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Jul 9 2026 10:54am
Doom does more dmg vs immunes. Fathom does more dmg everywhere else.
Doom pairs better with blizzorb. Fathom pairs better with pure blizz (pure blizz has 20 points in CM, doom -% resist helps make up for the gap).
Cold immunes will slow you down on lower pcount more than on higher pcount (you one-shot most things in low pcount except immunes).
Pure blizz usually performs better on higher pcount than blizzorb does.

conclusion:
doom and fathom aren't as a different as you think


I would agree with this sentiment 100%. I usually run fathom on my pure blizz, but when messing around with the orb hybrid and base CM build doom clearly won out. If I went max CM and left orb at 1 pt, especially if I skipped es, fathom would likely outperform it.

(sorry didnt mean to double post, just woke up)

This post was edited by Gilgameshed on Jul 9 2026 10:54am
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I made doom on single player after already having a pretty well rolled fathom and yea, fathom is way better unless you are going against cold immunes. It is also nice having holy freeze for crowd control and tbh it’s nice to just use different items sometimes and having them be viable. Im having zero issues clearing any random p7 tz with doom but it does slow down with fathom at times. Doom isn’t a a bad melee weapon by any means but I wouldn’t really use it much in pvm otherwise.
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I made doom on single player after already having a pretty well rolled fathom and yea, fathom is way better unless you are going against cold immunes. It is also nice having holy freeze for crowd control and tbh it’s nice to just use different items sometimes and having them be viable. Im having zero issues clearing any random p7 tz with doom but it does slow down with fathom at times. Doom isn’t a a bad melee weapon by any means but I wouldn’t really use it much in pvm otherwise.


I think the aura doesn't matter for cold sorc since everything is already frozen anyway. I wish there would be more viable options for -enemy cold res.
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Jul 11 2026 11:22am
there so many wrong informations posted here

imma just Run away from it

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there so many wrong informations posted here

imma just Run away from it

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Lol, you're not going anywhere. Let us know your opinion.
There is no need to prove who's wrong, tell me your vision of "right".

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Jul 11 2026 11:44am
Lol, you're not going anywhere. Let us know your opinion.
There is no need to prove who's wrong, tell me your vision of "right".


No need for opinions when facts have been posted
Game is solved
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Jul 11 2026 11:46am
No need for opinions when facts have been posted
Game is solved


True. Just don't like when someone says something when actually has nothing meaningful to say.
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True. Just don't like when someone says something when actually has nothing meaningful to say.


There are plenty of retards in this world, just ignore useless info or talk shit to them like they dogs they are

In any event, we’ve ran the math, and unless there is some gear we’ve forgotten about that will alter the math, we already have our answer
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There are plenty of retards in this world, just ignore useless info or talk shit to them like they dogs they are

In any event, we’ve ran the math, and unless there is some gear we’ve forgotten about that will alter the math, we already have our answer


I actually found another item with -enemy cold Res today however it's not very useful for sorc since it's a bow Wizendraw. Maybe only to use it on swap in mid game or something.
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Jul 11 2026 02:16pm
infinity isn't really needed on pvm cold sorc.

I have been enjoying a base cold mastery build with doom + nightwings, rest of points are into +dmg synergies for blizz or tk so I can run some es. Does appear to kill faster than fathom vs cold immunes, with almost as good clear speed vs regular enemies. The -res from doom isn't reduced like infinity and cold mastery are vs sundered immunes, so stack this with a facet or new cold jewel in your nightwings and you are good to go. Come to think of it, I usually run vmagi but blizz ormus would probably be bis now, in pvm anyway.


you make this in an axe right?
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