[2.0] SuperNova - whole screen 137K DPS Ice Nova | Atziri ez GGG featured

post 2.0 my SuperNova build is maintained by tsachiy1/Magicalcrime here
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1443142

Beginners - read whole post do not attempt to jump into packs b4 u got > 4K life, double curse and max resits. I will not answer questions in game or PM please ask here.

78 Palace with 25K dps from 1.2 I have over 93K now in 2.0




My mate IGN: MagicalCrime who lvld to 100 w/ my build with 7 Power Charges, 4 frenzy, and Atziri flask:




Pros

Super fast map clears. Like my discharger without the price tag.

This build destroys larger area than discharges and provides massive defenses since they are frozen 90% of the time or die instant.

This build is also tanky at end game you run, 24-26 Arctic Armor for 16% phys mit + 4 endurance charge for 29.44% effective damage reduction. Instant Leech, 4500 life 500+ ES . Always have endurance charges up due to warlords automatic cursing. CWDT automatic immortal call Immunity to physical. Plus 46% spell dodge and 40% dodge at end game. *75% dodges with vaal grace popped.

This build is really fun with battle mage aspect to it. You warp all over and face tank everything fearing nothing.

The build uses Crit ICE NOVA - over 74% CC with 7 power charge and assassins mark which is automatically applied by play style - lightning warp to cast assassins mark on hit - You never run out of power charge if you move at reasonable pace.

Play style is fairly easy - You simply lightning warp pack to pack right in the middle of them automatically cursing them and destroy whole screen. Single targets take some getting used to with flame surge and dodging big hitters in 80s maps, 78 dom etc.

Party will love you. You freeze everything and draw all fire by warping in mobs face.

Hidden DPS is LW applying shock status effect almost always with our high CC for 50% more DPS. Hidden DPS is automatic assassins mark more CC and "more" CD makes huge crits. You almost always apply freeze status effect as well due to High CC and ~4 casts per sec. Almost always apply burn status effect too because we use cold to fire.

Cost is medium-low about 10ex-70ex depending on links of your Staff and chest used which is cheap considering it's power.


Minimum build costs
5L PoH 6-9 exa
5L Carcass 2 exa <<<< its come to my attention this chest is 6EX in warbands. You can us any life + resits 5L chest. Jack is more aoe and DPS tho.
Windscream Boots 20C
Rest Gear chaos gear.
So, the base of the build is ~10 exa.


Build can do ALL Map mods. Saves Money on map rolling. For no mana regen maps you just have turn off one aura like HoT to have buffer and warlords mark takes care of life and mana..For Blood magic auras off warlords and instant LL takes care of health. For reflects Lightning warp crits are only thing that can kill you. Pop all three flasks before jumping into packs since we do all three elements damage. Curse immune is slow because we have to rely on our bad regen. Use Clarity and no other aura

You can run these doesnt matter 99% of the time unless a really crazy combo that i have not seen in 93 levels of this build


cons...
-Massive hp single target like atziri prefers Flame Surge swap gem for quick kill

-Uber probably not.


2.0 UPDATE for experienced users. Beginners please read 1.3 section first.

New 2.0 Tree Gained ~100% DPS in safe mode meaning all maps mods can be done!!! and 20%-100% EHP info below

new highlights
We dont need EB, Enduring cry or clarity. Warlords Auto curse does it all. LL ML and endurance charges. We move full time into cold to fire now due to awesome Arctic armor changes for us as we mitigate 13-15% fire. Single target flame surge swap for Ice Nova for ~140K single target. But you wont need Flame Surge cept on Atziri and high HP boss. We have longer Power and Endurance charge duration so you can take your time and charges never go down.

*reflect maps replace C2f with LL and pop flasks
There are two phases now to this build now - up to 90 and Beyond 90 where we get really sick.

There are 3 ways to play
1. 4500 Life Crit version with dodge/spell dodge. Best DPS, affordable and what you see in all vid. Best version IMO due to AOE and good dps.
2. HC life non crit version with 6000-6500 life and dodge/spell dodge. Tanky but low DPS. I did this in HC was unhappy with 15K dps. IMO ince nova needs crit.
3. Crit CI with 7000-10000ES and high DPS like #1 and cant be stun. Most expensive must have 6L ES chest. Weakness is AOE because cant use carcass jack and CI leech issues as always with no flask supplemental.


