- This build works very well to complete the Atlas at league start and farm maps fast
- This build is a mapper, it's NOT a bosser
- I've been league starting with it about 10 times already
- It doesn't require any specific items
- It's able to progress the entire Atlas 1st day of league (if you don't sleep :D)
- It's able to farm T16 maps 1st day of league with only a few chaos invested
- No skill or flask timing needed
- Room to level other gems
- Only 1 skill setup
- 4500 life & 100% spell suppression pretty early already
- Great freeze uptime
- Doesn't really require Uber Lab! (it's only a small & situational defence bonus)
This version of the build is the cheap, league start atlas completion + mapping version. It's squishy, but freeze helps a lot :). You can make the build tanky and also increase the single target dps many, many times, if you invest into it. Some players were playing Icicle Deadeye to do "No Hit" Sanctums. It's also a good choice, if you're looking forward to make a bow build later. Then you already have a Deadeye :) and can just farm currency with it, until you have saved enough currency to craft or buy everything you need for your bow build. This works really good, because you are not required to invest into this build to be able to farm T14-16 maps.
Note: As Ranger, you can't buy Icicle Mine in Act 1 already. You have to ask someone else to buy it for you in the end of Act 1 - or get one from trade. Or you use something else till Act 3 Library Quest ("A Fixture Of Fate". It's located in The Library in The Imperial Gardens. There you can buy Icicle, EoW, Charged Mines, ...). I recorded a full Act 1 to Act 3 Library run for you, see under "Videos" further down. BUT: If you wait until Library, the gem will be level 1 and you should level it a bit, before you switch! I highly recommend to get one at level 12 or as early as possible and level it during the early acts already!
3.22 Changes
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more updates will follow after new info / patch notes
https://pobb.in/Q0lf9_WeSbKP
note:
- 2 socket shroud (3 is possible) and +8 boots (+9 is possible)
- you should also get poison / bleed immunity (evasion mastery / flask / jewels)
- get some chaos res too (I didn't have any chaos res items leftover in standard to test with... just get some on your rares...)
- I will update it after patch notes
Ranger Act 1 - Act 5 Kitava - Lightning Trap into Icicle Mines (no wand recipe) https://youtu.be/2YNQfmn40C0
(Act 6-10 are easier and take less time)
- 2k eva/armour hybrid chest w/o life mods (dense fossil on hybrid base)
- Hatred + Skitterbots + Determination
- Jade + Granite
- Immortal Flesh belt
- Enlighten 3 + rmr corruption (there are many other options too)
- Survivalist + Eva Mastery (100% inc eva from body armour)
My Gear Progress @ Crucible League Start
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My Gear Progress - Day 1 - (+Passive Tree & Atlas)
(already farming T15 Tropical Island + T16 Coves, Searing + Eater down)
- I will keep using Bitterdream
- get Determination into the build too
- get Weapon Tree on Bitterdream + 2nd sceptre
- 2nd sceptre should have 100% spell crit + 100% inc. cold/spell/ele/mine dmg + open suffix for mine throwing speed + anything else useful (+1 cold, cold dmg to spells, crit multi, ...)
- I will craft a +2 cold + multi + life + mine throwing speed amulet later
- I will aslo craft a chest with 2k+ eva/arm + chaos res + X
- rare boots with action speed or 7-league-steps, enchant: 120% crit
- get double or triple crit multi jewels with anything else useful
- craft nice rings, one of them with frostbite implicit
- Same Tree & Gear ...
- Only 2 gems are different!
- Icicle: feels a bit nicer and safer during mapping; slightly better clear; mobs die faster/immediately on the entire screen; better freeze uptime
- EoW: higher single target dps
Budget / League Start Gear
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- rare items with life + resists work fine
- any wands or sceptres with some of these mods: crit chance for spells, crit multi, +1cold/+1all, damage to spells, spell/cold/ele/mine damage, crafted mine throwing speed
Cheap uniques that I buy as soon as I have a few Chaos Orbs:
1. Bitterdream (for 3-link Icicle, works fine till T16!)
2. Mutewind Whispersteps
3. Heatshiver
Notes:
- day 1-2 setup without frostbite/exposure: elemental mastery "25% chance to invert monster res", don't forget to REMOVE it, as soon as you get frostbite ring & exposure from gloves
- you can usually get a random +4 chest for only a few divines, often already 6-linked, about 1 week into a new league
- you can often buy a level 21 Icicle Mine gem for 10c - 20c a few days after league start
Gems
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Keep in mind: As Ranger, you can't buy Icicle Mine. You have to ask someone else to buy it for you in the end of Act 1 - or get one from trade. Or you use something else till Act 3 Library. You have to do the Library quest in Act 3 ("A Fixture Of Fate". It's located in The Library in The Imperial Gardens.) to buy EoW / Charged Mines.
