[3.25] ❄️ Icicle Mines Deadeye ❄️ Cheap / League Starter / Fast Mapper / 1st Day T16

- This build works very well to complete the Atlas at league start and farm maps fast
- This build is a mapper, it's NOT a bosser
- I've been league starting with it over 10 times already
- It doesn't require any specific items
- It's able to progress the entire Atlas 1st day of league
- It's able to farm T16 maps 1st day of league with only a few chaos invested
- No skill or flask timing needed
- Room to level other gems
- Only 1 skill setup
- 4500 life & 100% spell suppression pretty early already
- Great freeze uptime (makes mapping quite safe)
- Doesn't really require Uber Lab! (it's only a small & situational defence bonus)

This version of the build is the cheap, league start atlas completion + mapping version. It's squishy, but freeze helps a lot :). You can make the build tanky and also increase the single target dps many, many times, if you invest into it. Some players were playing Icicle Deadeye to do "No Hit" Sanctums. It's also a good choice, if you're looking forward to make a bow build later. Then you already have a Deadeye :) and can just farm currency with it, until you have saved enough currency to craft or buy everything you need for your bow build. This works really good, because you are not required to invest into this build to be able to farm T14-16 maps.

Note: As Ranger, you can't buy Icicle Mine in Act 1 already. You have to ask someone else to buy it for you in the end of Act 1 - or get one from trade. Or you use something else till Act 3 Library Quest ("A Fixture Of Fate". It's located in The Library in The Imperial Gardens. There you can buy Icicle, EoW, Charged Mines, ...). I recorded a full Act 1 to Act 3 Library run for you, see under "Videos" further down. BUT: If you wait until Library, the gem will be level 1 and you should level it a bit, before you switch! I highly recommend to get one at level 12 or as early as possible and level it during the early acts already!
I also recorded a full Act 1 - Act 10 run. The gem & tree progression of this run is posted further down.

It will be my league starter again!
I will share my gear progress again!

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Hatred: No longer has causes you and nearby allies to deal more Cold Damage.

- Just use Zealotry instead of Hatred. In my Day 5 League Start PoB, Hatred grants 20% more dmg, Zealotry grants 19% more dmg.

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The Far Shot Ascendancy Passive Skill no longer provides "Far Shot". It instead now provides "Projectiles gain Damage as they travel farther, dealing up to 30% more Damage to targets".

- It should work for Icicle now!

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The Wind Ward Ascendancy Passive Skill now provides 4% less Damage taken per Gale Force (previously 3%).

- Defensive buff, unless you use Far Shot / mark effect or +1 frenzy instead of it.

- New weapon enchants seem very strong!

- Reflecting (Kalandra mechanic) amulet / rings is really good too!

Day 1:
https://pobb.in/zB_u6W1Punz0

Day 2:
https://pobb.in/_zwt9G3lB-I-

Day 3:
https://pobb.in/GDvMa4XBgWjC

Day 4:
https://pobb.in/fVBSSjCMOzN9

Day 6:
https://pobb.in/c0lZN0XNp6Mv

End of Week 1:
https://pobb.in/9Vcs8O6jh4AX

Week 3:
https://pobb.in/zrmlekumMhRL

6-L setup / IIR setup:
https://pobb.in/bHMgF_fCnRI9

Day 1: 10 hours after league start, Exarch + Eater (2 Voidstones) done, Atlas almost done, 1st player @ T17 Citadel map (and 1st player to fail it too :D)
https://pobb.in/_N7nCI4J8Ck-

Day 2:
https://pobb.in/bDoV8tIoo127

Day 4:
https://pobb.in/pHXcDriDHiK8

Day 5:
https://pobb.in/PZgM03DAZiIX

End of Week 1:
https://pobb.in/Mk419mK8JeDy

Final one for this league. MB, Nimis, 0 mana cost
https://pobb.in/vu40r2lunB8s

Day 1 about 9 hours after league start:
(Uber Lab, 2 Voidstones (Exarch + Eater), 7 fav map drop slots, vast majority of maps completed)
https://pobb.in/W-XRt9wXZ8pm

