[2.0.0 Warbands] Kenzorz's Hybrid Life/ES with MoM Crit Icestorm (Whispering Ice) build

Is Lightning Coil viable for this build?
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Madmurphy123 wrote:
Thanks for such a quick and in depth reply. I started off with a generic jewel based cold build so my tree is slightly different. I can link you it if you like? im sitting around 900 int at the moment which is a bit better

Im using brute force but like i said i'm Scion so tree is a bit different. The concerning thing for me is that im only on about 1800 dps with charges up etc and am struggling a bit. My gear is quite nice but i have a feeling a lot of the loss could be due to not as much crit and no 20% gems? would you have any advice? i really like your build and the way you have avoided the whole meta "perandus" and unique set up, its much more user friendly with perandus being 5ex each right now.

Thanks in advance

Murph

P.s - been looking over i have around 310 int from the tree but i am only level 81. As far as gear im near enough exactly the same. I have a feeling me having a lot lower crit/multi is where the big dps loss is coming from. Trying to rework the tree a little at the moment.


Yep crit/multi is a big source of my damage. For any crit build you will want to stack a lot of both crit chance and multi, if you have a small amount of either it's really not much better than just going for a non-crit build.

My 20% gems really don't add much the damage difference is small without 20%.

From what you said about your passive tree's int it looks like that is the main cause of your lack of int. ~300 int is pretty standard for any caster build, Whispering Ice needs a lot more :p

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tjohn84 wrote:
Is Lightning Coil viable for this build?


I haven't tried it but it might be difficult since Intelligence is a suffix meaning you'll generally have less resistances on any rare gear. Lightning coil also reduces lightning resistance and you don't have as much int or ES as with a rare chest either.
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Last edited by Kenzorz#6970 on Aug 21, 2015, 8:40:45 AM
Why Heart of Ice really worth it ?
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Du5chl4mp3 wrote:
Why Heart of Ice really worth it ?


I don't take it in the core build, I am lvl 93 so I have plenty of spare points and decided to just go for it. A little extra cold penetration is helpful.
"so you can see who has more PvPenis" - Chris Wilson
"Everyone can at least be exposed to Leo's PvPenis" - Chris Wilson
Last edited by Kenzorz#6970 on Aug 22, 2015, 11:34:14 AM
Great guide, rly nice build to play:)

Did u consider Doedre's Scorn? Couldnt find an answer in ur FAQs and im just curious, wasnt able to test it myself, i guess the cons are that we cant rly compensate the maassive resistance loss and no life boost?



Thx for ur efforts so far :)
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AgentAriGold wrote:
Great guide, rly nice build to play:)

Did u consider Doedre's Scorn? Couldnt find an answer in ur FAQs and im just curious, wasnt able to test it myself, i guess the cons are that we cant rly compensate the maassive resistance loss and no life boost?



Thx for ur efforts so far :)


I don't see any reason to use Doedre's Scorn at all, it's just flat out worse than a rare helm. Also the socketed curse gems +1 is wasted since I socket my curses on my body armour curse on hit setup anyway,
"so you can see who has more PvPenis" - Chris Wilson
"Everyone can at least be exposed to Leo's PvPenis" - Chris Wilson
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AgentAriGold wrote:
Great guide, rly nice build to play:)

Did u consider Doedre's Scorn? Couldnt find an answer in ur FAQs and im just curious, wasnt able to test it myself, i guess the cons are that we cant rly compensate the maassive resistance loss and no life boost?



Thx for ur efforts so far :)


I don't see any reason to use Doedre's Scorn at all, it's just flat out worse than a rare helm for a minuscule damage increase. Also the socketed curse gems +1 is wasted since I socket my curses on my body armour curse on hit setup anyway,
"so you can see who has more PvPenis" - Chris Wilson
"Everyone can at least be exposed to Leo's PvPenis" - Chris Wilson
Last edited by Kenzorz#6970 on Aug 25, 2015, 5:18:50 PM
Yesterday I just got Whispering Ice on drop, then I came across to this. I think this is the most cheap build with Whispering Ice. Just create the character, doing well so far.

For vaal skill, I'm planning to use Vaal Cold Snap. Its primary role is as self defense mechanic when surrounded and having extra chilled grounds it's not that bad I think. I'm planning to link it with Increase AOE, Faster Casting, and Life Leech. Sure leech maybe not as worthy as you said but having a emergency leech isn't that bad.

Thanks for the build. I may give my setups later.
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