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

My thoughts on this build so far in Synthesis:

- The new ES leech nodes are honestly pretty terrible, since you're capped at 2% of max ES per second (before increases) and we just can't stack it anywhere near as well as the broken Occultist. Best to stick to life stacking whenever possible.

- The starting area got nerfed so now we have to spend 2-3 extra skill points. How dumb.

- I really want to get Hatred to work but it would mean cutting Discipline, and the +30 ES per enemy hit jewel while Discipline is active seems too good to pass up, as well as the flat ES buff

- Leveling with this build sucked even following the leveling guide, you probably shouldn't even bother with CoC until you can get lyco and a widowmaker. Throwing lightning traps at Kitava was a mistake

- I feel like it might be best to skip the crit multiplier and spell multiplier nodes entirely and bum rush to the Templar area to grab more life ASAP. You'll notice most of those nodes get removed in the guide at later levels anyway, although it is really tempting to take them. I feel really strapped for skill points since the goal is to wrap all the way around to the Scion life cluster. On that note, don't go out of your way to get the new area radius Witch cluster, we just can't afford to.

For leveling I suggest trying Winter Orb CwC Ice Spear. 4 link took me all the way to maps and until I had enough to switch to CoC. Leveling with it was a breeze. Any 1h with high spell dmg and spell dmg shield is really all you need.

Ive been playing this build and it seems really good so far, I have made some modifications based on other builds and because I want to run mf while I farm for the better items. I have cleared up to tier 11 no problems so far.



I plan to buy more mf and then eventually buy all the dps gear.

Here is a level 90 setup I made for 3.6 in PoB

It uses Hatred and Discipline as auras, Mark of The Shaper, Elder ring w. Warlords Mark on hit, Watchers Eye with Hatred crit chance.
Rest of the gear is pretty generic, but all in all it's
7K ehp total. Should be able to do Uber Elder without much problems.
The 0,3% es leech node Soul Thief should be enough to leech es fast.
Take note that with this setup you must adjust the attack speed to not go over the 3,75 Cyclone attack rate threshold.

https://pastebin.com/bezCX1dB

Most expensive items costs at the time of this post about 12ex.
I would loosely estimate it costs about 16-18 ex for all the items and a 6link Loreweave at this moment.

Wathcers Eye Hatred Crit:
http://poe.trade/search/uiyasiahukihet
Loreweave
http://poe.trade/search/asisitanisonam
Mark of The Shaper
http://poe.trade/search/asetaninaromei
Cspris Malice
http://poe.trade/search/oiremaumehiuhi
The Pandemonius
http://poe.trade/search/arikukoherokat
Shaper Cooldown Belt
http://poe.trade/search/otahanonomanar

Regretted into this from trickster in the new league. I've been having good luck with it, and am clearing maps very effectively. I am still wearing a few pieces of garbage gear, mostly because I haven't had a need to improve it.

One thing I decided to move in on was zealotry. 15% more spell damage is always good, and the changes to consecrated ground are pretty effective, considering we are always right on top of the enemies. I dropped the blasphemy aura for it.
https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Consecrated_ground

Really, I feel like I would rather get the curse from a ring or glove corruption.

Zealotry watcher's eyes aren't that expensive either, probably because there aren't a lot of build guides out there which actually call for them. I got this for a very modest price, and I think that it complements the build well.


I know the survivability isn't going to be as high as a ESoH watchers eye, but it is WAAAY cheaper. The extra penetration is nothing to sneeze at. I feel like with a watcher's eye like this, zealotry becomes extremely attractive.

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FilthyMonkey wrote:

I know the survivability isn't going to be as high as a LoH or ESoH watchers eye, but it is WAAAY cheaper. A bit of extra damage pen never hurt anybody either.

Can you try and take the Soul Thief node and run Discipline instead of Herald of Ice? How is the leech working from only that node with your damage? I just tested it on my character and the ES went back up to full in a split second, felt better than the ESoH mod.

I'll give it a shot in a couple of levels.

Bought a CDR belt yesterday. It even has room for another craft of my choice. Prefix or suffix. I divined it until I hit 14%+ CDR.


Now I am considering how to properly up my APS. Apparently with the 14% the APS cap is 7.57. Divided by two for cyclone and it is 3.785.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/a1e0o1/psa_cooldown_and_aps_thresholds_for_new_coc_and/

I already have a 14% cospri's. Considering options

starkonja's + coordination = 3.48 aps. 22%. A little low.
starkonja's + onslaught = 3.69 aps. 30%. Viable.
devoto's + onslaught = 3.84 aps. 36%. Too high.
devoto's + coordination node = 3.64 aps. 28% Viable.
0% attack speed helmet + onslaught + coordination = 3.75 aps. 32%. Pretty much right on the money.

It seems like you ideally want around 32% extra attack speed from some combination of bonuses, as is evidenced by the last case.

I feel like if I would be using devoto's, doing it without an onslaught flask would be kind of defeat the purpose.

Probably just do starkonja's with a silver flask, as is recommended in the guide.

Love the build and want to give it a try. Just curious on people's thoughts between this version and the occultist ES/CI version. Occultist seems to do slightly more damage, have more ehp, and doesnt need pandemonius ($$). But ES gear aint the cheapest either.

Obviously people are in this thread for the assassin, but what do you guys think between the two?

is it at all possible to run this build in 3.6 as pure ES and use the new ES leech gem?

Can you upadate skill tree for 3.6 please