[3.6 UPDATED] Sidefx Frost Blades CHAMPION varient (strongest by far) Great League starter!

Hello, I'm Sidefxmayinclde
I played Frostblades since (2.5) (100% fire conversion 2h) and did a lot of theory crafting on my stream toward this build, so with that said I present the 3.6 version of Frostblades. This guide will be updated overtime with more information as i progress into the league.

This is the Duelist Champion variant of the original guide - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1848749



UPDATED 3/12/2019 3.6 NEW POB, SKILLS, GEAR ect! Check out the Path of building!

3.6! Champion Variant PoB Instant leech!



I AM NOT PLAYING THIS AS MY LEAGUE STARTER 3.6 AS I WANTED TO PLAY SOMETHING ELSE (im always playing FB)

FAQ - READ THIS FIRST


Pros/cons


Videos


Introduction/Mechanics:

This build focuses on high attack speed to unleash a series of projectiles high crit chance and amazing attack speed in a almost 360 radius around you , killing everything that dares come close.
The weapon range increases with each level of Frost Blades , so even if it is a melee skill , with good positioning , you will be out of harms way most of the times you`re in a fight.
It is a full Elemental build at 100% cold conversion , dealing no physical damage , therefore physical reflect mods will not affect you.
Clear speed wise , whilst not competing with Vaal builds , it is faster than most builds out there and somewhat cheaper.
Just a 4-Link setup can get you up to T10 maps if you`re careful.
This is a Softcore build. If you want to play Hardcore , just make sure you pick more Life nodes rather than Damage nodes.



Any questions please feel free to ask on my stream! Www.twitch.tv/Sidefxmayinclde or Click this image! please dont forget to FOLLOW to know when i go live!




3.5 So FAR



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My current items




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Skill Trees:/POB's


Tips and tricks:


1. Make sure you position yourself correctly at ALL times , it will make the game easier and safer. Good positioning is key and will come with experience.
2. The passive skill tree is a guide , if you at any given time feel that you lack either damage or life , feel free to pick it ,this will not affect your progression at all.
3. Use Frost Blades for leveling
4. You can use ANY weapon to level! ( I recommend 2x Foils for crit/attack speed) Feel free to pick your leveling weapons yourself,whether it`s an Axe , Mace or Sword.
5. Your tooltip DPS will NOT show your true damage as it only counts Frost Blades initial damage which is not a projectile attack. Your true damage will be almost triple what your tooltip dps says.

Check out my most recent build!


My other builds

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Hey Sidefx, I've been a fan of your guides for a long time, but I'm just not seeing the increased damage or survivability in the videos you linked. It could simply be that you didn't invest enough currency in the gear you used, but I killed Chimera safer and faster as a Raider.

It also isn't immune to statuses, and the movement speed is a lot slower because you don't have tons of frenzy charges?

I was thinking your new guide would involve the banners (which I think any build in 3.5 likely will as it is equivalent to utilizing vaal haste or something similar). I'm not meaning to bash on your new guide, but I'm simply hoping to understand your thought process. Below is the build variant I used based on your original guide, but highly optimized based on the gear I was wearing.

Thanks!

https://pastebin.com/GV3XGGST

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Surandra wrote:

Hey Sidefx, I've been a fan of your guides for a long time, but I'm just not seeing the increased damage or survivability in the videos you linked. It could simply be that you didn't invest enough currency in the gear you used, but I killed Chimera safer and faster as a Raider.

It also isn't immune to statuses, and the movement speed is a lot slower because you don't have tons of frenzy charges?

I was thinking your new guide would involve the banners (which I think any build in 3.5 likely will as it is equivalent to utilizing vaal haste or something similar). I'm not meaning to bash on your new guide, but I'm simply hoping to understand your thought process. Below is the build variant I used based on your original guide, but highly optimized based on the gear I was wearing.

Thanks!

https://pastebin.com/GV3XGGST

I 100% want to look into banners in 3.5 but sadly we cant test them yet to say yes or no to them. So this is the path if we dont use. (we most deff will) esp as a champion no reserve on them and heals? yes please But time will tell.

The gear used in the videos are far from "min maxed" literately made sure I res capped ( I have not played since the start of incursion) Also I was lv 85 with No maxed lv gems. So if you look at it this way, yes raider could do what I was doing there. But you would be amazed on how many players come running to me crying about dying every 2 seconds, i cant do this and that. ect. This basically lets people not that very good be very good and very good people become unstoppable. understand?
This Version in the long haul is 100% better esp in the sense of this allows people to do more with less effort. Which people really enjoy.

also last thing, I will look at your PoB if I feel I like it with your permission i could update the raider guide with that version so people can still play raider if they choose 2.

I am just making my return to PoE and build making and streaming PoE, it's only going to get better ;) I updated 3 guides with this return.

Thanks for your response. I agree there is a lot of room, and I'm curious how it scales and plays out. I'm pretty excited for banners, and I bet there will be a really nice banner centric frost blades.

Feel free to use the PoB if desired. I think the additional block and extra capped resists adds some much needed survivability for 12+ maps. For HC or safer play, I would take a lot off of the damage and add more to Life.

Best of luck in the expansion, I'm sure we'll all be having lots of fun soon :)

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Surandra wrote:

Thanks for your response. I agree there is a lot of room, and I'm curious how it scales and plays out. I'm pretty excited for banners, and I bet there will be a really nice banner centric frost blades.

Feel free to use the PoB if desired. I think the additional block and extra capped resists adds some much needed survivability for 12+ maps. For HC or safer play, I would take a lot off of the damage and add more to Life.

Best of luck in the expansion, I'm sure we'll all be having lots of fun soon :)

:) Yea this league is going to be amazing, also while you're here are you able to comment on my other guide? it wont allow me 2? https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1886332

I'm not able to comment on your other guide.

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Surandra wrote:

I'm not able to comment on your other guide.

ok ill contact support. I don't know why :(

Thanks for the new guide....but 5k hp is way way too low! - I followed this guide kinda. But made small adjustments. Biggest difference i made is not using fight for survival and getting a "normal" amu! - My current hp is 6.1k but im working on more!

Guide: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1886363


My gear:



I get LOADS of dps and way more hp and mitigation. Hope this can help out a bit :)