[3.26] ShakCentral's Cold DoT Witch For Everyone

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kingkano wrote:

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BundesHeinz wrote:

Is there something wrong with the PoB link? It says "this build uses an unrecnizable skilltree" if I try to open it. PoB doesn't find any updates if I search either.

You need POB Community Fork and must be latest version.

Oh, alright. Haven't been active for quite some time, thanks.

I'll give a shot for this build in 3.13's league start
Big thanks to Shak for the guide!!!
<3

Probably going to go with this for my build in 3.13. Going to try and find a Shav's and get to the LL version. I've never killed Shaper before, maybe this league will change that.

Thanks!

Is there any cheap and powerful uniques for early maps except Rime Gaze and Bated Breath?

How is the boss killing with this build guys? I know almost every guidebuilder says its great but now for real: not having endgame gear yet, does it take long or is it really a good boss killer?

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Bekse wrote:

How is the boss killing with this build guys? I know almost every guidebuilder says its great but now for real: not having endgame gear yet, does it take long or is it really a good boss killer?

It takes longer for Vortex then, for example, for Cyclone or Miner, but during the time you are killing a boss, it can't do anything due to chilling / freezing.

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Bekse wrote:

How is the boss killing with this build guys? I know almost every guidebuilder says its great but now for real: not having endgame gear yet, does it take long or is it really a good boss killer?

It's not an insta-killer but it's one of the safest boss builds I've ever played. You just drop vortexes and run around, evading every attack while the enemy dies. It doesn't take so long that you get bored. Definitely recommend.

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roselan wrote:

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dwaters wrote:

another dumb question, is the CI version actually using discipline as an active or just the vaal version of it for a defensive?

I always have it active, keeping vaal discipline for hairy situation as "panic" button (it rocks with Wicked Ward)

i'm just not understanding his aura setups in regards to mana. in his CI setup he has blasph+frostbite and malev with an enlighten 3 plus an unlinked discipline. obviously that's too much reserved mana so subbing out malev for skitters as he suggests puts b+frost, skitters, and enlighten 3 + unlinked disc at 1% unreserved mana. adding the 3% from the node near Influence does give us 4% unreserved and the mana to cast one vortex at a time. is that enough mana?

i'm guessing that just using malev+disc is the right call (certainly as a starter), leaving 15% unreserved without any extra reductions, but i'm not sure how important the frostbite setup is to the build or if that's just a little extra damage. maybe just use it selfcasted for bossing?

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DontThinkJustClick wrote:

Is there any cheap and powerful uniques for early maps except Rime Gaze and Bated Breath?

Spine of the First Claimant

1 - 5 chaos, maybe a bit more for Ritual as it looks like this build will be mighty popular.

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Bekse wrote:

How is the boss killing with this build guys? I know almost every guidebuilder says its great but now for real: not having endgame gear yet, does it take long or is it really a good boss killer?

It takes time to kill end game bosses until you have serious investment. Before that you kill slowly but safely. You are allowed to do mistake and actually learn the fight (well, a shaper slam will still *probably* kill you, but still...). If you look for starters build that kill Shaper or sirus rapidly (which is a defense too), you will prefer poison bv or bf/bb.

What about glancing blows? It is mentioned in the guide, but not in the 3.13 POB, any reason for that?