[3.26] Ice Dancing God - Icestorm/Cyclone/CI - Viable For Everything

Shouldnt the prefix "xx% increased Damage while Leeching" be mandatory for gloves in this build ?
Or does Icestorm get more out of flat damage ?

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Graiaule#7461 wrote:

Can we start posting our merc loadouts now? (At the moment, mine are on vacation, but on my 2nd char, I am using a Warpriest to great effect.)

Good idea. I added mine to the league section of the top post.

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Turbopuschel1#6531 wrote:

Shouldnt the prefix "xx% increased Damage while Leeching" be mandatory for gloves in this build ?
Or does Icestorm get more out of flat damage ?

Increased (not MORE) damage mods do very little for this build. We already have over 1500% Increased damage from sources like Tranquility, Cold to the Core, etc. Adding a little bit more is not really worth sacrificing a glove affix.

This is also why we don't care about Sulphur flasks. Or the Runegraft that gives Increased damage for unlinked sockets.

I thought will Animate Guardian survive in one link without supports?
Planned to equip on him Kingmaker (for crit and cull) and Garb of the Ephemeral (for slow immunity/anticrit)

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lacnee#2250 wrote:

I thought will Animate Guardian survive in one link without supports?
Planned to equip on him Kingmaker (for crit and cull) and Garb of the Ephemeral (for slow immunity/anticrit)

Tried it a couple of leagues ago with the ring that gives it a couple of support. Long story short, it really doesn't work.

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Kelvynn#6607 wrote:

Do you have an example of such a setup? With auras and curses actually useful to this build.

My Sanguimancer adds EW on hit with Anathema already, giving me a 3rd good curse. But 4 on-hit curses? Including Frostbite and Punishment? I would like to see that.

Kingmaker's +50% crit multi is Ok but far from the amount of damage you need to overcome 50% more life.

Sure!

Here's one:

Kingmaker's 50% crit multi.
Anathema + Elemental Weakness.
Use the merc to apply the three curses, and annoint Heartseeker.
Add a helmet with the "nearby enemies have -9% cold res" mod (they're 10C on trade).

High-end PoB goes from 3.3M average hit to 4.85M. That's 47% more with almost nothing on the merc. No other rolls on helmet, one ring slot, the amulet, and it's not even dealing damage yet. Plus, none of that takes into consideration the considerable defensive benefit you gain, and you get a whole five-link to play with and 25% more currency drops.

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WinterHiko#1542 wrote:

Anathema + Elemental Weakness.
Use the merc to apply the three curses, and annoint Heartseeker.

Need more details on this one. Is the merc applying all 3 curses? How?

Of course, the downside to offloading some of our own stuff onto a support merc is that, well, sometimes mercs die.

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Tithonia#4676 wrote:

Of course, the downside to offloading some of our own stuff onto a support merc is that, well, sometimes mercs die.

My lv 84 Sanguimancer with 75% all res has not died even once. I have. But she is simply immortal. I think I saw her hp bar move just a tiny bit in the toughest maps. But she casts Vaal Vitality every few seconds.

I haven't tried bringing her to Uber Sirus, or Uber Maven... That's an idea! XD

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Kelvynn#6607 wrote:

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WinterHiko#1542 wrote:

Anathema + Elemental Weakness.
Use the merc to apply the three curses, and annoint Heartseeker.

Need more details on this one. Is the merc applying all 3 curses? How?

Corrupted implicits on gear for application on hit. Only Punishment isn't available that way, you'd have to apply it yourself or find another source.

You can also add Legacy of Fury for scorch + explosions and Yoke of Suffering to apply shock, two other sources of damage the build doesn't run.

Garb of the Ephemereal can replace One Step Ahead and let you allocate the Frenzy Charge ascendancy, giving you +2 max and letting you use the +frenzy charge every X seconds implicit on your chest for a lot of extra damage.

Blood price removes 8% life from any full life enemy. There's also a -10% all resistances helmet.

The Eternal Struggle amulet can give 15% culling.