[2.2] 100% chaos ICE TRAPPER - UBER down (T15 Abyss Double Boss fight in 10 sec!!)

Its worth to try somehow increase strenght for Inc Duration and Fortify gems? Author stopped them at lvl 15 but I think would be nice to have 20 lvl Increased Duration. Too bad theres only 1 30 str node :/

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Asag wrote:

Its worth to try somehow increase strenght for Inc Duration and Fortify gems? Author stopped them at lvl 15 but I think would be nice to have 20 lvl Increased Duration. Too bad theres only 1 30 str node :/

The 5 more levels wouldn't really increase duration that much I would think.

you do you manage your mana plz ?

i'm level 51 and i HAVE TO use "reduced mana" in one of the slots (with tabula), otherwise it's impossible.

with reduced mana + 1 elreon ring + 27 increased mana regen rate + level 11 clairy, it's ok
but if i remove one of those, i can only throw like 2 traps and i'm out of mana (clarity+herald of ice reserve like 75%)

i can't run a single blasphemy curse on top of that, it would reserve 100% and i can't throw traps.

any hints plz ?

thanks

Been following this build for a week now.

Switched over from a crit ice trapper using iron reflexes. I kept my rat's nest and just got the 25% to ice trap damage enchant from running the labyrinth. I dropped maligaro's gloves and picked up some 500+ armour gloves. My build has 49% physical damage reduction, using a 1600k zodiac leather and a mix of armour/evasion gear. My chest is only a 5l though, so looking to get a 6l.

With charges up I'm a little over 20k dps, using ice golem as well. With no charges, no golem, my crit chance is 29%.

I just did Atziri, only beating her one time before on standard using a tornado shot/puncture ranger (way back before puncture was nerfed). I stormed in, killed the valls and the trio no problem, then took out Atziri with ease. I am lvl 89, my gems are mostly lvl 19, ice trap is 20/22 after vaaling it. I have 4,381hp, and 10k armour.

Juts wanted to say thanks for the build! Going to farm Atziri, get an uber set + a 6l and try my luck at the big boy fight.

Oh, my gems are ice trap, void manipulation, ele focus, cluster traps, and trap and mine damage.

NICE BUILD CONFIRMED, thanks again!

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frenchlion wrote:

you do you manage your mana plz ?

i'm level 51 and i HAVE TO use "reduced mana" in one of the slots (with tabula), otherwise it's impossible.

with reduced mana + 1 elreon ring + 27 increased mana regen rate + level 11 clairy, it's ok
but if i remove one of those, i can only throw like 2 traps and i'm out of mana (clarity+herald of ice reserve like 75%)

i can't run a single blasphemy curse on top of that, it would reserve 100% and i can't throw traps.

any hints plz ?

thanks

I personally dropped HoI and Clarity to run TC and Enfeeble.
With little over 300 mana left I can throw my 3 traps. After that I have to pot.
As others have stated you can go ZO and EB, but I feel that's not necessary and too much of an investment.

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frenchlion wrote:

you do you manage your mana plz ?

i'm level 51 and i HAVE TO use "reduced mana" in one of the slots (with tabula), otherwise it's impossible.

with reduced mana + 1 elreon ring + 27 increased mana regen rate + level 11 clairy, it's ok
but if i remove one of those, i can only throw like 2 traps and i'm out of mana (clarity+herald of ice reserve like 75%)

i can't run a single blasphemy curse on top of that, it would reserve 100% and i can't throw traps.

any hints plz ?

thanks

I took a few more mana nodes than the OP and I'm wearing two pieces of mana regen jewelery:


With this in place I can easily run TC and Enfeeble in a Heretic's Veil. I've also got a level 19 clarity which isn't usually needed but which I can optionally activate for reduced mana regen maps.

I really hate using mana pots and with this setup I never need to.

Do you run HoI, too? If so, how much damage does it add?

the question is, do we even need the heretic's veil?

i mean we give up a ton of defensive stats on a helmet for what? +2 aura? 12% reduced mana? a gem slot we prolly have anyways?

i don't think it is worth it compared to a really good rare helm. we need resistances badly on any slot we can get, since chest/boots/ring/weapons are occupied. if you then consider rolling trap damage on your belt and maybe crit on your ring/amu we lose another 3 suffix slots.

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GrimmGerim wrote:

Do you run HoI, too? If so, how much damage does it add?

I don't quite have enough mana to run HoI as well. Once my Enlighten hits level 3 I might be able to squeeze HoI in.

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Kitaen wrote:

the question is, do we even need the heretic's veil?

i mean we give up a ton of defensive stats on a helmet for what? +2 aura? 12% reduced mana? a gem slot we prolly have anyways?

i don't think it is worth it compared to a really good rare helm. we need resistances badly on any slot we can get, since chest/boots/ring/weapons are occupied. if you then consider rolling trap damage on your belt and maybe crit on your ring/amu we lose another 3 suffix slots.

For top DPS against T15 bosses/uber, I won't be wearing my Heretic's Veil; I'll swap out my gear for top single-target DPS.

But for leveling and clearing maps, Heretic's Veil is fantastic.

Our DPS is fine as is for map clearing... it's stopping things from getting to you and killing you that's important. My solution is to use Heretic's Veil.

Prior to using HV, I felt really squishy. But once I started using this helm, the difference in survivability for me was like night and day.

Since equipping HV I'ved died only once, in spite of being pretty aggressive about map clearing. And the death I took was pretty hard to avoid. I was clearing some mobs, tossing a lot of traps out, at full health. Suddenly, that leap-slammer rogue exile jumps me. I took him out without even realizing he was there, but I think he may have done some damage to me.

Next thing I knew, I was looking at a dead character. Nearby was Lady Stormflay; I probably ate a Lightning Strike, which I didn't see due to all the Ice Trap explosions around me.

But to each his own. There's no "right" way to run this build. If something else works better for you then great! :-)
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My "map-clearing/leveling" gear:


For Uber/T15 bosses, I plan on equipping Atziri's Step, a +1 Tabula Rasa, and perhaps one DPS-oriented unique as well, depending on how stats work out (maybe Rat's Nest or Facebreaker - haven't worked out what's best yet).