[3.5] CheeQu's CoC Ice Nova Assassin - Up to 7m Shaper DPS + Amazing Clearspeed [In-Depth Guide]

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bkj1 wrote:

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Shaper is ez pz with it now (dont even have 20lvl ice novas)
What should i improve now (excluding lvl of gems and curse on ring).

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LordAzuRa wrote:

@CheeQu

I've been playing this build ever since your guide had only 5 pages of reply and reached over 17+ Million DPS and the build is amazing. I cannot die unless I get one shot at the point where I am.

BUT

I have ONE BIG issue with the build that hasn't been tackled by the guide yet.
For longer fights, if you run out of flask, you are screwed because the build loses all consistency.

Cyclone is at about 82% Crit on my end? Which results in a lot of non-crit at the amount of hits we do a second, I noticed that when fighting a Tul's Pure Breachstone lord.

I can down that breachlord in less than 3 seconds, but if it gets buffed by 500% HP in a party of 6 people, I cannot do anything anymore because I cannot crit enough to proc enough ice nova to deal damage and properly leech on hit and leech with acuity.


So I'd like to find a way to reach a base crit chance of 95% with Cyclone, even if it means losing some Ice Nova damage, anyway 17M+ is too much and is only viable for flask duration.





One of the idea I have at the moment, is to have my Onslaught Flask as Surgeons (20% chance to gain a charge on crit) and the 80% increased Global Crit Chance syndicate craft.

I believe that at 22+ crit per seconds, it should fill all the way back to full charge within the 5 seconds it has an effect.

That 80% will help a lot to reach 95% base Cyclone Crit Chance and I don't mind including it as a 100% buff since it should remain useable at all time, but it's not enough by itself to reach 95%.


Do you have any passive tree recommendation?
The build is only really as good as you can crit with Cyclones, and relying entirely on a Diamond Flask is a huge overlook in my oppinion.

Being able to remove the Diamond Flask after reaching 95% base Cyclone Crit Chance would allow to run a more offense oriented flask such as Atziri's for an extra 15% Extra Chaos Damage (+58K Average Ice Nova Damage in my calculations), so one would be able to gain back the offensive lost in the passive tree in the search of 95 crit chance.

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mrpetrov wrote:

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LordAzuRa wrote:

@CheeQu

I've been playing this build ever since your guide had only 5 pages of reply and reached over 17+ Million DPS and the build is amazing. I cannot die unless I get one shot at the point where I am.

BUT

I have ONE BIG issue with the build that hasn't been tackled by the guide yet.
For longer fights, if you run out of flask, you are screwed because the build loses all consistency.

Cyclone is at about 82% Crit on my end? Which results in a lot of non-crit at the amount of hits we do a second, I noticed that when fighting a Tul's Pure Breachstone lord.

I can down that breachlord in less than 3 seconds, but if it gets buffed by 500% HP in a party of 6 people, I cannot do anything anymore because I cannot crit enough to proc enough ice nova to deal damage and properly leech on hit and leech with acuity.


So I'd like to find a way to reach a base crit chance of 95% with Cyclone, even if it means losing some Ice Nova damage, anyway 17M+ is too much and is only viable for flask duration.





One of the idea I have at the moment, is to have my Onslaught Flask as Surgeons (20% chance to gain a charge on crit) and the 80% increased Global Crit Chance syndicate craft.

I believe that at 22+ crit per seconds, it should fill all the way back to full charge within the 5 seconds it has an effect.

That 80% will help a lot to reach 95% base Cyclone Crit Chance and I don't mind including it as a 100% buff since it should remain useable at all time, but it's not enough by itself to reach 95%.


Do you have any passive tree recommendation?
The build is only really as good as you can crit with Cyclones, and relying entirely on a Diamond Flask is a huge overlook in my oppinion.

Being able to remove the Diamond Flask after reaching 95% base Cyclone Crit Chance would allow to run a more offense oriented flask such as Atziri's for an extra 15% Extra Chaos Damage (+58K Average Ice Nova Damage in my calculations), so one would be able to gain back the offensive lost in the passive tree in the search of 95 crit chance.

Definitely use the onslaught flask with crafted crit rate - it's a huge benefit.

Also, not super efficient but for a crit dependent build doing end game bosses (esp in parties like you), you might want to get the Divine Fervour passive. Also, with the content you're doing, I'd happily sacrifice some dps on jewels by getting jewels with some 18% melee crit chance mods on them.

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taylangur wrote:

Nice and detailed guide but I have to say this after being frustrated so much. Thankfully I've already done 37 challenges before quitting the league, the mana issues of this build made me unable to continue playing PoE Betrayal. Yes, I've read the mana tips part.