3-L (~ Act 2-4) Lightning Trap: Lightning Trap + Pierce + Added Cold Damage
(but you should already level Icicle)
3-L Icicle: Icicle + Pierce + Added Cold Damage (or Trap and Mine Damage, if you have crafted flat fire damage to spells (recipe @ A3 Solaris 2) or a similar amount of flat damage to spells on your wands)
Other:
- Hatred
- Summon Skitterbots (+ Bonechill, not needed in Bitterdream setup)
- Flame Dash + Faster Casting or any movement skill you like
- Cast on Death + Portal (saves so much time!)
- cwdt lvl 2 + Steelskin lvl 11
- Arcanist Brand + Assassin's Mark + Frost Bomb (vs. bosses)
You can use Determination and/or Grace, if you want to get more tanky. In order to be able to use different/more auras, you may get a matching reservation enchant on your helm or even use a rare helm with Essence RMR + RMR implicit. Another option is the RMR corruption (socketed gems get reservation multiplier). More options: Enlighten Gem, Annoint on amulet and new Reservation Mastery.
Flasks
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My favorite flask setup I've been running for many leagues now:
I'm not using the Silver (Onslaught) flask in the beginning of the league. I usually start with a Diamond/Granite/Jade (depending on what I benefit most from).
Even later, you may use Granite (instead of Silver) or Granite+Jade (instead of Silver+Quartz), if you want to get more tanky.
*link Icicle Mine with Pierce Support until you have pierce skilled in your tree; as soon as you have chain (2nd lab), you can remove any pierce and skill chain range instead!
My favorite setup: Soul of Arakaali + Soul of Abberath
Also unlock their bonuses!
How I progress and make currency at league start
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I'm usually doing a "Alch n go" T14+ strategy and always have currency to buy a HH or MB after about 3 days (but I do play a lot!). My strategy is quite simple and doesn't need any upfront investment! As soon as I reach T14 maps, I focus on farming T14+ only. I complete the rest of my Atlas with Kirac missions and maps from Kirac, while farming T14+ maps. When I unlock favorite map drop slots, I select any good layout maps. It doesn't matter if the maps are T14, 15 or 16. I'm not using Voidstones that early! Just Chisel + Alch, nothing on the map device.
Gear progression
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1. As soon as I have 2 chaos: Portal (link with Cast on Death, it will save you a lot of time!)
2. When I start mapping: Bitterdream, Mutewind Whispersteps, Heatshiver (about 4 chaos each)
3. just identify rare items and replace your rares with better ones (life, resists)
4. fix your flask setup (doesn't need to be perfect yet...)
5. As soon as you start to accumulate chaos/divines:
- frostbite ring (implicit, spam some crit multi essences on it till you get life/res)
- level 21 Icicle Mine gem
- +2 or +4 chest and decent wands or sceptres
Atlas progression
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- it's fine to run your first white maps magic
- buy maps from Kirac
- use your Kirac missions
- buy Chance Orbs if you don't have any to buy more maps from Kirac
- skill map drop chance passives in your Atlas Tree first
Mapping setup & Atlas Tree
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When I reach T14+, I start farming T14+, Chisel + Alch. I use my favourite map slots on any T14-16 maps with a really good layout. In Sanctum League I took Ashen Wood, Canyon, Dunes. I try to run them as fast as possible, under 2 minutes, because this increases your Altars per hour, Map Boss kills per hour, league mechanics per hour, ...! This is an important aspect of this strategy!
My Atlas Tree / Progression:
1. map drop nodes
2. shrine and strongbox nodes
3. eldritch currency drop nodes (Word of the Exarch & Wrath of the Cosmos)
4. shaper / elder guardian map drops (Remnants of the Past)
5. I took Delirium, but you can take anything else you like! Block whatever you don't like!
Loot & Selling
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The vast majority of my currency / profit is split among:
1. Currency tab
2. Eldritch Currency
3. Scarabs (random drop + Operative's Strongbox)
4. Shaper, Elder, Conqueror map drops
5. Eldritch Invitations (guaranteed drop every 14(28) maps)
6. whatever league mechanic you skill in your tree, deli = deli orbs + simulacrums...
7. New League mechanic
Every day I take ONE short break to convert this to chaos/divines.
Just foud your Build on Youtube :) was planning to go SRS again, but now im tempted to play this Build.
I tried it in Standard and it was nice, had some problems with some Map bosses but thats lack of Skill with mines xD Managed to kill The Guardian Phoenix (needed 4 portals xD) this shit works xD
If you look at my gear its just the 3 uniques , and some shit gear i had in stash (Gloves are okay with implicit but as you farm atlars its easy to get these onto the item) Offhand just uses some Essence of Torment)
Was lvl 87 but had 3 Points unallocated so i was basically lvl 84
My Gear (Only gem with max level is Icicle Mine xD)
I will definetley Start with this Build if i dont choose to go SRS again :)
Last edited by PatrickFN#5627 on Aug 8, 2023, 4:18:48 AM
Just foud your Build on Youtube :) was planning to go SRS again, but now im tempted to play this Build.
