UPDATED 2.2 [ELE] | [2.0][Darkshrine HC] Crit Ice Spears! MoM + EB with ZO

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAMAAAGRAuMEBwSzBUIHHgelCPQOSA_EES0RLxGWFm8Wvxo4Gmwc3B0UJKomlScvKU8qCysKLJwtHy3SMtE26TpYOtg7fEGWRUdFnUlRSbFJskyzUXRTUlVLVcZd8mHiZlRqQ2sXcFJ8g3_GghCCHoKbg9uFMoV7idOMNo5kjumPGo_6kFWTJ5UglS6a4KEvogCio6aZrrO1BLb6uMq5k7zqvorAVMBmwfPDCdAf0PXVptfP2wvfsONq5CLr7uv17DjviO_r8B_w1fId96b3wfk3-tI=

Elementalist
-Liege of the Primordial (Use Ice Golem!)
-Shaper of Desolation
-Pendulum of Destruction

Still need to test once GGG gives older characters the free ascendancy points they promised. Seems to be the strongest choice.

Weapon:
We go with a dagger for Crit multi and crit chance. Spell damage and added damage to spells is a nice addition too.

Shield:
Spell damage, crit chance, life, and some resistances. You could also run another dagger in this slot for some more damage, especially more crit multi. Not recommended for HC.

Helm:
I wear an Armor and ES helm to get easy Red sockets for my CWDT setup.

Chest:
The tabula is the result of me experimenting with life leech gem + ghost reaver, instead of ZO. I personally liked it better and think that MoM with the amount of ES and life I have is plenty of defenses.


If you want to go the safer route, just use a typical 5 link chest piece with life, resists and ES.

Gloves:
Another item choice that is me screwing around, but it's actually quite strong, and I certainly recommend trying it if you're playing softcore. Since we achieve max crit chance, that 60% crit multi is a HUGE dps boost. Personally I think it's core. If you want something safer, just go with some regular life, ES and res gloves.

Boots:
Life, res, and movespeed.

Amulet:
There are many useful things you can get from an amulet. Crit multi, cast speed, spell damage, life, resistances.

Rings and Belt:
Rather low on life, but lots of resistances to cap me out.

Flasks:
You can swap out the eternal for another utility flask, like a topaz. As for the seething life flasks, I don't really have a preference. Halloweds heal less but only need 10 charges for a use. Divines heal more but need 15. Whichever you prefer. Try to get Surgeon's utility flasks. We crit almost always with this build, after all.

Herald of Ice: More cold damage, and wipe out groups of enemies quickly with those shatter explosions.
Arctic Armor: Thanks to spell echo and ice spear's rather low cast speed, you'll be spending a decent amount of time holding still as you engage enemies. The mitigation is quite helpful

At this point you'll have 50% mana left. You have quite a bit of freedom to chose here.
Anger: Adds fire damage. Don't really recommend.
Haste: More movespeed and cast speed. Pretty good choice.
Purity of Elements: Help you cap your resists earlier, or overcap for ele weakness maps.
Purity of a single element: If you want higher max res for tough things like atziri
Discipline: Some more energy shield. You'll be even more in need of this if you decide to go for Facebreaker and/or Tabula!

If you don't have enough ES to make Zealot's Oath work yet you can simply leave that last chunk of mana open as your resource and refill it with a mana flask.

Ice Spear: Spell Echo - GMP - Chain - Crit multi/UPDATED TO 2.2: Controlled Destruction.

Controlled destruction provides a higher DPS increase over Crit Multi, but you'll have to make up the lost crit chance. The one you didn't pick becomes the 6th link.

A 5 link should be easy to obtain, just buy a base off of poe.trade for a chaos or two. An ES base is preferred, but it will be easier to roll the sockets on a ES/evasion chest.

Single Target: Your choice of spell - Spell echo - Faster Casting - Crit Multi; you can swap out either faster casting or crit multi for another life leech gem if you go GR and want to leech from your single target too.

So what are your choices then?

Freezing pulse: Very strong DPS, lots of freezing, but you must go close to mid range on foes.
Fireball: Less DPS and freezes, but works at many ranges. "But isn't this an ice build?" We don't actually get many ice-only nodes, so you can get away with fireball.
Ice Spear: Strong dps and freezes just like freezing pulse, but in terms of range, it's the exact opposite - doesn't work at close range, but great at long range. You'll struggle to use it on enemies with shroud walker or blink strike and whatnot.

You can also carry around a cold pen and faster proj to swap out with GMP and chain in our ice spear links to create a single target setup on the fly. Very useful for extended fights with a single boss enemy.

CWDT: Immortal Call - Inc. Duration - Enfeeble

I run enduring cry to generate charges for IC.

Curse on Hit (Optional, you can use Herald of Ice without it): Herald of Ice + any curse you want. Frostbite, Assassin's Mark, Enfeeble, up to you.

Lightning warp: Link it to reduced duration. Or, just use flame dash instead, no link necessary. Up to you.

Stick these gems anywhere, no links needed: Arctic armor, whatever your third choice of aura was, Enduring cry, UPDATED 2.2: Ice Golem (possibly linked with minion life if you have room)

Some other potentially useful gems: Vaal haste, Vaal Discipline

Normal: Help Oak (40 Health)
Cruel: Help Alira. (5% Casting Speed) If you feel that 5% cast speed is negligible, you can go with Eramir instead.
Merciless: Eramir (Point)

For your jewels you want life and crit multiplier for spells, that's it! Anything else related to the build is a nice addition.

In it's second form, ice spear get 600% increased chance to crit, which means about 42% chance to crit, saying you have no other bonuses. This means you need a crit chance tooltip of around 53% to achieve max crit chance with ice spear's second form. We get about 400% crit chance off the tree. From there you need about 250% more crit chance from your dagger, spell shield, and diamond rings. It doesn't really matter what combination of gear you use to achieve the rest, but anything more will go waste so keep that in mind.

Rare Waste Pool: https://youtu.be/wQHh_RvwNk0