[3.5] The Blinding Blizzard - Whispering Ice CI Elequisitor - Viable For Everything

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Deadbootss escribió:

“Almost the same amount” was exaggerative on my part. 28% is easily achieved with base leech, consecrated ground, and the scion regen nodes. Of course VP is a better option; I just felt that the post I was responding to was unnecessarily brusque. Exploring non-VP options is interesting to me, given that it is a large investment and that VP is such a default option for so many builds.

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DJSton3 escribió:

Kelvynn, one question about Watcher's Eye.

Is +30% Energy Shield gained for each Enemy Hit while affected by Discipline

better, worse, even or just "other" as these both together:

38% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge while affected by Discipline
28% increased Energy Shield Recovery Rate while affected by Discipline

Especially during fighting to bosses?

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vbvan escribió:

Anyone has experience in leveling this build in SSF? I leveled one last league and had some issues.

It isn't my first char in SSF, so I already had Whispering Ice, but I didn't have one dropped during leveling. Do you farm The Western Forest or just have it dropped?

I also don't have Astramentis. I farmed the card a little bit and after some runs without any drop, I just decided to stay with a rare amulet.

Another issue is in Elder influenced map with null portal. I find that without Watcher's eyes, it is easy to die if the portal spawns Tentacle Miscreation (especially when the map has two more projectiles mod). It doesn't help when the damage is cold and can't be mitigated by IC. Do you farm the eyes?

And rare items with high int + ES is kind of hard to find without trading. And I'm somewhat hesitant to use Jeweller's Orb to roll off color on these no-so-good rares. Do you craft your own? Any tips? I do have some ilv 86 bases.

The rare items from the last league

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vbvan escribió:

I'm going to use this build in the flashback SSF event. Any tips are appreciated :-)

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Kelvynn escribió:

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vbvan escribió:

I'm going to use this build in the flashback SSF event. Any tips are appreciated :-)

I have a lv 81 WI char in Hardcore which is a completely dead league with pretty much zero trade, so it's as good as HC SSF temp league :) I don't remember when I made him, somewhere last year when all the nerfs were going on, so back then I choose the Inquisitor version. It's weaker than the Scion today, but viable just fine. AgentI in my profile.

Finding the staff in SSF isn't really hard these days with the Incantation card.

The next task is finding Fertile Mind (ideally two). But that's also possible with the card. Other jewels won't be anything nearly as good, just roll some 2-mods with alteration orbs. Brute Force probably won't happen, so don't bother with that socket without it.

Astramentis in SSF - not going to happen. I have never seen that card drop in any league ever. I've dropped a few Astramenti myself, but they are way too rare to expect finding one in SSF. Go with whatever you can find that has the max Int.

With all the self-found rares, you really want to level your masters: Haku, Elreon, Vorici and Catarina. Those 4 are your best friends. Zana, on the other hand, is completely irrelevant for SSF. You won't be running high tier maps with this gear any time soon, and everything up to T10 can be sustained without her mods.

Bestiary should be very good though. This is not a glass cannon build, you can safely tackle any pokemons, and there are many recipes that are super helpful in SSF.

Overall, you'll have really ghetto gear compared to the main build, but it will be enough to run white and yellow maps and level up to 90-ish. Just don't try the actual racing - this is not a clear speed build, you can't compete for the Demigod prizes with it.