[3.24] Frostbolt/Ice Nova Hierophant | 100m DPS | All Content

[3.23] Changes:
- Can't just buy a 21 ice nova anymore. I've been leveling up six Ice Nova of Frostbolts in offhand, quality to 20% and temple double corrupt. With temple double corrupt, 1/4 chance to hit level 21 (plus you could hit vaal 21). With a vaal orb, 1/8 chance to hit level 21.
- I've switched to Greater Volley Support instead of GMP on the Frostbolt. The linear projectile pattern is much better for overlapping 4 ice novas.
- Good charm prefixes (best listed first, roughly): frenzy charge on hit, shocks always increase dmg by 10%, consecrated ground 10% dmg taken, crit multi vs burning+crit chance vs shocked, culling strike, culling strike on crit
- Good charm suffixes (best listed first, roughly): recovery 2% life/mana/es on kill, % of leech is instant, cannot take reflected ele damage, 15% spell suppress, cannot be stunned by hits you block, +6% block attack, +8% block spell, % of mana as es
- That Which Was Taken (jewel) is likely very good
- I still think Replica Farrul's Fur will be the best endgame option, even though the charm prefix exists for frenzy charges. Frenzy charges from RFF is not a waste since it frees up a charm prefix, and there are many strong prefixes that give around 10% more dps.

[3.23] Ice Nova of Frostbolts is out. Similar damage per nova but expands from 4 (!) Frostbolt projectiles. So double the damage if we can get them all to hit. Looks like a massive buff to the build.

[3.22] UPDATE 9/5: I've posted a video update for 3.22! The PoB has also been revamped with multiple progression levels, starting from leveling all the way up to the final build. There's an item set, skill set, and passive tree for each progression level.

Video update: https://youtu.be/UvWxjKVPYIE
PoB: https://pobb.in/5e1T1zQ3n81f

My chacter is fairly minmaxed, apart from high-budget upgrades like lv5 Awakened Empower and Mageblood. It is ailment immune, curse immune, crit immune, and stun immune if killed recently. I can clear wave 30 sim without much difficulty. I can kill ubers but may die a couple times.

There are a lot of options to increase uber boss damage at the cost of safety, if you want to. For example, you can replace Rumi's with a Diamond Flask, replace stun avoidance boot enchant with ele pen, replace Stormshroud or Glorious Vanity with dps jewels, give up suppress and instant leech on the tree for Frost Walker/Divine Judgement/Throatseeker/crit clusters, etc.

Surprisingly not much has changed in my build compared to previous leagues. I added spell suppress and instant leech in the tree, and focused more on flat mana on gear. Patch 3.21 (Crucible league) had an Arcane Surge rework which was a major buff to Hierophant.

[3.17] PoB of my character (level 94, 10 ex budget): https://pastebin.com/JG8595zX
Final build (level 96, ~70 ex budget): https://pastebin.com/XdhbkkRm

[3.16] I'm revisiting this build and have provided an updated PoB for Scourge league:
https://pastebin.com/B0J8vwQr
This is a late endgame PoB (level 97, 100 ex budget). Currently this build is pretty mediocre and requires significant investment. I would only recommend it for experienced players who really liked it in the past, or just want to try an off-meta self cast playstyle. I would not recommend this build to newer players or people just wanting a meta league start.

Update 10/23: With the Essence Worm mod change to "80% reduced Reservation Efficiency of Skills", even a medium level Clarity reserves an absurd amount of mana. If you want to run this you can grab the Mana Mastery for "Clarity has 100% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency".

Major changes in 3.15:
* Overall damage nerfed by over 65%.
* Swap out Controlled Destruction, it is a huge dps loss now. Instead use something like Inspiration, Increased Critical Strikes, or Awakened Cold Pen.
* The Cold Conduction cluster jewel is no longer useful and can be swapped out.
* Smoke Mine can probably be swapped out too.

PoBs for 3.13:
Use the PoB Fork: https://pathofbuilding.community/
* Basic Build (League Start): https://pastebin.com/BMvWiQbB
* Final Build (Level 100): https://pastebin.com/YkxvLUyV
For the leveling tree, check Slide 12. None of these PoBs have leveling trees.

[3.10] My notes & adjustments so far:
* Current experimental setup (April 13th) has 2x Disorienting Display (instead of Prismatic Heart) for Blind Nearby Enemies.
* For the Large Jewel setup of [Blanketed Snow/Disorienting Display/2 Jewel Sockets], the last (not-taken) affix can be either Prismatic Heart or Snowstorm to ensure the correct ordering.
* There was thought to be a bug with Greater Spell Echo causing this build to do 35% less damage, in reality it had always worked this way.
* GGG post: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2817565/page/5#p23088769
* My thoughts: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2687717/page/110#p23089126
* I ended up removing the Written in Blood / Doom Cast section in order to fund the passives for the Cluster Jewels.
* Best setup for Medium Cluster Jewels, easy to buy/craft:
* Best Large Cluster Jewel:
* Large Cluster Jewel crafting instructions (costs average 5-10 ex to craft, more if unlucky):
* I took Wicked Ward for the League Start build temporarily. I got rid of it when I got Heart of Ice anoint on my Pandemonius (free ES leech). It's also unnecessary if you use Cinderswallow.
* Glorious Vanity should now be placed in the socket near Pain Attunement, since the outer sockets will be reserved for cluster jewels.


PoBs for 3.10:
* League Start: https://pastebin.com/cd7e9jVy
* Final Build: https://pastebin.com/yNNeKgdL
* Final Build Adjusted (experimental, updated April 15th): https://pastebin.com/RxPQ6W0b
* NOTE * League Start PoB is a snapshot of my current character at 3.10 league start (Level 91, 2-3 days into the league), around 2 ex budget. Final Build is mostly maxed out, ~80 ex budget. For best results, use LocalIdentity's fork of PoB.

Old PoBs (don't use these, check the 3.10 ones above):

Original Reddit thread:
https://old.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/e9dmk9/39_the_perfect_ice_nova_1m_37s_uber_elder_1100/

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