[3.26] Ice Dancing God - Icestorm/Cyclone/CI - Viable For Everything

Damn, Helical ring base is 70d and the split one is 35d. I don't play the game that much to be able to gamble 50d with 1/3 chance to hit all the mods you want to hit.

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HanibAAAl#2138 เขียน:

Damn, Helical ring base is 70d and the split one is 35d. I don't play the game that much to be able to gamble 50d with 1/3 chance to hit all the mods you want to hit.

It took me 5 tries to make this amulet in the Kalandra league, when the 15 stage maps were about 8 div each (for the maximum multiplier.) Synthesized base so no influence allowed. So I sympathize.

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HanibAAAl#2138 เขียน:

Damn, Helical ring base is 70d and the split one is 35d. I don't play the game that much to be able to gamble 50d with 1/3 chance to hit all the mods you want to hit.

The helical ring is a luxury; you can do fine with a cheaper non-helical reflected ring bought off trade.

Is there any other gear you are adding to the merc specifically? I am loving this build and this will be my main every season now. This is my first time PoE and the progress has been slow but very educational.

I hope to watch along next season reset if you stream it so I can see your progress real time

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Kah_Anor#6575 เขียน:

Is there any other gear you are adding to the merc specifically?

I've stopped using my explody merc because the loss of polymath in 55%+ ranged packsize maps -- along with the other negative mods -- made me way too squishy. The negative mods alone I can handle.

Also, the merc kept dying but that's more of a gearing issue.

In your opinion how viable is this to transition into an int stacking wander? Love the build and have been tinkering with it since the inception when they first introduced cwc, but man sometimes I just wanna tinker with other stuff and not entirely rebuild my gear.
Thanks for all your effort, cheers.

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RxNyQuil#5970 เขียน:

In your opinion how viable is this to transition into an int stacking wander? Love the build and have been tinkering with it since the inception when they first introduced cwc, but man sometimes I just wanna tinker with other stuff and not entirely rebuild my gear.
Thanks for all your effort, cheers.

Give us a PoB for what you want to switch to, and we can tell you our opinions.

Ok im a bit confused, im supposed to take a Sanguinmancer because they can wear all 3 Stats, but Kineticist can that too and has also good clear ?
Also, with the Gravebind setup, dont u lose a ton of the benefit of Polymath ?
Is the clear speed that good that it balances the defensive aspects of PM ?

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Turbopuschel1#6531 เขียน:

Ok im a bit confused, im supposed to take a Sanguinmancer because they can wear all 3 Stats, but Kineticist can that too and has also good clear ?
Also, with the Gravebind setup, dont u lose a ton of the benefit of Polymath ?
Is the clear speed that good that it balances the defensive aspects of PM ?

Just try them yourselves and see how it works for you. People's play styles and risk tolerances differ.

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Turbopuschel1#6531 เขียน:

Ok im a bit confused, im supposed to take a Sanguinmancer because they can wear all 3 Stats, but Kineticist can that too and has also good clear ?
Also, with the Gravebind setup, dont u lose a ton of the benefit of Polymath ?
Is the clear speed that good that it balances the defensive aspects of PM ?

Sanguimancer can equip dual wands, so you get twice as many explosions. She also uses Body Swap, so she always teleports to whatever you’re killing and thus keeps her auras (and the Gravebind radius) in range of you.

Kineticist can only weld a single wand, but can equip a Victario’s/Replica Victario’s for free Frenzy charges. But the merc is often out of aura/Gravebind range, so it’s even less than half of the explosions of Sanguimancer.

Yes, Gravebind will negate your mana and ES regen from Polymath, and you’ll be noticeably squishier and probably die way more often.

I’ve also experimented with a Cruel Mistress with the staff that applies random curses, when I was tired of the Sanguimancer/Kineticist getting me killed. I have no idea if she’s actually helping.

Once you’re well-geared enough, the mercs aren’t really much aid in actual combat to be really noticeable. So either go Sanguimancer to jack up your clear speed and die more often, or use whatever else you want and conserve that precious XP.