[3.19] Ice Dancing Queen - Icestorm/Cyclone/CI - Viable For Everything
" Hi there! You have 1 life, so have to be very careful to protect it!! 8-) I think I've figured out the difference between previous leagues and this one. Previously, you could just sit in the middle, spin around a bit, and kill mobs and tank them easily, magic packs or rare mobs. Now, you cannot do that as it appears that multiple magic mobs will attack you at the same time, effectively shotgunning you if you are in the middle of them. So, I will cyclone into the middle of a blue pack, but then if I see my ES drop fast, I frostblink out asap (and/or hit some flasks.) Once I started doing that, and also paid attention to lightning on the ground (meaning the slow lightning death is coming), my deaths dropped dramatically. I also took "Increased Energy Shield Leeched" in the Ethereal Feast cluster, though it's hard to tell how effective that is. |
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" I think we hit the Maximum ES leech rate quite easily, problem is the new mods are kinda stupid, some are immune to chill and freeze, some have insane cold resistence and some have retarded HP values on top of crazy regen. Overall, Archnemesis rares replacing nemesis ones is a very stupid, not well thought change, it really adds nothing but annoyance to the game. If I wanted to play Darksouls I'd play darksouls, this is an ARPG - you become stupid strong by investing time and money into your build and enjoy blasting through content. I started off strong this league and have most of the expensive gear already, but the league is really making me consider if I should perhaps sit this one out. |
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thanks for answer
i do that now in same way and die not so often anymore. And it was specially in temple of decay that i HAD es and died. I dont understand this because normaly es should be down bevor i die as chaos dmg cant come throught energy shield So i thought it was a archnem mod. |
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Yeah, some of the archnemesis mobs are quite painful to deal with. I wouldnt rly blame the build and asce choice because this entire clown fiesta wasnt expected by anyone at all. Tho im sitting rn at 1663 int and 7.6k es + having WE socketed, i dont rly die that much often. I learned to dodge and kite these stuff around.
Im expecting more and more nerfs coming next days anyway. Lets just adapt like we always had to :) |
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" The build is AMAZING don't get me wrong, the clear and damage overall is really good for how little INT I have at the moent (1800). It's just that for bosses with phases its really hard not to die because we can't regen ES. Last edited by Firestrike9#7135 on May 17, 2022, 11:06:33 AM
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Try with removing Ghost Reaver note, that might help in general (WE is somewhat fixing the leech issues at this point i believe).
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How about adding Vile Bastion instead of Malediction, one curse less (EW probably) a little loss of damage but we gain Stun Immunity (we can use additional talents from the tree (We don't have to go into tolerance) and we get huge ES regen?
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With Ghost Reaver you might want to use (upgraded) Soul of Tukohama (and Zealot's Oath). The HP regen kicks in as soon as you stop moving, no 2 sec wait time there, and you get little bit extra physical damage protection.
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For mana reservation problems and using Aspect of the Spider.
I have all the stuff now, Clarity, Discipline, Purity, Curse Aura and Aspect. I have both Sovereignty and Charisma and Mana reservation Efficiency from Curse Mastery wheel. And lvl1 Awakened Blasphemy. Total of 83.13% reserved plus flat 167 from Clarity leaving me with 200 unreserved mana. Could get away without Charisma wheel if I got lvl4 Enlighten. lvl3 would leave me with -2 free mana. Better even if I could get one of the mana reservation enchants form the lab. Better mana reservation corruption on jewels is not an option to me right now. Last edited by Cjin#1011 on May 17, 2022, 4:36:53 PM
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And then I met Belcer the Pirate Lord in a T5 Shore map who had Necromancer's, Bootlegger's, and Buccanneer's grip, and who would one shoot me from a distance at 4400 ES.
I suppose the random luck can be very bad on boss attributes when you use a sentinel. Wasn't possible to fight him by circling; one of his attacks is AOE and not avoidable by running around (other than to hide behind rocks.) Couldn't tell if there was a warning prior to that (since I would have to record a video and look very carefully at it.) Finally killed him by kiting him halfway across the map and shooting him remotely. Naturally his last shotgun attack killed me just as I killed him, and the loot was inaccessible as my portals were gone. My wife heard my yell from outside. Last edited by Graiaule#7461 on May 17, 2022, 5:39:17 PM
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