[2.6] Popsicle Sticks - Over 60k freezing DPS! (3.0 WIP)

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wajdjaj wrote:

Thanks for this cool build. Just wondering about the Ascendency skills.
You are mentioning about maim in the build but in the poeplanner lvl 90 there is no Assassin (maim) added?

I am currently running this build (lvl 85) and having atm approx 21k dps on ice shot with hatred + herald of ice + frenzy(3) buffs. HP is currently at 3k. I think this build has great potential to become really good.

Scion's Assassin gives Maim's on Critical strike from Attacks.

You shouldn't use Hatred if you are using Nuro's Harp as Hatred gives you extra Cold Damage based on a % of your physical damage and Nuro's Harp has no physical damage. Only run Hatred if you using Lioneye's Glare or a bow with physical damage. Same applied to Herald of Ash. You can instead use Anger or Wrath for flat elemental damage which works too.

Tooltip DPS doesn't do this build justice as you also have to take into account Hypothermia (39%) and Point blank (50%) for up to 89% More damage at optimum conditions (which is almost always for this build).

You should also get more life, 3k sounds a little too low for lvl 85 imo. You should be sitting around 4.5k :D

I'm doing this build, I'm lvl76 with 3990 live and just 2 ascendancy points, is a good build

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yamilopr wrote:

I'm doing this build, I'm lvl76 with 3990 live and just 2 ascendancy points, is a good build

Glad that you are enjoying it.

It definitely gets better when you get 6 points to unlock 2 ascendancies.

If there is still interest in this build, I can try to update/optimize this build for 3.0.

Cheers!

Just tried your build. Very smooth leveling throughout. I went straight for ancestral bond, followed by the 2 closest jewel sockets for omen of the wind, and a random socket for rain of splinters.

315m xp/hr at lv63 at merc dried lake, doomfletch prism + skirmish + le heup of all + essence worm + winds of change + karui charge

Do you just go with 2 projectiles? Im using rain of splinters jewel for more projectiles, which i occasionally remove for boss fights.

Please do update it for 3.0, i heard scion is receiving buffs for its ascendency, which may be beneficial for this build. Your build is very valuable as its one of the only few ranged totem builds on the forum.

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crab~shit wrote:

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Just tried your build. Very smooth leveling throughout. I went straight for ancestral bond, followed by the 2 closest jewel sockets for omen of the wind, and a random socket for rain of splinters.

315m xp/hr at lv63 at merc dried lake, doomfletch prism + skirmish + le heup of all + essence worm + winds of change + karui charge

Do you just go with 2 projectiles? Im using rain of splinters jewel for more projectiles, which i occasionally remove for boss fights.

Please do update it for 3.0, i heard scion is receiving buffs for its ascendency, which may be beneficial for this build. Your build is very valuable as its one of the only few ranged totem builds on the forum.

That's a lot of exp man, nice!
1 extra projectile from Ascendancy and another from corrupted quiver.

I am considering to do a 3.0 update, just need to get the new passive tree next week.
For now, it seems like this build would work just fine, if not better in 3.0.


Pros
- Ice Shot has 60% cold conversion (get another 40% on passive for 100% cold conversion), lets this build use any physical dmg bow.
- Lioneye's Glare is a very good option with 100% cold conversion, can ignore getting acc & the new Farshot mod coupled with Deadeye's "farshot", the damage lost to Pointblank is negated.
- Omen in the Winds pierces 5 targets in 3.0, get a lot more clearspeed and coverage with 2 jewels
- Asphyxia's Wrath significant buff in 3.0, gives 20% extra cold damage from physical (this quiver will still be a cheap niche quiver which can be bought in bulk to vaaled for the extra arrow)


Cons
- Halcyon / Pandemonius - much higher price in 3.0 due to rarity of breach
- Map bosses will have much more HP, totems may/will take longer to kill bosses


I have mapped out a draft tree and the total damage % from passive is significantly higher without losing and survivability (can reach 196% life for HC viable)



Once more info about 3.0, like the patch notes and passive tree get revealed, I can properly plan the update for this build.

Thanks

Can I use the Rat's Nest for this build? My life is 4,192 and my resistances are full without the helmet

or is better the Devoto's helmet?

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yamilopr wrote:

or is better the Devoto's helmet?

Rat's Nest or Devoto's Devotion is a good option as long as you have sufficient life while mapping.

I prefer devoto cause of the chaos resist and movement speed

4k life for low tier mapping should be fine but it would be best to get around 5k life when going into red maps.

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174nana wrote:

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yamilopr wrote:

or is better the Devoto's helmet?

Rat's Nest or Devoto's Devotion is a good option as long as you have sufficient life while mapping.

I prefer devoto cause of the chaos resist and movement speed

4k life for low tier mapping should be fine but it would be best to get around 5k life when going into red maps.

ok, thanks for the answer

Going to play this build on HC in a few days. Looking forward to 3.0 guide update.