Day 2:
https://pobb.in/otjR_tc-nwP_

Day 3:
No upgrades. Here are some cool charms and jewels I'm looking at:

Day 4:
https://pobb.in/WLy4rIeIFWzP

Day 4, another update:
https://pobb.in/he7yMkdXBjjW

Day 5:

Day 6:
https://pobb.in/QZDEb22mN4Ge

Week 2:
https://pobb.in/lh1kMsp_S0m0

Day 1, Atlas done (112/115, missing 3 unique maps), 6 Favoured map slots unlocked):

Day 2:

Day 3:

Day 4:

Day 5:

Day 6+:

My Gear Progress - Day 1 - (+Passive Tree & Atlas)
(already farming T15 Tropical Island + T16 Coves, Searing + Eater down)

My Gear Progress - Day 2

My Gear - Day 4

My Gear - Day 7 - (+ my current Atlas Tree)

My Gear - Day 9

- Same Tree & Gear (if you use a 6-link)
- Only 2 gems are different (if you use a 6-link)
- Icicle: feels much nicer and safer during mapping; better clear; mobs die faster/immediately on the entire screen; better freeze uptime
- EoW: slightly higher single target dps

- rare items with life + resists work fine
- any wands or sceptres with some of these mods: crit chance for spells, crit multi, +1cold/+1all, damage to spells, spell/cold/ele/mine damage, crafted mine throwing speed

Cheap uniques that I buy as soon as I have a few Chaos Orbs:
1. Bitterdream (for 3-link Icicle, works fine till T16!)
2. Mutewind Whispersteps
3. Heatshiver

"Act 1-10" has a menu to switch between gems / tree!


Act 1-10 Pconc into Icicle:
https://pobb.in/HgVQjZrpZ-lE

League start / day 1-2 / viable to complete entire Atlas:
https://pobb.in/mcZNk0FMrgsP

Mid-budget / ~10-15 div version:
https://pobb.in/GFe8ObCiYO79

High-budget gear:
https://pobb.in/kcHY3mgGfBdK

You can get Path of Building here:
https://pathofbuilding.community/

Notes:
- you can often buy a level 21 Icicle Mine gem for 10c - 20c a few days after league start
Mid-budget version notes:
- 2 socket shroud (3 is possible) and +8 boots (+9 is possible)

Act 1-10 Pconc into Icicle: Pls check out the PoB section above!

Campaign, before you have pierce / chain:
4-L Icicle: Icicle + Pierce + Trap and Mine Damage + Minefield

If you have pierce or chain:
4-L Icicle: Icicle + Trap and Mine Damage + Minefield + Charged Mines

3-L Icicle in Bitterdream: Icicle Mine + Minefield + Charged Mines

6-L Icicle: Icicle + Charged Mines + Trap and Mine Damage + Minefield + Increased Critical Strikes + Inspiration

6-L Eye of Winter: EoW + Blastchain Mine + Charged Mines + Minefield + Trap and Mine Damage + Increased Critical Strikes

Other:
- Automation + Detonate Mines
- Zealotry
- Summon Skitterbots (+ Bonechill, not needed in Bitterdream setup)
- Flame Dash + Faster Casting or any movement skill you like
- Cast on Death + Portal (saves so much time!)
- cwdt lvl 2 + Steelskin lvl 11 or any Automation setup of your choice
- Arcanist Brand + Assassin's Mark + Frost Bomb (vs. bosses)

You can use Sniper's Mark instead of Assassin's Mark, as soon as you have a very high crit chance (check & compare it in PoB).

My favorite early-league flask setup I've been running for many leagues now:

For a Mageblood flasks setup, check out my final PoB from a league ago (under Necropolis Gear Progress).

Pls check the Path of Building section further up. You don't have to import it into PoB, you can just open the links in your browser too.

Deadeye:
1. Gathering Winds (Tailwind)
2. Ricochet (Chain)
3. Endless Munitions (+2 Proj)
4. Far Shot (up to 30% more dmg) -> You may use +1 Frenzy, if you don't have Nimis. At league start, you can also use Focal Point and switch to +1 Frenzy as soon as you have Rathpith. (This is what I will do)

Options:
If you want to increase your single target dps, you can take Focal Point (Mark effect) instead of Endless Munitions (+2 Proj).
If you want to increase your defense, you can take Wind Ward instead of Endless Munitions (+2 Proj).

