Purity Of Ice Despair Archmage Gemling Legionnaire (84% Crit Chance)

Gemling Legionnaire·MercenaryPatch 0.5.0·byPublic Builds

Version 1·Updated Jul 11, 2026

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Endgame Purity Of Ice Despair Archmage Totem Minion Freeze Crit

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Scored against 503 mercenary endgame builds

DamageSSS

SurvivalB

SpeedB

UtilityC

Overview

Offense

1. Arc

5.45M

2. Starfall

1.31M

Hit DPS

5.45M

Casts/sec

2.01

Average hit

2.71M

Utility

Mana

7,242

Spirit

435

Gear spirit

240

Move speed

x1.65

Defense

Life

1,661

Gear ES

1,590

Character armour

3,000

Fire res

73%

Cold res

67%

Lightning res

75%

Chaos res

66%

Passive Tree

161

Nodes

Notables

Keystones

Key Passives

Eldritch BatteryKey

[StatConversion|Convert] 100% of maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield] to maximum Mana Mana Costs are Doubled

Mana

Mind Over MatterKey

All [DamageTypes|Damage] is taken from Mana before Life 50% less Mana Recovery Rate

Life

Ancestral BondKey

Your [Totem] [Limit] is doubled No [Charges|Charge] requirement for placing [Totem|Totems] [Totem|Totems] reserve 75 [Spirit] each

TotemCharges

Pain AttunementKey

30% less [CriticalDamageBonus|Critical Damage Bonus] when on Full Life 30% more Critical Damage Bonus when on [LowLife|Low Life]

Critical

Advanced ThaumaturgyNotable

Gem Quality grants Socketed Skills an additional effect

Gem

Arcane IntensityNotable

3% increased Spell Damage per 100 maximum Mana

Mana

DesensitisationNotable

25% increased Critical Damage Bonus

Hits against you have 25% reduced Critical Damage Bonus

Critical

Electrifying NatureNotable

25% increased Lightning Damage

15% increased Shock Duration

Lightning DamageLightningAilment

Effect Profile

EffectStats

Attribute›

PassiveCountTotal

to any Attribute46+230
to Intelligence4+48
to Strength2+15
to Dexterity1+10

Critical›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Critical Damage Bonus10205%
increased Critical Hit Chance560%
for each colour of Socketed Support Gem that is most numerous, gain: •Red: Hits against you have no Critical Damage Bonus •Blue: Skills have {#}% more cost •Green: {#}% more Movement Speed Penalty from using Skills while Moving33%
increased Critical Hit Chance for Spells345%

Curse›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Curse Magnitudes1283%
faster Curse Activation4-70%
increased Curse Duration4100%
increased duration of [Ailments] you inflict against [Curse|Cursed] Enemies120%

Speed›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Totem Placement speed6135%
increased Cast Speed322%
increased Attack and Cast Speed if you've summoned a Totem Recently220%
increased Projectile Speed for Spell Skills223%

Mana›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Mana Regeneration Rate660%
increased Mana Cost of Skills3-35%
[StatConversion|Convert] # % of maximum [EnergyShield|Energy Shield] to maximum Mana Mana Costs are Doubled1100%
increased Mana Regeneration Rate while moving150%

Lightning Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Lightning Damage8109%

Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Damage320%
increased Totem Damage230%
increased Damage while you have a Totem125%
increased Damage with Hits against Shocked Enemies130%

Spell Damage›

PassiveCountTotal

increased Spell Damage556%
triggered Spells deal # % increased Spell Damage228%

Gear

Runeseeker's Call

Runemastered Runic Fork

Item Level 86

Unique

Properties

Quality20

SocketsS S S S S S

Requirements

Level84

Rune

105% increased Spell Damage
+540 to maximum Mana
+9 to Level of all Spell Skills
84% increased Critical Hit Chance for Spells

Bonded

Bonded: 30% increased maximum Mana
Bonded: 75% increased Critical Damage Bonus
Bonded: Archon recovery period expires 90% faster
Bonded: Break Armour on Critical Hit with Spells equal to 36% of Physical Damage dealt
Bonded: Leeches 3% of maximum Life when you Cast a Spell

