[2.6] The Curse Whisperer - Tri-Curse CI Whispering Ice Elementalist - Viable for Everything

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kazeshinii wrote:

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Windgaming wrote:

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kazeshinii wrote:

I'm poor now. If i use a blessed orb on my astramentis the +12 could go higher without changing the 98%? Sorry for the noob questioon i've never used a blessed in my life

You actually want +1 curse on your Astramentis :P That would be perfect.

I really don't have the balls to vaal orb that xD it might break the item, right? Maybe when i get more 100 chaos i'll try it but i'm good for now!

Im kidding :P It may become a useless rare, u have a very nice roll, dont ever do that :D I wasted dozens of Astramentis in Standard until i got +1 curse. Better keep currency for buyng something useful like high int+ES gear, +1 curse Astramentis is for end-game content, u may use Doedre's ring instead for now.

This is a really fun build that I want to try again but was afraid at the start of the league because the staff was something like 4-8 chaos at first. Needless to say it's only one alch now and I'm thinking of trying the build again but the problem is the astramentis, which is always relatively expensive, at least for me and my nooby playstyle. Is it possible for me to just farm low tier maps until I get enough currency for the astramentis, or is it required to get as soon as you reach this part of the game?

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EatThemInstead wrote:

This is a really fun build that I want to try again but was afraid at the start of the league because the staff was something like 4-8 chaos at first. Needless to say it's only one alch now and I'm thinking of trying the build again but the problem is the astramentis, which is always relatively expensive, at least for me and my nooby playstyle. Is it possible for me to just farm low tier maps until I get enough currency for the astramentis, or is it required to get as soon as you reach this part of the game?

Nah you don't need astramentis to do low tier maps, you'll probably need a amulet with 20+ all atributes to be able to level other gems but you will do just fine without astramentis.

In my opinion so far, the only thing really necessary for this build is doedre's damning (cost 1 alch) for the curse on hit enfeeble.

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skrecu wrote:

I have no time to search in 200+ page thread
question:
why CWDT setup with CoH + curse + ball lightning instead of AOE spell like shock nova??20% chance of shock is great buff

You could try shock nova - but ranged mobs might not get hit/cursed. Also, due to the very low damage of an unsupported level 4 shock nova, you probably won't actually shock anything since shock duration is likely well below the 300ms threshold.

Loving it so far :D

What do ppl recommend for ascendency and in what order? Havent allocated those points yet.

I can't afford the stats ammy so have been struggling to keep up with the STR requirements on most red gems to the point I've stopped levelling them e.g Warlords mark got over 100 str. Am i missed out much by doing this? Just seems some area of effect but meh..
I do have a +40str ammy but even so its not enough :(

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ninjaxus wrote:

Loving it so far :D

What do ppl recommend for ascendency and in what order? Havent allocated those points yet.

I can't afford the stats ammy so have been struggling to keep up with the STR requirements on most red gems to the point I've stopped levelling them e.g Warlords mark got over 100 str. Am i missed out much by doing this? Just seems some area of effect but meh..
I do have a +40str ammy but even so its not enough :(

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Elementalist

Liege of the Primordial doubles the effect of the golems and makes them much tougher, plus extra DPS on top of that.

Paragon of Calamity takes care of reflect, adds extra protection against elemental damage and gives you extra DPS against enemies that hit you with fire or cold (including Atziri, Malachai, Phoenix, Hydra and the Shaper).

Pendulum of Destruction gives you extra DPS and AoE 40% of the time.

Mastermind of Discord gives you even more DPS, especially against resistant enemies.

From main post, in that order.

Would you be able to re-post your trees prior to the 2.6 change/nerf? I don't have a ton of time to play and I'd like to see this character through to the end game in standard league, so I'm able to keep my Pyre ring and avoid swapping to the new tree completely. But I can't remember where to head around level 60 or so, so I'm kinda stuck atm... so those old leveling trees would be super helpful. Thanks :D

Thanks!

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Lathaniel wrote:

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Levirael wrote:

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Lathaniel wrote:

Few thoughts about leveling in new leagues. ( First three days )

Forgot about gear with int/astramentis/unique jewels. Its extremely hard to find it or buy. But its not necessary. Most of your currency you will spend on 5s-6s your staff.
I'm 70lvl with 4k es and ~850 int resists maxed ( took 3x passives from bandits). Its enough for low tier maps.
I would recommend skipping duration nodes and rush for stun immunity. It really helps. And you can grab two cheap Brute Force jewels for dmg increase.

Unique worth mentioning

How are you even using that? It has blood magic.

Only socketed gems have blood magic. Its nice and cheap (1 chaos) 430 es 30 int chest piece, for the beginning of the league. Of course you can't run CoH setup here.

What gems did you run in it?

Golems (self cast) dont seem to work either :/

Edit: Doesn't look like it can work if you've taken CI

In terms of SSF - Whispering Ice farmed in couple hours @ Merciless Western Forest - took me around 3h to do so - was extremely lucky with 6s - had only 40 jewss to do so - achieved after 30

So far lvl 85 - imho viable in SSF, anyway it won't be OP as it can be WI was the easiest item to gather, 3h at farming Astramentis card - no luck.

atm have around 6k ES with Discipline - up to T8 I'm finde so far

Conclusion : WI - imo easy to get, then getting gear becoming much harder - jewelss especially, so far was only lucky wit Fertile Mind - still missing 2xBrute Force/Energy from Within/Astramentis, and any kind of proper jewel, anyway fun to play.