[3.20] Ice Dancing Queen - Icestorm/Cyclone/CI - Viable For Everything

So I'm considering picking up a Thread of Hope on the Classic Tree, but I'm not sure if there's an easy way I can grab the replacement resists through the tree, or if it's even worth it for Classic.

The thread of hope gives you access to snowforged which is 10 fire/cold res. "
Personally i wouldnt bother until i switched to cluster tree.

Prismatic heart/cttc clusters are only like 1 ex now, and the cluster version is just way stronger.

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Mindhandler wrote:

The thread of hope gives you access to snowforged which is 10 fire/cold res. "
Personally i wouldnt bother until i switched to cluster tree.

Prismatic heart/cttc clusters are only like 1 ex now, and the cluster version is just way stronger.

Is it worth swapping over to Cluster if I can only run one cluster?

I can probably afford to get a Cluster and a Split Personality with just Int at the moment, definitely can't afford to do a full conversion yet and definitely not to the proper int/es SPs.

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Zephryl wrote:

So I'm considering picking up a Thread of Hope on the Classic Tree, but I'm not sure if there's an easy way I can grab the replacement resists through the tree, or if it's even worth it for Classic.

I am using ToH in classic tree: https://pastebin.com/QhQDA614

It was worth it for me. I got some extra res from a jewel. Can get more res on gear soon.

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Zephryl wrote:

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Mindhandler wrote:

The thread of hope gives you access to snowforged which is 10 fire/cold res. "
Personally i wouldnt bother until i switched to cluster tree.

Prismatic heart/cttc clusters are only like 1 ex now, and the cluster version is just way stronger.

Is it worth swapping over to Cluster if I can only run one cluster?

I can probably afford to get a Cluster and a Split Personality with just Int at the moment, definitely can't afford to do a full conversion yet and definitely not to the proper int/es SPs.

Get two cold to the core clusters with only cold to the core. They are 50c a pop. You want the damage. Just make sure they are 8 passive ones. If you can afford that and two split personalities with probably int/dex which are under 10c i would swap now. You will gain extra jewel sockets which you can use to buy very cheap jewels to fill in resists/int/extra damage etc. All in all besides the regrets you should be able to swap everything for like 130c. And you will be in a great position to upgrade from there.

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Mindhandler wrote:

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Zephryl wrote:

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Mindhandler wrote:

The thread of hope gives you access to snowforged which is 10 fire/cold res. "
Personally i wouldnt bother until i switched to cluster tree.

Prismatic heart/cttc clusters are only like 1 ex now, and the cluster version is just way stronger.

Is it worth swapping over to Cluster if I can only run one cluster?

I can probably afford to get a Cluster and a Split Personality with just Int at the moment, definitely can't afford to do a full conversion yet and definitely not to the proper int/es SPs.

Get two cold to the core clusters with only cold to the core. They are 50c a pop. You want the damage. Just make sure they are 8 passive ones. If you can afford that and two split personalities with probably int/dex which are under 10c i would swap now. You will gain extra jewel sockets which you can use to buy very cheap jewels to fill in resists/int/extra damage etc. All in all besides the regrets you should be able to swap everything for like 130c. And you will be in a great position to upgrade from there.

What about decent Megalomanic clusters, are they needed?

For an intro swap not at all.


Rare jewels with good mods can be used in the other sockets that don't have Str/Dex nodes nearby. Resist/damage jewels can also be used if you are struggling to max the resists.

The following mods are good on rare jewels:
+12-16 to Intelligence
+8-10 to mixed attributes (Int/Str, Int/Dex or All Attr)
14-16% Increased Spell damage while wielding a staff
14-16% Increased Cold damage
10-12% Increased Spell damage
10-12% Increased Area damage

Copied and pasted from the guide. Add resists in there as well if you need help capping. But jewels with int and 2 other damage mods are very solid and pretty cheap (probably under 10c) until you earn more currency. It's kind of hard to find a decent megalo jewel. Most of the damage with the cluster version will come from cold to the core.

Also you said you had 20ex saved up? If thats the case you should have swapped to the cluster tree a long time ago. The variation is WAY better. To the point where i would hold off on upgrading anything else until you do. Get two large 8 passives with cttc/ prismatic heart. Spend the money and get the 2 int/es splits. These are permanent build upgrades that will be extremely noticeable.

Here is my first chest attempt. 10 Essences and one 1 Crusader Orb. Less than 2Ex investment. Ill use it and go again for T1 rolls.

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Kavamuerta wrote:

Here is my first chest attempt. 10 Essences and one 1 Crusader Orb. Less than 2Ex investment. Ill use it and go again for T1 rolls.

That's actually a really nice one, good hit! You could remove the lightning and craft attributes if you dont need the resistance. Could also remove life and augment defence for a guaranteed hybrid es mod. Very nice chest for 2 ex regardless!

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Mindhandler wrote:

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Zephryl wrote:

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Mindhandler wrote:

The thread of hope gives you access to snowforged which is 10 fire/cold res. "
Personally i wouldnt bother until i switched to cluster tree.

Prismatic heart/cttc clusters are only like 1 ex now, and the cluster version is just way stronger.

Is it worth swapping over to Cluster if I can only run one cluster?

I can probably afford to get a Cluster and a Split Personality with just Int at the moment, definitely can't afford to do a full conversion yet and definitely not to the proper int/es SPs.

Get two cold to the core clusters with only cold to the core. They are 50c a pop. You want the damage. Just make sure they are 8 passive ones. If you can afford that and two split personalities with probably int/dex which are under 10c i would swap now. You will gain extra jewel sockets which you can use to buy very cheap jewels to fill in resists/int/extra damage etc. All in all besides the regrets you should be able to swap everything for like 130c. And you will be in a great position to upgrade from there.

I went a little more to grab two slightly better clusters, since I'm not entirely sure I'll be able to upgrade them at all.

Since I'm using Coil, I don't want to run two Int/Dex Splits since that'll put Dex over Str and I'll have to deal with Ignite again. Is there any other decent off-mod, or just go for Int/Anything?

Or should I grab an ES one? I'm sitting at 8.4k after re-speccing the tree, my chest isn't super amazing so it's lower than I'd like it to be.


Edit: Nvm about the ES one, just compared in PoB and a junk Int one gives about 40 ES less than a junk ES one anyway.