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

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Graiaule เขียน:

Here's a quick commentary on my experience with the crit versus non-crit build.

Basically, the crit build (with the same gear, and measured for me) is about 80% more dps, and due to 3.5k less ES and 40% less spell block, I would say I die 80% more often.

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whiterockxx เขียน:

I'm working on PoB two High-budget versions. A no-block + crit (over 1.5M damage per hit) and a block+crit (about 1M damage per hit).

I just need time, my business is draining all my time and i'm not been able to play properly :(

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stoudtlr เขียน:

I would definitely love to see these pob's once you have time to finish them.

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whiterockxx เขียน:

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stoudtlr เขียน:

I would definitely love to see these pob's once you have time to finish them.

I had few hous to play today and made few upgrades on my character.

https://pastebin.com/sP7XfXhW

There are 2 trees, the Low-budget and the High-Budget

If didn't configured anything wrong, its low-block with 1.8M damage per hit and 12k ES.

I tried Uber Maven and she just melts, was really clean and fast!

There is still a lot of room for improvement with time/currency!

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WinterHiko เขียน:

About your build :

These are all good steps. I'd add a couple of low- to mid-budget suggestions.

- I see you put one more point into the Whispers of Doom nodes to get some curse effect and duration. I'm not sure it's worth the extra skill point. The curse effect gives you 1.6% more DPS, for example, while a node like Trickery would give you 3.1% and a variety of other effects. Curse duration is not worth the point either, as we apply it via a lvl 1 CWDT, so quite often.

- Your cluster jewels could be changed to CttC/Blanketed Snow. It's a bit costly, but it's a good upgrade in DPS.

- I see you put a point in a minor cluster node that doesn't lead to anything. It seems to be to help with your resistances. I'd suggest allocating two points towards Practical application (in the middle). It gives you 13% to all resistances, stun protection while casting and some strength and dex, which will help with stat requirements. You could also invest in a good corrupted Heup of all (+25-28% allres).

- A conversion jewel in the middle-right jewel node (currently unnalocated) would give you 4-5% more dps and some more ES for only 1-3C.

- The staff mastery for more defenses is really, really good. You should take it as soon as you can. It would give you 300 ES, 800 EV and the usual almost 3% more damage from Polymath.

- Make some room for a Tranquility annoint as soon as possible. Changing Wisdom of the Glade to Tranquility would give you a wooping 16% more damage instantly. It's a bit more costly but worth it.

You'll see that this build is building off of each part. The more you invest, the more returns you'll get. Your DPS is getting there. You got the basics, like you said, and now you're getting the good stuff. You'll soon have double the DPS and mapping will feel a lot faster. You're on the right track!




About calculating total DPS :

This build is a bit weird, in that casts of the spell don't deal damage. They summon a storm, which summons projectiles, and those projectiles deal damage. As such, it's very difficult to precisely know how much DPS we're doing, because the only certain element is the damage per ice shard (which is the average hit on PoB).

There was a discussion in the Scion version's thread where it was suggested, after some calculations, that the top DPS (with the maximum of 5 storms) would be around 40 times average hit. It's not realistic against moving enemies, though, and requires ramping up. I'd say 8-10 times average hit might be a good estimate, as it means around 2 storms active on a given monster.

Once your mapping staff is around 200k average hit, you'll be zooming through maps. Once your bossing staff is around 250k-300k, you'll be able to do all pinnacle bosses. But it varies. You'll feel the difference once it goes up.

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WinterHiko เขียน:

Is there a reason we're not running Wave of conviction in Ball Lightning's place? It seems like it could apply both curses just as effectively and free up another spot.
I'm probably missing something.