I tried it in Standard and it was nice, had some problems with some Map bosses but thats lack of Skill with mines xD Managed to kill The Guardian Phoenix (needed 4 portals xD) this shit works xD
If you look at my gear its just the 3 uniques , and some shit gear i had in stash (Gloves are okay with implicit but as you farm atlars its easy to get these onto the item) Offhand just uses some Essence of Torment)
Was lvl 87 but had 3 Points unallocated so i was basically lvl 84
My Gear (Only gem with max level is Icicle Mine xD)
I will definetley Start with this Build if i dont choose to go SRS again :)
Yes, your gear is so basic, you can double your dps without doing much.
- assassin's mark instead of frostbite
- gem levels and gem quality
- mine throwing speed essence-crafted stygian vise belt
- amulet with crit multi, life and 50% dmg anoint (divine judgement)
- mine throwing speed on your 2nd sceptre (crafting bench)
- gloves with 40%+ dmg vs chilled enemies (temple mod)
This will only cost a few chaos.
Edit: you are using the wrong version of Heatshiver
Last edited by 99prosorc#1700 on Aug 8, 2023, 9:23:07 AM
Just foud your Build on Youtube :) was planning to go SRS again, but now im tempted to play this Build.
[...]
I will definetley Start with this Build if i dont choose to go SRS again :)
Do note that your Standard Heatshiver is the useless, pre-buff version. Getting a current Heatshiver should be around 100% more damage, although we don't know if Heatshiver will dodge nerfs yet again :)
Just foud your Build on Youtube :) was planning to go SRS again, but now im tempted to play this Build.
[...]
I will definetley Start with this Build if i dont choose to go SRS again :)
Do note that your Standard Heatshiver is the useless, pre-buff version. Getting a current Heatshiver should be around 100% more damage, although we don't know if Heatshiver will dodge nerfs yet again :)
HAHAHAH DAMN, happend too with Bitterdream, i used the old one with the level 1 gems still did t16 maps with it xD
Tried with new Heatshiver so much smoother :)
Last edited by PatrickFN#5627 on Aug 8, 2023, 1:06:49 PM
Just foud your Build on Youtube :) was planning to go SRS again, but now im tempted to play this Build.
I tried it in Standard and it was nice, had some problems with some Map bosses but thats lack of Skill with mines xD Managed to kill The Guardian Phoenix (needed 4 portals xD) this shit works xD
If you look at my gear its just the 3 uniques , and some shit gear i had in stash (Gloves are okay with implicit but as you farm atlars its easy to get these onto the item) Offhand just uses some Essence of Torment)
Was lvl 87 but had 3 Points unallocated so i was basically lvl 84
My Gear (Only gem with max level is Icicle Mine xD)
I will definetley Start with this Build if i dont choose to go SRS again :)
Yes, your gear is so basic, you can double your dps without doing much.
- assassin's mark instead of frostbite
- gem levels and gem quality
- mine throwing speed essence-crafted stygian vise belt
- amulet with crit multi, life and 50% dmg anoint (divine judgement)
- mine throwing speed on your 2nd sceptre (crafting bench)
- gloves with 40%+ dmg vs chilled enemies (temple mod)
This will only cost a few chaos.
Edit: you are using the wrong version of Heatshiver
After you had this level of gear and you start farming currency, what order would you start buying pieces for the 15 Div setup, as the build obviously changes quite a lot, and i'm unsure if you can switch out for disolution, march, Shroud etc as you go, or whether it all needs to be done at once.
Just foud your Build on Youtube :) was planning to go SRS again, but now im tempted to play this Build.
I tried it in Standard and it was nice, had some problems with some Map bosses but thats lack of Skill with mines xD Managed to kill The Guardian Phoenix (needed 4 portals xD) this shit works xD
If you look at my gear its just the 3 uniques , and some shit gear i had in stash (Gloves are okay with implicit but as you farm atlars its easy to get these onto the item) Offhand just uses some Essence of Torment)
Was lvl 87 but had 3 Points unallocated so i was basically lvl 84
My Gear (Only gem with max level is Icicle Mine xD)
I will definetley Start with this Build if i dont choose to go SRS again :)
Yes, your gear is so basic, you can double your dps without doing much.
- assassin's mark instead of frostbite
- gem levels and gem quality
- mine throwing speed essence-crafted stygian vise belt
- amulet with crit multi, life and 50% dmg anoint (divine judgement)
- mine throwing speed on your 2nd sceptre (crafting bench)
- gloves with 40%+ dmg vs chilled enemies (temple mod)
This will only cost a few chaos.
Edit: you are using the wrong version of Heatshiver
After you had this level of gear and you start farming currency, what order would you start buying pieces for the 15 Div setup, as the build obviously changes quite a lot, and i'm unsure if you can switch out for disolution, march, Shroud etc as you go, or whether it all needs to be done at once.
Thanks
You can just buy and use Shroud of the Lightless + March of the Legion first.
It should be at least a 2-abyssal-socket Shroud and +2 corrupted +5 boots (+7 total).
Then Rathpith Globe + Dissolution of the Flesh whenever you can afford it.
