Rare sighting of an Ice spear user!
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We thought they were extinct even in CoC terms but here's one living and breathing SELF CAST ICE SPEAR user it is EXTRAORDINARY. Truly a remarkable Sigh!
http://i.imgur.com/0GawVjd.jpg TOON IN AS WE FIND A CLEAVER a very old ancient extinct animal. Dys an sohm Rohs an kyn Sahl djahs afah Mah morn narr Last edited by Coconutdoggy#1805 on Mar 18, 2016, 12:15:59 AM Last bumped on Mar 25, 2016, 9:51:08 PM
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I was trying this out on the lake but it was doing literally 20% of the dmg a random EK did :(
What is the point of this skill again? IGN: Arlianth
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Actually, I saw a video of a Cleave build utilizing the bloodsplosion ability to increase AoE capabilities. It was clearing mid-tier maps fairly well.
IGN: Ikimashouka, Tsukiyattekudasai, DontCallMeMrFroyo
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" The point of Ice Spear is the high base crit chance and in particular the +600% crit chance in 2nd form. However, because it is useful for this, it has low damage to compensate. Also, because of 'crit creep' where high crit chance keeps getting easier and easier to achieve, its bonus power isn't even that great. Also its 1st form really sucks now. I think (like Freezing pulse and many other projectile spells) it's a relic of a time when shotgunning was a thing. ------------------------------------------------- PS: For ages I had a Power Siphon-CoC-GMP-Chain-Ice Spear build, which was really fun! Unfortunately, barrage with PCoC and spark or something gives better dps even for big mobs. Face it, all of your suggestions are worse than this idea:
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" Theoretically, it can be insane if you always hit mobs within the 2nd from at max range or something with a certain (Specialized) build for that. Perma freeze 100% crit chance with that crit multi stacking. But that would be entirely too annoying for most people to constantly do and it's easier just to face blast stuff with spark. Last edited by RagnarokChu#4426 on Mar 18, 2016, 1:12:57 AM
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" You're being modest lol. T10 is not midtier. Last edited by anvilgod#7511 on Mar 18, 2016, 4:36:03 AM
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" It is very useful as 2nd skill for non-crit ele builds in combination with the Elemental Overload node. Link it to Increased Critical Strikes, cast it once into a group of enemies, the second form crits 95%, and you have 40% MORE damage for 8 seconds. If you are self-casting fire or lightning caster, it synergizes quite well with the Elemental Equilibrium node (which is quite near for an additional -50 resistance). As a primary skill it ***** the ****** off a ****** Dear Maligaro, I left my head in San Francisco, I lost my legs in Peru My liver and kidney are on holiday in Sydney And I am sending my Heart to you --- Love, Malachai Last edited by Flapdrol#5373 on Mar 18, 2016, 5:36:53 AM
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50%+ block BoR DW Cleaver here :D
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Well, you can make anything work with creative use of Ascendancy classes. Ice Spear does seem to suck real bad in comparison to most other spells, though.
To stay ontopic, there's a completely viable lightning warp mine guide in the Shadow section and I'm pretty sure someone can use the Trickster's free casting / ms bonus or the Hierophant's stuff to make a viable lightnig warp totem build, so there's that. I'm also pretty sure a facebreaker shield charge with herald of ash - elemental proliferation and smoke mines to reset position is theoretically possible. Yesterday, I replaced cyclone with whirling blades in my coc cycloner just to fool around and it did clear packs at a somewhat acceptable pace. Didn't even have increased attack speed linked.
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or you could, you know, just make a decent build and faceroll - to each their own :D
You have to be realistic about these things. Logen Ninefingers Last edited by Bars#2689 on Mar 18, 2016, 7:21:50 AM
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