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

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Black_Gun wrote:

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8r3nt wrote:

What do you guys think of taking shaper of desolation and remove elemental focus gem for the shock?

shaper of desolation only gives shock for 6 out of every 14 seconds. averaged over time, this amounts to 50%*6/14 = 21.4% more damage. by contrast, mastermind of discord provides us with permanent 25% additional fire pen, which has a higher value against targets with high res (bosses, highend maps) and is more reliable.


note that icestorm applies very frequent but small hits, so that the shock duration will be miniscule.

wouldnt fire damage also ignite for extra damage, and chill slows? so its not like the other 8 seconds does nothing. also passive skill like Celestial Punishment will give a big damage boost to shock and ignite.
i think the important question is, like others have already mentioned, how status ailments like shock and ignite will work on bosses like ubers or shaper etc. when the extra damage is needed the most. any insight?

How do you exactly get those three curses running? One you can run anyways. 2nd is granted by the passive note. 3rd with Astramentis +1 or is there another method i dont see?

Love the build, one of the best i've played.

Just wondering what you think about swapping out temp chains for flammability, the penetration and increase in damage should make up for the slow considering the VP leech.

Also what about using an es helmet instead of black sun crest to scale ES pool (plus adds to resists). Of course there's a loss in damage but assuming lvl 3 enlighten it might be ok?

I'm gonna try out these changes and see how i feel about them. Using AA is actually kinda hard considering the mana cost of the skill, barely have the mana pool with an enlighten 2 (w/ sun crest).

Would it make any sense to work a 2 totem build into this using a Soul Mantle?
Was thinking scorcing ray on totems, and icestorm as my main skill.

Getting enough ES/Resistances when using a Soul Mantle will be more challenging though.

I'm just so bummed about how small the radius is when you have CE gemmed in, yet if I replace that with increased AOE, it literally almost halves my average damage.

Feelsbadman, I really wish the AOE was bigger...

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broseidon07 wrote:

I'm just so bummed about how small the radius is when you have CE gemmed in, yet if I replace that with increased AOE, it literally almost halves my average damage.

Feelsbadman, I really wish the AOE was bigger...

dont use inc aoe, use some other damage gem. with inc aoe, the aoe becomes too big and the ice shards too spread out.

I personally also dont like the small radius you get with conc for generic mapping. so my setup uses avatar of fire and the cold to fire support gem instead of conc effect. so I replace the 60% multiplier from conc with the 30% multiplier of ctf and the int I get from replacing pyre with a perandus ring. with this setup, the radius is perfect imho; and the damage is only barely lower than with conc.

Astramentis now up at 1.5-2 ex, price just keeps rising, has this and similar builds become super popular and high demand? or is there something else also using it.

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hognus wrote:

Astramentis now up at 1.5-2 ex, price just keeps rising, has this and similar builds become super popular and high demand? or is there something else also using it.

maybe its players of this build that buy up cheap astras to try to vaal +1curse onto them.

So I started breach this season with this build and I'm loving it. It's the first time I've played whispering ice and it seems really strong. I'm only in the beginning tiers of maps yet but so far it's a breeze I'm sitting at 6kes and finally have my resistances capped. I got lucky and found an exalt while Astramentis was only 1 exalt. I think this build will maybe catch on more this league cause it's completely easy mode in breaches. I can't wait to get better gear and start trying some bosses

Why exactly is Potency of Will picked up?