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

Have a question - how this build is dealing with traps in Labyrinth?
Heard that traps are a huge pain for CI builds, and we havent any armour or evasion, and no any regen too, and you cant leech from traps.

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Ksakep wrote:

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Kelvynn wrote:

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Oyabug wrote:

Do you think that with the nerf to curse-effectiveness, double Perandus becomes an option again (I understand you've tested this in the past?)

Sorry, I don't see what you mean. What's the relation between the curse effectiveness and Perandus?

I suppose he want to throw away curses and Doedre's ring and use 2x Perandus rings for Int

No way. Curses will still be too important to drop.

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Ksakep wrote:

Have a question - how this build is dealing with traps in Labyrinth?
Heard that traps are a huge pain for CI builds, and we havent any armour or evasion, and no any regen too, and you cant leech from traps.

There is an Uber Lab video in the first post. Traps are not a big deal. Run fast with Quicksilver flasks, cast on mobs and sentinels (you CAN leech from sentinels), leap over traps too.

Looks like this is the build im gonna be going with as my league starter tomorrow. Ive done melee the last few and ended with a assreacher last year. Never give caster any love. Seems cheap enough and solid enough to get into endgame quick. Thanks for guide.

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Ksakep wrote:

Have a question - how this build is dealing with traps in Labyrinth?
Heard that traps are a huge pain for CI builds, and we havent any armour or evasion, and no any regen too, and you cant leech from traps.

Had absolutely zero issues with traps as CI in Prophecy. Farmed uber lab, people complaining about it scared me until I actually tried it.

The only way to get WI when I get to lvl33 is through trading, right?

So i was thinking of starting out with this build, i have a few questions though if you don't mind.

Firstly, you seem very focused on curses yet you dont take any curse effectiveness from the tree, why? are they simply not worth it compared to getting more int?

secondly, how would an occultist perform in your opinion?

Thanks for the detailed guide, it is well written.

Anyone who is going to start with this build got a tree for Firestorm/Fireball or w.e else you could use to level up early ? I'm really bad in making my own builds ._.

Copy/pasted from my post in the scion thread.



For anyone interested in wanting to make this your first character this league, here's my way of leveling in HC. For those that like to level as soon as possible as the build that they're playing, this won't be for you, but it is one potential alternative if you are set on making this your first char.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1627595/page/32/#p13363649


I posted this a little while back and is linked in the FAQ section. It's a twinked way of leveling, but the same skill tree still applies. You can use almost any skill like to level. For a new league I'd probably mule a Fire Trap from a shadow and then leveling with FT/Tendrils, then switch to Firestorm at lvl 12, then Bladefall at 28. Stats will be a little tricky w/o having an Astramentis to equip early on, but it's doable if you pick up the 30 str/30 dex nodes and don't mind using a few regrets.

Hope it helps ! I usually start new leagues playing a regular Firestorm build that has 240% life and 0 gear requirements to build a pile of currency and also new character twink gear for future characters, then make a second character for WI. Still my favorite build in the game, hopefully WIs will stay relatively cheap !

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Koksii wrote:

So what is everyone doing? Witch or Scion. I still cant decide :(

Witch alll the way :D