[2.6] The Curse Whisperer - Tri-Curse CI Whispering Ice Elementalist - Viable for Everything

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Kelvynn wrote:

Don't get scared by the gear some people have in Standard. That's what happens when you play a few leagues and then all that stuff ends up in Standard. :) You definitely don't need godly items to beat everything in PoE.

Now, your stuff... Please re-read the Gear section. Your chest (all of them) is bad cause of no Int. This build is based on Int. A 800 ES chest is useless here if it doesn't have Int.

The insane prices you see on poe.trade are 6L, tri-res, etc stuff that's not even used by this build. What you want is Int, some ES and maybe a resist mod. For example, this would be good:
http://poe.trade/search/akurakasimowar
If this is too expensive (since you are a new player) then lower ES to 650 or don't bother with resists on chest, you can look for them on other pieces.

You can be fine with Auxium, it was the main belt until 2.4. But Int Crystal belts are so good, and they can help with resists too. Since you are in this league, definitely get one.

And of course you can get gloves like yours but with more ES.

You probably can beat Merciless Lab, but don't let Izaro get buffs and don't facetank him until you get better chest, gloves and belt.

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Kelvynn wrote:

I ran a couple of tests with the Shaper 2.4.1 and his Teleport Slam. I did it in the league, with my 8.5k ES Inquisitor. His Ascendancy makes all nearby enemies deal 8% LESS ele damage - that's a much stronger protection than Elementalist's 8% Reduced ele dmg if you've been hit with that element in the last 4 sec which I don't think even applies to Teleport Slam cause it takes about that long to hit you.

Here's what I found:

1. Teleport Slam definitely has a physical damage component (phys+cold?).
2. It can crit, and often.
3. When it doesn't crit it deals like 2-3k damage and it doesn't matter.
4. When it does crit, it 1-shots the Inquisitor with 8.5k ES, PoI and Sapphire flask (85% cold res).
5. Adding a Basalt flask to the mix (85% cold res + 20% phys mitigation) makes the crit slam survivable, and it deals about 7k damage to the Inquisitor. Probably 7.5k damage to the Elementalist.

First two Shaper fights can still be done facetanking him and using Sapphire+Basalt when he uses Teleport Slam. However, the 3rd fight is very problematic. If the Shaper uses Teleport Slam when the Clone is up - that's trouble. That remaining 1.5k ES is not enough to survive damage from the clone right after taking the Teleport Slam from the main Shaper.

I'll try with the Elementalist in Standard and see how that goes. But looks like dodging the slam in the final fight may be safer unless you are really well geared.

People who did the Shaper after 2.4.1 and facetanked the slam, how much ES do you have? What flasks do you use? Got any videos? I'd really love to find a good way to facetank in the final fight again.

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Kelvynn wrote:

To calculate the value of a jewel, simply look at the sum of the values of these mods on it. Int is better than the same amount of Increased damage. Int will increase Icestorm damage by almost the same amount as a damage mod, but it also increases ES.

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Mikav wrote:

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Kelvynn wrote:

To calculate the value of a jewel, simply look at the sum of the values of these mods on it. Int is better than the same amount of Increased damage. Int will increase Icestorm damage by almost the same amount as a damage mod, but it also increases ES.

Can't understand why Int give the same amount of Increased damage. The Staff give us +1% damage per 10 Int, not per 1 Int. Can anyone explain?

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Mikav wrote:

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Kelvynn wrote:

To calculate the value of a jewel, simply look at the sum of the values of these mods on it. Int is better than the same amount of Increased damage. Int will increase Icestorm damage by almost the same amount as a damage mod, but it also increases ES.

Can't understand why Int give the same amount of Increased damage. The Staff give us +1% damage per 10 Int, not per 1 Int. Can anyone explain?