[2.2] A Storm of Ice and Fire - Avatar of Fire CI Whispering Ice - Uber Viable!

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TheAnuhart wrote:

Hey, guys. o/

I wanted to share my version of the build.

First of all, thanks to Baalorlord for the awesome build which I copied. We all have varying tastes and from awesome builds, tangents sprout.

Here's my tangent...

I wanted regen instead of Vaal Pact, I wanted a longer Immortal call, I wanted self sustaining mana and I wanted more physical mitigation.

I dropped Vaal Pact and the whole of the area between Scion and Shadow.
I picked up Zealot's Oath and instead left the Scion start via the left arm, through Shaper and picked up Potency of Will instead of Exceptional Performance.

The Fertile Mind dex conversion that was dropped from near Vaal Pact was moved to the 4%ele/4%ele/Jewel by and including Agility.

I use Blood Dance boots, I took the Frenzy Charge Bandit and I took Frenetic Frenzy Charge on tree. I've dropped the jewel by Melding for now but will be picking it up again in 2 levels.

With the extra mana gained and with Arctic Armour, Discipline and Herald of Ice linked with lvl 4 Enlighten I can run a lvl 21 Clarity with no Enlighten and have 200 mana unreaserved. Rallying Cry is switched to Enduring Cry to help sustain Endurance Charges, Rallying Cry can be swapped back in for certain map mods.

I moved Frost Wall into the chest CwDT set up alongside Firestorm and added Warlord's Mark. In a 6 link set up, CwDT lvl 1 proccing both lvl 1 Frostwall and lvl 8 Firestorm which in turn both CoH Temp Chains and Warlord's Mark. I took Whispers of Doom in the tree.

Immortal Call was then changed to a 20/20 gem, linked to a lvl 20 CwDT and sharing Increased Duration with Vaal Discipline.

I also run a Flame Golem.


For general mapping I can rely on regen and Warlord's for leech, so I dropped Life Leech gem for Added Cold (A 20/23 HoI just wins out over a 21/20 in this case). For curse immune maps I will use a different Whispering Ice which has Life Leech gem instead of Added Cold.

The basic mechanics of the build are that I use Enduring Cry to get 3 Endurance Charges, my frenzy charges rapidly cap at 5. I'm proccing Firestorm and Frostwall on low damage taken, chilling and Chaining as normal but also cursing with Warlord's Mark. My Immortal Call will not be firing at low damage but not until 3272 damage is taken when it will be up for over 3 seconds and will always have 3 Endurance Charges at its disposal, which will immediately be replaced when consumed, either from Warlord's Mark or from Enduring Cry. In short, I trade in ES for regen and more reliable physical mitigation.

My gear is constantly changing, those who know me know I don't trade but it needs pointed out to explain oddities (for example I'm still waiting on a 3rd Brute Force Solution, vended shit loads and only kept 2, well, they refuse to drop, now). I'm using a rare belt atm for resists and ES. I'm waiting on exalt drops to attempt to finish several glove crafts. Int took a bit of a hit recently, I aim to get that back up to close to 1600.

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Defence in Map

Offence in Map

Gear at time of post

Tree at time of Post

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Fun tidbit: I was rotating Whispering Ices, divining the worst of the 4 I had and using the best as and when divines dropped, trying to hit that 12/18 when a 6 socket Whispering Ice dropped. That was funny enough but it ID'd 12/18. It was also 1 colour off what I was using. 3 Chromes later and it's a 6 soc perfect tWI with my colours. If that wasn't freaky enough, this was before I switched to Added Cold instead of Life Leech. The staff actually dropped 6 soc, perfect rolls with the right colours I'm using now.

Dafuq?


Thanks again, Baalorlord and I hope you guys like 'A Dance of Ice and Fire, Whispering Doom'.

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TheAnuhart wrote:

Thought I'd update my 'A Dance of Ice and Fire, Whispering Doom' version at 98 with a few changes.

Interesting variant, really shows how everything is better with frenzy charges. :)

I disagree with using Added Cold over Conc Effect. Added Cold does almost nothing at your levels of Int. For 5 points you could pick up the 2 area notables you're right next to and keep your current radius even with Conc Effect. Off the top of my head should be at least 25% more damage at the cost of some ES, depending on what you drop.

Also, have you considered picking up 10% curse effectiveness in the curse wheel for 1 extra point?

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