*-*[3.1] Reflect Freeze / 75% Regen / 4000 LGoH / 70% block WinterStrike Chieftain*-* [Shaper]

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[3.1 testing section]
may update guide fully when i get time. below is enough to get the idea. i think 3.1 uniques and ancestral call really helped.

Items:



character link:
https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/link1313/characters?characterName=thenewfreeze

ascendency:
juggernaut instead of chieftain

gameplay video:
https://youtu.be/l2kkQl-6BhY


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Build Goal:
-To make a build worthy of getting bex's attention. for reasons. (sorry it does not include a bow!)

Summary + Cool Mechanic Interactions:
-Changes to freeze mechanics in 3.0 makes a self-freezing build much easier than it was in the past.
I will further explain the mechanics below, but as a high-level summary to cause a self-freeze of 3 seconds we would only need to take a physical hit of about ~1000 damage or a cold hit of about ~150 damage after mitigation.


-Winterheart amulet gives 20% life regeneration while frozen. With Soul of Arakaali (50% increased Recovery of Life and Energy Shield if you've stopped taking Damage Over Time Recently) and a simple CWDT + Immortal call + Blood Rage setup turns Winterheart into a constant 30% life regeneration while frozen beastly amulet. Also any of Chieftain's life regeneration nodes are also increased by 50%.

-The "of Light" (does not matter which one) glove enchantment creates consecrated ground for 5 seconds when you take a critical strike (+9% life regeneration with Soul of Arakaali)

- Soul of Yugul's 50% chance to reflect chills and freezes to monsters. It works wonders freezing them for 3 seconds each time because the duration is based on your freeze duration which is then reflected.

-50% increased chance to take a critical strike from five Reckless Defence jewels allows us to induce self-freeze (can be higher if the jewels are corrupted with the ChanceToBeCritJewelCorrupted mod which adds another 3-5% per jewel). Chieftan's Ramako, Sun's Light gives us "Cannot Be Ignited" so we will still trigger Soul of Arakaali regeneration. Soul of Arakaali also allows us to mitigate some of the extra shock (10% chance to avoid lightning damage when hit, 30% reduced Effect of Shock on you, 30% reduced Shock Duration on You) that will come our way if we do not have a grounding flask up.

-Izaro's Dilemma 100% increased physical damage while frozen is a Global modifier. Therefore because we dual wield two of them we get 200% increased physical damage (global).

-Abyssus's added 40-60 physical damage works very strongly with Izaro's Dilemma damage and 1.84 base attacks per second speed. The +attributes help us get some much needed dexterity and intelligence on the left side of the tree. The 40-50% increased physical damage taken is actually a positive in most mapping situations (i.e. not Minotaur) because it helps trash mobs freeze us for longer and is helped mitigated in tougher situations by the essence of horror armor we wear (15% of physical damage taken as cold damage). The +3 projectile for molten strike is not an expensive mod as most uber lab runners enchant abyssus to try to get +2 projectiles for barrage and it causes molten strike's damage to deal up to 100% more damage if used alone (from 1 hit + 2 projectiles to 1 hit + 5 projectiles).

-Molten Strike is a skill that "shotguns", i.e. if a monster has a large hitbox (i.e. Argus) then the magma balls have the potential to overlap and deal extra damage. Two Wildfire jewels add four more projectiles to the build and increase area of effect by 50% giving the balls a greater chance to overlap. Dying Sun flask gives us a further 2 projectiles and 20% area of effect. In total with the helmet enchantment and base molten strike skill we can have 1 hit + 11 projectiles which deal serious damage if all of them are within the monsters hitbox. Its worth noting if all flasks are up, all projectiles hit, vaal lightning trap is down, frenzy charges are up we can hit up to 1 million shaper DPS! (i won't advertise that further though because its not consistent)

-Izaro's claws grant +46 life gain on hit. Combined with our fast attack speed and multiple projectiles we can hit 8 * 12 * 46 = 4416 instant Life Gained on Hit per second. (Vaal Pact eat your heart out!)