Implicit

42% chance for Spell Skills to fire 2 additional Projectiles

Explicit

Only Runes can be Socketed in this item
200% increased effect of Socketed Runes
Corrupted

Skull Spell

Shrine Sceptre

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Quality20

SocketsS

Spirit215

Requirements

Level78

Enchant

Allies in your Presence have 10% increased Critical Damage Bonus

Rune

18% increased Spirit

Bonded

Bonded: Minions have 37% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate for Command Skills

Desecrated

+156 to maximum Mana

Explicit

37% increased Spirit
+42 to maximum Mana
60% increased Spirit
19% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
15% increased Light Radius
Corrupted

Crafted

24% increased effect of Socketed Augment Items
Aura Skills have 18% increased Magnitudes

Carrion Keep

Kamasan Tiara

Item Level 80

Rare

Properties

Energy Shield530

Quality26

SocketsS S

Requirements

Level75

Enchant

Allocates Thaumaturgic Generator

Rune

Increases and Reductions to Life Regeneration Rate also apply to Mana Regeneration Rate
Raven-Touched

Desecrated

+73 to maximum Energy Shield

Explicit

+32 to Intelligence
139% increased Energy Shield
+44 to maximum Life
+30% to Fire Resistance
Corrupted

Crafted

18% increased Rarity of Items found

Victory Skin

Feathered Raiment

Item Level 80

Rare

Properties

Energy Shield727

Movement Speed-3%

Quality28

SocketsS S S

Requirements

Level80

Rune

+1 Suffix Modifier allowed
20% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Idols socketed in this item gain the benefits of their Bonded modifiers

Bonded

Bonded: +20 to maximum Life
Bonded: +20 to maximum Mana
Bonded: +5% to Quality of all Skills

Desecrated

12% increased Spirit Reservation Efficiency of Skills

Implicit

10% of Damage is taken from Mana before Life

Explicit

+96 to maximum Energy Shield
108% increased Energy Shield
+60 to Spirit
+38% to Fire Resistance
+39% to Lightning Resistance
+18% to Chaos Resistance
Corrupted

Woe Hand

Grim Gloves

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Energy Shield54

Quality20

SocketsS S S

Requirements

Level65

Rune

+160 to maximum Mana
Can roll Marksman modifiers

Bonded

Bonded: +64 to maximum Life
Bonded: +64 to maximum Mana
Bonded: 32% increased Projectile Damage

Desecrated

34% increased Projectile Damage

Explicit

+2 to Level of all Projectile Skills
+120 to maximum Mana
37% increased Projectile Speed
Corrupted

Crafted

60% increased effect of Socketed Augment Items
27% increased Critical Damage Bonus

Kraken Trail

Sandsworn Sandals

Item Level 82

Rare

Properties

Energy Shield279

Quality20

SocketsS S S

Requirements

Level75

Rune

5% increased Movement Speed
+22% to Chaos Resistance

Bonded

Bonded: 10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate

Desecrated

+45 to maximum Energy Shield

Explicit

35% increased Movement Speed
89% increased Energy Shield
+32% to Lightning Resistance
+26% to Chaos Resistance
Corrupted

Crafted

17% increased Rarity of Items found

Mageblood

Utility Belt

Item Level 80

Unique

Properties

Charm Slots2

Requirements

Level55

Implicit

Has 2 Charm Slots
20% of Flask Recovery applied Instantly

Explicit

Legacy of Granite
Legacy of Bismuth
Legacy of Gold
Legacy of Quicksilver
All Mage's Legacies have 35% increased effect per duplicate Mage's Legacy you have

Eagle Choker

Stellar Amulet

Item Level 80

Rare

Requirements

Level24

Enchant

Allocates Paragon

Desecrated

+4% to Quality of all Skills

Implicit

+7 to all Attributes

Explicit

+4 to Level of all Spell Skills
+181 to maximum Mana
9% increased maximum Mana
+60 to Spirit
33% increased Cast Speed

