[0.2] Cold Chronomancer Megathread. Nerfed to the ground.
" Any good damage anoints are not cheap, like 0.5-1div or more. So until you get really good amulet better just skip it or get anything cheap temporary, PoB can sort anoint by dps, so get best one that's cheap. |
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The greater question on sceptres, Im not certain.
need to see the rune options upcoming for sure. and need to get a better look of the end game mana problems. Is that why people are abandoning archmage/coc? with quality. Convalescence -30 clarity- 10 spirit 30% inc mana regen. Blasphemy-54 normal/ 76 heightened. coc-90 am- 90 cod-90 cof-60 blink- 60 spirit AA 30 vital -20 (1% life regen canabl- 15 (2% life on kill) herbal- 15 (30% inc life flask recovery. mysticism- 15 30% inc spell damage while full es. so base 100. conval+clarity=40 leaving 60 for cof, blink, or blasphemy, or mysticism+. does not require quality. +100 with a basic scepter. heightened blasph+cov/clarity, would be 116 spirit with quality. which would still not be enough for a 90 quality AM/coc/cod. so, a basic sceptre enables 1 and thats it. even with quality its 190 spirit. leaving 10 free, which is not even enough for any of the small side ones like herbalism or mysticism. h-blasph+cov+clarity+cof+mysticism is 191. this is an option. A basic scepter without +spirit on it, is neigh useless then. the raw loss of caster stats, is not made up for, by a cof/coc/am alone. coval+clarity+hieghtened b+coc with quality is 206. 224 without quality. so, I'd say a sceptre needs 114 spirit to be even considered. 284(266 with q) allows cof or blink to be added. 324(296)for coval+clar+heightened b+coc+am. 299(281) forh-blasph+cov+clarity+cof+mysticism+coc (remember +203 is max on scepter) AM is right out. 3% added lightning damage. you can get 5% added via "essence of the storm". The mana cost, the spirit cost. not remotely worth it. Coc should still be viable. but, we really do need to consider the mana costs, and opportunity costs of wands/foci. heightened blasph +coc +cof or blink +mysticism. worth it? |
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" I didnt have any problem just collecting the anoint mats myself in sff. pretty sure I had the mats for volatile catalyst x3 within 3 simulacrum waystones. not exactly a ton of farming..  That said. Im just now realizing they removed the starter area, and thus Volatile catalyst as an anoint option?! wtf.. wheres the patch note on that, trying to find it. sigh.... this means Multitasking is second best I suppose. paranoia, disgust fear. 3 greed=1 paranoia 3 envy=1 disgust 3 dispar=1 fear. Last edited by Casia#1093 on Apr 13, 2025, 12:52:11 PM
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" if you go for CI then i guess ancient aegis is cheapest option, i got it for under 30 ex |
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Ty guys for the help really appreciate it
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" I just switched to CoC from CoF, and there is some point when CoC becomes better. Remember, the more damage you do - the more energy you get for CoC, and this is not the case for CoF. Energy gain for CoF doesn't scale with the damage you do, so it definitely is better in clearing before you do enough damage so CoC becomes superior. If we are talking about bossing - CoC is still the king for us. I won't even mention Effigy superiority here for CoC. Good shit we are playing 0.6% class, so this powerhouse is a vendor tier. However, please keep in mind, that right now Blasphemy and CoC are the only things I can run with my current 144 spirit (exactly 0 left). So Sceptre builds are definitely superior in terms QoL and defense. ~~~ About mana problems, I didn't solve them yet.. Here, my Trialmaster fight (I just went for 4 asc points in 1 go at lvl 80): https://youtu.be/WeGMfXOSg2g Absolutely screwed fight (I was really bad with the temporal rift, just got it and forgot to use it), which I'd lose if not for Nightscale gloves. I saw some dudes on poe2.ninja getting mana regen on every single piece of gear possible, and I can totally relate why. |
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just doing t3 the king and feel mana issue kinda big, t1 t2 seem fine but t3 its kinda annoying. its probably maybe i replace %mana recharge for +5 cold for my wand but i doubt 13% energy recharge gonna help much
here my current build https://poe2.ninja/profile/character/1tr63lirm9mxn/Reicat2-2820/ChronoWaru just do t4 and its seem rough, ill have to level up all my skill i think because the dmg isnt seem good Last edited by Reicat2#2820 on Apr 13, 2025, 5:40:48 PM
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" I wish I could use CoC, but it has a much higher spirit cost and I can't afford it right now. Blasphemy + temporal chains is helping to keep me alive and my death count went to the bottom after equipping it. It's a must have if you're doing maps. Mobs are crazy fast on 0.2. This is how I play on maps: https://cdn.steamusercontent.com/ugc/44580833229204621/74281BFB08F6754E19C5052E0CEFEEB9946673A0/ " neither do I, however if you properly do the timing with temporal rift, you can combo multiple times on full mana / es https://cdn.steamusercontent.com/ugc/44580833229350508/BE5C37EA8E666AF52C42A47CF6180688B5E2AEA4/ " looks like that's the way as mana flasks can't keep up when mana goes to the bottom. I have 2k mana and still face issues even with Mental Toughness anonited. The support gems are eating too much mana right now and so is the skill leveling. Do you guys think GGG will adjust that? it seems GGG was a bit aggressive on that |
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Is "Now and again" necessary when you start using Snakepit?
I mean mb Lich is better choice right now with 25% mitigation (ty "bypass ES" mechanic) and 30% more damage? Also Lich has HUGE mana regen Last edited by A4TechiesTV#1731 on Apr 13, 2025, 5:42:11 PM
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ok. since I'm not certain I'll keep playing enough to get the new chrono to max.
I jumped on the old one and fiddled. ok, here was option a. https://poe2.ninja/pob/304e with omen sceptre coc, conv, clarity, mystic. blasphy +h temp chains. only tried a t10 map. blasted through it. no real mana problems. never dipped below 50%. heres the thing. average frost bomb hit. 12828 all buffed up. frozen/hinderd,crit recent, etc. if I were to instead swap to my wand.. remove coc. swap heightened to manual cast hypo. 114 total spirit.5 unreserved. average frost bomb hit. 25000. https://poe2.ninja/pob/3056d I haven't run a map with the wand again. Ill have to see how much +skills hits my mana. but in town screwing around I can't drain it. and without CoC procs.. I dont' know what could. Too many buttons. the struggle is real. haha. nova, conv, bomb, wall, unleash, comet, hypo. last slot for snap, timerift, and time freeze all competing for 1. and soul offering on swap.. so, I will edit and make up a "complete" build. as you might notice I only have 1 skill with greater/perfect gemcutters. which I had put on frostbomb. my priority NOW would probably be wall, comet, then bomb. I think you are all sleeping on unleash still. you know that triple cast does not consume mana right? |
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