[3.27] ❄️ Icicle Mines Deadeye ❄️ Cheap / League Starter / Fast Mapper / 1st Day T16

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Disconaut#6407 wrote:

I can understand how dissolution and rathpith can increase tankyness, but how does march of the legion help here at all?

It doesn't increase tankyness, only damage. Your Icicle mines is cold gem,but is also considered as "Aura" and March of the legion gives +5 Aura levels (+4 with corruption,so 9 in total) - Example :

Also Dissolution + Rathpit combo doesn't really increase tankyness as much as it increases our damage (Crit + Spell dmg per 100life) - Example :

Yes, Dissolution gives you +20-30% HP, but takes away energy shield,any DOT (Damage over time damage) cripple us big time if your flasks are empty.

how about grafts for 3.27 ?

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P4N7R0#4918 wrote:

how about grafts for 3.27 ?

grafts are easy!
Freezing Tulgraft for easy dps (you constantly apply chilled/frozen, so the mortar fires constantly).
Aegis Tulgraft for easy protection (you onstantly apply exposure, so the buff's always there).
Molten Xophgraft for easy protection.
Get any of the command Tulgrafts or Eshgrafts for on-demand dps.

I either suck hard, or I need to do something better because its been several weeks and I'm BARELY breaking into T15.
I have zero stuff and NOTHING is selling. I'm forced to do chaos recipe ffs. How do I even push this build further?

Yes, I tried dissolution. didnt work. it made me even more fragile (atleast i can heal myself with a flask). i'm tempted to dith this char, but its the fastest one i have, so im just farming merc lab with it.

any suggestions? char is coldhandswarmv

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Disconaut#6407 wrote:

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P4N7R0#4918 wrote:

I either suck hard, or I need to do something better because its been several weeks and I'm BARELY breaking into T15.
I have zero stuff and NOTHING is selling. I'm forced to do chaos recipe ffs. How do I even push this build further?

Yes, I tried dissolution. didnt work. it made me even more fragile (atleast i can heal myself with a flask). i'm tempted to dith this char, but its the fastest one i have, so im just farming merc lab with it.

any suggestions? char is coldhandswarmv

Keep your distance and when you run always throw mines infront of you so you can clear whatever is infront.

As for your gear : Instead of Rare chest armor, I would suggest "shroud of the lightless" and use Hypnotic eye jewels (On the armor also your tree)

Example (this is more expensive version of the armor) :

Belt : instead of heavy belt use Stygian Vise belt so you can use extra jewel and get extra penetration and life from Shroud bonuses.

Gloves : You need gloves with temple mod "Increase damage against chilled enemies"

Example :

Amulet : You dont have one. Buy Dragonfang replica with +3 icicle mine skill, its just 5c and enchant it with "Divine Judgment" - Black, Teal, Sepia - It increases 50% elemental damage later on you can switch to more expensive enchant like savagery which adds frenzy charges.

Example :

Weapon - Your weapon is okay for now, but I would exchange it with Divinarius as soon as I can (around 200c).

Shield : Rathpit is missing. With Dissolution it increases your damage by a lot.

Gameplay: I was focusing on blight and blighted maps this league (+T14) and Maven invitations (Mostly focusing on ElderSlayers) and then Sirus.

My Strategy = Run all 4 Elderslayer maps, do the blight and Breach every map (Pick up only T14+) , maven witness elderslayers, collect their fragments for Sirus, do the invitation get more fragments/awakened gems. Does this work? Well...

A huge thanks to Roxan28#6291 for being patient and answering my endless questions in-game and loaning me some upgrades.
I'm now farming T16s easily. The only thing that kills me is degens (like rares with lightning field, and especially those who are hasted) and corrupted blood, because apparently the "use when you start bleeding" doesnt count corrupted blood as "bleeding".
The situation is now reversed. The bosses fall over like dominos and I'm basically untouchable in maps despite having terrible defenses.

I killed quest eater and exarch with ease, died just once each time, to mechanics. Ball phases on each were unexpectedly hard, exarch spawned a bunch of walls at once, and despite blocking a few balls with skellies, I still died. And I didnt realize Eater beam grew in size, and I think I chose the wrong order to solve his balls.

I coudlnt do maven or elder, it was taking too long, so I just bought a carry. Well worth it, imo, since I dropped 2 divs afterwards in maps.

All in all, its an extremely capable build, I was just playing it wrong. I'm going to leaguestart it next time again, but I'd like to solve 2 QOL problems before that:

1. Mine throwing speed
2. Light radius

Mine throw speed is a real killjoy here. I tried the build without minefield (used crit multi), and it was quite smooth. Rares took slightly longer to kill, but overall speed increased from 5 min per map to 4 min per map (averaged over 10 maps). Plus it just felt a lot better and smoother to play, you know what I mean... Is there anything like , but doesnt use a socket?

Light radius is just one of those things that you just dont worry about until you are forced to do indoor maps while wearing rathpith + dissolution. I dont know how to solve this.