[3.6] The Blizz Sorc - Icestorm/Winter Orb CI Occultist - Viable For Everything

Thanks for all the hints guys, I check what I still can afford.
Yeah you are right, league ends soon, so its all about getting to know the mechanics for a CI build, as this is only my second season.

Thanks again for the guide, for the hints, and the support.

New video: Finishing the Betrayal League in Style!

I didn't have much time for PoE in this league, couldn't play in December after the first few days, then did most of the work in January before dropping down to only doing the Atlas dailies in February. But this was one of the most enjoyable leagues ever. The new cold skills and buffs to Occultist were so good that this build has become stronger and safer than ever. And there are so many crafting and farming options now!

Now that the league is ending, I jumped back in to finish my 40 challenges (all on my own, no buying any challenges ever). And since I had a tab of Pure Breachstones from all the Syndicate farming (thank you, It That Fled!) getting to lv 100 was not a problem at all. In fact, I wanted to get that on an Uber Elder kill! :) Too bad, the hardest boss in this game gives almost no xp!

Anyway... Unless the 'spell rebalance' in 3.6 ruins this build, I'm totally playing it again. There is so much content in PoE now that I don't have any time or desire to switch to another build. This one can do absolutely everything, and my priority is beating all new content and finishing the 40 challenges.

Congrats on Lv 100 Kelvynn! I unfortunately didn't try to learn how the Syndicate worked for most of the league (too busy learning how to Delve) so I only ever made and used one Pure Breachstone. Oh well...I'm not that good of a player but I still had a blast with your build. Taking out Uber Atziri was a great victory for me...I didn't try Uber Elder but maybe next league.

And you sir have some huge balls for fighting Uber Elder while so close to getting level 100! Great video. :)

Congratulations Kelvynn!

Personally, I did not have much inclination to heavily grind for 36/40, so I am at like 29/40, only one of the grindy achievements is not gonna happen, so I decided to just skip it completely.

I finished from this league with a deathless uber elder just now (shit loot, ofc.). That was exhilirating, I like it.

I am incredibly grateful for this build, because it allowed me to do things that I was not able to do in any previous leagues (the only thing that almost matches this is my 12k+ es legacy standard RF-er, but he is not exactly a bosskiller).

However. I am quite sure that this build is not going to be good in the next league for me. Why?

1) I was very lucky to snatch a corrupted astramentis and 2 corrupted int rings early on, and also I was able to save up 3ex for the +ES on Hit disc watcher's eye. Since this build kinda blown up since league start (and winter orb), we wont have an easy time with getting those items in the next league
2) I really hate how even on minimum settings, spamming blizzard (icestorm, sorry) just brings my fps levels down, even on this ryzen2600x+rx590 build. spell cascade is the main culprit, but delve+full spam can be just as annoying too.
3) After a certain point, I began missing the faster movement speeds that other builds might offer, and the buildup-less dps. So next league, Ill go with a holy flame totem hierophant for starting, and I might transition back to this if I want an uber elder-killer.

However, killing uber elder is not that fun after a certain amount of time, so I might just do a T1 mapper instead to get some currency, with a higher movement speed. I will see. But who knows, maybe there will better options for us than hoping for the Watcher's eye and corrupting the rings blindly.

Anyway, this has been my best league so far, uber Atizri, elder, uber elder, shaper - all a piece of cake. Now I just need to meet an Aul, or what is its name.

Hi Kel

the build is evolved again. Never delved so comfortable and the clearspeed is much better as before. Like it really in this state. So i fear next leage will destroy it. Would miss it hard if so.

Gz to the 100 again :-). Unfortunatly i dont know that updated breachstones give sooo much xp. So i sold them if i got one. Now i had 4 esh pure breachstones and was overwhelmed that they give 2 % xp still in 96. But it is as it is. I got my challenges all myself exept 10 resaerch stashes, uber elder kill (thanks for that kel).
So as i am not a soo good player it shows the build can do everything. all at all i had no luck this league. Not one craft was useful (tried over 500 vaal orbs and got only 3 good things i could sell but nothing i could use myself). (usede over 3000 alts 1000 chaos 22 ex regals and bougt 30 cyclopean coils and 21 astras).
But then i got the dig hideout this morning and got 15 ex with it. shit happens :-)


As a side note.

the new singular focus notable passive looks good for us or did i oversee
something.?

@oldern365

uber elder and uber atziri as piece of cake i cant conform with :-)

I think it will be good.only from where to take another 6 points ?

Synthesis will be my second league and the combination of using a special unique and going CI look like a cool new experience, is this build good as a league starter/for a beginner?

In Standard doesn't matter, but in HC this build isn't league starter. You have problems with stats capp, cause there is no astramentis (or very expansive) and rare amulets with all atributes are not on market, or very expansive (again). ES gloves helmet, boots and armour are so expansive if u dont want crap - and u dont want, cause u need at least 6k ES for solid yellow maps mapping.

In HC league u should rare play something easy and then switch or start new char as WI CI with at least 5-10exalts.

It could help a lot. Buff for WO and Ice Storm + 4% addin phys reduction is so sweet.

Thanks for all the kind words! Making me blush :)

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AnubixcZ wrote:

It could help a lot. Buff for WO and Ice Storm + 4% addin phys reduction is so sweet.

4% phys damage reduction is the same as the Chaos golem and 50% of Tukohama (when you are tanking a boss). Damage with channelling skills means WO only, and it's just 15%.

I wouldn't spend any points on that.