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

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yugimoto177 wrote:

I just want to say ele focus is only 9% better at lvl 20 than inspiration , and you lose the ability to freeze . for me personally I think that isn't really worth it unless you are doing uber late game bosses like shaper and etc. but for general mapping ele focus and no freeze feels so much worse to play imo.

There's cold pen you could use instead though

The PoB dps for the lvl 92 version says it's 323k dps. Is that accurate? Or does something else need to be factored in?

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Magicallum wrote:

The PoB dps for the lvl 92 version says it's 323k dps. Is that accurate? Or does something else need to be factored in?

it doesn't know how to calculate it correctly.

Average hit you see (that is 110k, or about 1/3 of the 323k) is how much each shard hits for. You create 3 storms per second (or one storm every 0.34s), so that is how you get the 323k. but it doesn't count in that you can have 5 storms and that they keep doing damage after first shard.

Right way to calculate is to multiply the 110k each shard does by 5, as each storm puts out 5 shards per second. Then multiply it by 5, as you can have up to 5 storms at a time. so 25*110k=2750k

That is if every shard hits the target, so you have to substract shards that miss. This depends on how much the boss moves, how large the boss hitbox is and half a dozen other factors.

Per Cjin's comment, I am wondering why some people are using Increased Area of Effect rather than, say, Cold Penetration. Don't you want to keep the ice shards closer together?

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Graiaule wrote:

Per Cjin's comment, I am wondering why some people are using Increased Area of Effect rather than, say, Cold Penetration. Don't you want to keep the ice shards closer together?

IAoE helps clearing maps as trash dies from few hits. Most of the people who use IAoE for mapping have 2nd staff they switch for bosses with gems for single target dps.

This is even mentioned in the first post under Sockets and Links -> Weapon

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Cjin wrote:

IAoE helps clearing maps as trash dies from few hits. Most of the people who use IAoE for mapping have 2nd staff they switch for bosses with gems for single target dps.

This is even mentioned in the first post under Sockets and Links -> Weapon

So it is, thanks. Maybe I was just more used to Profane Bloom and did not need the increased AOE.

Is it worth it getting all those uniques even if you res is basically nothing?

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wotad wrote:

Is it worth it getting all those uniques even if you res is basically nothing?

They're just really cheap levelling gear. After you kill Kitava at the end of Act 10, you'll be upgrading with all rares except for the staff, amulet, and the boots.

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Vinidcator wrote:

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vbvan wrote:

2. I crafted several cold damage cluster jewels with 'Cold to Core'. Is there an easy way to know whether the node can be allocated before the socket? When there is only one notable, it is always between the two sockets. When there are two notables, 'Cold to Core' is always the one between the two sockets which requires more skill points to allocate :-(.

What I did in standard, since availability seemed low when I was looking for these, was ...

1. Alt-Aug-Regal for CttC and Prismatic Heart. You will need to hit the second notable with a Regal since they are both Prefixes.
2. Harvest re-roll keeping Prefixes and some exalts for open suffixes until you hit a third notable as a suffix. Widespread Destruction is the one you want for best placement, but Disorienting Display is not horrible for the 2 extra points (Damage and better blind). It did push Prismatic Heart to the third spot when I crafted that one.

Thanks Cjin & Vinidcator for the answers!

Looks that Disorienting Display + Cold to the Core (hit the combination when using the method above) also pushes the latter to the start point. Since I don't have thread of hope yet and getting Prismatic Heart + Cold to the Core likely requires 3500+ alts (92 alts to get Cold to the Core once, then 1/40 chance for regal to get Prismatic Hear), I will use this one for now.

Can anyone help me out with this build, just got to maps and idk if its just all the nerfs this league but i feel pretty weak. Is the only way to scale my damage now with cluster jewels? i think my gear is alright other than my chest i need to find something good

https://pastebin.com/4dye7gVr

Cheers for the help