PoE Occultist, Cold builds

I am playing an Eye of Winter Occultist and I honestly really enjoy it. But I mainly struggle with defenses on this character. I have reshuffled my Passive Tree a few times now. I tried Glancing Blows with a Life on Block Shield, but i had to sacrifice alot of Life to get the Block nodes. In terms of Main Links, I tried Pinpoint with Apex Mode Jewel, which was fine. I tried Badge of Brotherhood and ice Bite, but I didnt like losing Life on my Amulet and it just didnt feel right. Also I dont know how to keep up frenzy on bosses. Right now I am playing with Unleash and the three Unleash nodes

Hey all. Just wanted to share and receive some feedback for my planned Eye of Winter Occultist league starter. I plan on skipping the usual 6-link setup and i'm going to be using a duel 5link unleash setup with 2x Eye of Winter gems. (the seals recharge themselves independently so it works as you'd want it to) This is to bypass the mana multiplier increase on support gems and the damage reduction on the usual damage support gems that patch 3.15 is bringing. It will be using a Snakepit ring for chain, but until i can get one i'll be using the chain support gem. here is a PoB for the build, i

I'm working on an Eye of Winter build because frozen orb was awesome in D2 and I want to try it out here. With the nerfs to everything, I figure this is as good a time as any to experiment with a new skill! I see two ways to build this, you can either go cast speed + crit or you can go unleash and ignore cast speed. I built both out in PoB, but cast speed seemed more promising. Eventually you can probably transition into dual void batteries once you get enough currency. I went Occultist here, but Assassin would also probably work well. Deadeye might be good too! Thoughts? Improvements you w