3.10 🔨 Torstein's Icebreaker - Glacial Hammer - Sleeper end-game crusher - Cluster updated

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mrwiggiiles wrote:

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TorsteinTheFallen wrote:

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mrwiggiiles wrote:

Does this work well with Exploding chest at all?

You don't need explody because GH has 100% damage melee splash

also ty for the quick response!

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Skyte87 wrote:

Super hyped to try this build in the Harvest league with the new Warcrys!

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but Im guessing Ice Crash will totally work as an alternative as well without much changes to the gear etc?

What would you change if Ice Crash? :)

Thanks in advance!

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Evincarth wrote:

Hope you update it to 3.11 with new skill gems :)

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Hi,

build will be updated for the Harvest league and I will also add Ice Crash to the guide. Just don't expect it as a league starter (as it's not a good one anyway). Probably by the end of the first week. :)

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We don't know how common Delirium will be/how hard it will be to get a Cluster Jewel early.

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I actually just leveled a new character to maps with this to see how it would be as a starter. Torstein is definitely right, it's not an amazing starter, but I don't think it's terrible either. Overall I think it's fun and I will probably be starting it anyway, as I like to build a character up from the start instead of league starting an easier build and switching later.

Pros as a Starter:
+Many uniques are very cheap even at league start. From the first day of Delirium data on PoE ninja:
**Pillar of the Caged God was 1c
**Winter Burial was 1c (you will probably need two of these early because you won't get the cold conversion glove unveil for awhile)
**Soul Tether was 2c
**Aztiri's Promise was 4c
**Hegemony's Era was 18c
+The recovery of the build is awesome as soon as you finish the first lab. As long as you keep your eHP in line with the content you are running, you won't die very much.

Cons as a Starter:
-A couple uniques are very expensive early:
**Glorious Vanity, which is a big chunk of your eHP, won't be available until a few days in (because people need time to get enough Legion splinters). When they do start going on the market, they will be expensive for awhile.
**The Pandemonius will be expensive for long time.
**Lion's Roar might be expensive if a lot of people are trying out melee.
-Build needs a lot of passives (level 85-90+) to feel like both damage and eHP are up to par.
-You will probably need to upgrade your weapon once or twice while leveling.
-Damage will not be great against beefy single targets early. Bosses will take awhile to kill until you fully invest in the build. Fortunately, with adequate eHP and the insane recovery of the build, you probably won't die while smacking away at bosses :)

Unknowns for new League:
~We don't know how common Delirium will be/how hard it will be to get a Cluster Jewel early.
~The general 2H/passive tree/Warcry changes will probably make this easier to league start and stronger in general. For example, with Tribal Fury on the tree, we might be able to drop Ancestral Call completely for a better support gem.
~Harvest might make it much easier to upgrade gear while leveling.
~With the passive tree changes, I think this build might need to be reworked a little. Based on what we know so far, it might not be possible to reach Call to Arms (the new instant Warcry keystone), Vaal Pact, the new Tribal Fury notable, and the Mind over Matter area where we put the Glorious Vanity jewel.