[3.26] ShakCentral's Cold DoT Witch For Everyone

@donbrawler which weapon upgrade would get that huge increase if you don't mind me asking? I am currently saving for the +4 Shavs since I only play 1 build usually the whole way (I'm halfway to the 250ex cost) but if a weapon change could get that much.... :)

is it just a max everything? ie
t1 spell dmg 109%
t1 cold dot 38% and
+1 spell skill gems?

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kingkano wrote:

@donbrawler which weapon upgrade would get that huge increase if you don't mind me asking? I am currently saving for the +4 Shavs since I only play 1 build usually the whole way (I'm halfway to the 250ex cost) but if a weapon change could get that much.... :)

is it just a max everything? ie
t1 spell dmg 109%
t1 cold dot 38% and
+1 spell skill gems?

Opal wand with these stats
+18% to Damage over Time Multiplier
+1 to Level of all Spell Skill Gems
+1 to Level of all Cold Spell Skill Gems
{crafted}Can have up to 3 Crafted Modifiers
{crafted}Trigger a Socketed Spell when you Use a Skill
{crafted}+20% to Cold Damage over Time Multiplier



My perfect weapon would be Opal Wand or Opal Scepter (14.2mil dps with aspect enabled)
+38% to Cold Damage over Time Multiplier (Prefix)
+1 to Level of all Spell Skill Gems (Prefix)
+1 to Level of all Cold Spell Skill Gems (Prefix)
+18% to Damage over Time Multiplier (Suffix)
+35% to Chaos Resistance (Suffix)
{crafted}Trigger a Socketed Spell when you Use a Skill (Suffix)


Ideal weapon rolls by priority
+1 Spell Skill Gems (Prefix)
+1 Cold Spell Skill Gems(Prefix)
38% Cold Dot Multiplier or 20% Crafted (Prefix)
{crafted}Trigger a Socketed Spell when you Use a Skill (Suffix)
18% Dot Multiplier or 40% Hatred Aura Affect (Suffix, Hatred is Redeemer only mod)
Last Suffix could be anything useful (Intelligence, Chaos Res, Cold Damage)


+ 1 to spell and cold is what you want but After searching trade looks like my price was way off a month ago multimoded wand or scepters where 80ex and I didn't think they would go up that much. People are trying to sell them for 300ex + now. Maybe put a live search for just + to cold and spell and you could multimod your own as long as there is open prefix and open suffix

@donbrawler Thank you sir. I would need the almost perfect weapon to give a decent increase according to POB (around 1.3m). Otherwise I'd be paying 10s of x for a small 200k increase. Although there is the boosts that 'all spell skill gems' would give my other skills too.

I'll keep watching for something like that while I save for the Shavs. The +2 duration +2 AOE Shavs would give me a huge like +2m DPS. I could improve my cobalts too, but that's a small increase.

After that I've pretty much minmaxed it to the hilt :). I'm still running grand heists for the cash for Shavs, but I'll switch to some 100% delirious maps after that for fun, since I will have really great DPS for them.

This league I have accomplished the most ever in my time playing POE! First time beating Sirus - twice even. Got all watchstones, going to complete atlas. Love this build!

Well I finally got enough currency, and a kind soul who sold it to me a little cheaper for league end, so I picked this up today:



POB says I have 11.3m shaper/sirus DPS now. Looking forward to testing it out later on some bosses and 100% delirious maps! :)

I feel like Empower instead of Hypothermia should be a huge upgrade by pushing my gem levels up. But when I test it in POB its like 20k more dps??

hi
for 1st time after 1700 hours in-game I finished the campaign without stress and panic attack on 4links:D. my random Self-found/craft stuff:



thanks @ShakCentral for this awesome build and Extremely detailed guide.

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kingkano wrote:

Well I finally got enough currency, and a kind soul who sold it to me a little cheaper for league end, so I picked this up today:

POB says I have 11.3m shaper/sirus DPS now. Looking forward to testing it out later on some bosses and 100% delirious maps! :)

I feel like Empower instead of Hypothermia should be a huge upgrade by pushing my gem levels up. But when I test it in POB its like 20k more dps??

