[1.2.0] Ice Pierce Crit Ranger

I am playing in Rampage and gave Ice Shot a spin just to test it, and haven't stopped since. Even without Pierce it was killing packs pretty well. The 120% is just a numerical buff which obviously helps it, but I think whatever changes they made to the AOE or more impactful. It hits so much, and even seems to extend to the side some. I have been running it with Herald of Ice which amps up the AOE. Very nice, and I have made it to started maps.

I havr Split Arrow, Tornado Shot and Lightning Arrow all leveling, as I wasn't even intending to keep using Ice Shot and the build was around single target - but I think I might stick with it.

is herald of ash or ice better for iceshot?

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xewp wrote:

is herald of ash or ice better for iceshot?

I think Herald of Ash will be better since it scales off of Physical Damage. I don't have HoA to test it though.

So with Infractem Decimation Bow, this build completely changes, right? You can free up several nodes since you wouldn't have to take any pierce nodes.

Or does the bow not work well with this?

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spooie wrote:

So with Infractem Decimation Bow, this build completely changes, right? You can free up several nodes since you wouldn't have to take any pierce nodes.

Or does the bow not work well with this?

well, I suppose with the extra critchance from the patch this bow got a lot better. I still would not use not. I do not want to miss my 4% mana leech! You should only do this if you have some other form of permanent mana supply. Also, the damage is way lower than that of a decently rolled Harbinger.


On a different subject, I have a question for everybody using some form of this build: which skill do you use as a secondary?

I started out with Barrage which really has decent damage and is easy to play (almost no aiming required) but is bad for movement/survivability because it keeps you in a spot for quite some time and requires you to get fairly close.
I switched now to Puncture and really like it! I finally can beat all(!) of the Exiles fairly easy and it also is really strong against most Bosses. What do you think? I havent tried Frenzy/BA yet.

Barrrage + Knockback?
Not tested it yet, maybe will do tomorrow.

Updated for 1.2.0. Playtested with this passive tree from Shadow. Tornado's actually not too bad as a single target because it shotguns, though I'm unwilling to give up frenzy charges.

https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgIACC6bjQBeGY7tg9N-_rp9dcSiu-P-yKfU3BWhpOHbz3qyGTIBmyYF-ejWOkJLeN2oMHHUIwW1UUeNvzB81op_K02SI_aNfabgfwIylNnGlQUfQQYjtUhtbOd0bIydqjY9pzTAnOOEYqwWvwMeYeImlVVLcaG1CLEwIuqPT3BSKgvz6ow2r-sx-nb3OdR316CfSn2Hdmeg_MVW-sEzhs4hdluv3Q3KqV1omvEIif_eJP3nVG_yGf4bAXDVidN6U2HrCpt462NDDkg=

So any idea of best single target?

and which curse do you use?

Poachers mark?

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xewp wrote:

is herald of ash or ice better for iceshot?

Ash gives more DPS but Ice does help you freeze a bit more which is nice. It should be possible to run them all. It should be possible to run both with hatred too, but my links arent quite right for it yet.


What do people think about merciless bandit reward? I dont really have the crit or links to sustain power charges well yet, but it seems like possibly the best long term. Frenzy charge or defaulting to skill point both appealing as well right now. Probably isn't really a wrong answer but I'm still torn on it.