[3.9?] Sidefx Frost Blades - Hyped for Support +

Hi all,
I did that build, and i keep dying quickly (too much quickly) on bosses and most of elites. My dps looks kinda low too;
Any help with what i could improve would be appreciated !

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/kurtyco/characters

What is ToA, folks?
@Sidefx, still waiting ur reply in pm. Thanks in advance.

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Baboonje wrote:

What is ToA, folks?
@Sidefx, still waiting ur reply in pm. Thanks in advance.

Touch of Anguish, the unique claw

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Frost Blades -> Weapon Ele Dmg -> Multistrike -> Ruthless -> Cold Pen -> Melee Physical Damage

120k dps tooltip max. OFC this tooltip isn't showing us the exact damage on this build but look...

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Frost Blades -> Weapon Ele Dmg -> Multistrike -> Damage on Full Life -> Ice Bite -> Increased Critical Strikes Support

180k dps tooltip max and way better clear speed. Near all monsters are chilled + frozen, more damage on them, easier to kill.

Tell me, why autor decided to take Melee Physical + Ruthless when it's way less powerfull?

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kurtyco wrote:

Hi all,
I did that build, and i keep dying quickly (too much quickly) on bosses and most of elites. My dps looks kinda low too;
Any help with what i could improve would be appreciated !

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/kurtyco/characters

You are missing life rolls on both belt and amulet, rolls on your left ring and helmet are also very low. It is important for this build to have high base life. Touch of Anguish would be great dps and clearspeed for you too, they have gone rather cheap (20c), so i suggest grabbing 2 of those for huge damage increase.

As for the skill tree, vaal pact definitely is not necessary until red maps, so I suggest speccing out of it and pathing towards Blood drinker (3 life nodes - 20% total) and overall grabbing more life nodes like Heart of the Oak. Regen is more important than VP for you at this stage, especially when you will have ToA claws which give 92 life per hit anyway, acting as mini VP.

can someone explain to me what is better in this build - Abyssus or Starkonja?
If i'll use the Abyssus by the old version of the build, will I not die of increased incoming damage? What in the new version of build helps to dodge this increased damage?

PS ToA is so cheap now, I'm so upset that I bought them for 50ch five days ago

I can give 1 ToA to someone who is just starting

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Gardulec wrote:

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Frost Blades -> Weapon Ele Dmg -> Multistrike -> Ruthless -> Cold Pen -> Melee Physical Damage

120k dps tooltip max. OFC this tooltip isn't showing us the exact damage on this build but look...

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Frost Blades -> Weapon Ele Dmg -> Multistrike -> Damage on Full Life -> Ice Bite -> Increased Critical Strikes Support

180k dps tooltip max and way better clear speed. Near all monsters are chilled + frozen, more damage on them, easier to kill.

Tell me, why autor decided to take Melee Physical + Ruthless when it's way less powerfull?

coz he weak theryocrafter ...
Why u use Inc. crit chance vs Crit.dmg (with ToA crit dont always freeze, and crit.dmg give more profit with power charges)

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Gardulec wrote:

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Frost Blades -> Weapon Ele Dmg -> Multistrike -> Ruthless -> Cold Pen -> Melee Physical Damage

120k dps tooltip max. OFC this tooltip isn't showing us the exact damage on this build but look...

"

Frost Blades -> Weapon Ele Dmg -> Multistrike -> Damage on Full Life -> Ice Bite -> Increased Critical Strikes Support

180k dps tooltip max and way better clear speed. Near all monsters are chilled + frozen, more damage on them, easier to kill.

Tell me, why autor decided to take Melee Physical + Ruthless when it's way less powerfull?

Why are u using Ice Bite not Cold Pen? It seems Cold Pen provides more hidden damage. Or i missing smth?

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mrakobesie wrote:

can someone explain to me what is better in this build - Abyssus or Starkonja?
If i'll use the Abyssus by the old version of the build, will I not die of increased incoming damage? What in the new version of build helps to dodge this increased damage?

PS ToA is so cheap now, I'm so upset that I bought them for 50ch five days ago

I can give 1 ToA to someone who is just starting

Screw Abyssus. This build is too squishy for it, even with 5.5+ hp pool. I'd say any helmet with 100+ hp, fb enchancment and missing res will be fine.

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Drunken_owl wrote:

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Gardulec wrote:

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Frost Blades -> Weapon Ele Dmg -> Multistrike -> Ruthless -> Cold Pen -> Melee Physical Damage

120k dps tooltip max. OFC this tooltip isn't showing us the exact damage on this build but look...

"

Frost Blades -> Weapon Ele Dmg -> Multistrike -> Damage on Full Life -> Ice Bite -> Increased Critical Strikes Support

180k dps tooltip max and way better clear speed. Near all monsters are chilled + frozen, more damage on them, easier to kill.

Tell me, why autor decided to take Melee Physical + Ruthless when it's way less powerfull?

Why are u using Ice Bite not Cold Pen? It seems Cold Pen provides more hidden damage. Or i missing smth?

I see good difference between Cold Pen and Ice Bite - for me it don't have good hidden dmg, with Ice Bit I nearly always chill or freeze. We have 20% increased damage agaist frozen enemies and more cold damage per frenzy charge. 7x.
With Surgebinders (gloves) we have 7x7% ele dmg and 7x6 spell dmg.