Cold Chronomancer Megathread. All content cleared. Leveling guide added. Low-budget build added.

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JuggerNuc#1979 wrote:

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aiseht#4782 wrote:

Tested the build post-patch; i'm using nova, and things are actually, better? less comet on mobs means that my mana wont get sucked dry quickly, and on boss, the performance is still the same (dried my mana pool).

If you rely on self-crit-wall-breaking-comet to clear mobs, it might impact you, but so far so good.

My nova is at 73K btw, so most mobs melt.

Do you mind posting your pob? I tried nova but my damage with it was way too low for some reason. Lot of trouble breaking walls.

hi,
this is my half-completed maxroll build: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/2ilo05vb

I have 356 spirit and its enough to slot in temporal chain + conductivity with heightened curse on Blasphemy; for QoL.

It leaves me with one flex slot, to try stuffs.

Using blink on weapon 2.

its expensive yes but I only have 1 character and I pour all of my resources here haha.

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twarunchai#0382 wrote:

0.1.1c, as Im low-med budget, it really neft in CoC comet. It not call comet in magic mob.
Im thinking to go back CoF or CoS Frostwall for QoL as it not proc trigger anymore (still manual cast on boss).

For rare and unique boss, I didnot think it difference as my cri from EoW and Frostbolt still enough to empty my mana and kill in a sec.

As in term of damage or critical still same but it just not proc comet anymore.

btw, I cannot move on Morior as it is main ele res. How do you manage res to meet 75% res w/o Morior? just boots, helm, 1 ring still not enough for me.

It is nice harder, qi think the easiest is to give up on 3 charms and get a good belt with about 40 res in each element
A good breach c ring with on helps.

Notably I give up on mana regen and just use maelstrom. It is only 8-9 dives now. It means your breach ring can have one more slot for resistance

Alright, so.

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Low-budget build (<2d) vs lvl 81 map with breach and boss: https://youtu.be/AGm0SU1A-rs

Pre-nerf in comparison: https://youtu.be/ISKDUsl7_m8?feature=shared&t=789

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Full simulacrum run (lvl 82, end-game glasscannon): https://youtu.be/d3aQbbGODls

Pre-nerf in comparison: https://youtu.be/tSdhmAZLXzg

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- Nerf to CoC clear. Noticeable one.

- Bossing nerf is not noticeable. It's still here, but there's no practical difference at all.

- The biggest hits go to Hideout (no one will ask you for a build after the rain of comets on the walls), and Simulacrum for the medium budget.

- Low budget got hit slightly. There weren't many comets to begin with.

- End-game is whatever, I don't care.

- Rares/uniques still get CoCed.

Comets were the biggest part of the Simulacrum clear for medium-budget for sure. That's unfortunate. Other than that, everything is still fine.

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aiseht#4782 wrote:

to slot in temporal chain + conductivity with heightened curse on Blasphemy

Exactly my next upgrade. Was wrecking my head about how to get that spirit (helmet corruption, sceptre, or amulet), thanks for AtD reminder. Totally forgot about that.

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monik390#5560 wrote:

Comets were the biggest part of the Simulacrum clear for medium-budget for sure. That's unfortunate. Other than that, everything is still fine.

After some testing (I don't have spark build yet), I came to the same conclusion.
For mobs, comet doesn't trigger much anymore so it is pretty useless. I think I will slot in elemental focus and magnified all the time now.
So for hard breach and simulacrum, this is a significant nerf.

We could use cast on freeze for mobs instead.

But moving to all spell build is the way I think. Need a new wand

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Masamune69#3634 wrote:

So for hard breach and simulacrum, this is a significant nerf.

Significant nerf is not for breaches, just Simulacrum on a medium budget.

Idk what is the "breach" problem here. Frost wall detonation and Frostbolt clears everything. Comets were just for rares, and there are still plenty of them.

Simulacrum lvl 82, on the other hand, cannot be cleared by a single wall detonation on a medium budget. It relies on comets even for trash mobs at waves 13-15.

im finding it hard to understand why i would use cast on shock over freeze, freeze procks so much more

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kylistur#6890 wrote:

im finding it hard to understand why i would use cast on shock over freeze, freeze procks so much more

On bosses CoS is the better. CoF is better for clearing.

Anyway, I removed CoS recently. Forever.

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monik390#5560 wrote:

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aiseht#4782 wrote:

to slot in temporal chain + conductivity with heightened curse on Blasphemy

Exactly my next upgrade. Was wrecking my head about how to get that spirit (helmet corruption, sceptre, or amulet), thanks for AtD reminder. Totally forgot about that.

Glad I helped :)

AtD works like a charm, but again, it's very expensive since the jewel that we are after (Int + Spirit) is also used by the attribute stacker monk/gemling lol.

anyway Monik, since I have a free slot, what skill should I put in? i have 0 spirit so no CoS or Invocation, I'm thinking idk, frost bomb? lol

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aiseht#4782 wrote:

Glad I helped :)

AtD works like a charm, but again, it's very expensive since the jewel that we are after (Int + Spirit) is also used by the attribute stacker monk/gemling lol.

anyway Monik, since I have a free slot, what skill should I put in? i have 0 spirit so no CoS or Invocation, I'm thinking idk, frost bomb? lol

Ha, I went low-budget edition with 1% max mana and 800 ES chest with remaining spirit =) 11d total, but could even fit Clarity xD This way lost 100 mana, and opportunity cost is 350 mana in comparison to 1k ES chest =) No passives tree changes tho, which I like a lot.

Was going to ask you about last skill gems lmao xD

I fit mana tempest for now, but it's kinda meh, no reason to use it at all.
Was thinking about either Frost Bomb or Flame Wall, lmao, since I do Spark.

Flame Wall would offer Echoing Flame notable tho, which is 30% increased damage out of blue.

Frost Bomb with 20% quality is better than EoW for exposure on bosses, but idk, I don't need any more damage on bosses even with Conductivity in Blashemy, and pressing 1 more button is not what I want now xD

Anyway, there ain't much besides Frost Bomb for cold build for the last slot.

Was experimenting with gems post-nerf for faster mapping, for those wanting something decently strong without relying on cast on crit since that barely now procs on mobs. Manaflare + ice nova and typical supports work well and can move pack to pack without having to bother with casting frost wall first, with sufficient damage you can just cast nova and move to next pack.