Help Alira. 15% all res helps a lot with gearing at league start.
You can change it to +1 skill point or 8% movement speed anytime (there is a vendor recipe to change bandit rewards).

My favorite setup: Soul of Arakaali + Soul of Abberath
Also unlock their bonuses!
I sometimes use Brine King (if I don't have freeze/chill immunity from somewhere else).

Tattoo of the Ramako Sniper (5% increased Projectile Speed). It's quite important, because it improves your map clear a lot and makes the build feel much better! Try to get at least a few of them very early already!
I'm currently using 15.

Searches (switch from Standard to League, when League is live):

Bitterdream (new version):
https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Standard/XEbLKOWUP
Mutewind Whispersteps:
https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Standard/nRnwzH0
Heatshiver (new version):
https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Standard/QlQogOOfw
Temple mod gloves:
https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Standard/LgoKZP5cn
Fractured +1 base (i76+) - you can just switch it to dagger / wand / sceptre:
https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Standard/V2W0RyPup
Stygian Vise base (i72+):
https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Standard/bMOaew2cL
+7 March of the Legion:
https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Standard/QeRg2lpHw

How to craft the bases:

Gloves:
- buy gloves with xx % dmg with hits vs. chilled enemies and another resist or high life and either open prefix or suffix to be able to add a craft on the crafting bench too
- use eldritch currency (ember and ichor) to add implicit mods
- league start: use low tier eldritch currency and stop at any useful mod

Belt:
- buy high ilvl stygian vise and use Deafening Essence of Zeal (always adds 18-21% mine throwing speed) until you get something useful
- if you can't afford the highest tier of the essence, use one tier lower (Shrieking Essence of Zeal)

Sceptre / Dagger / Wand:
- buy high ilvl sceptre with FRACTURED +1 cold or +1 all
- the mod has to be fractured! this will make it permanent (i't will never disappear when you craft)
- use Deafening Essence of Woe on it (always adds 83-94% increased Spell Damage), until you hit something "decent" (for example high spell crit chance + any tier of crit multi or mid-high flat ele damage to any element)
- craft mine throwing speed on it on the crafting bench

+2 Cold Skills Amulet with T1 Crit Multi:
https://youtu.be/GSH0bt6UK7w

1. As soon as I have 2 chaos: Portal (link with Cast on Death, it will save you a lot of time!)
2. When I start mapping: Bitterdream, Mutewind Whispersteps (about 4 chaos each)
3. just identify rare items and replace your rares with better ones (life, resists)
4. fix your flask setup (doesn't need to be perfect yet...)
5. As soon as you start to accumulate chaos/divines:
- Heatshiver ! ! !
- level 21 Icicle Mine gem
- decent sceptre / dagger / or wand, if you already use Rathpith
- setup 1: +2 or +4 chest
- setup 2 (I prefer this one): shroud of the lightless + march of the legion + rathpith globe + dissolution of the flesh

- it's fine to run your first white maps magic
- buy maps from Kirac
- use your Kirac missions
- buy Chance Orbs if you don't have any to buy more maps from Kirac
- skill map drop chance passives in your Atlas Tree

My plan for 3.25 Settlers of Kalguur League start:

Day 1-4: Red Altars + Blight + Scarab drop nodes + Guardian / Conqueror map drop nodes

My league start tree: https://youtu.be/WW3t72XpLPY

Day 5+: Delirium + Beyond instead of Blight

The vast majority of my currency / profit is split among:
1. Currency tab
2. Eldritch Currency
3. Shaper, Elder, Conqueror map drops
4. Eldritch Invitations (guaranteed drop every 14(28) maps)
5. whatever league mechanic you skill (Blight = Blighted maps + silver/golden oils, Deli = Deli orbs + Simulacrums, ...)

Every day I take a short break to convert this to chaos/divines.