GOTTA GO FAST™ Frostblades Raider [ EZ 3.0 Starter | 100k dps + | Sonic Approved ]

Softcore Tree

Path of Building

GGG Skill Tree

*note that Phase Acrobatics can be dropped for nodes of the player's choice

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Hardcore Tree

Path of Building

GGG Skill Tree

Bread & Butter of this build, allowing us to scale damage with evasion and GO FAST. These can easily be replaced with good rare thrusting swords (that bonus range FeelsGoodMan). If you look though, this tree doesn't commit to any weapon class so the choices are limitless here. Go for high PDPS and maybe some cold damage.

Lot's of evasion which means MORE SPEED.

Evasion = good. This item is a recent choice, being able to run Grace and Hatred is very strong. A helm with strong evasion and life is also good (Starkonja's perhaps?).

Fill out resists and life here, and go for high evasion if possible. 20% movement speed on boots MINIMUM if you want to GO FAST. Accuracy and added phys/added cold are also good on gloves.

Look to fill out more resists and stat requirements on jewelry. Life, added phys, elemental damage, accuracy, etc. are all good to have. Try not to crap out your belt's elemental damage roll like me, I need to get my Tora to level 7 [-_-]. Rustic sash is good, but going for pure defense on your belt is always a strong choice.

A good Stibnite and Jade flask are mandatory, as they increase our SPEED, survivability, and damage. Without Alpha's Howl, a freeze removal flask is needed, otherwise run staunching. Both seething divine. The other flask slots are up to you: Taste of Hate is BIS, with Wise Oak and Atziri's Promise serving as good alternatives.

This should go without saying, but you should be running two Fight for Survival jewels.

5 Link
Frost Blades->Multistrike->Elemental Damage With Attacks->Ice Bite->Cold Penetration

6 Link
Frost Blades->Multistrike->Elemental Damage With Attacks->Ice Bite->Cold Penetration->Added Cold Damage

Auras
Without Alpha's Howl, you will have a choice of Herald of Ice with either Grace or Hatred.

With howl, you should run Grace and Hatred, as not only will Grace eventually outscale Herald of Ice, but it also increased our defense and FUCKING MOVESPEED. YEAH.

Other Gems
Summon Ice Golem is my golem of choice, but just about every golem is decent. Except maybe stone, we have enough regen at this point.

Whirling Blades->Faster Attacks->Blood Magic->Fortify is always strong, and is my movement skill of choice. You can also use Leap Slam if running swords.

Frost Bomb is good for bossing, and you can link it to Curse on Hit with Frostbite if you have the right colors.

The remaining gem choices I leave up to you. CWDT setup is still decent.

As far as I see you have two choices here, Kraityn or Passive Skill Points.

Kraityn feels nice when leveling, while Passive Skill Points are arguably more powerful late game. It is entirely feasible to take Kraityn to start and spec into Passive Skill Points later.

I would not recommend taking Alira as we are not a crit build, but Oak is a viable option, especially for hardcore characters.

*Screenshots taken with 7 frenzy charges and flasks running (Evasion and Atziri's Promise).

This build can easily clear into the endgame (T15s and Shaper's Realm) and I've been playing it there myself. Start off with fast layout maps (Desert, Acid Lakes, Racecourse, Shore, etc.) and work into harder maps when you're more geared.
The only map mod that gives this build real trouble is reflect. Though as we are non crit, Hatred/Herald of Ice can be swapped for Purity of Ice and you can run a Sapphire Flask. This in addition to the Yugul Pantheon bonus makes reflect maps manageable, if a bit slow.

1st Uber Lab in 3.0
[T12] Shipyard with enough mods to kill you