ShakCentral's Class Builds For Everyone, Episode 1: Intro and Leveling. More details in the comments.
Wintertide Brand·Occultist·Simulacrum·Delve
129KDPS12.3KEHP2.8KES~4.9
Budget
Wintertide Cold DoT in 3.17
Wintertide Brand·Occultist·Bossing·Simulacrum
3.5MDPS8.67KES~18Budget
Shield has Tempest Shield Estimate as custom mod Most items have 5-7% bonus defenses added as custom mod Vortex has alt quality to simulate lvl 21 upgrade to Creeping Frost (It's lvl 2425 is too much DPS; unrealistic Cold Snap's Controlled Destruction support had quality lowered to 10 for the same reason. Rime Gaze does not have an enchantment. Amulet has Divine Judgment. Tranquility with current setup would give 52k DPS and ~75 ES. Note (fixed?): I will post the comparison PoBs later after a family outing. When I tried to generate the PoB codes I received an error. 3.16 PoB: htt
3.16 SSF Cold DoT: Better than 3.15
Vortex·Occultist·Simulacrum
1.24MDPS5.61KES~4.2Budget