Phase 1 tree to 90ish


Phase 2 Tree beyond 90

You put these on For 46% spell dodge move into phase and acrobatics for 45% dodge all while retaining all Phase 1 properties.


Basic Phase 1 Gear 2.0

We run two heralds and AA for 14% fire/phys mitigation, 4 endurance charges always up so 30% total phys mit is like a lighting coil or ~30K armor vs phys



Phase 2 Gear same as phase 1 but Atziri Steps



GEMS

Staff
5L 6L
Swap Gems - Swap a red for LL on reflect. Swap Flame Surge and pen for a red and Ice nova on single target


Chest

5L 6L

Minion 4L
Swap HoT for ele weakness maps

CWDT set and vaal grace


Auras


Flasks


***************2.0 Leveling progression for witch and shadow*************



HC non crit and 6000-6500 life
This is what im attempting in HC has 195% life plus 4 Jewels for more life. Guessing 245% when done.


HC crit CI version 7000-8000 ES with gear




New Safe DPS


single target Flame Surge

phase 2 defenses w. vaal grace



5L chest 5L PoH base DPS no flask 6L are luxury not needed at all



Everything in this spoiler is 1.3 and 1.2 info



FAQ
1. Build looks expensive. Its about 10ex starting not all builds are super budget this one is reasonable for performance.
2. Why my DPS so low? Gem level. Player lvl. And lack of crit gear.
3. Why am i dying? Do you have 4K life? And double cursing? If not you're not ready to jump in middle of packs.
4. What are some cheaper versions of this? You can get away with 5L carcass chest and two crit daggers and RIME GAZE helm which hold Ice nova. Still about 5ex. Might was well get PoH for cheap 6L and mana,.
5. Why not phase 2 from start? Because DPS and life will be too low at lower level.
6. Why no cold penetration? C2F beats it in current tree plus gems swap dynamics.
7. What about another staff PoH is expensive? Well you can buy a 5L and its really a 6L already so its cheap IMO. Plus it doubles your mana pool. Sure you can use another staff but it will be worse.
8. Why no Jewels? I am still waiting for right ones. You could spend 20ex and save 2 pts with intuitive leap.



There are some sick % life crit chance crit dam jewels and we'd could take away 5% life nodes and use them... 3 of them. but again cost and want to keep this affordable.

Very interesting transition from foxtactics PoH crit arc. I think this is even better than Fox build. Increase area of effect + curse on hit + lightning warp. Nice synergy there.



Questions
1) Single target damage, is it good?

2) Why are you running Herald of Thunder, if you can run purity of fire it will be much better.

3) Kaom's Root is nice boots. Given the freeze potential of crit ice nova, i think it is a bit over kill. I think you can spend 2 points to get practical application and get another pair of boot and probably run a cast when damage setup. (You can run windscream on boots, allowing you 2 curses assasin mark + enfeeble/temp chain/ele weakness)

4) On the premises of 3) maybe you can get a different chest piece with better synergy with the build.
Lightning Coil is good, but I really think there are better unique chest for the build.
Some random thoughts Carcass Jack, Belly of the Beast

1. About like arc. Which is why I'm Leveling GMP and Artic breath to swap when fighting atziri.

2. More deeps in maps. AA and 75% fire handles all maps including crematorium boss. Remeber they frozen 90% of the time. I'll turn it off in apex for PoF. I'll also run 23 purities for 83% fire and lightning.

3. When getting dog piled by clowns, rhoas, and other stunners Koams make the difference between life and death. It's also a decent source of life.

4. Yeah I thought about Carcass and will prolly wear Windscreams if I can +1 some in Rampage for 23 purities.



Carcass certainly would be easier to roll 4B on. But LC is the best life chest in the game with high lightning res. It's like wearing 40-50K armor with no armor giving more EHP than Belly or Carcass. Good when jumping in middle of the frey.

Like I said it's still work in progress.:) Stay tune.

