[2.6] Flash Freeze Ice Shot Ranger

I just had a pair of southbound soldier gloves drop for me. Looking at them, they seem really good for the build. Do we not use them because it requires enemies to be frozen to kill?

Major updates to my gear:



Ive tried out a few things with the 2 empty sockets. Summon Skeletons was just terrible so ive switched to Portal+Faster Casting. Im tempted to try out Decoy totem to help with Bosses but i imagine it will be just as useless as the skeletons were so i may be keeping the casting+portal. Its convenient.

Picked up a cheap Atziri's so my pots looking better now:

I have tried this build with trash gear and able to reach Merciless dried lake comfortably. However I have now hit a "gear-wall". Damage does not seem to be a problem for packs. However single target damage is not good with this build (unless you use Barrage). Also the build is low in life which usually works ok but if you get hit you're dead - that is the biggest downside of evasion. Normally it would not be much of an issue, but labyrinth would be very very difficult with this build to complete.

Hi,
I've started with this build on legacy league, it's awesome :).
I went Deadeye and currently saving currency to buy myself a new bow, here comes mij question:

Which bow is BiS you'd say for a Deadeye? Is it Slivertongue with Rigwalds? Does it mean you don't need the chain & fork runes and thus create more DPS because of the removal of damage reducers?

Also, yesterday I found a jewel which I hoped you could inform me about, its Omen on the Winds Viridian Jewel. Is this a good jewel or do you prefer another jewel?

Thanks so far!

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Rudraksh wrote:

I have tried this build with trash gear and able to reach Merciless dried lake comfortably. However I have now hit a "gear-wall". Damage does not seem to be a problem for packs. However single target damage is not good with this build (unless you use Barrage). Also the build is low in life which usually works ok but if you get hit you're dead - that is the biggest downside of evasion. Normally it would not be much of an issue, but labyrinth would be very very difficult with this build to complete.

You have to remove that "unless", you must have another skill for singletarget dps, Ice shot is for clear speed, wrecking packs and freezing, occasionally to chill the scary enemies.
Blast rain is pretty good at single target and with the knockback on crit you will keep most unique enemies at bay.

I have done Uber lab yesterday with 4300 hp and 12000 evasion on my first try, it wasn't difficult.
Ofcourse you will wanna dodge Izaro's telegraphed attacks, you don't wanna push your luck.
All of this on a 5link ice shot, 4link blast rain.

Overall I'm enjoying the crazy fast clear speed and the sick life leech with Vaal pact, yesterday I did three deathless T7 Armoury with Beyond/Breach/Nemesis with full sextants and hard rolls on map. I was pretty satisfied.
I'm looking forward to having atleast 1 six socket in the upcoming days and see how far it can really push, then I will settle for either grinding maps or consider rerolling.

Oh and I've been running with a Vaal Haste since I found it in dried lake, it has kind of grown on me, it can help sometimes and it feels good to hit that 4 seconds of insanity.

I also found out I can actually play ele reflect mid tier maps just fine due to the superior life leech, it's good to have no mana flask too.
The biggest offenders in maps are the cannot leech mana from mobs and player dodge chance is Unlucky, this one is super rippy...
Also f**K that twin Quay boss, I should've identified it lol

The build is indeed cheap too as I managed to craft every single piece of equipment just buying the base items and spamming it with essences / chaos / regal whatever :D

Only thing that costed me was the 70 chaos Death's Opus prophecy.

I also found a Legacy Lioneye's Glare.. duh :D

What would a Barrage Setup look like ? Is it worth putting P2L in for the elemental conversion ? Blast Rain doesn't feel THAT great, I am running shaped strand atm and the Bosses take 1-2 minutes (BR tooltip 20k dps) and with the flicker one it doesn't feel too comfortably.. using Death's Opus so Barrage might be better ?

Are the new threshold jewels worth it? Currently running raider with one of the jewels, and IS+GMP+added cold+Inc crit+WED. Seems to be doing alright.

So I'm playing this build currently over 68 starting maps. I am doing the raider version. I just crafted a 6l decorator bow last night. My ice shot is now 10k dps on tooltip with full frenzy and power charges. I now am having mana issues only able to first 2 to 3 shots before a pause for mana. Also went mobs are elected resist or cold resist the packs don't explode very easy. Is there anything I can do to improve these issues?

Thanks

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Theonething wrote:

So I'm playing this build currently over 68 starting maps. I am doing the raider version. I just crafted a 6l decorator bow last night. My ice shot is now 10k dps on tooltip with full frenzy and power charges. I now am having mana issues only able to first 2 to 3 shots before a pause for mana. Also went mobs are elected resist or cold resist the packs don't explode very easy. Is there anything I can do to improve these issues?

Thanks

Helpful if you set your character to public so gear and tree can be checked. I personally have no mana issues on a 5-link and even specced out of Spirit Void, but don't know if that can change on a 6-link.

For resist, you need the Forces of Nature and Primeval Force nodes if you haven't taken already or simply higher dps will fix the problem ;)

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Paradiso32 wrote:

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Theonething wrote:

So I'm playing this build currently over 68 starting maps. I am doing the raider version. I just crafted a 6l decorator bow last night. My ice shot is now 10k dps on tooltip with full frenzy and power charges. I now am having mana issues only able to first 2 to 3 shots before a pause for mana. Also went mobs are elected resist or cold resist the packs don't explode very easy. Is there anything I can do to improve these issues?

Thanks

Helpful if you set your character to public so gear and tree can be checked. I personally have no mana issues on a 5-link and even specced out of Spirit Void, but don't know if that can change on a 6-link.

For resist, you need the Forces of Nature and Primeval Force nodes if you haven't taken already or simply higher dps will fix the problem ;)

Ok fixed

Thanks