[3.20] Ice Dancing Queen - Icestorm/Cyclone/CI - Viable For Everything
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Ok i tried selfcast and it works :-)
I did a failure in a t15 map with choosing boss had cons ground and didnd enought dmg with cyclone, as he heals faster as i can dmg him. Then i bought the gems for selfcast and tryed it. I saw the whole time me dying as it last really long to get the storms up, but the es is like the good old days like pingpong near zero and full, and i survived. And i got him down like candy. So yes the selfcast is the way to kill non moving bosses. :-) and it droped a funny chest and a orb of influence. Last edited by ichbinwerichbi#6654 on Feb 11, 2022, 11:00:24 AM
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" with all the respect the new bosses are not a good exemple since they are standing still but i allways say the build is fine and u cant expect a very tanky build who face tank everything to be a shit load of dmg like other builds as long as the boss doesnt move 2 much it has a very nice dmg and 1 more thing i tried selfcast and inspiration is just bad u cant get the stacks cus u keep wasteing a lot of mana removeing the stacks.and without a good amount of cast speed it just feels bad but to ea their own i guess Last edited by phantom_god#0601 on Feb 11, 2022, 12:45:46 PM
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Crafted this chest today. T1 flat and T1 hybrid ES. Spent around 7-8 exalts on reforges, but i'm still happy with the result. Any advice how to add some useful prefix? I'm considering closing my eyes and slappin an exalt in it :< |
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I can confirm if you switch to self casting, you basically have 7 link icestorm and it triples your DPS. According to my POB and basic Icestorm calc, I go from 2.7 to 8.1M DPS. The tradeoff is less survivability for obvious reasons (less movement) but it's a much more comfortable boss clear. A CwC cyclone weapon swap is more than fine for normal mapping.
Greetings. Last edited by klorin2#7312 on Feb 11, 2022, 1:37:02 PM
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tip for sustaing intensify stacks, use frostblink, it wont reset them
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" Really no need to move at all you just tank it all beside actual one shot mechanics. I tank Maven's cascade of pain, Sirus uber die beam, shaper shaper slam etc. |
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If the ice storm has less area effect, does it mean the falling icicles are getting closer to each other too, so it would hit single target better or worse?
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" its a better dps againts bosses |
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" You are not focusing on the brand new content?? Well, if you intend to ignore it and farm Sirus - nothing stops you from using the CwC setup. It just takes longer and more expensive to get to the same level of damage. For me, self-casting has been excellent against most bosses and Archnemesis rares. Even things like Hydra can be done with it. Self-casting doesn't mean you are going to stand still 100% of the time. You can adjust your position with Frostblink to dodge the nasty stuff. It's instant and doesn't disrupt your casting at all. So far the only boss that 1-shot me for not constantly moving was Baran. I haven't seen Sirus yet, but I suspect that he's actually going to be easy with self-cast. Not having to get on top of him should be a plus (X-beam phase, and starting to damage him faster after he moves). " Actually, Inspiration uptime does not depend on the cast time. With CwC you gain stacks faster but also reset them more often. With self-cast you gain them slower but it takes longer to reach the reset point. Either way you have full Inspiration stacks the same % of the time. |
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Ok a quick update with my current gear (which isn't that crazy to be honest).
Since I started self casting the build is 100% the most OP shit in the game relative to investment. All the following bosses were done while being watched by maven. Uber Elder - Melted, takes half a second to phase Shaper and Elder between phases, can tank everything, deathless. Maven - Can tank everything with storms stacked, killed multiple times, deathless. Shaper - the most annoying one since he moves so much, and gets hectic with 3 of them thanks to maven, but also easy with this build, can tank shaper beam. Sirus - can tank everything even with the CwC setup. All new bosses are a joke so I'm not gonna even mention them individually but they die very very quickly, you can tank every single ability they have. I will say the damage is absolutely busted with the self cast and Kelvyn deserves mad props for this build, after the storm cap nerf you'd expect Ice Storm to die, but he really keeps bringing it back just as strong. If we can find a way to make the self cast cast speed a BIT faster without investing too much it will be an absolute monster and will make dying impossible. Thanks a lot for the build Kelvynn and apologies for the premature lack of single target claim. Bonus jewel drop which I hope is worth something: Last edited by Firestrike9#7135 on Feb 11, 2022, 7:50:30 PM
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