Hey nice build! But I think after 0.8.3b hotfix Mourningfrost boots are useless? Because only damage from weapon count now.
Loot filter is also missing 5 sentinel specific affixes in the top filter, included added lightning damage to javelins 
Definitely recommend people go through the loot filter and make sure it’s fitting their needs.
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Anything that boosts throwing damage, elemental damage, or crits should boost that cold damage.
The hotfix said only added melee damage from the polearm matters. Throwing damage across all gear still contributes.
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I practised Polearm (Naginata) fighting for four years, I can guarantee Dexterity is definitely a must-have! 
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Yuh? Well I practised num-chux four for ours wiffout padds OAR texterridy mm no i cpel bettr.
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OHHH ok let me see if I understand correctly: the cold damage from 30-something dex (let’s say it was 32 because I don’t recall exactly) gets added to the skill.
The skill is lightning, throwing and critting so you’re already scaling with lightning damage, throwing damage, crit chance/muliplier.
SO, since you’re already scaling elemental damage, throwing damage, and crit damage, the added 32 cold flat damage from the boots is scaled by the same stuff you’re already scaling with for the skill.
Did I do that right?
Javelin also converts all added damage to lightning, so the cold gets converted to lightning (Divine throws) and gets scaled with all the lightning stuff
I wanted to ask does Mourningfrost kinda double dip here ? the flat cold gets applied at 100% to throwing attacks and to melee damage, then the 20% added melee damage from polearms also adds the flat cold at 20% again ?
Edit: Ok so it used to but now doesn’t after 0.8.3b patch. Since it’s gonna be only polearm damage now, I wonder if 1h(rune hammer for + 1) + shield may be better ?
Also btw if you really want leech and don’t mind the dps loss, can swap Li’raka’s claws for Avarice until you get the blessing.
I have found Prism Wraps to be great while farming for the throwing leech blessing… some DPS to offset the loss of dex/crit, and mitigating the fire disadvantages from jewelry affixes. I think you lose less in this swap compared to using Avarice.
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Oh… That’s a lot simpler than what I thought was happening. Thank you!
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@boardman21 When leveling with this build, after I put 20 points into sentinel, should I go and invest in Paladin first, or does the 10 points in ‘Abyssal Endurance’ more important, and I should invest in them first?
Sorry I don’t get something. Looked through the passive tree. What makes smite cast automatically when you are throwing javelin? I don’t seem to see what makes that happen.
You can get idols for sentinel where you have a 4-9% chance to cast smite on hit with throwing attacks. FoE used 2 of those to have enoughh proc chance.
Do those unique boots still have place in that build? Because it kinda do not scale dodge a lot so str > dex in that regard and also there are good affixes (alike lightning throwing damage on helm) which could replace attribute affix.
Thanks for guide, kinda saved my lightning dot spear build from deletion.
I have not Leveling up with javelin but the 40% phys + void and +80 life is strong I would probably go there first
Mourningfrost still gives +1 throwing flat per dex (still worth it) you lost some damage from it because it was double dipping but that was fixed in 0.8.3b
Goal for helmet is to have lightning flat for javelin and +2 javelin relic but those are not included in the build since its not minmaxed version just something strong that people get to play couple hours after release
Thanks for clarifying this for everyone. I thought the +Dex still worked but 100% sure.
Lootfilter has DEX added to it and no longer hides polearms. I also disabled showing shields by default but if you want a shield while leveling up during campaign just recheck the box.
Thanks for the heads up everyone 
Here’s the new link: (Its in the post above and replaced on the youtube description as well)
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