1 TO 81 Leveling Guide Runemaster Cold | 0.9.2

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Summary

  • This Video is a Leveling Guide to get you on your way as a Runemaster based around cold damage and mostly cold damage over time from frostbite. I’ll cover what defenses you should take, where to put your skill and passive points, and what idols you should be looking for!

Main Interactions

  • The Main interactions for this build having the right amount of mana for the job while stacking tons frostbite on the enemy from your incredibly high frostbite chance thanks to “Freezing point” Passive that coverts armor shred chance into frostbite chance!

How to Play this build

  • Through out a frost wall in front, run through it and then spam frost claw sending enemies into a cold, cold death.

Rating

  • Leveling 9/10
  • Gearing 8.5/10 (Gearing is easy, no uniques required)
  • Endgame 10/10 (Fast clear speed, Destroys Single targets)

Unique's

This build can use, but not limited to the following Uniques:

  • Avarice (Gloves)
  • Frostbite Shackles (Gloves)
  • Woven Flesh (Chest)
  • Prism Wraps (Chest)
  • Snowdrift (Boots)
  • Strands of Souls (Belt)


Most Important Stats

Defense For You (Most important to Least important

  • Capped Resistances/armor
  • Critical Strike Avoidance/Endurance 60%
  • Health/ Vitality

Offense (Most Important to Least important)

  • Frostbite chance /Shred Armor Chance
  • Cold Damage / Elemental Damage over time

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  • Red - Late Endgame (Requires 3+ Affixes with 12+ Total Tiers) (This is separated by base type so you can make them more specific if you want a very specific base implicit)

  • Light Green - Idols



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Time Stamp Break Down Written Version with Build Planner at each Interval


Level 4

Skills

  1. Elemental Nova
  • 1 Point into “Ice Nova” (1 Total)

Passives Mage

  • 2 Points into “Scholar” (2 Total)
Level 8

Helpful Hints:

Skills

  1. Elemental Nova
  • 3 Points into “Arcana Elementorum” (3 Total)
  1. Flame Ward
  • 1 Point into “Dilation” (1 Total)

Passives Mage

  • 6 more points into “Scholar” (8 Total)
Level 12

Helpful Hints:

Skills

  1. Elemental Nova - UNSPEC

  2. Frost Claw

  • 1 Point into “Shiver Shell” (1 total)
  • 1 Point into “Glamdring” (1 Total)
  1. Flame Ward
  • 2 More points into “Dilation” (3 Total)
  • 1 Point into “Stalwart Defense” (1 Total)

Passives Mage

  • 5 Points into “elementalist” (5 Total)
Level 20

Skills

  1. Frost Claw
  • 1 Point into “Cold Star” (1 Total)
  • 1 point into “on through the snow” (1 Total)
  • 2 Points into “gift of winter” (2 Total)
    (in video its different, but the skill got to expensive to dont do 3rd recast)
  1. Flame ward
  • 1 Point into “Fire aura” (1 Total)
  • 1 Point into “Frost ward” (1 Total)
  • 1 Point into “Infusion” (1 total)
  1. Runic Invocation
  • 4 Points into “Attuned approach” (4 Total)

Passives Mage

  • 3 More points into “Elementalist” (8 Total)
  • 4 Points into “Arcanist” (4 Total)

Passives Runemaster

  • 4 Points into “Sphere of Protection” (4 Total)
Level 26

Skills

  1. Frost Claw
  • 1 Point into “Fen of the Frozen” (1 Total)
  • 1 Point into “Brightfrost” (1 total)
  • 1 Point into “Hand of Morditas” (1 Total)
  • 1 Point into “Volley of Glass” (1 total)
  1. Flame ward
  • 2 more points into “Infusion” (3 total)
  1. Runic Invocation
  • 1 point into “Inscribed patterns” (1 total)
  • 3 points into “Runic Energy” (3 Total)

Passives Runemaster

  • 4 more Points into “Sphere of Protection” (8 Total)
  • 1 Point into “unsealed mana” (1 total)
  • 3 Points into “arcane focus” (3 Total)
Level 35

Skills

  1. Frost Claw
  • 1 more point into “Gift of winter” (3 total)
  • 2 more points into “Glamdring” (3 total)
  1. Flame ward
  • 2 more points into “Infusion” (5 total)
  • 1 point into “Barrier” (1 total)
  1. Runic Invocation
  • 1 point into “Spell cascade” (1 total)
  • 1 more point into “Runic Energy” (4 Total)
  • 1 point into “copied scrolls” (1 total)
  • 1 point into “arcane battery” (1 total)
  1. Flame Rush
  • 1 point into “Fiery overload” (1 Total)
  • 1 point into “Lunar Protection” (1 Total)
  • 1 point into “Energy Equivalence” (1 total)
  • 1 point into “snowballing” (1 total)
  • 1 point into “Branding cold” (1 total)

