2.4 CoC Icespear/shot deadeye.

Just wanted to give a gear and progress update, i know im on a different path than yours. Well since i got that sweet helm enchant im sticking with tornado shot.

However i liked the idea of Deaths opus and got lucky to get one with max crit, it also helps tornado shot a lot with single target again. I also did frenzy+pcoc+coh+assasin and it works great. Tri-Herald is also pretty good too. Trying blind with herald of lightning and ice for extra defense now. Finally got a 6 link too, so im thinking about removing fireball from coc and just stick to arctic breath+icespear and maybe add cold pen.





Also got this beauty, but gotta fix resists first to use it. However tooltip dps of the enchant is 27k, and edict of fury was 14k and it was still giving one shot crits, so yeah huge boost.



So far i kinda like this new coc, its not as powerful as before but hard hitting spells are fun :)

yeah, I would not run fireball, or even artic breath. Although did consider breath.

Here's why:
First, the reason I am focusing on Icespear is it's 7% base crit. And +600%, second form crit chance.
Fireball has a 6%, arctic breath 5% base.

My Icespear has a 34.35% crit chance unbuffed, form1. and hits 95-103% chance form 2 buffed.
Fireball has a 30.49% crit chance unbuffed, and hits 49% crit fully buffed.
Arctic breath would be like 27% crit, 43% buffed.

I feel focusing on icespears near 100% crit rate, is more effective, then spamming multiple spells.

pulse-6% crit, can't chain. (proj speed does make it cover screen.)
frost bomb.-6% crit, not a proj. have not actually tested this. aoe tag for endless munitions. -20% cold resist aoe.
Frostbolt- 5% crit, too dang slow. but does hit like a truck.
Cascade-5% crit. not a projectile. Aoe tag for endless munitions.
Nova-6% crit, not a projectile. aoe for endless munitions.
Vortex-same.


The second thing to consider is aoe shotgunning. Iceshot aoe shotguns. The AOE tag allows shotgunning.
however, the individual mechanics of projectiles and AOE tags are more varied.
Ice shot hits, and creates a secondary aoe effect in the conal ice.
Pierce/chain/fork work with it.

Fireball and arctic breath however "explode on impact" They only deal their aoe when the projectile is destroyed. If it pierces/chains/forks, it will not deal aoe damage. Chain is actively hurting fireball/arctic breath, when there are targets to chain to.



A lightning arrow/orb of storms variant might be fun/work.

actually, forget what I just said. not the mechanics part... but, you have a new, different build.
TS-Coc-fireball/breath aoe shotgun.

you are using tornado shot. Chain is not doing anything for you in the first place. what YOU want is endless munitions first.

You want gmp, but not forking/chain/pierce. The +aoe and extra proj both buffing fireball/arctic breath shotgun. Fast and deadly good, but you actively do not want ricochet. rupture last, cause again, you kindof don't want pierce. Pierce actively bad, as it will break the fireball/breath shotgun even if there is no secondary target. I *think* chain will still shotgun if there is no second target, like izaro, etc. but I would argue, best to not even.

Because, you are not focusing on crit like my icespear build, death's opus is not ideal for you.
Any solid crit harbringer.
Doomfletch prism would be good. Windripper.

quiver. hyrri's maybe. (+10% aoe, stats to afford int gems)
Dying sun, super good for you.

This is my first thoughts on a rework. more consideration, we may remove almost all the duelist nodes, in favor of elemental, or witch life, etc.
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAABAICAQBeAdEDHgUtBbUHHgguDPINjQ3RDkgPxBEvEZYT2hVDGY4fQSBuIXYj0yP2JP0mlSoLKwotHzBxMHw2PTnUOkI7fD1fPs9DMUd-SVFKfUt4TLNM_02STipQMFFHUXRSU1VLVvpaGluvXfJh4mKsY0NlTWXTbIxv8nBScUN07XXLeu99dX8rf8aGzod2idOMNo19jX6Nv47pj2CVIJUul5WX9JuNnaqgn6EiokCio6XLppmv67EBtMW4yrvjvTa95r6nwTPB88LswzPEos2Yz17TftQj2sHbXt2o44Tjn-dU6mLrY-2D7g7vevDV9Pj8xf66_94=

Well you are right at most part, but:

More projectile = more tornado shot damage on single target since it can get hit more than once+im also a crit build and crit multiply roll on death opus is superb(Got around +550 crit multply right now)

I think rapture might be better since i dont gain much from chain, so yeah

Needs more testing of course, however right now at t8-9 maps i can 1-2 shot whole screen and bosses go down pretty fast too.

