[2.0 updated] Shmizz's hardcore perma-freeze guide

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oXeTa wrote:

Can You update post with Your gear and gem setup like it was before patch? It Will be very useful for players.

No I can't. All the tesing I did was in the beta which was wiped. My character and gear no longer exist. I can make an outline of what you want on each piece of gear, but there are no real required stats on any one piece of gear all you need is high life, energy shield, and resists on every possible piece. Gems are also much more lax in this version, you just need to set up your freeze pulse in your staff then cram everything else in wherever you have room. There should be plenty of open sockets for whatever you want in the end game.

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Shmizz wrote:

The card drops in chamber of sins on floors 1 and 2 in cruel difficulty only. If you don't mind spending 10+ levels in one zone and doing an admittedly very boring grind, I would highly recommend rushing to cruel chamber and farming until you get most of the set.

On the Path of Exile Wiki it says that you only find that card in merciless chamber of sins.
Who is right?

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guteFee wrote:

On the Path of Exile Wiki it says that you only find that card in merciless chamber of sins.
Who is right?

It is totally possible that the wiki is correct and my information is outdated. When I played the character in the beta I farmed and obtained my staff in cruel chamber of sins. It is completely possible that in the 2.0 patch GGG decided to change the drop location. I'll see if I can get a 100% sure answer and i'll update the guide accordingly asap.

The build is strong for 2.0 solo play? I'm coming back to poe(so i don't have any currency) and i'm thinking in playing this in Tempest.

I'm playing this build in tempest and I'm not sure I see the potential. I used flame totem to level to lvl 60 and when I switched the freeze pulse totem it felt like a strict downgrade. I got rain of splinters jewel before I switched but all I want to do is spec out of the cold dmg and go back to flame totem... am I missing something?

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tone wrote:

I'm playing this build in tempest and I'm not sure I see the potential. I used flame totem to level to lvl 60 and when I switched the freeze pulse totem it felt like a strict downgrade. I got rain of splinters jewel before I switched but all I want to do is spec out of the cold dmg and go back to flame totem... am I missing something?

flame totem does ridiculous damage right now, it will almost always be better damage. The point of this build is to permanently freeze enemies. It makes for a really good support build especially in a party and it is really defensive. If you want top clearspeed tooltip warrior flame totem will always be better.

is this ok stuff?

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NambrVan wrote:

is this ok stuff?

yeah that's a really good staff. The next weapon upgrade you should look for is a decent +2 cold gems staff that you can 6-socket and eventually 6-link or you could farm up a 6-link staff from the divination cards and eventually +2 cold it.

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Raidki wrote:

The build is strong for 2.0 solo play? I'm coming back to poe(so i don't have any currency) and i'm thinking in playing this in Tempest.

The build is strong solo but it definitely works better in a party with someone that can shock mobs. All the playtesting I did in the beta was solo and i didn't have any problems.

Any ideas on using Glacial Cascade instead of Freezing Pulse for this build?