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

Hi i tried to combinate your build and (waffleT whispering ice guardian) with my guardian. what do you think about it ?





you can see my skilltree at my char. its set to public

my stats :

lvl 90
8664 energy shield
274/2286 Mana
7348 dmg
1869 int

3037 armour
all resistance at 81 %
chance to block 19% ( every 5 sec 69% )


I have good armour high resistance and also 2 curses ( enfeeble + warlords mark ) up more or less all the time.
what do you think about it ?

Is intelligence really that important on the chest or would my 707 es, 83 res chest be good enough? do you know what a similar chest with int would be comparable? (like a 50 int 500 es chest vs no int 700 chest?) i am hoping that my 707 80 res chest is fine without the int roll

Quick update on my experience in ESC with this build:

* Downed all the T15 bosses, Minotaur, and Chimera on a 2 curse setup (Warlord's and Enfeeble). I was wearing a rare ring with int ES and resists instead of Doedre's.

* Killed Phoenix by swapping to Doedre's ring and adding Temp Chains. Swapped out Auxium for a rare crystal belt with 80+ ES and Int since there's no cold dmg on this boss. Also ran Increased AOE instead of Conc Effect so I could always hit the spawned phoenix adds and the boss at the same time. Found that I didn't have enough to facetank him so I ran around and used Decoy Totems for his spin dash move.

I don't have the best gear or quality gems yet but I'm pretty happy with how far this build has come with a < 3ex investment! Next up is Hydra then a Shaper attempt.

dont follow this [Removed by Support] lvling guide, just go hybrid any skill u want til lvl 70 and transition then.
easy as that.

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AiMBOYrEE wrote:

You should add to -cons for this build ...
That you don't want to go back to another build because facetanking pretty much everything is so awesome

LOL so much this. Every league I come back to this build because it just is so much easier than other builds :D

Playing the scion version since I just like her superior clear speed and loving it <3.

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Shiverwarp wrote:

Anyway, I've been doing this build in HC Essence league, did it as my starter build.

As a fellow HC player, you've got my utmost respect haha. I love playing WI but always go Firestorm or EQ or other build that takes very little currency to build up $ so I can start a WI character. I would guess that due to Perandus and PRophecy both having ways to get Astramentis/WI so much more readily made the prices dirt cheap, now they're back to being silly, especially with the way exalts tank in value so early in the league.

I got lucky with a very nice 350dps 1h axe drop that I was able to sell for 4ex and convert that into chaos to fund my char.

Currently 81 and going strong :D

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SupervAn wrote:

dont follow this [Removed by Support] lvling guide, just go hybrid any skill u want til lvl 70 and transition then.
easy as that.

dude the real noob here is you,calling the starter a noob,who made such a awesome build
and i follo'd the level guide,and it's piss eazy if you follow it,and buy some similar gear

anyway,lvl 74 so far,2nd char in essence softcore ,gear

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DBB2003 wrote:

Hi i tried to combinate your build and (waffleT whispering ice guardian) with my guardian. what do you think about it ?

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you can see my skilltree at my char. its set to public

my stats :

lvl 90
8664 energy shield
274/2286 Mana
7348 dmg
1869 int

3037 armour
all resistance at 81 %
chance to block 19% ( every 5 sec 69% )


I have good armour high resistance and also 2 curses ( enfeeble + warlords mark ) up more or less all the time.
what do you think about it ?

You'd be better off asking the author of that build. I haven't played it and don't know if it can handle the new top bosses. The phys mitigation (armor, block) should be very nice against Rigwald and Chimera. Super resists are nice against the rest. But will the DPS be enough against Hydra and Shaper? I don't know. 7k Icestorm avg hit in Standard is much lower than my Witch'es, and she has much higher resist penetration too. The Shaper fight can get very bad if you take too long, as the arena gets filled with the vortexes. And you need a certain amount of DPS (i.e. leech) to facetank him, otherwise it will take longer.

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DarkFalco wrote:

Is intelligence really that important on the chest or would my 707 es, 83 res chest be good enough? do you know what a similar chest with int would be comparable? (like a 50 int 500 es chest vs no int 700 chest?) i am hoping that my 707 80 res chest is fine without the int roll

Int is very important. Int gives you DPS, leech, ES. I'll take a 50 Int 500 ES chest over a 0 Int 700 ES one any time. Although I haven't seen a league where it would be hard to find something more decent (like 40 Int 650 ES) cheaply.

An advice for those doing this build in HC.

It's very doable, even speccing CI at level 33, you just need to be careful.

It's also highly recommended to use Dream Fragments and Eye of Chayula so you don't get frozen or stunlocked.

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Rusherboy wrote:

An advice for those doing this build in HC.

It's very doable, even speccing CI at level 33, you just need to be careful.

It's also highly recommended to use Dream Fragments and Eye of Chayula so you don't get frozen or stunlocked.

DF is ok until lv 70, it has nice resist too. But taking Chayula instead of Astramentis will destroy your DPS, leech amount and ES. Even when you can't get Astra yet, you should still use an amulet with very high Int (60-70 Int shouldn't be hard to find). In HC you probably shouldn't facetank things that can stunlock you until you get US. But sacrificing Astra for it can be worse.

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Kelvynn wrote:

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Rusherboy wrote:

An advice for those doing this build in HC.

It's very doable, even speccing CI at level 33, you just need to be careful.

It's also highly recommended to use Dream Fragments and Eye of Chayula so you don't get frozen or stunlocked.

DF is ok until lv 70, it has nice resist too. But taking Chayula instead of Astramentis will destroy your DPS, leech amount and ES. Even when you can't get Astra yet, you should still use an amulet with very high Int (60-70 Int shouldn't be hard to find). In HC you probably shouldn't facetank things that can stunlock you until you get US. But sacrificing Astra for it can be worse.

Coming from someone in HC who used this as a starter character: For preventing stun while leveling, just keep moving, cast icestorm, hop in or skirt the sides. Warlords mark does wonders for keeping the enemies stunned instead of you.

As for frozen, I HIGHLY recommend in HC you use a stibnite flask with cannot be frozen. Thing is absolutely slept on. Only needs 10 charges, holds 30, lasts 5 seconds! Totally spammable. I'm actually thinking of replacing the auxium belt just with one, since it's so natural to just use a stibnite as I jump in for the huge blind (Helps prevent stun too, since you don't get hit!)


Question for Kelvynn regarding survivability and ES nodes: We favour a lot of smaller int nodes because of it's versatility, but what's your opinion on taking some ES nodes above scion, or Unnatural calm? Are ES nodes just not as valuable compared to their Life counterparts? Just thinking about options if I feel like my damage is good, but I'm vulnerable to one shots.

The life builds I've played just gobble up the Life nodes like they're candy.