[3.20] Ice Dancing Queen - Icestorm/Cyclone/CI - Viable For Everything

An update on my Ice Dancer... up to 91 now and have killed the Searing Exarch, Eradicator, and a ton of juiced T16 bosses.

The single biggest thing in staying alive was the purchasing of the matching jewels... Forbidden Flame, and Forbidden Flesh. They cost me a fortune (on Standard), but oh so worth it! I am tanky as all get out now. Can withstand so much more than I could before. Of course, my armor is helping too:



Pricey, but a great investment... the only one-shots I have suffered were two of them from the Searing Exarch, but since that was my first fight with him, I will rack up my losses to inexperience!

A few fights from battling Maven, and still trying to get to the other Uber Bosses... this build is definitely one that can do it :)

Thank you again for the great guide and explanation of how things all work together.

So. I've increased my ES, from before, I have 2.2k int and 11.5k ES and at certain times I still get one-shot, mostly when trying to kill bosses, am I doing something wrong or, do I still need to upgrade? Please look at my skill-tree jewels/gear through my profile since I do not know how to link my gear here.

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DualCoder 님이 작성:

So. I've increased my ES, from before, I have 2.2k int and 11.5k ES and at certain times I still get one-shot, mostly when trying to kill bosses, am I doing something wrong or, do I still need to upgrade? Please look at my skill-tree jewels/gear through my profile since I do not know how to link my gear here.

The Searing Exarch went through my 9000+ ES with one hit on a couple of occasions! Since bad things like that can still happen, damage mitigation (not just the sheer amount of Energy Shield you have) is a necessity.

Look for "take less damage from blah blah" mods, prevention of ailments, get capped resistances... make sure that you have your Frost Shield set up right so that it triggers when needed, etc. Lots of things one can do.

Of course, just good old practice will help you stay alive as well; the vast majority of bosses telegraph their big move and we as players can often get out of the way or gulp a flask just in time.

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DualCoder 님이 작성:

So. I've increased my ES, from before, I have 2.2k int and 11.5k ES and at certain times I still get one-shot, mostly when trying to kill bosses, am I doing something wrong or, do I still need to upgrade? Please look at my skill-tree jewels/gear through my profile since I do not know how to link my gear here.

I just take a look at your char, you enchanted tranquility twice (boots + amu), you should replace one of them with steelwood dance

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citruslounge 님이 작성:

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DualCoder 님이 작성:

So. I've increased my ES, from before, I have 2.2k int and 11.5k ES and at certain times I still get one-shot, mostly when trying to kill bosses, am I doing something wrong or, do I still need to upgrade? Please look at my skill-tree jewels/gear through my profile since I do not know how to link my gear here.

The Searing Exarch went through my 9000+ ES with one hit on a couple of occasions! Since bad things like that can still happen, damage mitigation (not just the sheer amount of Energy Shield you have) is a necessity.

Look for "take less damage from blah blah" mods, prevention of ailments, get capped resistances... make sure that you have your Frost Shield set up right so that it triggers when needed, etc. Lots of things one can do.

Of course, just good old practice will help you stay alive as well; the vast majority of bosses telegraph their big move and we as players can often get out of the way or gulp a flask just in time.

I wasnt even meaning end end-game bosses, I just meant the end of t14-16 map bosses. Will do however.

Edit: How does one go about setting frost shield up right so that it triggers when i need it?

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scorflex 님이 작성:

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DualCoder 님이 작성:

So. I've increased my ES, from before, I have 2.2k int and 11.5k ES and at certain times I still get one-shot, mostly when trying to kill bosses, am I doing something wrong or, do I still need to upgrade? Please look at my skill-tree jewels/gear through my profile since I do not know how to link my gear here.

I just take a look at your char, you enchanted tranquility twice (boots + amu), you should replace one of them with steelwood dance

Wow that was a major overlook on my part. Thank you :)

Played this build a few leagues ago for a little. This time around I sloppily threw it together and cast speed of Icestorm feels real slow. Is that just me?

Thanks for the build! I've had fun with it many leagues ago, and decided to try it out again on 3.18.
I seem to still be facing map deaths and one-shots from bosses at times, can anyone give me advice on my build/gear and what I should look at upgrading? Unfortunately I only have 5ex left at this point, and am trying to roll for a better helm.

My POB: https://pastebin.com/hqQ0dAWR

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DualCoder 님이 작성:

How does one go about setting frost shield up right so that it triggers when i need it?

Need to be sure that all the gem levels work together. Your Cast When Damage Taken shows the max level gem that it can trigger. If your Frost Shield (and other skills) are higher than the level listed on your CWDT, then those skills will never trigger at all!

But be careful about leveling the CWDT too high, because the "Damage Taken" scales up as the gem levels... once it gets to a certain point, you'll need to take a massive hit for CWDT to trigger.

I have my CWDT at 13 now, which can handle a level 14 Frost Shield. The same idea is used for your Immortal Call setup as well as the defenses set up in the 6-link chest, though Kelvynn (original poster of the build) says to not level up the chest CWDT at all... leave it at level 1.

Sorry to be so long-winded, but I hope you get the idea!

i try to use this build to lever act but too hard mob kill me so fast she very weak even i follow guild level in this thread