[3.5] CheeQu's CoC Ice Nova Assassin - Up to 7m Shaper DPS + Amazing Clearspeed [In-Depth Guide]

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DrPupper wrote:

Quick question: why does stacking crit multiplier help? I thought our damage primarily comes from proc-ing ice nova with critical strikes, not the critical strikes themselves

Your proc'ed spells crit, they get the crit multiplier.

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POOPHAMMER wrote:

No clue what I am doing wrong :/ might just be bad but some of the end map bosses I just cant beat. Lava Lake and Phoenix for example. They just roast me in one shot.

Lol mate with your gear u should explode the whole atlas. :D:D:D Definitely u are doin something not well.

I changed my cospri to exquisite blade (cast on critical/spell damage/atack speed/hit's cant be evade/double damage/non-chaos damage as chaos damage) and I had the impression that my damage are lower than before the changes, someone can give any help??

heeeelp please *-*

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xuxera wrote:

I changed my cospri to exquisite blade (cast on critical/spell damage/atack speed/hit's cant be evade/double damage/non-chaos damage as chaos damage) and I had the impression that my damage are lower than before the changes, someone can give any help??

heeeelp please *-*

It is probably because of Cospri's Malice which does a better job in casting frost bolt and ice nova on crit.

So, with the upcoming changes to Cyclone, which, as stated by Chris, with 3.7 will become a channelling skill.......that basically kills this build right ?

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Nozumi wrote:

So, with the upcoming changes to Cyclone, which, as stated by Chris, with 3.7 will become a channelling skill.......that basically kills this build right ?

Same question here :)
at least we could not use fortify with cyclone in 3.7, am i right?

New passive tree? because the shadow starting area change? :/

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DrPupper wrote:

Quick question: why does stacking crit multiplier help? I thought our damage primarily comes from proc-ing ice nova with critical strikes, not the critical strikes themselves

Well, once you proc an Ice Nova with you crit on Cyclone/Cospri this spell itself will also roll for crit and if it crits (98% of the time it will) it will deal more damage. The more crit multi the more damage from crit Ice Nova.

For those who went with the unnatural instinct route, is it really worth it?

I was able to kill uber elder and I clear maps pretty fast. I still die from occasion, but I'm wondering if the 17 ex investment is worth it?

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Azdingo wrote:

For those who went with the unnatural instinct route, is it really worth it?

I was able to kill uber elder and I clear maps pretty fast. I still die from occasion, but I'm wondering if the 17 ex investment is worth it?

I didn't swap to it but it didn't seem worth it to me at least until you have nothing else to buy, it worked out to be nearly 20ex for some movespeed and attack speed at the cost of some resists which I really needed given the way I geared the build. If you want to throw money into it for a damage increase I think a better investment is a multimodded glove with the temple mod on it. I don't have a mm version on my guy but something like this with damage during flask, crit/ele damage rolls:


I was pretty much in the same spot you are, even without putting an appropriate belt on in place of HH I was able to phase shaper nearly instantly so I didn't really see the value in UI.