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

After reading many pages I found one levelling interesting combo posted by one guy on page 3:

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Anyway I am leveling this from zero with no gear and it is a breeeeeze.
I´ve played tons of different WinterOrb builds before and leveling with Freezing Pulse from 1-8 and then with ARC 8-28 and then switching to Winter Orb.. at 38 Winter Orb CwC Ice Spear 4 link and everything dies in a few seconds, including the thoughest of bosses, atm in ACT VIII. Also no deaths.
So just for league start this is a great way to get you to maps and then switch when you are comfortable!

I also feel this might actually be a better for Winter Orb CwC Ice Spear as Assassin.. tree is very similar to my Elementalist version.. like almost exactly the same.

So I am already liking how versatile this build can be if you don´t have the gear straight away you can still do amazing damage to everything.

Some info on what links I did:

1-8 Freezing Pulse-Added Lightning-Added Cold
8-28 ARC-Added Lightning-Controlled Destruction-Elemental Profileration (Really only need 3link with +1 wand until 28-33 or so when you get WinterOrb from SIOSA or buy it from a player at 28 as it´s a quest reward originally from Marmoa for killing Gravicius).
28-38 WinterOrb-Lesser Multiple Projectiles-Added Cold Damage-Controlled Destruction
38-Switch LesserMultipleProjectiles to GreaterMultipleProjectiles
38-Maps (or from ACT VI) WinterOrb-IceSpear-CastWhileChanneling-GreaterMultipleProjectiles

Other then that.. Arctic Armour, Herald of Ice with Onslaught or Curse on Hit with Enfeeble or Blasphemy Enfeeble like original poster said and maybe Herald of Thunder aswell.
Also using Shield Charge with Fortify atm :) for extra zoomzoom alongside FlameDash plus nice phys reduction from Fortify

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Ravenous0001 wrote:

Would this be a good league starter? My goal this league is to take down shaper and elder. I’ve only taken down shaper once so far. Cheesing with immortal golems. Usually I make about 10 ex in a league to spend on gear.

(My answer is with the caveat that Cyclone maths is worked out)

Short answer: It's okay as a league starter, but you need to have some experience in basic currency making strategies as some of the build enabling uniques are a bit expensive. However, there is very little (almost 0) crafting needed, for people that don't like/know how to craft.

Long answer: It's great as a league starter as there is a detailed leveling guide which gets you to maps, and also tells you when to transition to Cyclone CoC (sure, some skills may be nerfed, but I'm sure one can just struggle through with it until the switch). I played it last season in my 2nd ever PoE league as a starter (although I did fiddle around with it in Betrayal league) and got to level 97 and past Uber Elder with no crafting.

The main unique that is truly necessary for it to "work" is Lycosidae for the "Hits Can't Be Evaded" mod, which is a tad expensive. This can be replaced by Ornament of the East (this isn't mentioned in the guide) which you can get as early as level 46, and should be quite cheap, which is what I did last season, although I only transitioned to Cyclone when I got to maps.

When you get to maps will have to start farming for currency for other uniques as you progress. This is where knowledge and knowhow of currency generating strategies will be required to get the rest of the gear, otherwise you may find yourself stuck.

There is also a slight change to the skill tree from 3.5 to 3.6 somewhere north east close to the starting point that may require an extra skill node to get, but essentially, just compare the old skill tree to the new one and attempt to 'connect' it as best possible. Everything else seems much the same. Aim for "Stage 1: The Core" under Order of Gearing and Explanation and you're good to go.

Faster and faster we go.

I managed to get a cool pair of gloves, keep in mind these are standard only as CoC vaal implicit is a legacy result


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzhu8teCYLc&feature=youtu.be

I know i suck at aiming my charge, but its insane fast.


My gear is as follows.

Insane.Those boots,...

This build good for 3.7?

I trully love this build, and considering new 3.7 patch notes.

Can some advanced players tell me it will be same good in 3.7?

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premierunio wrote:

I trully love this build, and considering new 3.7 patch notes.
Can some advanced players tell me it will be same good in 3.7?

no changes but need check new cyclone attack speed, i think i'll be fine.

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Ravenous0001 wrote:

This can be replaced by Ornament of the East (this isn't mentioned in the guide) which you can get as early as level 46, and should be quite cheap, which is what I did last season, although I only transitioned to Cyclone when I got to maps.

Curious, would you replace Widowmaker with this or use Widowmaker and Ornament together?
From looking at it it's only the hits caused by Ornament that can not be evaded or am i reading the item wrong?

I put it on my list to try today when leveling this build :)

Since people keep asking for an update and if its still viable here is my leveling plan for 3.7 for this build:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1APxA8YydqjQ_epxXHQrAeizh9CLZthS0PbYgV5KfJ9Q/edit?usp=sharing

It has leveling trees, when to pickup gems, weapons etc. Please note that this is tailored to my version which has some variation in the gems with what i like to play.
But it should be a good sample of how to get this build going.

Also here is my PoB Link with leveling tree's and gear i used in Flashback:
https://pastebin.com/WCS9DdCK

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SerenadeRaika wrote:

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Ravenous0001 wrote:

This can be replaced by Ornament of the East (this isn't mentioned in the guide) which you can get as early as level 46, and should be quite cheap, which is what I did last season, although I only transitioned to Cyclone when I got to maps.

Curious, would you replace Widowmaker with this or use Widowmaker and Ornament together?
From looking at it it's only the hits caused by Ornament that can not be evaded or am i reading the item wrong?

I put it on my list to try today when leveling this build :)

Since people keep asking for an update and if its still viable here is my leveling plan for 3.7 for this build:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1APxA8YydqjQ_epxXHQrAeizh9CLZthS0PbYgV5KfJ9Q/edit?usp=sharing

It has leveling trees, when to pickup gems, weapons etc. Please note that this is tailored to my version which has some variation in the gems with what i like to play.
But it should be a good sample of how to get this build going.

Also here is my PoB Link with leveling tree's and gear i used in Flashback:
https://pastebin.com/WCS9DdCK

that looks superb

Thanks a lot for that, SerenadeRaika.