You still want a point into Cold Mastery due to the -% enemy resistance to cold.
But that only changes damage, right? If I didn't care about damage and only wanted the chill effect, then no point sinking a point into cold mastery.
The only problem with the Holy Freeze merc is that I cannot control where he goes (and he also might die). Having a controlled AOE snare would be really useful. The reason I asked about Blizzard was because in Hell difficulty, chill duration is reduced to 25% of what it normally is. So a 5 second chill from Frozen Orb would require some 13 points invested (adding up to 20 seconds in Normal mode)! But if Blizzard snares the 4 seconds it's going no matter the difficulty, then a 1-point investment would work really well for that purpose. Even better if it snares longer than the 4 seconds of damage.
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The only problem with the Holy Freeze merc is that I cannot control where he goes (and he also might die). Having a controlled AOE snare would be really useful. The reason I asked about Blizzard was because in Hell difficulty, chill duration is reduced to 25% of what it normally is. So a 5 second chill from Frozen Orb would require some 13 points invested (adding up to 20 seconds in Normal mode)! But if Blizzard snares the 4 seconds it's going no matter the difficulty, then a 1-point investment would work really well for that purpose. Even better if it snares longer than the 4 seconds of damage.