[2.0 update No EB? No problem] SuperNova | whole screen 111K DPS | Atziri ez 4 min all boss'

This is from witch forum but works with shadow so i cross post here too
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1096765/page/1Beginners - read whole post do not attempt to jump into packs b4 u got > 4K life, double curse and max resits. I will not answer questions in game or PM please ask here.

78 Palace with 25K dps from 1.2 I have over 93K now in 2.0




My mate IGN: MagicalCrime who lvld to 100 w/ my build with 7 Power Charges and Atziri flask:





Pros

Super fast map clears. Like my discharger without the price tag.

This build destroys larger area than discharges and provides massive defenses since they are frozen 90% of the time or die instant.

This build is also tanky at end game you run, 24-26 Arctic Armor for 16% phys mit + 4 endurance charge for 32% total physical mitigation. Instant Leech, 4500 life 500+ ES . Always have endurance charges up due to warlords automatic cursing. CWDT automatic immortal call Immunity to physical. Plus 46% spell dodge and 40% dodge at end game. *75% dodges with vaal grace popped.

This build is really fun with battle mage aspect to it. You warp all over and face tank everything fearing nothing.

The build uses Crit ICE NOVA - over 74% CC with 7 power charge and assassins mark which is automatically applied by play style - lightning warp to cast assassins mark on hit - You never run out of power charge if you move at reasonable pace.

Play style is fairly easy - You simply lightning warp pack to pack right in the middle of them automatically cursing them and destroy whole screen. Single targets take some getting used to with flame surge and dodging big hitters in 80s maps, 78 dom etc.

Party will love you. You freeze everything and draw all fire by warping in mobs face.

Hidden DPS is LW applying shock status effect almost always with our high CC for 50% more DPS. Hidden DPS is automatic assassins mark more CC and "more" CD makes huge crits. You almost always apply freeze status effect as well due to High CC and ~4 casts per sec. Almost always apply burn status effect too because we use cold to fire.

Cost is medium-low about 10ex-70ex depending on links of your Staff and chest used which is cheap considering it's power.


Minimum build costs
5L PoH 6-9 exa
5L Carcass 2 exa <<<< its come to my attention this chest is 6EX in warbands. You can us any life + resits 5L chest. Jack is more aoe and DPS tho.
Windscream Boots 20C
Rest Gear chaos gear.
So, the base of the build is ~10 exa.


Build can do ALL Map mods. Saves Money on map rolling. For no mana regen maps you just have turn off one aura like HoT to have buffer and warlords mark takes care of life and mana..For Blood magic auras off warlords and instant LL takes care of health. For reflects Lightning warp crits are only thing that can kill you. Pop all three flasks before jumping into packs since we do all three elements damage. Curse immune is slow because we have to rely on our bad regen. Use Clarity and no other aura

You can run these doesnt matter 99% of the time unless a really crazy combo that i have not seen in 93 levels of this build


cons...
-Massive hp single target like atziri prefers Flame Surge swap gem for quick kill

-Uber probably not.


2.0 UPDATE for experienced users. Beginners please read 1.3 section first.

New 2.0 Tree Gained ~100% DPS in safe mode meaning all maps mods can be done!!! and 20%-100% EHP info below

new highlights
We dont need EB, Enduring cry or clarity. Warlords Auto curse does it all. LL ML and endurance charges. We move full time into cold to fire now due to awesome Arctic armor changes for us as we mitigate 13-15% fire. Single target flame surge swap for Ice Nova for ~140K single target. But you wont need Flame Surge cept on Atziri and high HP boss. We have longer Power and Endurance charge duration so you can take your time and charges never go down.

*reflect maps replace C2f with LL and pop flasks
There are two phases now to this build now - up to 90 and Beyond 90 where we get really sick.

There are 3 ways to play
1. 4500 Life Crit version with dodge/spell dodge. Best DPS, affordable and what you see in all vid. Best version IMO due to AOE and good dps.
2. HC life non crit version with 6000-6500 life and dodge/spell dodge. Super tank
3. Crit CI with 7000-8000 ES and high DPS like #1 and cant be stun. Most expensive must have 6L ES chest. Weakness is AOE because cant use carcass jack.


Phase 1 tree to 90ish


Phase 2 Tree beyond 90

You put these on For 46% spell dodge move into phase and acrobatics for 45% dodge all while retaining all Phase 1 properties.


