[2.6] The Curse Whisperer - Tri-Curse CI Whispering Ice Elementalist - Viable for Everything

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vinco2050 wrote:

why the hell would you buy a 5L with the goal to 6L it

Probably because to a beginner that makes sense. Start with 5L and keep fusing until you get the 6th!

Lol well hopefully its a mistake he only makes once

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mrutomi wrote:

My goal is to actually get to 40/40 challenges. It's my first league playing (played in beta) and I was wondering if I could get some advice on what my progression should be like. Right now I'm level 88 and farming T11-T14. Should I be farming bosses or something else with this build to make the best use of this build? And do I also just level until 92 before I even attempt to push for Shaper?

First advise - just buy the Chayula domain kill, the drop rates are stupid and a fail costs 3+ ex. No idea what GGG was thinking with this one.

The key to achievements this league is currency. You need currency for item IDs, divination cards, endgame grinds (silver coins, guardian maps, lab offerings, Atziri pieces, breach stones, etc.) and more. Forget about farming for everything yourself without trading, its not really possible.

Decide if you want to buy kills directly or buy pieces and do the kills yourself - doing them yourself is MUCH more expensive, but of course its way more fun.

At level 88 you can do everything - the main mechanics of the build are already online. Farming guardians and getting a few Shaper sets is a good start, and you can get some valuable drops from the bosses on top of that.

Farming Uber Lab is profitable and easy with this build, if you can stomach it - starting with that can help you with the currency for the achievements and getting the right enhancements on your helm/boots can increase your power level.
Personally I really dislike the Lab and mostly ignored it this league (did the grind last 2 leagues).

You need to practice Shaper and Atziri if you plan on doing those yourself and not buying runs - you will most probably fail your first runs. I failed 7 or 8 Uber Atziri runs til I could reliably farm it and those fails are pretty expensive. Shaper took 4 or 5 tries to get right too.

I can give you details on specific achievements on PM if you are interested, but since its not really connected to the build I prefer to not further spam the topic.

First I wanted to say thx to the OP for the nice guide and all the info! Best guide I came a cross so far and also my favourite class/build to play.

I am fairly new to POE. Breach is my first league. I played FB totem templar and bladeflurry assasin before I found this. The others were not my thing.
I was a hardcore D3 player and a top mage player when the firebird build was the main option. I like this because it has more or less the same gameplay but adds everything the D3 firebird lacked.

I'm smooth sailing through T15+ maps and haven't attempted any bosses yet. Want to gain some experience first.

My main question is, could the OP or somebody experienced with this build check my gear/character? I am wondering what I can upgrade and/or if there are things I overlooked?

All is going good, but you never know I missed something or if there is something i'm overlooking?

thanks in advance!

edit: uberlab is a walk in the park, so should I farm this instead of maps? is it worth it?

Hello first thx a lot for an amazing build OP.
Second english is not my native language so im so sorry for typos and i hope u can understand me well.

I have a few questions, is any good to replace CD whit firestorm gem in a 6s 4l staff? so u have 3 spells that do dmg? or the loss in dps of ice storm is not worth the dps increase of having firestorm?.
Links in staf are SR-Firestorm-CWC-CE an not linked LL and FP, some1 try this, is any good?

Second would be good to swap League of primordial with shaper of desolation? because the conflux seems strong and the dps of the golems maybe is lower? so the final ascendancy are Paragorn of calamity, Pendulum of destruction,Shaper of desolation (this one instead of liege of primordial) Mastermaind of discord.

Thx in advance for your responses.


Cya all!

@dro0p : how do you handle being frozen?

Uberlab is a matter of taste. I did a lab farmer last league and now I can't stand the place.

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ad09min80 wrote:

Hello first thx a lot for an amazing build OP.
Second english is not my native language so im so sorry for typos and i hope u can understand me well.

I have a few questions, is any good to replace CD whit firestorm gem in a 6s 4l staff? so u have 3 spells that do dmg? or the loss in dps of ice storm is not worth the dps increase of having firestorm?.
Links in staf are SR-Firestorm-CWC-CE an not linked LL and FP, some1 try this, is any good?

Second would be good to swap League of primordial with shaper of desolation? because the conflux seems strong and the dps of the golems maybe is lower? so the final ascendancy are Paragorn of calamity, Pendulum of destruction,Shaper of desolation (this one instead of liege of primordial) Mastermaind of discord.

Thx in advance for your responses.


Cya all!

no, because the cwc will alternate firestorm and ice storm, and firestorm isn't getting all the big buffs ice storm is.

I know my gear is not so good (well it was hard to get even this items for me idk why but it is), anyway I can do t15 map now, didn't try t16 (don't have any map) but I die often on boses.

Not all but often and its sad because I don't inderstand why, I try to leech from them but shield go down so fast or I got one shot.

Some stats, I have 1 character in profile(I mean witch)


Is it bad map mods or something bad with my gear? Can someone help me understand. Last death was t14 palace map (vaaled, two bosses) mods:

*player cursed enfeeble, elemental weakness
*49%more monster life
*monsters fire 2 additional projectiles
*monsters take 39% reduced extra damage from critical strikes
*player have less recovery life, energy shield

Before, t15 dark forest, when boss spa, wolves on me - death, when he became wolf form and attack - 1-3 seconds and death.

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ruikarikun1 wrote:

I know my gear is not so good (well it was hard to get even this items for me idk why but it is), anyway I can do t15 map now, didn't try t16 (don't have any map) but I die often on boses.

Not all but often and its sad because I don't inderstand why, I try to leech from them but shield go down so fast or I got one shot.

Some stats, I have 1 character in profile(I mean witch)

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Is it bad map mods or something bad with my gear? Can someone help me understand. Last death was t14 palace map (vaaled, two bosses) mods:

*player cursed enfeeble, elemental weakness
*49%more monster life
*monsters fire 2 additional projectiles
*monsters take 39% reduced extra damage from critical strikes
*player have less recovery life, energy shield

Before, t15 dark forest, when boss spa, wolves on me - death, when he became wolf form and attack - 1-3 seconds and death.

from the examples you have given here, my first guess would be that it's a lack of game knowledge. you are not ele weakness capped for lightning res. facing double boss 2 extra projectile dominus on such a map means that you can't facetank them; and even with 20k ES and twice the damage you couldnt.

the other example is rigwald, who goes into almost complete immunity to any damage while he is in his wolf form or channeling his wolf barrage. since he has something like 95% damage reduction during those phases, you cant outleech his damage.

this build IS an absolute powerhouse and icestorm is one of the mechanically strongest skills in the game for bossfights. nonetheless, the top tier bosses require knowledge of their mechanics to do safely.

Until the guide is updated for CwC, what would the recommended staff gem setup be while leveling? Right now I'm lvl 45 and my staff is 5S, 4L. I am currently using SE - FC - EF - LL - FP but would like to try out CwC.

Thanks!