Cold Chronomancer Megathread. All content cleared. Leveling guide added.

Totally screwed up my maxroll page, had to make a new link:

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/6x7q0cm3

The leveling guide is published: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/an1bc0nm

Made a video compilation of some bosses/gameplay: https://youtu.be/xZAhwBeEtUM

That's it.

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maccabeus_#5355 wrote:

Hi there!

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First of all, I just want to say thanks for the community and all the work you guys have done creating and sharing this amazing build! I'm having a lot of fun playing it, and it's been a great experience so far.

However, I'm running into some trouble when it comes to defeating uber bosses. I feel like I'm not doing enough damage compared to what I see in the videos, and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

It could be a problem with my gear or maybe my understanding of stat priorities for endgame bossing. Could you help clarify what I should be aiming for? Specifically:

How much % crit chance and crit bonus should I have for uber bosses?

Do you swap any supports for bossing?

Are there any other key stats I should prioritize for this build in the endgame?
I really appreciate any advice you can give. Thanks again for all the effort you put into sharing your builds and content!

About crit - more=better. Focus on Critical Damage.
I swap only 1 support - Concentrated Effect instead of Impetus in CoC.
% increased spell/elemental damage is good to get too.

Besides that, are you sure you are doing everything right? Conductivity, Soul Offering, enough Comets?
What about EoW?
How's your wand?

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Madlancer#7814 wrote:

Quick question about the snakepit ring. If we have enough spirit we can run CoF + Frostwall. But should we also have a separate Frostwall slotted if we have the space just for normal casting? Otherwise if we are bossing we'd have to turn it off no?

Chobi0ne has frostwalls separated: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/ilq1o0v9

Personally, never tried CoF-FW.

This is the wand I'm using currently.



Yes I'm doing everything right, I think I just need to improve my jewels and gear.

What stats do you usually prioritize on jewels?

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maccabeus_#5355 wrote:

Yes I'm doing everything right, I think I just need to improve my jewels and gear.

What stats do you usually prioritize on jewels?

On jewels (x6) I've 72% inc crit damage, 50% inc damage (spell/elemental), 27% crit chance, 10% mana on kill, some aura/curse effect and aoe.

Total, 391% crit damage rn, went down from 406%.

Be sure to get lvl 20 Comet and Archmage too. What's your mana pool?

Edit: Also, have you considered Maligaro's Virtuosity route? They are very painful to fit, but replace literally all critical damage investment. So you can go crit chance or "% increased damage" instead.

They can save me like 9 passives and replace jewels with smth better. Unfortunately, I'm unable to fit them now. Dex and res requirements are big.

Thanks everyone for the advice... spent most of my meager savings swapping from Crit EOW/Comet. It was great for early mapping but there was no boss damage at all esp with the change to unleash.

Build is great so far for a <1 Div investment, although I am still rather squishy. 2k ES, 3.4k Mana.

Map clears are good and fast, bosses go poof too. Just time to farm got some better gear before trying out the other endgame content.

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Madlancer#7814 wrote:

Build is great so far for a <1 Div investment, although I am still rather squishy. 2k ES, 3.4k Mana.

Map clears are good and fast, bosses go poof too. Just time to farm got some better gear before trying out the other endgame content.

I have 2.3k ES and 4k mana =) Grim Feast pulls ES up to 4.6k, but I'm not sure if I actually need that much outside of Simulacrum.

50% temp chains and other slows are very convenient to me as a layer of defense.

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monik390#5560 wrote:

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Madlancer#7814 wrote:

Build is great so far for a <1 Div investment, although I am still rather squishy. 2k ES, 3.4k Mana.

Map clears are good and fast, bosses go poof too. Just time to farm got some better gear before trying out the other endgame content.

I have 2.3k ES and 4k mana =) Grim Feast pulls ES up to 4.6k, but I'm not sure if I actually need that much outside of Simulacrum.

50% temp chains and other slows are very convenient to me as a layer of defense.

Monik hello, can u show or say your list comet/frost wall/frost bolt damage ?

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Kabanaken#0870 wrote:

Monik hello, can u show or say your list comet/frost wall/frost bolt damage ?

Sure. Under Soul Offering, not counting all conditional buffs on crit (Deadly Force/Stormcharged).

Frostbolt (lvl 19):


Comet (lvl 20):


Frost Wall (lvl 19):

hmm, what wrong with me))?Under Soul offerring too:

https://ibb.co/g6LDq7d

https://ibb.co/SfBb0x2

https://ibb.co/M146S76


https://ibb.co/m84xxyN

Frostbolt level 19 (+5lvl modifier)

Frost Wall level 19 (+5lvl mod)

Comet lvl 19 (+5lvl mod)

Archamge level 19 (+1mod)

3700 mana pool, and wand like this:

https://ibb.co/LRvWmjc

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monik390#5560 wrote:

50% temp chains and other slows are very convenient to me as a layer of defense.

Oh Def, but I'm just scared of the random frigging snake ambush from out of the screen lol. Most of the time I die to stuff I cant see on the floor like lightning and stuff.

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Kabanaken#0870 wrote:

hmm, what wrong with me))?Under Soul offerring too:

https://ibb.co/g6LDq7d

https://ibb.co/SfBb0x2

https://ibb.co/M146S76


https://ibb.co/m84xxyN

Frostbolt level 19 (+5lvl modifier)

Frost Wall level 19 (+5lvl mod)

Comet lvl 19 (+5lvl mod)

Archamge level 19 (+1mod)

3700 mana pool, and wand like this:

https://ibb.co/LRvWmjc

So, his archmage is 6+2% per 100 mana. he said 4000 manage. 40x. level19+20% quality. (level 21 is actually 7%+2%. he might actually have that.)
320% of base damage gained as lightning.
+20% wand.
340% of base damage gained as lightning.

most of his spell/area/elem/hit damage mods are generic like that. only 10% cold.
no specific lightning either.
the actual amount doesn't really matter. because the key is noticing his lightning damage is about 3.5x his cold damage. yours is not.

mana tempest might be relevent here, but soul offering isn't as again, its generic damage.

lets look at comet. all generic damage gains, so cold and lightning will scale evenly.
1009-1513 cold at level 20.
340% gained as lightning= 4439-6657.

124132/6657=18.64 or about 1764% damage increased.
but thats not really important.
(edit: should have used level 24 comet at 2688 max cold damage.)


124132 max lightning versus 34238 max cold is.
362% damage gained. (might be 7%+2%, or small amounts of cold/lightning fiddling with the numbers, or perhaps not exactly 4k mana.)



your comet.
26150 max cold.
58619 max lighting.

224% damage gained.

3700 mana is 37x. if you don't have quality, that is only 6% per, not 8, or 9%
37x6 is 222% damage gained.

quality on archmage would give you 37x 8 for 296% damage gained.
77404 max lightning.

Archmage is totally busted. every 100 mana is a huge increase in damage, especially with quality.
gemcutters are of course very easy to get too.
even that presumed 300 mana difference is 8-9%x3 for 24-27% damage gained.


..is archmage gaining, on that 20% wand damage gain?