Basic Phase 1 Gear 2.0

We run two heralds and AA for 14% fire/phys mitigation, 4 endurance charges always up so 30% total phys mit is like a lighting coil or ~30K armor vs phys



Phase 2 Gear same as phase 1 but Atziri Steps



GEMS

Staff
5L 6L
Swap Gems - Swap a red for LL on reflect. Swap Flame Surge and pen for a red and Ice nova on single target


Chest

5L 6L

Minion 4L
Swap HoT for ele weakness maps

CWDT set and vaal grace


Auras


Flasks


***************2.0 Leveling progression for witch and shadow*************



HC non crit and 6000-6500 life
This is what im attempting in HC has 195% life plus 4 Jewels for more life. Guessing 245% when done.


HC crit CI version 7000-8000 ES with gear




New Safe DPS


single target Flame Surge

phase 2 defenses w. vaal grace



5L chest 5L PoH base DPS no flask 6L are luxury not needed at all



Everything in this spoiler is 1.3 and 1.2 info



FAQ
1. Build looks expensive. Its about 10ex starting not all builds are super budget this one is reasonable for performance.
2. Why my DPS so low? Gem level. Player lvl. And lack of crit gear.
3. Why am i dying? Do you have 4K life? And double cursing? If not you're not ready to jump in middle of packs.
4. What are some cheaper versions of this? You can get away with 5L carcass chest and two crit daggers and RIME GAZE helm which hold Ice nova. Still about 5ex. Might was well get PoH for cheap 6L and mana,.
5. Why not phase 2 from start? Because DPS and life will be too low at lower level.
6. Why no cold penetration? C2F beats it in current tree plus gems swap dynamics.
7. What about another staff PoH is expensive? Well you can buy a 5L and its really a 6L already so its cheap IMO. Plus it doubles your mana pool. Sure you can use another staff but it will be worse.
8. Why no Jewels? I am still waiting for someone to show me where it's advantageous in this build.

Would an Atziri belt work for this build?



I found a PoH on my cycloner and I managed to 5 link it. Currently leveling with lighting tendrils as it does more damage than ice nova. Flameblast works too.



Is a good unique to level with.

What should the links been when using Rime Gaze? PoH adds echo so.. do we put Echo in the helm? Something like Inova, Cold Pen, Echo & X (LL? added cold? Faster casting?)


Taryn's Shiver is much closer to my budget(bloodlines).. would this staff work instead?


Anyone else built this? How is the progression going?

im curios about the rime gaze helmet gems sequence and the use of taryn"S shyver staff also what can be modified in the shadow tree to use 2 divinarius and only 1 curse

thanks

Heyo!

Is there a major reason why Windscream is used over Doedre's Damning?

Since you don't run Mana Regen on both rings anyways or such, a good pair of rare boots seems like they'd be just as good, with Doedre's, plus you could get 30% move speed that way, which is a nice bonus for the Lightning Warps?

Cheers!

pretty cool build and very decent dps,nice work!

Looks like a solid build.

I've been enjoying this build, haven't really used frost nova until recently. Only issues I have so far is it's EXTREMELY hard to get the items to support it. This is one of those builds that requires a specific set of hard to get items to be valid. But at level 55 I've been pretty solid the entire game so far, not smashing face like some other ridiculous builds but it's challenging enough to keep the game interesting at the same time. I wouldn't recommend this build for anyone that doesn't have a good understanding of the game, not a amature-friendly build at all. I've been using it with a few tweaks and really enjoying it so far, but it is fragile at lower levels. Maybe at 80+ its unstoppable but at my current level it's squishy and the life leech just doesn't cover the weaknesses. Resistances are the hardest to keep up with when trying to pair with items that can give your stats the correct boost to reach the gem levels required, also have to consider getting the links for them so you either end up farming a ton to get good gear or paying out the bum for it.

Although all of that is common for pretty much every build posted in this forum, I dont see many that dont use an extremely expensive+rare set of gear and flaunt power only at a very very high level. if you try this I recommend using Lighting Tendrills and Artic Breath for levels 1-50 (which is what I did) because frost nova eats up a ton of mana and is slow to cast without the massive buffs required (which increase the mana cost A TON!!!). Artic breath honestly is fun to use by itself in-place of frost nova, the shotgun damage is pretty epic. Just keep in mind this build isn't built for defense much at all, more of a glass cannon until you can manage all the specific gems linked properly together and can support the mana for them (which is difficult).

Thanks for the build!

PS: Also have been using Vaal Molten Shell and Vaal Lightning Call (Since I dont have all fully linked unique items as the build lists) which have been a HUGE help. Molten shell is just epic and Lightning call can really come in handy on some unique mobs.

Oh yea and the screen shots for the stats are still the witch build, btw.

This looks fun, solid and not very expensive with the 5L. Will prob try it soon, thanks for sharing :D