[3.13] WINTER ORB ELEMENTALIST Build. Highest DPS on budget! +VIDEO GUIDE!

Winter Orb was one of the most popular skills in Betrayal, with every 10th player actually using it!
Since the beginning of the league i've been observing things and looking for a better way to squeeze the most out of it.

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VIDEO BUILD/GUIDE:
https://youtu.be/e0KlCo97zUI
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V 1.8 Update (16/01/2021):
-updated for 3.13
Added new Ascendancy Changes, Convergence, WORB stacks
V 1.7 Update (01/07/2020):
-updated for 3.11
V 1.6 Update (12/03/2020):
-updated for 3.10
V 1.5 Update (16/12/2019):
-updated for 3.9. Pantheons added. Make sure you install PoB FORK for this.
-added new Enduring mana flask to sustain mana.
-new 6L section.
-added Anointment
V 1.4 Update (28/09/2019):
-3.8 PoB link updated. No visible tree or skill changes for now, just fresh!
-There are no sources of spell mana leech anymore, so you gotta use Laviagna's Spirit, Vaal Clarity or a simple Mana Flask now.
-added % cold damage leeched as life amulet as well as a new ring
V 1.3 Update (06/06/2019):
-3.7 PoB link updated. No visible tree or skill changes for now, just fresh!
-Warlord's Mark is useless for Spells now, so Bandits changed from 2 POINTS to Alira! Need to sustain that mana somehow!
-switched Warlord's Mark ring to generic 20% crit multi Elder ring.
-moved "Elemental Weakness" corruption to the gloves since we are loosing Warlord's Mark onthe ring. Need to make it somewhere else. Corruption such as this is VERY HARD TO hit on a "against chilled enemies" gloves, but is a nice stretch goal if you want to invest some time into damage.
Right now there are two options for rings:
a) Mark of the Shaper + high DPS Elder Ring (20% crit multi, opal, cold damage). This is the most damage you can get, but sadly no mana leech.
b) Berek's Grip + Frostbite on Hit Ring. This is slightly less dps than the first setup, but gives a curse to replace SUPER expensive gloves corruption.
At the same time it gives a chance to leech mana against weaker monsters and bosses, through the high freeze chance.
-As for the "nerf", it does indeed looks twice less effective now for clearing, but for single target it changes nothing. I will be checking WORB on standard as soon as patch hits.
UPDATE 1.2:
-Dropped Crit Strikes for Infused Channelling
-1200k Shaper DPS!
UPDATE 1.1:
-Dropped Added Lightning for Hypothermia
-Added Innvervate instead of Empower
-567k Shaper DPS
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http://www.angryroleplayer.com/winter-orb-elementalist-path-of-exile-build/
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How does it work, in general?
You run around, periodically casting Winter Orb and staying alive.
Winter Orb casts homing projectiles everywhere, critting, shocking and shattering everything around.
Skill Effect Duration allows WORB stacks to last longer and thus you can run around without channeling for a while. Faster Casting makes WORB cast projectiles faster. Greater Multiple Projectiles (as well as other projectile modifiers such as Dying Sun) increase the amount of projectiles that WORB casts.
For bosses you will be using Decoy Totem for distraction.
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1) PROS

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2) CONS

3) Skill Tree Progression / Path of Building / Ascendancy / Bandits
For the levelling tree please watch the video guide or check PoB!
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If you want to take Acrobatics: drop Snowforged/Crackling Speed/Blast Radius/Lightning Walker
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4) Early Levelling Gear / Skills

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5) My Actual Gear / End-Game Skills

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6) Flasks

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7) Pantheon Gods

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8) Hardcore Viable or not?

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9) FOR THE RICH GUYS

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MORE VIDEOS:

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FAQ
1) WTF dude, where's skill effect duration nodes on the tree?

thank you! ... just started with my Worber. Fun to play! Thanks for your work and your content!

I agree completely with not using the tree for duration. Interesting concept to use Increased Duration gem swap for faster mapping QoL.

1. "Faster Casting makes WORB cast projectiles faster" - projectiles frequency depend on stack numbers, not on faster casting. Faster casting gives us only faster reaching of max stack.

2. Checking "enemy is shocked" isn't good idea vs shaper i guess, but for high numbers in PoB it's "nice" tactic i guess :)

3. Switching Increase Crit into Slower Projectiles gives more dps, in PoB ofc.

4. Things like area efect is just amazing with WO. If you dont scale it, only 2-3 projectiles hit same target, area dmg from rest just wont reach it. But i get it... it gives no numbers :D

5. You said increase duration is not important. Watch your video guid and check how many times u got max stack of WO cause of low duration.

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Fornal89 wrote:

1. "Faster Casting makes WORB cast projectiles faster" - projectiles frequency depend on stack numbers, not on faster casting. Faster casting gives us only faster reaching of max stack.

2. Checking "enemy is shocked" isn't good idea vs shaper i guess, but for high numbers in PoB it's "nice" tactic i guess :)

3. Switching Increase Crit into Slower Projectiles gives more dps, in PoB ofc.

4. Things like area efect is just amazing with WO. If you dont scale it, only 2-3 projectiles hit same target, area dmg from rest just wont reach it. But i get it... it gives no numbers :D

5. You said increase duration is not important. Watch your video guid and check how many times u got max stack of WO cause of low duration.

1) Faster Casting does not make you channel worb faster btw. I checked.
2) agreed, but still 20% more damage is there.
3) Slower Projectiles are terrible shit
4) area of effect is not needed for worb at all. You wreck everything with shattering and inpulsa explosions. Conc. effect is an absolute must to overstack and overlap area damage
5) you don't nee max stacks for mapping at all. The key is to maximize damage in general, so that you barely need more than 1-5 stacks to destroy everything on your way. You only need max stacks for bosses.

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Petsch wrote:

thank you! ... just started with my Worber. Fun to play! Thanks for your work and your content!

You are welcome! I will add more videos today

hi there!

can you run a full MF version of this build on t16 maps?

also a budget guide? like minimum budget to get this build going and the most important pieces you think?

have you tried the non-crit version? what is the advantage of crit vs non-crit for winterorb?

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bankai1009 wrote:

hi there!

can you run a full MF version of this build on t16 maps?

also a budget guide? like minimum budget to get this build going and the most important pieces you think?

have you tried the non-crit version? what is the advantage of crit vs non-crit for winterorb?

Yeah you can, easily. In fact i've planned this for MF originally but later decided to see just how many DPS i can get out of it.
Budget is mostly "no inpulsa" and maybe no warlord mark+shaper ring. Loreweave is great as a "budget" option. Wands are usually cheap. Boots and helms are nothing. Amulet is 1 ex max here.
If you want max damage you always go crit. Non crit is mostly ailment heavy or LL DOT builds like vortex occultist, when you don't need to "hit". If something hits fast, you'd better go crit for max damage.

hey... i gave you my twitch prime today ... thx again!

happy to be a "Small Asshole" now :)

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Petsch wrote:

hey... i gave you my twitch prime today ... thx again!

happy to be a "Small Asshole" now :)

haha thank you SO MUCH!! Very appreciated, especially considering the tough times i am through now!
THANK YOU!