[3.11] Aquarism's Ice Shot [All Content]

Oh yeah in 3.10 rare bow upgrades should be easier to find you're right!

Build looks cool and im Ice Shot fan so i will try out this build...

I really want to league start this because i know the clear is good and this league is more about clear than boss killing but I'm not convinced on the cost of getting good enough single target to still do end without blowing your own brains out from lack of single target.


How does this Ice Shot build compare to the other one on the front page?

I started out metamorph with the other build and it fizzled out on ST pretty quickly - I pretty much abandoned IS after failing pretty hard in the ST department.

This build - and the entire topic tbh - was, comparatively, a few leagues ahead with all the info people have provided over the course of metamorph.

Went back to my IS after I got bored of SA PF (about 2 weeks or so) and ended up playing it until I quit the league pretty much and easily cleared everything with all the helpful information people provided in this thread.

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DotsandDashes wrote:

How does this Ice Shot build compare to the other one on the front page?

The "other ice shot build" was relying on legacy gear only obtainable in standard. Not sure if 3.10 update changed anything as I didn't look in-depth into it but during metamorph for example it used 150% death's opus while the league version was 100%, and now it's nerfed to 50%... boo :(

So yeah I think this guide is more accurate if you play in league not in standard and can't use any of the min-maxed legacy gear. Of course the other build will have higher dps ceiling because it uses items that you can't obtain in league.

Anyway let's not wrap it in cotton, crit-based bow builds require currency to feel good, the fact "you can use it as league starter" doesn't mean it's the same level as league starting with a miner or some other "clear atlas for 20c" build (even though a lot of these got nerfed across the patches).

I'm fully expecting headhunter-fuelled ice shot to excel in this league and be brought to glory like HH tornado shot was in legion, but expect it to hit new price ceilings (HH in legion was above 1 mirror in price at the peak time).

TLDR: It can be good but it's won't be both good and cheap.

I played this build the entire metamorph league and i would not recommend starting a league with it. It feels good in the end game and even then you are bound to be dying randomly.

It is a pain in the ass to level in a fresh league...

Changelog

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13/03/2020: Updated POB, swapped out death opus for a rare bow.

V1.08
https://pastebin.com/DcyWDHK4

After some testing, a medium rolled, multimodded rare bow performs better than the new death opus, I have updated the POB to reflect the change.

Gear sections will be updated when I can have a equivalent bow to link in that section.

Which Bow Base would be the best for this build?

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Aquarism wrote:

Changelog

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13/03/2020: Updated POB, swapped out death opus for a rare bow.

V1.08
https://pastebin.com/DcyWDHK4

After some testing, a medium rolled, multimodded rare bow performs better than the new death opus, I have updated the POB to reflect the change.

Gear sections will be updated when I can have a equivalent bow to link in that section.

Dude, just for noobies, can u add a tree to guide plz? i have not pob(

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Relitrex wrote:

Which Bow Base would be the best for this build?

Harbinger or imperial bow, I prefer Harb for the 2.5% more base crit.

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sealowe23 wrote:

Dude, just for noobies, can u add a tree to guide plz? i have not pob(

I will try, but I strogly advise you to download POB anyways.