Also that dying sun looks really good but it will be hard to get one :)

SO which bandit rewards did you guys take? Also, I've never made a CoC build before... do you guys just use this as a single target as well? I've been using blast rain to level up, and even now at level 50 it still does more damage than my ice shot, though I don't have the CoC mechanics yet

I was just using the same for single target. But, admittedly not ideal. the deaths opus iceshot/gmp spear single target is fairly mediocre. it can be increased in several ways. one, would be to swap out GMP for a single target gem. several were suggested. Another was to swap out iceshot, for Tornado shot. Which would also work.
A 3rd option is I did not actually list a 6l for your second. You could run a single target setup there.
A 4th option, is similar. Weapon swap to a more ideal single target bow/skill setup.

oak or passive normal. passive cruel. power charge or frenzy merc.
frenzy stack with no real ceiling. crit has no advantage past 100%.. so power charges depends more on your gear. at 80% iceshot on mine, but gear could be improved vs swapping for that extra charge.
Both would be viable, crit fuels your CoC. but as you hit 100% crit(95%cap), the frenzy is better.

Heyo,

I also started a charackter based on your build.
Currently Lvl 77 blasting through tier 4-5 maps in softcore essence league.
I also changed to Tornado shot because of the single target dmg and also because it has a bigger phys component wich makes it sustainable with little mana leech. Still could swap it out for Ice shot in Phys reflect maps though.

Links: Tornade Shot <-> CoC <-> Ice Shot <-> GmP <-> Increased Critical Strikes
Hatred; Blaspehmy <-> Assasins Mark; Cast when stunned <-> Arctic Breath <-> GmP
6th link: probably gonna be Crit multi support or a 2nd Spell like arctic breath.

Important gear I use:

check my Essence charackter "BowStapler"

Skilltree: (1 lvl away from the 80% Crit Bow node; Bandits: Life;Attack Speed;Frenzy charge)
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAICAABeAdEDHgUtBbUILgqbDY0RLxPaFUMWvxmOH0EhdiP2JP0mlSoLKwowcTB8MfozkjY9OdQ6Qj7PQxNDMUd-S3hM_02STipRR1VLVYVW-loaW69d8mHiYqxlTWyMbWxwUnTtdct293jreu99dX8rgayGzonTjAuMNo19jX6Nv5AKm42dqqCfoSKiQKXLr-uxAbVIuXy9Nr3mvqfDM8SizZjPXtN-1CPWWNrB3ajnCudU53To1um96mLrFOtj7LDtg-4O73rwu_T4_MX-uv_e?accountName=Lorenzorro&characterName=BowStapler

things i wanna try:
Couple of unique Bows including Windripper, Death's Opus. Also some of the new Endgame Bows.
Unique Quivers
also i am not using a golem yet (but should)

My biggest concern:
The damage right now is pretty good but a generic 5-link Tornado Shot is probably doing more damage. I hope this changes a bit with a 6th link but im somehwta uncertain.

doing maps and don't have a golem yet? haha. how did you manage that?

yeah, your build/gear very heavily favors just plain TS atm. so, its not really surprising. Hatred is buffing it exclusively. and not your arctic breath or spear.
Part of my earlier hesitation on Anger, was its fire. Focusing on ice, lets us use a sapphire flask to take care of nearly all reflect. Anger is the only aura that adds damage to spells. Wrath increases lit as a % of lit on spells, useless to us. And hatred is % of physical of course.


You are a bit split on the recently discussed spear crit vs gmp arctic breath as well.
I think your crit multi is a bit low. you might do better with the endless munitions aoe shotguning, discussed recently. high crit for your bow, to proc. But focus less on crit multi, because arctic breath can't hit the same high crit chance of ice spear.



Side thought on heralds vs hatred.
Herald quality give global 15% cold/lighting/fire damage.
I think dual herald is then, the correct answer. Esp quality. (dual-herald+enhance.)
Quality herald of ice especially would be powerful.
And purity of ice UNLINKED ideally. it gains little from quality.
91% reservation. I may adjust the tree, to get a bit of reduction.



The duelist life/mana leech are Attack Damage. it does not matter if its elemental or physical.

Any updates to this build?

Sorry not really.

The char went to standard, and I don't really play there to update, new ideas.
This league was Frostblades pathfinder.

No new tricks learned to update really. The only thing might be the power of raw life for bow builds.. If you can fit Kaoms in there.. Had alot of extra gem slots in the op, etc. Bows have the advantage of 2 6l's possible. If you can get a 6l bow, kaoms is especially good for bows.

I do heavily recommend Deaths opus for this.

No projected balance notes for 2.5 yet either.