[3.5] CheeQu's CoC Ice Nova Assassin - Up to 7m Shaper DPS + Amazing Clearspeed [In-Depth Guide]

"

qaizr wrote:

"

jk5834 wrote:

"

shield charge and leap slam are great for this build because the melee crit can trigger cospri's

Sorry to jump in here, but I've always preferred whirling blades for movement. How does this compare to shield charge/leap slam?

i think whirling blades is fine. i guess it comes down to preference. i might give wb a try cos i prefer it too.

are there any reasons you wouldn't want to use wb?

I don't know of any, but again, I'm not very well versed in the more in depth mechanics, and there may be something I don't know about leap slam and shield charge that I'm not accounting for.

"

jk5834 wrote:

"

qaizr wrote:

"

jk5834 wrote:

Sorry to jump in here, but I've always preferred whirling blades for movement. How does this compare to shield charge/leap slam?

i think whirling blades is fine. i guess it comes down to preference. i might give wb a try cos i prefer it too.

are there any reasons you wouldn't want to use wb?

I don't know of any, but again, I'm not very well versed in the more in depth mechanics, and there may be something I don't know about leap slam and shield charge that I'm not accounting for.

Shield charge scales from movement speed, whirling blades scales from attack speed. We limit our attack speed; with a good quicksilver, shield charge is faster. Leap slam is really just used to jump gaps, but its slower.

Whirling blades travels a finite distance, and shield charge travels to cursor.

Whirling blades travels through more objects that would stop shield charge.

Shield charge has larger AOE for fortify trigger.

Managed to get up to 700k avg Ice Nova damage while maintaining full CC and capped aps (14% crs) and i'm only level 86!

Shaper didn't actually move before phasing, was pretty hilarious... This builds stupid strong haha.

"

teslabear wrote:

Spoiler

Shield charge scales from movement speed, whirling blades scales from attack speed. We limit our attack speed; with a good quicksilver, shield charge is faster. Leap slam is really just used to jump gaps, but its slower.

Whirling blades travels a finite distance, and shield charge travels to cursor.

Whirling blades travels through more objects that would stop shield charge.

Shield charge has larger AOE for fortify trigger.

thanks for the info!

"

fitsu wrote:

Managed to get up to 700k avg Ice Nova damage while maintaining full CC and capped aps (14% crs) and i'm only level 86!

Shaper didn't actually move before phasing, was pretty hilarious... This builds stupid strong haha.

definitely looks like a glass cannon with 5100 life and resistances only capped with wise oak active

your helm craft seems weird. why'd you pick that one?

Alright guys I need some help, I have no clue how to get from where I am at currently with my gear to "killing minotaur in a few seconds" which is all I want to do.

Here is my PoB to show my gear. I would love some help, I have about 8ex so not enough for the major stuff like Helm Enchant, or the Veridian and Might of the Meeks. https://pastebin.com/8Lcjq306

Are these any good for this build? ;)

"

Pyffel wrote:

Alright guys I need some help, I have no clue how to get from where I am at currently with my gear to "killing minotaur in a few seconds" which is all I want to do.

Here is my PoB to show my gear. I would love some help, I have about 8ex so not enough for the major stuff like Helm Enchant, or the Veridian and Might of the Meeks. https://pastebin.com/8Lcjq306

your crit multi is pretty low at 364%. it should be over 400%.

if you have a suffix open on your elder ring i would put the focus shock craft on it

get a 21/0 ice nova for your cospri's

linking a lvl 10 frost bomb with cwdt would add 20k to your average hit when frost bomb is active

arcane surge won't trigger with a single cast of vortex at level 5. might want to de-level to 4

edit: a 15% pen wise oak would add some damage. you can probably change the craft on your gloves to a damage craft and still have capped res

whatever happened to the enfeeble on hit gloves option that you talked about a few weeks ago? is that not a good option because you can only get a level 12 enfeeble on hit ?>

"

hegotgame wrote:

whatever happened to the enfeeble on hit gloves option that you talked about a few weeks ago? is that not a good option because you can only get a level 12 enfeeble on hit ?>

unless u run duel curse its pointless

Just a quick review about the build : insane damage - good survibility - good clear speed ( would be insane if cyclone dont slow us down ).
- U can literally burst down guardians or UE's guardians within seconds if u do it correctly. UE will change phase in like 3 or 4 secs. I did some lv 250-300 delve boss and again burst them down within couple seconds. ( I did't even use vaal RF because i'm lazy and don't feel like i need it )
- Good survibitity with enfeeble, aspect of the spider. Also more than 7k eHP and leech from gem and WE. Also the freeze and blind helps a lots. That a tons of defensive layer for a build.
- Good clear spd : everything is 1 shotted and u have good aoe with inc aoe gem.
- But the biggest issue with this build is the fact that we're slowed down by cyclone which makes it harder to fight UE. Even tho the dmg is insane but u're more likely to get hit by anything. It took me 4 set of UE to take them down but ... i'm noob at boss killing so i think that's acceptable. Also we can't facetank stuff so don't expect that to happen xD the best defense is a good offense so u should try to play smart ( burst them down at the suitable time not facetank them ). Sometime ice nova makes it very hard to see what the boss is doing so keep it in mind for delve boss fight. And the last is mana issue. I just fix it by using -# to mana cost WE ( u can check in my pro5 ) and a mana regen jewel. Other than that i noticed our mana drain much faster while using silver flask ( idk why tbh but i just my feeling ).
Overall it's the best build i've ever played and i will recommend it for those who seeking both fun and powerful build. Tks again for making this build guide and tks god i found this build XD