[2.4 Video Guide] Inquisitor/Elementalist's Ice Nova SHATTER Crit Build! [HC/SC Viable]
" The ES is pretty important with MoM/EB so I would keep the shield. Besides more damage runs the risk of killing yourself to reflect (especially if you're Inquisitor). Also, you can get high life on the shield and block is nice to have. This build doesn't really scale well with Freezing Pulse since it's a projectile and we have little spell damage on the build. You could try it but I think Flame Surge is the way to go since it scales much better and gets 50% increased damage against burning enemies from Fire Trap. |
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I am currently lvl73 and chose this build after not playing PoE for about 2 years. First of all, it's indeed very fun to play if you like the "let your whole screen shatter" playstyle and if your PC can handle it.
As others mentioned, it does have one real Achilles heel and that is missing Physical Damage Reduction. You basically steamroll through everything and everyone until you meet an act boss or nasty pack leader with high Physical Damage (or Elemetal Reflect obv). Then you die. A lot. I think my gear is pretty neat with a 6L Fur Shawl (was trying to 5L it and casually 6L it with 41 Fusings), capped resistances except chaos and around 65% crit chance / 250% crit multiplier on Merciless. Yesterday I tried Maps to Tier4 and it was basically a cake walk - except the bosses. Even in A4, the arena guy kills me with 1 or 2 hits and I kind of worry if this build is suited for late game after all. Gear
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Flasks (bad) Tree While leveling and gradually improving my gear, I swapped a few things here and there. As you can see, I run Enfeeble and Warlord's Mark for the Endurance charges (which are Physical Damage reduction after all) with Blasphemy Support and I decided to take the double curses route in the tree much earlier than the initial build suggests. I'm also thinking about running just 1 curse, dropping blasphemy, taking Arctic Armor + X instead and respecing the 5 passives leading to Whispers of Doom. I haven't tried this yet though. I also swapped out Vaal Discipline for Enduring Cry because I really like the Taunt mechanic and I think it works very well with this build. So my bread & butter combo is basically: Fire Trap > Whirling Blade > Enduring Cry > spam Nova (> Flame Surge remaining single targets) Maybe there are some legendaries that could help with the missing Physical mitigation? |
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Thanks for the answer dude!
Now another question, with the ring pyre you wouldnt need the firetrap setup at all, sure youll loose a ringslot, but hey!! |
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I am trying this build out now (Lvl 45) and loving it. Good clearing and I rarely die. I also have not run into an essence mob i cannot kill. I run clarity+ herald of ice currently and have no mana issues at all, even with insane casting speed. Thoughts on this?
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I am a new player! this is the first build I follow (2nd character, first with real progression)
I am currently lvl 82 Inquisitor You said you do Tier 13 maps with no problem with 45k Flame Surge and 30k Ice Nova, well, I can barely kill any tier 4 bosses, my flame surge has 29.5k DPS and Ice Nova has 11.5k DPS (with 4 power charges). I had a day with 49 deaths! at lvl 60 in Lunaris Temple-Imperial Gardens, so I just sat at Ebony Barracks for safer leveling until I could use Carcass Jack at 62 and Divinarius at 65, that was game changing. At 82 I tried and I cant kill Daresso neither Izaro (not even the first one) I made some changes in the build, I swap Vaal Discipline (dont really understand whta you use it for) for Vaal Cold Snap. I am not criticizing the build, just looking for ways to improve! I need some tips so I can make this build work! What I think that could be (that I should) improved: * 492 armor and only 5% physical reduction * 14% chance to evade * Only 26% chaos resistence Pity the emperor who sits alone on his throne.
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Thanks for the build! I'm at 73 now and lovin it so far.
One question: Is void Battery viable for this build? |
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Thanks for a build, but when i look to the video, ur build looks to dangerous for HC, or im not right?
Last edited by Kaddomir#7961 on Oct 27, 2016, 1:54:49 PM
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" Can u answer me please? Last edited by Kaddomir#7961 on Oct 29, 2016, 3:51:19 AM
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Can someone who play this build in HC answer me then?
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Hey LiftingNerd, been a follower of yours for a while, but never really posted. You have great guides!
I'm currently running this build in standard, and I just hit lvl 70 in Merciless. My ES is ~1500 and life ~3100. Max resists (23% chaos), and 22% block chance. Packs die ridiculously fast with the setup you put together for us. My main problem is that I've hit a wall. I can't kill Izaro in cruel. My single target DPS is ~34k with 4 power charges, so I can burn him down relatively quickly if I get a chance to. I can make it to the 3rd fight, then I just get wrecked. His AoE attacks wipe out my ES so fast I hardly have a chance to regen to get more attacks in, and then I just die with no ES. I know you stated this is a problem with the build in the video guide, so can you recommend anything to help with this fight? The only defense layer I'm missing is the CWDT + Immortal call setup, which I'm working on setting up asap, I'm just having a difficult time getting good ES gear with 4L - RRRR for it. Thanks mate! Last edited by xNovember#4560 on Nov 15, 2016, 5:55:09 PM
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