Morbid Whorl

Mnemonic Ring

Item Level 80

Rare

Requirements

Level40

Desecrated

103% increased Mana Regeneration Rate

Implicit

9% increased maximum Mana

Explicit

+1 to Level of all Spell Skills
+268 to maximum Mana
24% increased Cast Speed
39% increased Mana Cost Efficiency of Spells

Crafted

9% increased maximum Mana

Kalandra's Touch

Ring

Item Level 81

Unique

Requirements

Level0

Implicit

Reflects opposite Ring

Raindancer's Stone Charm of the Practitioner

Item Level 77

Magic

Properties

Quality0

Requirements

Level8

Implicit

Used when you become Stunned

Explicit

Recover 290 Mana when Used
18% reduced Charges per use

Raindancer's Thawing Charm of the Brewer

Item Level 80

Magic

Properties

Quality0

Requirements

Level12

Implicit

Used when you become Frozen

Explicit

Recover 299 Mana when Used
29% reduced Charges per use

Rite of Passage

Golden Charm

Item Level 82

Unique

Properties

Charges Max80

Charges Per Use80

Duration10

Quality0

Requirements

Level50

Implicit

Used when you kill a Rare or Unique enemy

Explicit

Possessed by Spirit Of The Cat for 18 seconds on use

Bubbling Ultimate Life Flask of the Brewer

Item Level 78

Magic

Properties

Quality20

Requirements

Level60

Implicit

28% of Recovery applied Instantly
29% reduced Charges per use

Lavianga's Spirits

Gargantuan Mana Flask

Item Level 82

Unique

Properties

Charges Max75

Charges Per Use10

Duration20

Mana Per Use185

Quality22

Requirements

Level49

Implicit

This Flask cannot be Used but applies its Effect constantly
70% reduced Amount Recovered
Corrupted

Skills & Gems

Purity of Ice(Lv18)5 supports

Emit an Aura that boosts the Cold Resistance of you and Allies in your Presence.

Aura grants +22% to Cold Resistance

Support gems

Her DeclarationLv1

VitalitySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1

Cool HeadedSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing Ignite applied to you to last for a shorter duration while the Supported Skill is active.Lv1

ClaritySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Mana Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1

Seraphs HeartLv1

Blasphemy(Lv21)4 supports

Turn socketed Curse skills into vile Auras, applying their effects to all nearby enemies.

Supported Curses have 50% less Magnitudes

Support gems

Ritualistic CurseSupports Curse skills, causing them to cover a larger area but take longer to Curse enemies.Lv1

Magnified EffectSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Lv1

Diallas DesireSupports any Skill which has levels, increasing the level and Quality, while reducing the cost and Reservation.Lv1

EncumbranceSupports any skill, causing inflicted Slows to be more powerful.Lv1

Spell Totem(Lv9)4 supports

Consume any combination of 3 Power and/or Endurance Charges to raise a Totem that uses socketed Spells. Cannot use Skills with Cooldowns.

Limit 1 Totem

Support gems

Rakiatas FlowSupports Skills that can cause Damaging Hits, causing those Hits to treat Enemy Elemental Resistances as inverted.Lv1

ExecuteSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more damage against enemies on Low Life.Lv1

Pietys MercySupports Projectile skills and any other skills that Chain, causing them to Chain more times.Lv1

WildshardsSupports Projectile Spells. Supported Spells have a chance to fire many additional Projectiles in a circle.Lv1

Despair(Lv19)5 supports

Curse all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.

Curse radius is 1.5 metres

Curse inflicts -35% to Chaos Resistance

Curse duration is 6 seconds

Curse does not apply to enemies above level 20

Support gems

Impending DoomSupports Curse skills you cast yourself, causing them to trigger Doom Blast on Cursed enemies when the Curse expires.Lv1

Cursed GroundSupports Curse Skills. Supported Curse Skills create areas which Curse Enemies so long as they are within them.Lv1

Spell CascadeSupports Cascadable Spells, causing them to Cascade to either side of the target area, along a randomly chosen axis.Lv1

Tricksters ShardLv1

Lightning PenetrationSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making those Hits Penetrate enemy Lightning resistance.Lv1

Orb of Storms(Lv18)4 supports

Create an Orb of electricity that fires Chaining Lightning bolts at nearby enemies. The Orb leaves behind a Lightning Infusion Remnant when it expires.