Maybe I give some thoughts. This build is a high risk build - almost a melee bui (when Foxtactics changes to this setup, I gave up on his build.)

Defence is first priority,dps second for the build. That's why I recommend PoF instead.

A good defence for a build is from good layering of defence.

Unwavering stance on Koam's heart making evasion impossible and no room for cast when damage setup. So in my opinion it is not worth it.

I saw your video playthrough, the fluctuations in life pool. And that thing will deter me from playing the build.

My solution to the problem is popping Rumi's, vaal grace, or maybe surgeon's jade flask of reflex before jumping in a menacing pack.

Lightning coil damage mitigation should be used as last resort. Avoiding getting it is priority. Meaning more block evasion and dodge.

IMO this build is tankier than RF arcer was which was tanky! You forget you're freezeing them 90% of the time and 7 powercharges up all the time makes this possible. Vaal pack, which the RF arc did not have, heals the intial damage instant from when you jump pack to pack. It's very multilayer in defense if you consider freeze and vaal pack not to mention LC has more evasion than chests u suggest. It's clear speed is twice arc at least and more tank due to freeze. Your loss not to try IMO I just put up because my clan mates asked me to.

possible with 1H and rathpith ?

Well sure - But I'd spec totally different into a max block max spell block build...and deeps will suck.

You do not need rathpith defenses are awesome when they frozen all the time with crit nova. I'd be comfortable with a Cloak or even Carcass Jack mapping.

Graphics of defense and ice nova tool tip super small. Can you give us a larger screenshot ?

Read that you have mana problems with ice nova, Will the passive nodes.

Will dynamo help mitigate the problem (12% mana cost reduction)?

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IMO this build is tankier than RF arcer was which was tanky!

I am sorry i have to disagree. RF arcer is far more tankier than your build, but i still think rf arcer is not tanky enough though RF Arcer is almost immune to fire damage. If you look at RaizQT's Rf incinerate build (which has a very similar setup/gear with rf arcer), RaizQT, who is playing Beyond use a granite flask in his build.

I think you overestimate the reduction of lightning coil or under-estimate the power of granite flask of iron skin. granite flask of iron skin (90%+) gives 40% physical reduction during flask effect with no armor rating from gear.

Say 1000 incoming damage after arctic armor reduction (assume 100% lightning resistance for simple calculation),
Just lightning coil - 600 physical damage
Lighting coil + granite flask of iron skin - 360 physical damage.

If you have the currency, I think Rumi's is a good addition to the flask setup, around 10% less physical mitigration, but sexy block and spell block which i think is super op.

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You forget you're freezeing them 90% of the time and 7 powercharges up all the time makes this possible.

I agree your build has insane crowd control. It is the spike in health pool when you jump in pack worries me a bit.

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Vaal pack, which the RF arc did not have, heals the intial damage instant from when you jump pack to pack.

I have a different playstyle with rf arc, I don't jump in regularly. If i need to jump in with rf arcer, i will pop topaz, vaal grace, atziri's promise, (plus i added a cast when damage taken setup)< - making me almost invincible.

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It's very multilayer in defense if you consider freeze and vaal pack not to mention
LC has more evasion than chests u suggest.

The problem is you use Kaom's Root. Unwavering makes you unable to evade attacks. <- My main argument why you should not take Kaom's Roots

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It's clear speed is twice arc at least and more tank due to freeze.

Don't know how to comment on this. My rf arc in standard has 18k dps on arc, still leveling herald of thunder and enhance. Maybe able to reach 20K dps if max out. I am pretty satisfy with clear speed, particular single target with flame surge. There is a saying that if you reach a certain threshold of damage, you will have good clear speed. More damage has diminishing return on clear speed, unless you farming bosses such as Atziri.

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Your loss not to try IMO I just put up because my clan mates asked me to.

I really like the build and appreciate you share with us. I love its simplicity and skill synergies and really want to try it out. I apologize if I sound harsh and mean.

My theory Crafting of the build using Templar

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z7NaRdPBsRIx_bOFXZizkYHNXr00G3rbJ0tIdgehG5o/edit?usp=sharing

With charges up my arc is nearing 30k and it doesn't use RF.