[3.11] Aquarism's Ice Shot [All Content]

Hi,

Thanks for the guide, very clearly written.
I have two questions:
1) what's the best gem to replace Dmg on full life? Would it be added cold damage?
2) what is the Strenght and Intelligence requirement to use gems in this build (can someone who is mapping check this please, want to make sure i don't end up lacking stats after buying gear :) )
I understand we don't use lvl 20 frost bomb for example.

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ProjectAu wrote:

Raider vs Deadeye for this season?

What do you guys think? More survivability

Raider tankier, Deadeye faster and more dmg

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nizarimaster wrote:

HI!
I don't get one think. Why use Damage on Full Life?
If we get hit but any random projectal then we won't have bonus from this gem. Am I right?

yes, but that rarely happens, with life leech, high evade dodge and instant life flask, any damage you take will be healed back to full almost instantly.

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HarryBolls wrote:

Hi,

Thanks for the guide, very clearly written.
I have two questions:
1) what's the best gem to replace Dmg on full life? Would it be added cold damage?
2) what is the Strenght and Intelligence requirement to use gems in this build (can someone who is mapping check this please, want to make sure i don't end up lacking stats after buying gear :) )
I understand we don't use lvl 20 frost bomb for example.

114 str 70 int

replace dmg on full life with cold pen

I am a bit confused. My Ice shot gem (solo, no links) does more damage than my barrage with 2 supports.. Why use barrage at all for single target, isn't ice shot on 6L simply doing more damage? (a lot more).
What am I missing. I used this build some time ago but without barrage just Ice S. everything including bosses. Frenzy (charges) is important and I used Frenzy skill to generate them or sometimes kill bosses (but usually didn't bother). I understand bosses now have more life (a lot more) but still, Barrage? Over Frenzy? Again, what am I missing?

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Ludak021 wrote:

I am a bit confused. My Ice shot gem (solo, no links) does more damage than my barrage with 2 supports.. Why use barrage at all for single target, isn't ice shot on 6L simply doing more damage? (a lot more).
What am I missing. I used this build some time ago but without barrage just Ice S. everything including bosses. Frenzy (charges) is important and I used Frenzy skill to generate them or sometimes kill bosses (but usually didn't bother). I understand bosses now have more life (a lot more) but still, Barrage? Over Frenzy? Again, what am I missing?

Do not trust tooltips.

Barrage tooltip is for a single arrow.

I have 100k barrage tool tip and 450k ice shot, but I fire 14 arrows with barrage so it is actualy, 1.4m.

I don't trust tooltips, but I trust what I see. I am still leveling my toon, and when I test barrage it takes 2 seconds to kill a big ape, it takes one Ice shot arrow to kill it too. Again Barrage is linked to two supports (cold damage and WED) and Ice Shot is not linked to anything. tooltip says Ice Shot ~450 dps, barrage ~120. (let's not comment on how low this all is it's a lvl 20ish toon)

edit: I don't think you people are wrong, I am just trying to understand whats going on here. Barrage is ~40ish % (still low level) attack damage and Ice sHot is ~120%. Frenzy would be at ~110% or something I guess?! This is what confuses me, that low % of damage on Barrage itself as a starting point. Sure it fires 4+ projectiles, but I can have that on frenzy too, and every other skill. They will scale up with number of projectiles, so will barrage, but since other skills start at 100%< damage and barrage at ~40%, what's the catch?

I started Delirium with this build.
It is awesome to fullscreen clear everything :)

here is my poe.ninja build: https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds/char/Frukker/Frukker_iceshot?i=12&search=class%3DDeadeye%26item%3DDeaths-Opus%2CDying-Sun%26skill%3DIce-Shot%26ice-shot-support%3DElemental-Damage-with-Attacks-Support

I did everything solo. Currently im struggleing with being frozen alot.. is there a fix for that?

Thanks for the guide, very good progession possible.

Hey, loving the build so far.

I'm currently level 76 and have been keeping back 6 skill points to take advantage of the new cluster jewel system. I've scanned through them and seen some one's that look pretty appealing to the build.

Any recommendation on what cluster notables would probably function with the build the best? Do you think nodes like streamlined, cold to the core, cold blooded killer, or maybe just heavy life nodes, like fettle?

Thanks.

Hey Aqua,

Been tryharding the League a bit and here's my feedback so far.

As some already mentionned it, the clear speed of this build makes it nice to play for a mechanic like Delirium, however it's really squishy for such a dangerous season, so players beware! Delirium can one shot you anytime it wants, especially with the server lags we've had the past few days, losing frames here and there.

On another point, I feel like during Delirium events we constantly take low damage, it makes me question the usefulness of damage on full life support, I'll keep an eye on it to confirm. And I would like to know your opinion on a good replacement for it.

I have to say league starting with this build isn't the best, but still is quite manageable. I had the chance of getting lucky with early exalt drops so I could quickly get in the comfort zone of the build once mapping.

To summarize, I really like the build, I don't regret picking it for the league, although I wish the league mechanics wouldn't one shot us so often.

Will try this build today was torn between this and YABB build but this seems decent.

Aqua, you need to update the Notes section of the gear part of the guide. You still refer as Death's Opus as the most mandatory item in the build :)