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

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SkylerOG escribió:

I have those +13 to attributes mods on my boots and amulet because without them my dex would go below the 111 (and 125 for awakened gems) requirements for current 20/20 green gems. And if I got rid of one of them and took a +30 dex passive node instead (so I could add aspect of spider crafted suffix), then my str would be below my dex, which would disqualify the "cannot be ignited" feature on the Cyclopean. Not to mention cost me yet another passive point.

Needless to say, it's been difficult trying to figure out how to reach 125 dex without going over str, and without having to waste more than 1 passive on a +30 str node, which I already had to do as is.

If you got any ideas, I'd love to hear it.

I also don't have the ability to craft aspect of spider yet on my bench. I'm still quite a noob. Just returned after a year off, and even when I did play a year ago, it was only for maybe 8-9 months prior. I was only just learning how to craft anything of significance then.


I'm on Standard server, btw, so I promise any decent -9% cold pen helmet with some int, resist, and 200+ ES is easily 10+ ex.

Same with a lvl 1 Awakened Spell Cascade. I asked someone who had no price listed on one if he'd sell it to me for 5ex and he laughed and asked me if i was kidding, then told me 20 ex. The cheapest one listed right now is 17 ex. It's crazy, but that's Standard for ya, I guess.

Go look up the boots. Any boots with 200+ ES, 30% movement, resists, and 40+ int are like 50+ ex. It's ridiculous.


How would you use both CD and EF?

I have (clearing staff) Cyclone, CWC, Energy Leech, Cold Pen, CD, and Spell Cascade. Then on (boss staff) I have Cyclone, CWC, Energy Leech, Cold Pen, CD, and Conc Effect.

What do you suggest swapping out for Elemental Focus if not Controlled Destruction?


Can I have Stone Golem and Skitterbots at same time? Stone Golem, with my helmet enchant, is crazy +ES regen. Don't want to lose that.

And how effective are skitterbots vs bosses?


Also, I have Frostbomb outside my 20/20 CWDT, and only Vortex inside there with Bonechill. I like to target FB's, and use FB and Flamedash to both proc Arcane Surge. This way I don't have to hit FD for AS when I want/need to be stationary for certain fights.


And lastly, it looks like Lilian confirmed that EF does not effect chill created by Icestorm, so that's good.


Thanks for all the help. I'm enjoying my return to the game. I love min/max'ing builds like this. I just wish the upgrades weren't so freaking expensive. I'm to that point where nearly everything else I need/want to upgrade is an extreme cost increase and out of my currency realm.

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smeagol01 escribió:

did anyone manage to kill sirius on max awakener lvl with this?

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smeagol01 escribió:

did anyone manage to kill sirius on max awakener lvl with this?

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smeagol01 escribió:

did anyone manage to kill sirius on max awakener lvl with this?

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nickaustin escribió:

kind of new to poe, still dont know how to navigate pob. so can some one more experienced advice me?


In Scion ascendancy choices, How much damage will I lose if I choose pathfinder as 2nd node in Ascendant instead of inquisitor?
(I like flasks)

isnt crit multiplier from inquisitor useless as we have elemental overload?

Thank you.

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SkylerOG escribió:

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nickaustin escribió:

kind of new to poe, still dont know how to navigate pob. so can some one more experienced advice me?


In Scion ascendancy choices, How much damage will I lose if I choose pathfinder as 2nd node in Ascendant instead of inquisitor?
(I like flasks)

isnt crit multiplier from inquisitor useless as we have elemental overload?

Thank you.

It's significant. Mine is showing a +365% difference in average hit (ie. +10,000 to average hit vs +2,750 to average hit) for Inquisitor to Pathfinder (make sure you ctrl-D in PoB so you can see the difference in the mouseover).

The big one you're missing is the "Immune to Elemental Ailments while on Consecrated Ground".

Not only does consecrated ground nearly double your ES regen (thanks to Zealot's Oath keystone), but with this Inquisitor mod, it acts as an instant strip, and of course immunity, of Ignite, Chill, Freeze, Shock, Scorch, Brittle, and Sap.

You may have ignite and shock immunity from a Cyclopean belt, but everything else you're susceptible to unless you have a mod elsewhere that takes care of it, or you rely on flask suffix mods.

But if you have Inquisitor, then all you need is a source of consecrated ground and you can instantly remove ALL elemental ailments any time, or simply stand on it and be immune.

This is why I like Word/Edict/Decree/Commandment of Light ( https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Labyrinth_Enchantment# ) enchantment on my gloves (honestly, Word works the same as the others... 5s duration on consecrated ground when you're crit. Can get it from Normal Lab run), AND I am one of the few who likes Holy Flame Totem ( https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Holy_Flame_Totem ), which not only gives you consecrated ground at will, but it also instant strips ALL curses on you too. And on top of all this, of course, a Sulphur flask is yet a 3rd source of consecrated ground.

You should be making consecrated ground a staple of this build simply for the insane regen, but stripping elemental ailments and curses is just as big a deal.