Nice Shav's!

Did you use a Level 4 Empower in POB? A level 3 won't add much damage.

I added your character to POB and its not raising your dot dps by much which is weird.

Your Vortex Tooltip changes by a lot using level 4 Empower shown below. So it should be me more dmg. Test it and see if bosses die faster. Since you have also have a lot of dmg now you could also try for more AOE and switch Efficacy for Level 21 Concentrated Effect. The bigger AOE makes clear really fun!

With Hypothermia
Deals 1029 to 1544 cold Damage
Deals 2858.8 base Cold Damage Per Second

With Level 4 Empower
Deals 1432 to 2188 cold Damage
Deals 3977.6 base Cold Damage Per Second

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donbrawler wrote:

Nice Shav's!

Did you use a Level 4 Empower in POB? A level 3 won't add much damage.

I added your character to POB and its not raising your dot dps by much which is weird.

Your Vortex Tooltip changes by a lot using level 4 Empower shown below. So it should be me more dmg. Test it and see if bosses die faster. Since you have also have a lot of dmg now you could also try for more AOE and switch Efficacy for Level 21 Concentrated Effect. The bigger AOE makes clear really fun!

With Hypothermia
Deals 1029 to 1544 cold Damage
Deals 2858.8 base Cold Damage Per Second

With Level 4 Empower
Deals 1432 to 2188 cold Damage
Deals 3977.6 base Cold Damage Per Second

Thanks! Yeah definitely level 4 empower. Very strange that the tooltip shows so much more but it doesn't reflect in POB so well hmmm. Oh well saves me some Ex ha.

I can still get some more lv 21 gems (hypothermia, efficacy, etc) to boost a tiny bit, to totally minmax! Also change to Anomalous Vortex, might even do myself a favour with mana, since the divergent version casts more often.

Thanks for the tip I'll check out Conc Effect. I thought that was for bossing since it reduces your AOE, but it sounds like it reduces AOE radius but spreads your damage more over that radius? so could be nice for clearing.

I tried a couple of T17 100% delirium maps (trop island and summit) and it's pretty fun. A bit rippy still and damage isn't enough to zoom through but can definitely complete them no problem. A totally different challenge to heists.

How will this build do in SSF Endless Delve? Can't get wand craft and probably won't have access to anointments.

I reckon it will do pretty well because the build certainly benefits from those things but isn't reliant upon them. You can self cast a lightning skill for EE and you can survive without anointments.

I'm talking about the ES version, I think the LL version might be a challenge because of the two key uniques required.

Hopefully GGG have thought about some of the challenges and might beef up some drops rates or specific types. Would be good if they ran it like some of the old leagues where at certain levels you got to choose from a chest and select a specific unique or other item.

Thank you very much for the guide:)

I followed this guide to create my first Path of Exile character. I felt that the accompanied leveling guide was very helpful in teaching me the game fundamentals, and I also really appreciate the Path of Building export as well.

It seems like I have joined the league at an awkward time, seeing as there are only about two weeks left -- Even so, I would like to continue playing through to the end of this league to keep learning in hopes that my next character can be leveled and geared even smoother than my first go, regardless of whatever build I choose next.

After following the leveling guide, I am a bit scattered but doing my best to figure out how to gear and manage my passive tree. I notice that I am dying quite often around Tier 2-3 maps, so that is where I have stayed in my early 80's so far. I used the gear recommendations from this guide to trade for cheap gear, but perhaps I am not understanding the importance of survivability so far.

If anyone is available or willing to chat online, or look over my character and help give me a tiny push in the right direction, I would be very thankful. Not necessarily because I would like to min-max this character, but rather because I would like to learn more about my mistakes in order to be more self-sufficient and have better understanding for next season!

Aside from the above, all I really wanted to say was thank you again for the excellent and detailed guide. You have brought a new player into the game with a positive and smooth first experience.