3.16 SSF Cold DoT: Better than 3.15

Scourge Announcement Edit: WTF LOL GG

Had a lot of fun on stream Thursday and Sunday working on a potential 3.16 Cold DoT update.

Disclaimer: We're still missing a ton of 3.16 info, especially the updated skill tree.

Here's where we're at currently with 3.16 SSF (and HC viable) Cold DoT: https://pastebin.com/KH4KFk6G

We're likely get even better when we get a passive tree update. Also, the new Divine Shield keystone is pre-broken. We might be borderline immortal.

Quick summary

Losses from 3:15:

• 7% DPS

• ES total is lower (addressed below in EHP)

Gains from 3.15:

• Elemental Ailment Immunity

• Elemental Reflect Immunity

• Higher block chance (looking to cap without GB after 3.16 tree reveal)

• 2.5-3x the EHP against Physical Damage

• ~20% more EHP against Elemental Damage

• 0 reliance on SSF clusters or uniques other than the super common Rime Gaze

I'm really happy with the current proposed version, and as always, my SSF PoBs include extremely achievable items. We ended the stream last night by crafting Armour/ES items to be sure they weren't difficult, and both Saintly Chainmails took exactly 1 Dense fossil to closely replicate my PoB version.

Looking forward to 3.16! Thanks for reading <3

EDIT 1: To clarify on some PoB details: I added some custom mods to simulate new item modifiers and Tempest Shield and raised/lowered gem levels and support gem quality to simulate the updated gems as best I could. I'm assuming (and hoping) that Tempest Shield will get 15% spell block.

EDIT 2: As /u/hesh582 pointed out, I was finally able to find a source for Juggernaut's node not including block damage; I'd seen conflicting reports but had issues verifying. It looks like block won't count for the new Divine Shield keystone, but it will very likely still be worth taking as long as our Armour is above our ES total