[3.5] Winter Orb CwC Ice Spear | MoM | Elementalist | Leaguestarter

bought this for 20c without links and 6-linked it in 4 fusings. should i use this or sell it for something with crit multi?

Any reason you couldn't use the Ice Spear Power charge on crit lab enchant instead of using PCoC?

E: nvm, just tested. Doesnt really sustain

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eightsgg1 wrote:

bought this for 20c without links and 6-linked it in 4 fusings. should i use this or sell it for something with crit multi?

Buy a lotto ticket first because 4 fusing, wow.

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poeGT wrote:

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eightsgg1 wrote:

bought this for 20c without links and 6-linked it in 4 fusings. should i use this or sell it for something with crit multi?

Buy a lotto ticket first because 4 fusing, wow.

Holy cow, I've just read your post, and 5 sec later I hit 6 link on my Eclipse with 2 fusing lul, this could be "lucky post" for anyone who trying to link their staffs :))

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Silver_W0lf wrote:

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poeGT wrote:

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eightsgg1 wrote:

bought this for 20c without links and 6-linked it in 4 fusings. should i use this or sell it for something with crit multi?

Buy a lotto ticket first because 4 fusing, wow.

Holy cow, I've just read your post, and 5 sec later I hit 6 link on my Eclipse with 2 fusing lul, this could be "lucky post" for anyone who trying to link their staffs :))

I'd like to know the odds of that happening jesus.

Well this build is now my main mapper, I lost my main red mapper 30min ago. However atm my witch is only 75 and 3.8khp. The damage is great but I have to work on more life nodes. I still can't decide if I should dip to phase/mom at the cost of second duration, 1 power node and jewel socket.

I luckily farmed about 10ex worth of stuff before dying. Atm I am running this. The helm and boots can roll more res but I don't need it they are pretty solid coming with mana as well. The rings/neck are just res placeholders for now. Belt is a placeholder the strength needed for warlord.

I can't see anything remotely realistic cost wise for a 6link staff on HC league. I am not using fusing, I have NEVER done that and have it go well, so I pretty much have to buy it linked.

I am using shieldcharge with fort, dropping FB to proc surge.



I really hate having to use tabula, so much defensive lost but even 6links available are all trash and overpriced. For now I am doing low yellow maps while I try figure out wtf to do now after losing my big mapper.

I am thinking of not taking beacon for my third lab and getting Paragon just to be safe. Thoughts?

Also from the last page, thoughts on this phase/acro/mom variation. It forgoes power node, 1 jewel socket, throatseeker and 2 5%life nodes.

Level 93: Phase/Acro/MoM

If you take away exceptional performance then you can hit it earlier @ level 86.

Should I replace one of the skill gems with PCoC until I get a staff with PCoC? Or would it be better DPS not to do so?

Hello all!

First Elementalist that I've made...

I learned about 'triple heralds' but noticed this setup doesn't go that route.

Would it be safe to run 2 heralds with MoM? Herald of Ice and Thunder maybe?

Someone said it makes clear speed super fast...


I was also wondering if I could make this build as an Inquisitor...and how i might do that....and what the Drawbacks might be.....i know they are great with crit since they ignore enemy elemental defenses.

-Alavar

hey guys. between hypothermia, added cold dmg and cold penetration, which 2 would give most dps? or maybe even something else would better? please lads gimme some suggestions

My input on the questions above.

Herald of Thunder some are finding really doesn't add that much to map clearing. To be honest it's not needed since this build has so much trash damage. It's a MoM build so that extra mana is a better.

The PCOC gem, well I am using it because if you look @ today the staff I need costs 8ex. So yeah, I think if you're fast clearing maps it's worth having the pcoc gem in - especially if you took both power nodes.

The boss question, I think Hypothermia would be better for bosses, but this build has so many gems that work for different scenarios. I see more hypothermia for end game boss kills, take from that what you want.

Efficacy, bonechill, concentrated effect, faster caster, ice bite I see in others builds, there are a lot of options depending what you are doing and lacking.

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Since this thread is pretty quiet now, I decided since the staff is out of my reach that ice spear+CoC in my tabula was just not cutting in. So I've picked up a nice 5link chest with res/hp/mana and gone

Winter's Orb - GMP - Bonechill - Controlled Destruction - PCOC

Bonechill is so awesome for trash. I've gone up to t10-11 maps easily while I level and everything with the rest of the build is just frozen. And the Arctic breath totem I can bring down for some singlet target. Of course spear is much better for single target but it's not needed if you're not always killing bosses.

Concentrated effect is really cool as well but so many gem combos work. I'll add in spears once I can get the gear otherwise I think just pure Orb+totem is better for me.

But just in case I am missing something, what are everyone elses thoughts on a pure Winter's ORB gem set-up for 5 or 6link for just clearing trash and doing easy map bosses?

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poeGT wrote:

But just in case I am missing something, what are everyone elses thoughts on a pure Winter's ORB gem set-up for 5 or 6link for just clearing trash and doing easy map bosses?

That'd be fine for mapping. My main concern would be Syndicates encounters, which require some single-target (I find myself using Spear on those & other bosses).

If you did 6L Orb -- which is a differen't build and designed for mostly speed clearing -- I'd go for Inc. Duration. No need for extra DPS vs. trash mobs.