stats

+81–85 Resistance to All Elements
Reduces damage from Cold attacks by 7–10%.
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Gain immunity to Freeze and Immobilize effects.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Convention of Elements

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Gain 150–200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. This effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Krysbin's Sentence

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence
Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%

Secondary Stats

You deal 75 - 100% increased damage against slowed enemies or triple this bonus against enemies afflicted by any other type of control-impairing effect.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Trag'Oul's Corroded Fang

Legendary Scythe

461.5 Damage Per Second

Primary Stats

+626 - 750 Intelligence

Secondary Stats

The Cursed Scythe rune for Grim Scythe now has a 100% chance to apply a curse and you deal 150 - 200% increased damage to cursed enemies.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(1199 - 1490) Physical Damage

+(1199 - 1490) Fire Damage

+(1199 - 1490) Lightning Damage

+(1199 - 1490) Cold Damage

+(1199 - 1490) Poison Damage

+(1199 - 1490) Arcane Damage

+(1199 - 1490) Holy Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Leger's Disdain

Legendary Phylactery

Primary Stats

+1.471363E-43 Maximum Damage
+626 - 750 Intelligence
+626 - 750 Vitality

Secondary Stats

Grim Scythe deals an additional 65 - 80% damage for each point of essence it restores.
One of 1 Magic Properties (varies)
+1.443337E-43 Minimum Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties

More Details

Head
- Leoric's Crown
- Stat Priority: CHC Vit Int
Shoulders
- Razeth's Volition
- Stat Priority: Vit Int AR Life
Amulet
- Haunted Visions
- Stat Priority: CHC CHD Int AS
Torso
- Stat Priority: Int Vit AR
Wrists
- Ancient Parthan Defenders
- Stat Priority: CHC Vit Int LOH
Hands
- Stone Gauntlets
- Stat Priority: CHC CHD Int
Waist
- Dayntee's Binding
- Stat Priority: AR Armor + Vit Int
Legs
- Depth Diggers
- Stat Priority: Socket Vit Int
Feet
- Ice Climbers
- Stat Priority: AR Vit Int
Rings
- Convention of Elements
- Krysbin's Sentence
- Stat Priority: CHD CHC Socket
Weapon
- Trag'Oul's Corroded Fang
- Stat Priority: AS Socket
Offhand
- Leger's Disdain
- Stat Priority: CHC Vit Int AD

Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15.00%.
  Gain an aura that reduces the movement speed of enemies within 15 yards by 30%. (Requires Rank 25)
- Simplicity's Strength
  Simplicity's Strength
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Increase the damage of primary skills by 25%.
- Legacy of Dreams
  Legacy of Dreams
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  While you have no set bonuses equipped every legendary item you have equipped increases your damage dealt by 3.75% and reduces your damage taken by 2%.

Kanai's Cube

Reilena's Shadowhook

Legendary Two-Handed Scythe

1687.4 Damage Per Second

Primary Stats

+946 - 1125 Intelligence

Secondary Stats

Every point of Maximum Essence increases your damage by 0.5% and Bone Spikes generates 2 - 5 additional Essence for each enemy hit.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(1439 - 1788) Physical Damage

+(1439 - 1788) Fire Damage

+(1439 - 1788) Lightning Damage

+(1439 - 1788) Cold Damage

+(1439 - 1788) Poison Damage

+(1439 - 1788) Arcane Damage

+(1439 - 1788) Holy Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Reilena's Shadowhook
Golemskin Breeches

Legendary Pants

33 - 38 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence
Sockets (1)

Secondary Stats

The cooldown on Command Golem is reduced by 20 - 25 seconds and you take 30% less damage while your golem is alive.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Golemskin Breeches
Lornelle's Sunstone

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence

Secondary Stats

Your damage reduction is increased by 0.75 - 0.95% for every 1% Life you are missing.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Lornelle's Sunstone

Headslot can be any beneficial ancient helmet which is most likely the Leoric's Crown with an Amethyst since this is not a cooldown dependant build.

Shoulders and the constant dumping of all Essence keep the damage reduction bonus active all the time.

Chest can be any chest as long as its ancient even a set item because you wont wear any other set item anyway.

Since this is a close range build you always have the damage reduction from the belt active when at least once enemy is close to you because of the frailty aura.

Simulacrum always does maximum damage with its scythe when you use scythe in combination with the offhand. With the 100% more essence rune the simulacrum does twice the damage and you gain more damage bonus from the offhand.

Reilena's Shadowhook grants you about 325% damage bonus while the simulacrum is active. Varies by about 5% depending on essence bonus on your gear.

Lornelle's Sunstone is a personal choice. Its prefered for groups but solo a Unity might be better.

Stone Gauntlets are essential for this build and with Ice Climbers you are immun to the gauntlet's negative effects and all other movement or attack speed losses and when you build its stacks, active bone armor and not full essence you should end up with roughly 1.2 billion toughness.

Since Krysbin's Sentence and the Ancient Parthan Defenders needs stunned targets, we got to have stuns. The bone armor provides one, the frost golem provides the second (and a 10% crit chance bonus for ten seconds) and our follower (paladin is prefered) provides the third and fourth stun.

For our follower to stun as many enemies as possible, equip him with an Azurwrath, Bul-Katho's Wedding band and an Ess of Jordan. The weapon has an aura that has a 20-25% chance to freeze enemies but it hits only demons and undead. The Wedding band with its own aura hits all enemies around the paladin and benefits from the 20-25% stun chance. Shield doesnt matter which one. The charge ability with a ten second cooldown is the fourth stun. The Ess of Jordan keeps enemies close to you sometimes. The more enemies there are, the more you benefit from these effects.

Second ring is reserved for a unity for solo adventures.

Yes, the weapon bonus is only half active. With the frailty aura you have one curse active at all times and you will get the bonus damage to cursed enemies but you wont have the other two curses active. You can switch to the cursed scythe if you feel more comfortable with more health per enemy hit gained and cursed enemies dealing less damage to you.

Enjoy.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Primary Stat
Vitality
Movement Speed
Maximum Resource

Offense

Attack Speed
Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage

Defense

Life
Armor
Resist All
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Maximum resource is a must have when you build your paragon levels at the start of your season but resource cost reduction is completely irrelevant because our mages arent a damage source and the only resource spender of this build.

Build Guide

This is not a speed build. Its very tanky build without any speed enhancers.

This build is an adaptation of the poison scythe build. Instead of poison damage, its build for more attack speed and independant of keeping track of five different abilities. Its a much more chill build. You gain two attack speed buffs from normal scythe attacks (max 15%) and the mages (max 15%) that you drop every time you have some essence. The more enemies hit with scythe, the more essence you have the more mages you have active and the longer they keep one of the attack speed buffs active.

The main strength of the build is the synergy of the offhand, the double essence pool through the simulacrum rune, Reilena's Shadowhook and the amount of mobs you can hit at once. The more mobs you hit with a strike, the more essence you restore, the more damage you deal.

With 1.000 paragon and no augments you can reach Grift 100 if you have an ancient in every slot for maximum benefit of legacy of dreams gem.

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