Passives Runemaster

  • 6 Points into “Transcendence” (6 total)
  • 2 points into “Circle of elements” (2 total)
  • 4 Points into “Freezing point” (4 total)
Level 43

Skills

  1. Frost Claw
  • 2 Points into “Frozen Sleeper” (2 Total)
  1. Flame ward
  • 2 more points into “Barrier” (1 total)
  1. Runic Invocation
  • 1 more point into “Runic Energy” (5 Total)
  • 1 more point into “copied scrolls” (2 total)
  1. Flame Rush
  • 2 more points into “Lunar Protection” (3 Total)
  • 3 points into “Solar rush” (3 total)
  • 1 point into “ember wake” (1 total)
  • 2 points into “Runic eclipse” (2 total)

Passives Runemaster

  • 6 more Points into “Freezing point” (10 total)
  • 4 points into “Decree of the bountiful ocean” (4 total)
Level 50

Skills

  1. Frost Claw
  • Make sure you have 1 point into “on through the snow” (1 total)
  1. Flame ward
  • 1 more point into “Barrier” (3 total)
  1. Runic Invocation
  • 1 point into “unbridled ruin” (1 total)
  1. Flame Rush
  • 1 more point into “Runic eclipse” (3 total)
  • 1 point into “Signet of ash” (1 total)\
  1. Frost wall
  • 4 points into “Biting limit” (4 total)
  • 2 points into “Crystals of protection” (2 total)
  • 1 point into “heaping cold” (1 total)

Passives Runemaster

  • 1 point into “ancient inscriptions” (1 total)
  • 2 more points into “Decree of the bountiful ocean” (6 total)
  • 4 points into “Cerulean Runestones” (4 total)
Level 60

Helpful Hints:

Skills

  1. Frost Claw
  • 2 points into “artor’s sceptre” (2 total)
  1. Flame ward
  • 1 more point into “Barrier” (5 total)
  • 1 more point into “stalwart defense” (2 total)
    You can remove infusion points and works towards the mana regen nodes if your struggling on mana. (I do this later)
  1. Runic Invocation
  • 2 more points into “unbridled ruin” (3 total)
  1. Flame Rush
  • 2 more points into “Signet of ash” (1 total)
  1. Frost wall
  • 3 points into “Arch of rimefrost” (3 total)
  • 2 points into “frigid domination” (2 total)
  • DONT PUT 1 point into “Frozen throne” (1 total) (DIFFERENT FROM VIDEO)
  • 1 point into “Protection of the apostate” (1 total)
  • 1 point into “shelter of the chef” (1 total)
  • 2 point into “boosted kickoff” (2 total) (DIFFERENT FROM VIDEO)
  • 1 point into “Prepared wards” ( 1 total) (DIFFERENT FROM VIDEO)

Passives Runemaster

  • 4 more points into “Cerulean Runestones” (8 total)
  • 5 more points into “arcane focus” (8 total)
  • 1 point into “Rune of renewal” (1 total)
Level 81

Skills

  1. Frost Claw
  • 3 more points into “Artors sceptre” (5 total)
  • 1 point into “Frost beyond time” (1 total)
  1. Flame ward
  • REMOVE all points from “Infusion”
  • 2 points into “shrewd shielding” (2 total)
  • 1 point into “Mental aegis” (1 total)
  • 4 points into “warmth” (4 total)
  1. Runic Invocation
  • 1 point into “elemental lore” (1 total)
    Make sure to have 3 points into “unbridled ruin” (3 total)
    Make sure to have 2 points into “Transcriber of power” (2 total)
  1. Flame Rush
  • REMOVE ALL points into “Signet of ash” (3 total)
  • 3 points into “Blazing flux” (3 total)
  • 3 points into “Celestial Guidance” (3 total)
  • REMOVE 1 point from “solar rush” (2 stay in)
  1. Frost wall
  • REMOVE 3 points into “Arch of rimefrost” (3 total)
  • REMOVE 2 points into “frigid domination” (2 total)
  • 4 Points into “The dark cold” (4 Total)
  • 1 point into "Runic conclusion " (1 total)

Passives Runemaster

  • 4 more points into “Cerulean Runestones” (8 total)
  • 5 more points into “arcane focus” (8 total)
  • 1 point into “Rune of renewal” (1 total)

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Thanks for the guide. I love it so far.
One question about the passive. I see many things related to lightning skills (brand of deception at 5 points, and order imposition for example) but we do not have any lighting skills no? they are all cold…
Also wondering about Runic fortress as I do not see any channeling skills

Another big Thank You for this guide.

Did a slightly modified version - without frost wall - could not understand how to use it
and with mana strike (optimize to give the most mana back not damage)

And more points in the sorcerer passive (to get the cold damage boost available)

And for my first time I am in Empowered!!!

Makes me pretty happy I can tell you :wink:

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