[3.7] Ice Spear Miner - Fun & Fast Machine Gun Simulator, Great League Starter

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alpish wrote:

Hi there, first I would like to commend you on the excellent writing of this guide. The ideas are very nicely thought out and the simulations you ran fed my nerd side as well :)

I mostly play miners and this has caught my attention a while ago. This league I started out as arc, and found it lacking. Switching to GC and while ok, still had the clear issues. Then I decided to try out a fireball/ice spear miner after checking a few chars on PoE ninja.

You are correct in the sense that fireball and ice spear arent the same element and sound not very synergistic. However, you can still scale both of them thru elemetal, spell and mine damages which is enough. Fireball is only used for clear anyway. I am currently using your build guide, plus a fireball setup in the helm.

I would like to suggest to try out a fireball setup with Fireball/GMP/Fork/TnM Dmg in a shaped +1 mine helm (Bonus Inc AoE support). I also opted for 2x RoLling Flames Treshold jewel, and the clear is amazing, better than any miner I have played to date (Havent tried the old KB miner before it was nerfed). Still focus on Ice spear dmg for the single target.

Hopefully this idea can add a bit to the already amazing guide and inspire some new ideas around the build.

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Here is a snapshot of my current gear

http://poe-profile.info/profile/LepreConMan/LepreSudaneseAustralian

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Samexi wrote:

I've been playing with the build for a few weeks and I must say that it is the most balanced I've seen so far. The defence (endgame 50% damage goes through mana, over 600hp regen after mine triggers, ~500mana/s, + ~700es) is pretty "tanky" and the damage with the flasks just annihiliates single targets and other unlucky mobs. Even though running with just little over 3k life atm. because of the perks I just mentioned can easily clear highest map tiers and other endgame content.

Build is also very cost effective and easy to start with little to none currency. I was actually already ahead of my friends in dmg and defence after clearing all the acts even though they had higher levels and spent a few exalts in their gear.

Playstyle is really addictive even though this is my first miner and been little skeptic how I like the playstyle. This is one of the few characters I've played over lvl90.

The only downside I can really think of is that it seems like when running in parties the Ice spear can cause a little stuttering occasionally. This is pretty usual in poe with builds that has many ailments/projectiles etc. and it's no problem when the mobs just melt away. Just wanted to give heads-up for some (and before someone comments I'm running pretty much the best PC setup money can buy).

I just wanted to make a little summary of my experiences and thank @LepreConMan personally for this awesome build! This is way better than many superpopular ones that I've played and been really enjoying it(The feeling when all your friends with top end builds just admires your dps :D). At least there's the benefit of not getting nerfed so easily when the build doesn't get too much attention ;) I continue my journies with the setup and keep eyeballing the forum if Lepre gets a new upgrade ideas for the build! Cya and let the Ice Spears impale those mobs!