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

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Sumpfgn0m เขียน:

I also really enjoy this build. Had tried it several leagues back with the Scion and had a blast. This time also with Scion first, but switched to Trickster after I reached Maps with the Scion and like you all, can really feel the difference in survivability.

Breezing through T16 red maps with two voidstones and feel mostly invincible.

BUT... the first reality check came with the conquerors. Al-Hezmin was of course a joke, due to CI, but Baran really kicked my butt. His blast always oneshots me, the mana-sucking tiles don't help either of course :)

I was wondering, how did you guys manage this fight?

I have somewhat decent gear, can't afford much more at the moment, need to earn/find me some further Divines now. Prices in Standard are simply nuts.

Am I still to low-level for Baran? Energy shield with 6.6K too low?


And @Kelvynn... thank you for this awesome guide :)


EDIT: PoB https://pastebin.com/TDpnfcp2

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King_Haart เขียน:

Drox is just irritating to me as he seems to go through long phases of taking nearly no damage - took me over 10 minutes to kill him one time.

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King_Haart เขียน:

Whilst it's pretty top-tier, Trickster gets a lot of extra defense from Evasion and simply not taking hits in the first place, and every 6 points of evasion on Body armor is ALSO 1 ES, so it's really double value to get an EV/ES chest. In theory a top-tier full EV chest (3.5K+ EV) is more viable than a full ES on for this build I reckon, as while you might lose out on ~1K ES you'd more than make up for that in evasion chance.

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spaceace7373 เขียน:

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King_Haart เขียน:

Whilst it's pretty top-tier, Trickster gets a lot of extra defense from Evasion and simply not taking hits in the first place, and every 6 points of evasion on Body armor is ALSO 1 ES, so it's really double value to get an EV/ES chest. In theory a top-tier full EV chest (3.5K+ EV) is more viable than a full ES on for this build I reckon, as while you might lose out on ~1K ES you'd more than make up for that in evasion chance.

my current chest is low/mid at best and far from top tier but like i said, it's a start ;)

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King_Haart เขียน:

I just picked both of these up - thoughts on which is better to run with?

My thinking is that the 10%/10% is better for general purpose, but keep the other one around for no leech and ele reflect maps?

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WinterHiko เขียน:

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King_Haart เขียน:

I just picked both of these up - thoughts on which is better to run with?

My thinking is that the 10%/10% is better for general purpose, but keep the other one around for no leech and ele reflect maps?

I'd definitely go with the first one. It gives you tankiness and phys mitigation. I ran one like it for the longest time before switching to Mana as ES/Cold damage with Hatred. It really helped. I'd just reroll reflect and no leech maps, it's less trouble than switching the jewel anyway.

EDIT : BTW, did you buy them? If so, how much was the 10/10? Just curious, I have one for sell right now, though I'm in Kalandra.