Shadow - [3.28] Ice Dancing God - Icestorm/Cyclone/CI - Viable For Everything - Forum

" Gottwurm#1507 wrote: does Frostbite/Punishment with lvl 1 hextouch in the courselink work for the second curse aswell Curses linked to Hextouch cannot be selfcast. Also, a curse is not "a skill that hits enemies" which is a requirement for Hextouch. So, if I'm understanding your comment right, this is not possible.	Posted by yngvarrr#6048 on Mar 19, 2026, 8:14:04 AM Quote this Post
Thanks for answer :-)	Posted by ichbinwerichbi#6654 on Mar 19, 2026, 9:28:46 AM Quote this Post
" yngvarrr#6048 wrote: " Gottwurm#1507 wrote: does Frostbite/Punishment with lvl 1 hextouch in the courselink work for the second curse aswell Curses linked to Hextouch cannot be selfcast. Also, a curse is not "a skill that hits enemies" which is a requirement for Hextouch. So, if I'm understanding your comment right, this is not possible. i would still use cast when damage taken like before, but would just not use a hextouch support.	Posted by Gottwurm#1507 on Mar 19, 2026, 3:27:28 PM Quote this Post
" Gottwurm#1507 wrote: i would still use cast when damage taken like before, but would just not use a hextouch support. Oh yeah that works. You mean, CDWT - Frostbite - Punishment - Hexbloom? Its nice, but for it to trigger frequently you will need low CDWT level and low curse level. I like this though, maybe there is a nice balance with gem levels for this.	Posted by yngvarrr#6048 on Mar 19, 2026, 4:31:21 PM Quote this Post
" Kelvynn#6607 wrote: BTW, you can definitely have Discipline and Zealotry together. Just take the 8% MRE node near CI and buy Enlighten lv 3. Don't we need a 7 socket chest for this? I can give up Frost Shield, but that's just 1 socket and I need 2 for Enlighten and Discipline.	Posted by Graiaule#7461 on Mar 19, 2026, 8:04:23 PM Quote this Post
" Graiaule#7461 wrote: " Kelvynn#6607 wrote: BTW, you can definitely have Discipline and Zealotry together. Just take the 8% MRE node near CI and buy Enlighten lv 3. Don't we need a 7 socket chest for this? I can give up Frost Shield, but that's just 1 socket and I need 2 for Enlighten and Discipline. The other gem that can be sacrificed is Unbound Ailments. You can then move Clarity out of the aura link. BTW at the high budget level you can definitely replace Discipline with Aspect. At that point the 1.5k ES is not as important as 4 stacks of Spider Webs.	Posted by Kelvynn#6607 on Mar 20, 2026, 12:26:18 AM Quote this Post
About imbued gems Get lv 20 Cyclone imbued with Increased Critical Strikes. You get ~25% MORE damage while mapping, and it's cheap. The same effect can be obtained with Cyclone imbued with Increased Critical Damage or Hypothermia (replace that gem with Inc Crit Strikes). You can get ~36% MORE damage if you get Cyclone imbued with CwC or PCoC. But those are very expensive. For mapping it's not a reasonable price unless you are constantly doing very hard maps. Get lv 20 Punishment or Frostbite imbued with Hextouch. You can then replace Hextouch with Hexpass to curse hexproof enemies and disable enemy crits. That's very nice for rippy maps, simulacrums, etc. Last edited by Kelvynn#6607 on Mar 20, 2026, 12:33:51 AM	Posted by Kelvynn#6607 on Mar 20, 2026, 12:30:45 AM Quote this Post
" Kelvynn#6607 wrote: About imbued gems Get lv 20 Cyclone imbued with Increased Critical Strikes. You get ~25% MORE damage while mapping, and it's cheap. The same effect can be obtained with Cyclone imbued with Increased Critical Damage or Hypothermia (replace that gem with Inc Crit Strikes). You can get ~36% MORE damage if you get Cyclone imbued with CwC or PCoC. But those are very expensive. For mapping it's not a reasonable price unless you are constantly doing very hard maps. Get lv 20 Punishment or Frostbite imbued with Hextouch. You can then replace Hextouch with Hexpass to curse hexproof enemies and disable enemy crits. That's very nice for rippy maps, simulacrums, etc. Fuck me. I had been searching for these gems since league start, but the search spawned nothing. Turns out, I had been searching on the wrong affix: "Socketed gems are supported by level # increased critical strikes" etc. AUGH! It's an imbued affix instead; type in "level 1..." and you'll get it. Cyclone/Hypothermia and Increased Critical Damage is the pairing that has the highest POB damage (as well as in-game tooltip damage.) Last edited by Graiaule#7461 on Mar 20, 2026, 3:01:24 AM	Posted by Graiaule#7461 on Mar 20, 2026, 1:54:42 AM Quote this Post