Chains 3 times

Deals 1 to 8 Lightning Damage

Support gems

ConductionSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more likely to Shock.Lv1

CorrosionSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing Poison it applies to also Break enemy Armour. Cannot support skills that Consume Fully Broken Armour.Lv1

BlindSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on Hit.Lv1

OverabundanceSupports Skills which have a Limit, increasing that Limit at the cost of their duration. Only applies to restrictions that use the word "Limit".Lv1

Azmerian Wolf(Lv20)3 supports

Summons an ancient Reviving Azmerian Wolf that can howl, calling to spirits convening an Eternal Hunt on Command. It Maims when attacking foes, and can lunge to bite and inflict Bleeding, or howl to inspire nearby allies.

Support gems

Amanamus TitheSupports Persistent Minion Skills, granting a chance when Supported Minions die for you to gain an Abyssal Monster Modifier.Lv1

Brutus BrainSupports skills which create Minions, causing those Minions to be unable to deal or take Damage. Cannot support skills which create undamageable Minions.Lv1

InspirationSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1

Archmage(Lv19)3 supports

While active, causes your Non-Channelling Spells to cost additional mana and deal extra Lightning damage, both based on your maximum Mana.

Non-Channelling Spells cost an additional 8% of your maximum Mana

Support gems

Atziris CommunionSupports Persistent Skills, making them Reserve Life instead of Spirit. Cannot Support Skills which create Minions.Lv1

ClaritySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Mana Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1

VitalitySupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Lv1

Mana Remnants(Lv21)2 supports

Conjure surging arcane energy to restore your Mana. While active, enemies you kill affected by Elemental Ailments have a chance to spawn a Mana Remnant, and Critically Hitting a target with Elemental Ailments spawns a Mana Remnant every few seconds. Picking up a Mana Remnant grants you Mana which can Overflow maximum Mana.

Each Remnant grants 28 Mana

Support gems

DissipateSupports Skills which create Remnants, allowing those Remnants to be collected from further away.Lv1

InterludeSupports Skills which create Remnants, making those Remnants more powerful.Lv1

Soul Offering(Lv18)2 supports

Skewer a Skeleton on a bone spike, granting you a powerful Spell damage Buff as long as the spike remains. Does not affect your Minions. The bone spike is itself a Minion. If it dies, the effect ends immediately.

Buff grants you 20% increased Spell damage

Support gems

Fast ForwardSupports any skill that has a duration making that duration shorter.Lv1

InspirationSupports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.Lv1

Time of Need(Lv9)1 support

While active, periodically invokes divine blessings to heal you and remove Curses and Elemental Ailments from you.

10 seconds between Blessings

Blessing recovers 17 Life and removes Curses and Elemental Ailments

Support gems

IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1

Mana Tempest(Lv19)1 support

Create a storm of arcane energies that Empowers your Mana-costing Spells while you remain inside it. Maintaining the storm constantly drains your Mana, and spending more causes it to drain faster. The storm will dissipate when you exit it or run out of Mana.

Empowered Spells Split to 1 additional target

Empowered Spells Gain 40% of damage as Lightning Damage

Support gems

IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1

Blink(Lv19)1 support

While active, replaces your dodge roll with a short-cooldown Spell that allows you to tunnel through space, instantly reappearing a medium distance away.

Teleports 4 metres

Support gems

IngenuitySupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Lv1

Profane Ritual(Lv7)1 support

Mark a Corpse with a profane rune, dealing Chaos damage over time to nearby enemies. When the ritual is complete the Corpse is consumed and you gain a Power Charge.

Deals 13.5 Chaos damage per second

Support gems

PersistenceSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Lv1

Virtuous Barrier(Lv20)No supports

While active, conjures a glittering barrier that accumulates protective gemstone Motes of each Attribute type over time, but loses a random Mote when you are Hit.

Gains a random Mote every 2 seconds