[3.20] Ice Dancing Queen - Icestorm/Cyclone/CI - Viable For Everything
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Hi, I've been watching this build since MANY MANY leagues ago, too scared to try it out for lack of game knowledge.
This league I said fuck it, let's try. I figured I had enough game knowledge to make it work but I guess I didn't as I'm 2-2.5 ex deep into this one and hard stuck at T12 maps. I can't seem to scale my int over 1600 without multiple ex worth of investment at this point and I'm at a loss entirely on how to become viable in T13+ Here's a snapshot from POB -- perhaps someone can tell me what I've done wrong... https://pastebin.com/CiJrQrWx Thanks in advance. |
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" Im lvl 89 with 9.3k es and almost 2.1k int dancing through t16s. Looking at your tree it seems you didnt follow the pob quite right. You are missing a fertile mind on the right side of the tree, and you took some unnecessary passive wheels. you absolutely need 2 large clusters with cold to the core. By doing the fertile mind on the right side, you will adding more int to your build by a) pathing using just +10int nodes and b) having more nodes between your start and split personalities. Its a bit of a grind, but a synthesized %int belt with attribute qual is extremely worth it. You cand find 6-8% ones for around 100c-1ex. Heres my pob for reference: https://pastebin.com/PhvyF5E0 |
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Thanks for the build. I was looking for a Scion build and this is a lot of fun.
I'm not a POE expert, so I'm trying to understand how the curses work in this build. I currently have a 4L with CWDT lvl 1 - Ball Lightning lvl 1 - Hextouch Support lvl 2 - Enfeeble lvl 1. I know how CWDT works and I see that triggering. I also see the Ball Lightning going off. What I don't see is the Enfeeble. I can't tell if it's working or not. If I self-cast Enfeeble, I see the monsters get affected by it. I can also see the monsters get affected if I self-cast any of the trigger spells, Lightning Ball, Ice Nova and Frost Bomb. I don't see any such indication when it's triggered by CWDT. Assuming it's working as intended, what about other possible delivery methods for the curse? The build indicates I can use a Phantasmal Wave of Conviction, which I don't have. But, what about Ice Nova or Frost Bomb? Do they work differently than the Frost Bolt? Hextouch indicates it supports all of those spells. Given the focus on cold damage, I wonder why a lightning spell is chosen for this job as opposed to a cold spell. I was thinking Ice Nova would have been good to curse a larger group of monsters at once than Ball Lightning. Also, why should Ball Lightning be kept at lvl 1 when a higher level spell can still be cast by CWDT? Thanks for any help understanding how this works. wsmithjr02#1497 님이 2022. 5. 30. 오전 4:27:55에 마지막으로 편집
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" You need max lvl Hextouch and the curse gems. It will start working when gem is higher lvl. |
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" Right now, CwDT is trying to cast Enfeeble. You need to level Enfeeble so, that its level requirement is too high for CwDT to cast it. Phantasmal Wave of Conviction is to apply Cold Exposure on enemies. Frost Bomb will also work if you don't have PWoC. Ball Lightning is just a good method to deliver curse on hit. The damage it does is irrelevant, so it doesn't matter what type of damage it does. You could argue having lightning (or fire) is better than another cold in case you get map with Elemental Equilibrium, but that is such niche case it doesn't really matter. For this reason, the level of Ball Lightning only makes it cost more mana. | |
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Thanks. It all makes sense now.
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This build has again been strong, and very fun.
But I have a few questions. Is the forbidden flesh ascedancy jewel good for us? I mean I have been using elementalist but I don't know if it's better than just use int jewels. Or is raider the best one? I don't know. Also any tips in crafting the amulet & armor ? Right now I have 2686 int and 12826 es and build seems pretty strong. |
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The biggest problem with this build is it ruins you for other builds.
I haven't much time to play at the moment so I'm giving Sentinel a miss and just playing this build in Standard. I'm on lvl96 with 13k ES and can do most things with a minimum of risk. There do seem to be a couple of holes I can't work out Apex of Sacrifice - low level but I can be killed in one shot Burial Chambers Boss - Eats through my ES Any clues? |
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" Burial Chambers boss has soul eater. Longer the fight lasts, stronger she will be. Best advice is, that at the start just go to her, ignore adds and try to burn her down before she gets too strong. Apex of Sacrifice, the boss reflects curses, so it is better to take them off. Jut unsocket CwDT. When she splits, one of the 4 images reflects damage. It is the one holding the mirror. You need to ether get good at recognizing the one that reflects to avoid it (or recognize one of the others). You can also respec your ascendancy for this fight and change from occultist to elementalist. This gives you immunity to reflect elemental damage. | |
" I didn't get to use Flesh/Flame last league, but my understanding is, that Raider or not use at all. For crafting, prepare to fail, loose lots of currency and only get some gray hairs. But you are probably pulling your hair anyway so the gray hairs would just be pulled off in the process, so don't worry about that. Good thing is, that recombinators give you another way of crafting them. So if you get half failed ones, you can try if you are lucky. I don't have much more experience with them, so can't really say if they are super good or carbage. Probably something between. |
