Shadow - [3.25] Ice Dancing Queen - Icestorm/Cyclone/CI - Viable For Everything - Forum

" Graiaule#7461 wrote: If the WI staff makes it into POE2 as a unique, I think it is its ilvl that determines how many sockets it will have, and it will have at most 5. It might be better if it weren't a unique but a new base that cast a level xx icestorm. Then, 5 sockets wouldn't be an issue [the higher level icestorm will compensate for the missing support gem], and its implicit would be the x% increased intelligence. That would fit in with the POE2 design nicely and make icestorm staves a staple of the game. What do you think? (I'm still playing POE2 because it's quite deep even in version 0.1 and I am learning new stuff constantly.) Number of sockets is not an issue. WI would be balanced around having 5 sockets. whether the Icestorm is lvl1 always or levels up with ilvl of the staff is something the rest of the stats would be balanced in mind. The question is if GGG is capable to balance WI to be viable. Last edited by Cjin#1011 on Jan 4, 2025, 8:06:24 AM	Posted by Cjin#1011 on Jan 4, 2025, 8:04:00 AM Quote this Post
" Cjin#1011 wrote: Number of sockets is not an issue. WI would be balanced around having 5 sockets. whether the Icestorm is lvl1 always or levels up with ilvl of the staff is something the rest of the stats would be balanced in mind. The question is if GGG is capable to balance WI to be viable. I think we're saying the same thing, whether it's an unique or a base. I don't care if it's balanced or not, please put it in Chris...	Posted by Graiaule#7461 on Jan 4, 2025, 7:44:26 PM Quote this Post
I think that even if/when WI makes it into PoE2, it and building around it is going to be wildly different unless some things we rely on show up on new classes or a revamped passive tree. There’s no ES leech in the game right now (except for a unique belt that turns life overleech into ES), and with the exception of a unique body armor, only physical damage can leech. Given how powerful PoE2 ES is right now, leeching it would basically be invincibility. There’s also no Cast While Channeling, and given the nerfhammer that the Cast When X gems got, I would expect Ice Storm to be pretty much self-cast only. Time will tell, though, I guess.	Posted by Tithonia#4676 on Jan 5, 2025, 8:47:42 PM Quote this Post