-Avatar of Fire converts 50% of other types of damage to fire damage. Combined with 60% molten strike physical converted to fire damage we deal 100% fire damage. Fire damage is strong as it synergizes well with Chieftain Hinekora, Death's Fury node (Damage Penetrates 10% Fire Resistance, 1% of Fire Damage Leeched as Life, Gain 20% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage if you or your Totems have Killed Recently), the passive tree node Lava Lash (30% increased Fire Damage with Weapons, Damage with Weapons Penetrates 8% Fire Resistance), and Berek's Pass ring (30% increased fire damage, adds 25-50 cold damage [Essentially 12-25 fire damage which is still strong considering our fast attack speed]). Avatar of Fire also allows us to use powerful support gems such as Fire Penetration and Elemental Damage with Attacks.

-Berek's Pass ring provides +5000 armor while frozen. In addition with +280% armour from the passive tree this ring alone adds ~+19000 armor while frozen.

-Kaom's roots "You Cannot be Slowed to Below Base Speed" allows us to still move, attack, and cast while frozen. The 2% life regeneration enchantment is not necessary but it is nice because it is increased by 50% by Soul of Arakaali.

-Auxium belt changes freeze duration from our life pool (6000+ life) to 65% of our energy shield pool. Now i say "pool" because it does not matter how much energy shield we have at the current time, the freeze calculation is based on the maximum amount. I have about 120 ES right now so .65 * 120 = 78 ES which means we have the potential to be frozen for a long time.

-Essence of Horror Armor's 15% physical damage taken as cold damage modifier means physical damage can cause self-freezes. It is relatively cheap to obtain for a 6L item. Start by buying 11 "Chains that Bind" divination cards at 2 chaos each and then using an essence of horror, 30 chaos, on it. If you get an energy shield base armor i recommend starting the process over as any added ES decreases our freeze duration.

Essential Items:


Passive Tree:
Level 92


Bandits


Ascendancy


Pantheon


Flasks


Gem Links


Gear


Leveling Strategy


Play Strategy


Pros/Cons


Videos


Further Testing


Community Suggestions:


Hope you guys enjoy! Any questions/concerns please post in thread and not via PM.
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cool build.

*ahems* serious note. Its great to finally see someone revive the old 'white walker' build into something modern and playable. I am really excited that you put it all together so well, and don't have to resort to shackles to make it work. The old heartbound method was not very enticing.

Looking over the build, I still see the potential for one-off, haven't been frozen in a while, moving from pack to pack, 15 leapers jump you one shots happening. What is your experience with that?

Otherwise great work!

No fun allowed

Excuse my ignorance, but how the fuck are you moving while frozen?

Your build is incredibly well thought out, it looks fun, it uses more than one rarely used unique, it's not super expensive (yet) and it's actually pretty good. It looks tanky as well, it might be hardcore viable.

10/10.

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DE_BattleMage wrote:

Excuse my ignorance, but how the fuck are you moving while frozen?

That is actually a very good question!

Good sir, would you be so kind to elaborate to our foolish souls how exactly do you keep moving?

He says in the main post that Kaom's Roots lets him continue moving while frozen.

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stabbylord wrote:

He says in the main post that Kaom's Roots lets him continue moving while frozen.

Thank you very much and have a good day! :)

Nice cheeky build ;)

The build is so slow, clunky and ugly - they may as well just leave it alone. If your willing to spend 8min + slowly wearing down a boss, you deserve to keep your build IMO. It takes less time than that to clear Uber Lab.

Well done to OP for being creative and thinking outside the box. IMO it's not at all to my liking as a build or play style, but I think it's great that we have so much variety in this game & builds like this can be designed for players who will be interested in it.

The build basically costs next to nothing and there's a heap of casual players who now could slowly kill off the Guardians and Shaper now for those extra achievements and mapping bonus %, who previously would never have been able too.