[3.21] ShakCentral's Cold DoT Elementalist For Everyone

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SchnouzPolä wrote:

Hey Guys,

First time vortex here an I'm loving it! I'm asking myself if I should switch to LL at all. I feel very comfortable with CI and can do T16 maps easily (ok bosses take some time...).

Is the damage-output of LL a lot higher or can I reach similar levels by maxing my CI gear?

I am especially fond of those:

I am a dirty casual not sitting on a fortune to just try it out. Thanks to my first mirror shard ever I could do the switch and then sell my body armor and my amu. OR I could simply improve the gear of my CI (+2 wand with cold dot).

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Sighted wrote:

Hi there,

I've hit a bit of a road block in SSF and would appreciate some tips on how to improve my defences.

I'm currently running T8-T9 maps comfortably but when I try to push T10-T11, I often find myself dying 2-3 times in a map.

I have a 5-link Shavs and I'm not sure yet if pushing to a LL build will improve things.
Single-target damage seems extremely low as well, even with curses applied.

Here is a PoB link to my character and if you want to take a look at the character via my profile, it's name is Nethersling.

https://pastebin.com/aiqJRbKp

Thanks for your time!

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Defiants wrote:

I'm kind of frustrated, I don't really understand how people are having the success they're having with this build. I've invested quite a bit into it and I'm still just getting one shot all the time.

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I'm really tired of the "hurr durr, just don't get hit" attitude. I don't know what content they're talking about, but there's more than enough content in this game where you really just can't avoid getting hit.

I don't feel there's any true defensive layers here. We have a large ES pool, and some ES regen-- but even with 8600 ES I'm getting 100% one shot. From full ES to dead in a fraction of a second, all while in a map that otherwise poses no challenge. I cannot do Sirus at higher awakener levels, if I get touched at any point in that fight I just die. I can't do Ultimatums on a consistent basis, I can't do Tier 16 maps consistently. I'm level 94 and cannot progress past this point, and I just spent a bunch on the Cluster Jewels only to allocate them and see no perceivable buff. Damage went up by like 10%, but I had to remove defensive nodes such as the Shield Block stuff.

I'm just getting tired of having builds hyped up by people that somehow have 100s of Exalts to make literally any build work, then presenting it to people as if it's a strong build for average players. I have 1500 hours in this game. I'm not a noob. I'm definitely not an expert or a top tier player either, but damn. I'm really just getting sick of the game because of how people consistently misrepresent builds.

Or is this just the state of the game? I don't know.

It really bothers me that people can't just present their build guides in an honest manner. This is yet another paper tiger build presented as having defenses and the ability to do all content in the game. That's not true unless you're buying 100 exalts through RMT.

And no, I'm not giving my items to random people on TFT. That's not a game I want to play. I've been scammed before by "trusted" people. I'm not into playing Path of Exile that way. I'm saying this because the response to me stating that you need 100 exalts will be "just craft your own gear" which is nonsense because none of this "crafted" gear is crafted by one individual person; instead it's crafted in part by one person, then handed to another to do extremely rare harvest crafts. If that's the only way your build can get geared properly, it shouldn't be considered as viable for SSF. This build played via SSF will not progress past Tier 14 maps. The only way to get the damage required is through the Low Life variant which is significantly more fragile and requires several uniques that will be hard to source in SSF.

Anyone glancing at my profile, my weapon can be improved-- sure, for a dozen exalts or so, for a slight increase in DPS, which won't stop me from getting one shot. I could upgrade my belt for a dozen exalts. My Elder Ring could probably have a bit more ES on it, but I use it to generate Endurance Charges which assists my CWDT Immortal Call link. ( Which isn't even included in the base build, instead they suggest you have more damage abilities such as frost bomb )

If you want to spend 20 exalts to avoid a good portion of Map Modifiers and still struggle to do most of the end game content, this build is great for you.