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

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schmalka wrote:

I said up until now because I feel like I'm facing a wall: My damage isn't really improving anymore and I'm dying more often than I'd like to admit. (Currently running lvl 74-75 maps btw.)

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schmalka wrote:

After finding a PoH and because I really like ice nova I went and gave your build a try.

Currently I'm lvl 85 and up until now the build has been really awesome! Leveling was fun, the clear speed is pretty nice and lightning warp as only means of movement isn't as bad as I thought it would be once you get used to it.

I said up until now because I feel like I'm facing a wall: My damage isn't really improving anymore and I'm dying more often than I'd like to admit. (Currently running lvl 74-75 maps btw.)

Things I'm having problems with: hard hitting bosses (when they aren't frozen at least) (the kole and kraityn map bosses for example), leaping/flickering groups, devourer, ele reflect and a few other things. I try to cover most of those problems with my flasks (see below), but e.g. a rare flicker strike mob with powerful crits or the 'monsters deal x% extra damage' map mod often insta-kills me before I can even react. I realize that the last example isn't solely a problem with this build, but overall I'm still feeling kinda squishy.

My stats are the following:

Defence

Ice Nova Dps without power charges

(and ~26k with 7 power charges)

I know the amount of life I'm running around with is pretty low, but I'm not sure getting to 4K life is going to fix all of my problems.

I'd really appreciate it if someone could take a look over my tree/gear and give me some suggestions for improvement. Thanks!

Current Tree

http://poeurl.com/znPSIfH

(I'd like to respec the 2 Inner Force nodes next level and instead go for Celestial Punishment)

My Gear

I couldn't get my hands on Windscream Boots with +1 all gems (I tried to vaal a few myself before giving up) so I went with the vertex instead (I know I'm sacrificing a lot of potential +HP here, but I thought the +2 for AA and a bit of chaos res were worth it).

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Catharsis wrote:

And use abyssal cry instead of enduring cry to get the extra damage + mana regen since we're up in enemies faces all the time anyway.

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paradox1664 wrote:

Hi i was wondering what i could do to increase my damage? Heres my Gear

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Catharsis wrote:

Conc Effect vs Hypothermia vs Added Lightning vs ICD

Conc Effect - No longer worth it imo, 10% damage nerf, no mana reduction from quality, further AoE reduction that will be made worse without Carcass and halved AoE bonus from Ice Nova quality.

Added Lightning - This gem gets a big damage buff (44% @ L20), the downsides are 20% less overall damage than with (nerfed) Conc Effect and less benefit from Cold Pen, lightning makes up 1/3 of the total damage with this gem, these downsides are somewhat mitigated by the extra shock ability for tanky mobs, note that with this setup we end up with slightly higher damage than with Conc. on 1.3.

Hypothermia - This is the ideal endgame gem imo, it provides 10% higher DPS than added lightning and makes better use of cold pen, the only downside is it requires a third green gem slot.

ICD - Better freezes and cold pen Use at the cost of less DPS than added lightning at full charges and significantly less at no charges, also higher risk of reflect deaths, not worth it imo.


Damage comparison: 6L Pledge of hands + both heralds up.

1.3 - Ice nova + Echo + FC + Added Cold + Conc = 814 Base

2.0 - Ice Nova + Echo + FC + Added cold + Hypothermia = 923 Base Assuming frozen = Chilled.

*Gems are calculated as level 20

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Interesting, do you know how much the first hit with hypothermia would do? If it does less than 705, you will need 3 hits (assuming 100% chill chance) to be more efficient than Conc (although you will hit many more targets).
What is the dps with Added Lightning? Might be that it's the best choice.

Good find for the curse jewel:)