Tin Foil Hat's Frost Blade Shadow

Just doing a basic post for now, will update it with more information later. This is my first time playing as a Shadow in a very long time, soo i apologize for any inefficiencies in the tree. I made sure to have alot of jewel slots available if wanted later on with my pathing.

Basically i wanted to make a fun, interactive, Frost Blades build, with a decent bit of synergy, with alot of survivability. I havent tested this endgame yet, right now im just farming for better gear (my dagger is literally dookie, soo is most my normal gear).

Ill add a video later on.


Current Build (level 76)


Notable Keystones


Current Gear


Gear Explaination


- Blood Dance Boots, for high life regeneration. Really helps you alot with staying alive, extra movement speed is also pretty nice, just extra.


- Daressos Defiance, mostly for extra protection for when you get hit by attacks if RNG doesnt roll an evade or dodge. The 3 extra endurace charges from killing enemies helps quite a bit when you get hit. The extra damage from the Onslaught buff is just extra. I dont have a Hyrris Ire yet, but you can probably use either or, though you will take more damage when hit with Hyrris, however your RNG with Dodging will be a bit better.

Gems and Links, Explanation

Currently my goal with this build was to have an interactive build that synergizes with the gear, passives, gems, etc. I wanted a hard hitting Frost Blades that deals alot of damage and freezes.


Frost Blades Links

-Still testing how i like to support this skill, Chain however is a must. I also found that i didnt like using anything that debuffs the skill like LMP, GMP, Multistrike, etc. The base damage isnt very high, decreasing it further makes Frost Blades feel really bad in my opinion, Chain is a must and its pretty much the maximum amount of damage reducing you can do without making it feel terrible.


Ice Golem Links

- Why did i link Ice Golem with Blind, GMP, LMP ? Because its amazing. I figured this out when i was on Cruel and noticed i didnt have enough survivability. This is an absolutely amazing Gem+Support combination that really helps out quite a bit. Why did i use Ice Golem in the first place ? For the extra crit, and accuracy.


Viper Strike Links

- Right now im using this for Single target, i added in Fortify for the extra damage reduction, i put in Power Charge on Critical Hit to help with Power Charge generation outside of using Assassins Mark for a bit more crit chance.

Frenzy

- This is pretty much for Frenzy Charge generation outside of Blood Dance boots right now.

Auras

- Why Arctic Armour ? To help out with the extra incoming damage when you get hit, also for the Chilled Ground. This synergizes with your Frost Blades using Hypothermia. I put in Herald of Ice to help with clear and to also give me extra cold damage to help with Freezing and such.

Curses

- For the extra crit chance and power charge generation.

Moevement

- For the extra mobility and re-positioning, positioning is important with Frost Blades. This also synergizes with Arctic Armour, leaving chilled ground behind and giving you more time to get extra damage from Frost Blades Hypothermia.

Bandit Rewards

I'm currently levelling a frost blades shadow, and I made some different choices than you. For one, increasing the projectile speed will extend the reach of the projectiles, thus making it less necessary to use debuffing gems like chain. I opted for Flash Freeze and Sniper, and this really makes a huge difference. Did you opt out of Projectile Speed for a particular reason?

Also, I am using multistrike, because the automatic targeting that goes with this is great to not get failed shots when things get hectic

Why not link Ice Bite to HoI? Should be a nice second way to generate frenzy charges...

Edit: Never mind, only makes sense as long as you don't have blood dance...

Out of curiousity:
Any updates on this or is it just dead?

My DPS must be significantly better than yours.