Is Hailstorm Specialist even possible?

[Selath]

Just did a Viaduct run with max Agony with all Hailstorm upgrades (both lvl ups and extra evolutions, always focusing on Frost effect) and a lot of Frost increases. An absurd amount of monsters, even abused the Spirit Wall of soldiers and killed all of them. 30k something Hailstorm frost stacks. How am I supposed to get to 80k?

[Ulyaoth]

Hi,

you can increase Frost Chance further by using
Beast Huntress - Proficient Stance - Blizzard I-IV = 100%
Sage - Proficient Stance - Elements I-IV = 100% (only if Hail Storm picked first)

Hailstorm
Updraft (III, VI, X) for Base Frost Chance <- you might want to double those
> Cold for Frost Chance
Vortex Upgrade

Dont know if the Ghost Wall on Forgotten Viaduct still works for this,
but you can do it easy on Haunted Caverns Agony or Embert Grounds Agony due Enemy Density.

There was no secret ingredient to it,
so good luck.

Cheers!

[🌺💗Tazzamorous💗🌺]

Hailstorm orbit speed (and thus frost applications) scales with bonus movement speed. You want insane frost applications target movespeed.

[AMOK ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

You don't need to get 80k in one run, it is cumulative.

[garlic_grove]

Originally posted by AMOK ¯\_(ツ)_/¯:

You don't need to get 80k in one run, it is cumulative.

The description in game says it must be done in one run

https://i.imgur.com/PrVeVzr.png

[Kannon]

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

Dont know if the Ghost Wall on Forgotten Viaduct still works for this,

From what I can tell, it no longer works. I wasn't seeing any damage numbers popping up on the Ghost Wall.

[Ulyaoth]

Originally posted by Kannon:

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

Dont know if the Ghost Wall on Forgotten Viaduct still works for this,

From what I can tell, it no longer works. I wasn't seeing any damage numbers popping up on the Ghost Wall.

Originally posted by Mara (Aayph):

Originally posted by Jikkuryuu:

Wait, are you saying you can get damage achievements off the ghost wall? I never thought of that.

No, don't run into that trap. It was a thing, but not anymore.

Jup, done.

[Selath]

Originally posted by Kannon:

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

Dont know if the Ghost Wall on Forgotten Viaduct still works for this,

From what I can tell, it no longer works. I wasn't seeing any damage numbers popping up on the Ghost Wall.

There's no numbers on top of them but you can still kill them, so they're definetly taking damage.

[Ulyaoth]

Originally posted by Selath:

They dont count towards dmg quests anymore.

[AMOK ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

Originally posted by garlic_grove:

Originally posted by AMOK ¯\_(ツ)_/¯:

You don't need to get 80k in one run, it is cumulative.

The description in game says it must be done in one run

https://i.imgur.com/PrVeVzr.png

derp, i only looked at the quest when I had already used hailstorm so the "must be done in one run" line was overwritten by the amount in the past run.

[Stew_Padaso]

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

Hi,

you can increase Frost Chance further by using
Beast Huntress - Proficient Stance - Blizzard I-IV = 100%
Sage - Proficient Stance - Elements I-IV = 100% (only if Hail Storm picked first)

Hailstorm
Updraft (III, VI, X) for Base Frost Chance <- you might want to double those
> Cold for Frost Chance
Vortex Upgrade

Dont know if the Ghost Wall on Forgotten Viaduct still works for this,
but you can do it easy on Haunted Caverns Agony or Embert Grounds Agony due Enemy Density.

There was no secret ingredient to it,
so good luck.

Cheers!

using the mark to get effect on hit% helped, I got this trophy last night with the sorceress.

[Error404]

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

Originally posted by Selath:

They dont count towards dmg quests anymore.

Did this come in that update that disabled the damage numbers for the Ghost Wall, because I swear this is the first time I've heard about this one. Might explain some of the trouble I had when doing some of the newer achievements for the 1st time.

[CY13ERPUNK]

use dbl potion on all updrafts
then use the xtra potion to grab all eyes/wind
voila
grab cold/snow/etc if u want but grab one of each , dont over focus

[Schizophriend]

I also struggled with this quest but I actually finished it fairly fast.
First off, try to go for as much attack speed and movement speed as possible, so your Hail charges up faster. Also try to maximize your Area stat so the Hail hits more enemies.

When upgrading the spell, try to always go for the Frost chance, and use the double potion when you reach the IX and X upgrade, so you get 4x the bonus.

You can also take the Mark of the Beast Huntress, since it has a Proficient Stance upgrade that gives you additional Frost chance as well.

For other stats, try not to get too much damage and instead go for tankiness or else most enemies will die before you can hit them with Hailstorm. I used the Norseman for this quest because he naturally has lots of HP and HP regeneration.

Lastly, I was able to complete this quest in the first level on Agony mode. I completed the quest when there were 4-5 minutes remaining. There are so many enemies in this level and they're fairly simple so it's not too hard to survive.

[🌺💗Tazzamorous💗🌺]

Originally posted by Schizophriend:

...try to go for as much attack speed and movement speed as possible...

This is the way.

Hailstorm (Vortex Upgrade) applies frost at set distances. (and you are using the vortex upgrade right? of course you are!). You move faster, you apply more.

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

They dont count towards dmg quests anymore.

They do. It's just that they now only have 10k HP each (and 99.9% damage resist). So they aren't worth it for the effort needed to kill them. (They used to have 1M HP and 90% resist)

Also, this is an application quest, not damage. Ghost wall is still fine to use for things like this.

Originally posted by Error404:

Did this come in that update that disabled the damage numbers for the Ghost Wall...

Yes. This update. They still take damage, it just no longer shows (regardless of your local settings).

[Dennis]

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