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

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jabberjabber2 wrote:

can someone provide suggestions on what to upgrade for my build? https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/jabberjabber2/characters

my budget is 2ex

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Docbp87 wrote:

Buy a 15% Int Black Sun Crest. Get a chest with higher ES. Those would be my first two concerns. Then go for ES boots.

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jabberjabber2 wrote:

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Docbp87 wrote:

Buy a 15% Int Black Sun Crest. Get a chest with higher ES. Those would be my first two concerns. Then go for ES boots.

Thanks, that was helpful.

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_phlv_ wrote:

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jabberjabber2 wrote:

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Docbp87 wrote:

Buy a 15% Int Black Sun Crest. Get a chest with higher ES. Those would be my first two concerns. Then go for ES boots.

Thanks, that was helpful.

Don't forget about Astramentis. Actually you can't go further without this thingy.

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Sarasin wrote:

So I was following this guide and the leveling guide recommends taking CI and infused shield at level 33 when in fact it seems significantly better to instead of spending the 3 points on taking the infused shield node to go and grab Arcane Focus with the same 3 points. You get 2% more maximum energy shield as well as a less relevant but still nice higher recharge rate. Am I missing something here?

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Sarasin wrote:

So I was following this guide and the leveling guide recommends taking CI and infused shield at level 33 when in fact it seems significantly better to instead of spending the 3 points on taking the infused shield node to go and grab Arcane Focus with the same 3 points. You get 2% more maximum energy shield as well as a less relevant but still nice higher recharge rate. Am I missing something here?

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aRTy42 wrote:

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Sarasin wrote:

So I was following this guide and the leveling guide recommends taking CI and infused shield at level 33 when in fact it seems significantly better to instead of spending the 3 points on taking the infused shield node to go and grab Arcane Focus with the same 3 points. You get 2% more maximum energy shield as well as a less relevant but still nice higher recharge rate. Am I missing something here?

Infused shield gives "more" energy shield instead of "increased", which means it is a multiplier. This is very rare for the passive tree, there is no other energy shield passive node that does this and there are only 4 other nodes (which are even keystones) that have something with "more".

The final character has something around 340% increased energy shield, mostly from intelligence. If you take away the 15% more modifier from that character and try to replace it with x% increase, you'd need roughly 50% in increased modifiers. Even with the lvl 33 char you are already at a point where the multiplier is strictly better.