[2.6] CI FrostBlades Raider/Pathfinder [Permafreeze T15 bosses, 4:17 Shaper Run, 1:49 Chayula timer]

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Harpoontang wrote:

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1848749/page/1

I used this build before switching to CI. It's dirt cheap (under 100c?) and its damage is equal to or higher than Invalesco's build.

Drawback is the ~5k life pool.

Just FYI that build is doing nowhere near as much damage as Invalesco's build, I'd say it does even as little as a quarter of the damage. I mean just look at the shaper video posted in that guide USING ABYSSUS and see how slow it is compared to Invalesco's kills.

Now as a budget build I'm sure it's fine, but comparing its DPS to Invalesco's build is a pretty precarious claim.

Hi All,

I am currently sitting at around 681k effective DPS with flasks/buffs. Trying to figure out the most bang for my buck upgrade paths from here on out. It feels like every piece I try to upgrade only gives me tiny chunks of DPS increased. Nowhere near the numbers you are all getting (3mil+).

Any feedback appreciated!

I am playing on Legacy SC (I started a bit late this season)

Oniji,

The most obvious upgrade is your claw. Touch of Anguish is great, but eventually you'll want to replace it with a better rare. I think the physical damage on the claw is around...275 DPS or so. if you can get a rare claw that's around 375-400 DPS, you're going to really notice the jump in damage.

Beyond that, your next best upgrades would be to Steel Rings with 'X-X Physical Damage' rolls on them and try to also get %ES rolls on them before those mods go away according to what GGG said about the upcoming 3.0 changes. Also, pick up a Lion's Roar flask and maybe replace your Basalt with it...you'll notice a DPS jump when you pop it.

Thanks for the response.

Yeah, I have kind of been putting off upgrading the claw slot for a while. Is the loss of the additional chain from ToA significant in general map clearing speed?

I have been keeping an eye out for replacement rings.

After putting those two upgrades into PoB (375+ pDPS claw, and Steel Ring w/ flat phys and WED) i still only hit around 930k effective DPS, which isn't horrible by any means, but is still a far cry from 3mil+ eDPS. It almost feels like I have missed something important on my build.

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Oniji wrote:

Thanks for the response.

Yeah, I have kind of been putting off upgrading the claw slot for a while. Is the loss of the additional chain from ToA significant in general map clearing speed?

I have been keeping an eye out for replacement rings.

After putting those two upgrades into PoB (375+ pDPS claw, and Steel Ring w/ flat phys and WED) i still only hit around 930k effective DPS, which isn't horrible by any means, but is still a far cry from 3mil+ eDPS. It almost feels like I have missed something important on my build.

Don't focus entirely on DPS...it's a very easy trap to fall into and those of us hitting higher marks of DPS have very, very well-rolled gear. In PoB, are you accounting for your flasks being on and up as well and the Lion's Roar in there instead of the Basalt? Also, what's your current hit chance? There's a lot of variables to look at, including your passive tree...could you post that as well?

I have overcapped resistances, and around 9.5k ES, so I am fine on the defense front. Getting ring upgrade will likely only further increase my defenses if I get ES% crafted on them.

My PoB has all my auras/buffs up, all my curses and debuffs, and all my flasks running. It is set vs. Shaper/Guardian. And I am looking at Effective DPS (specifically Skill Hit Damage DPS in PoB).

Yes, I do usually use a Lion's Roar on Shaper/Guardians specifically, I sub it in place of my Silver Flask usually. But yes, that is significantly increasing my eDPS in PoB, so that is definitely one parts of the puzzle I was missing.

My passive tree is Frost Blade CI - Level 94

My current hit chance is 90% with Frost Blade.

You'll get 25% more dps with a good rare claw. Also you can go for 21/20 gems.

Leaving touch of anguish for something more expensive is a real improvement.
Not sure about the chain part I'm not sure I was even using it a lot as I'm bashing my rotgut non stop when i'm not bossing.
What I'm sure is that being able to freeze everything including bosses makes the game so much easier. And usually you already hit the whole screen, for big packs you won't hit all of them at once, but you still hit like 7 per attack, 21 hits with multistrike so it's still pretty fast.

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Tanakeah wrote:

All right, after fumbling my first Shaper attempt, I bombed on the end of the fight and couldn't kill him. Not the build's fault...my fault for making very silly mistakes. Also didn't help the Shaper and his clone hugged a corner for a while and I couldn't get near them.

Got another set of fragments and tried again...only died once because I thought Shaper was starting with a beam and he did the multi-ball attack. After that, got through the fight and made more liberal use of my flasks and the like, and got him down without too much trouble. And my reward for my efforts...

Can't complain at all. :D

You've got mirror gear, right? So at that point, it's all mechanical! It only gets easier tbh, my first kills had 4-5 deaths on average, and I just recently ended a 15 deathless streak because the 3 people I was carrying (for free too...) decided to run into the bossroom and pop vortex balls in the safe zone :/

You'll definitely be able to kill him deathless in a few more runs! Have you given Uber Atz a try yet? She's much harder since you can't mess up your positioning at all - I had to switch to a 'frenzy' gem for split phase. It was painful.

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/JalananRusak/characters


heyyo, invalesco your build is fantastic, love clearing stuff super fast, but i kind of wandered why my single target was a bit off.. i can kill shaper but it took so long compared to yours, so if you can take a look at my account and see what was wrong, i would greatly appreciate it

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JalananRusak wrote:

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heyyo, invalesco your build is fantastic, love clearing stuff super fast, but i kind of wandered why my single target was a bit off.. i can kill shaper but it took so long compared to yours, so if you can take a look at my account and see what was wrong, i would greatly appreciate it

are you using lion's roar flask?