[0.2] Cold Chronomancer Megathread. Nerfed to the ground.

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Alaids#0259 wrote:

Which one is stronger or more effective?

Previously we explored the left side bc of mandatory MoM, and generic Elemental damage was better for us than just Cold, which is kinda irrelevant as for now.
Despite the Reverberation wheel being super good for Frost Wall AoE scaling, it is not worth getting anymore in comparison to the right side. The only reason to me to get to this side - the presence/spirit wheel - Profane Commander. But it's QoL that is questionable to get bc left side is just not as good overall for other things.

I totally agree with everyone about pathing within sorc/monk area.

So yeah:

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PaintMaster#2396 wrote:

https://pobb.in/u/paintmaster%232396/UaF6vIKOLEAx - rate my tree

Compare to what most people run going to the left, it has about 30-35% more damage, more curse area, hindered stuff, 1 more jewel socket, reduced manacost, a bit of extra cdr and reduced duration for frost bomb.

While regular tree people run has about 10-15% more energy shield, and slightly more AoE.

Is pretty good.

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fixeus#1899 wrote:

I went heavy into comet, and meta skills. I think dynamism is slept on. I’m doing t16s comfortably. I need to get some more mats for pinnacle bosses but curious on your thoughts. I’m running archmage with 1800 mana, I need to improve some gear, primarily my gloves, but it is slapping.

https://poe2.ninja/builds/dawn/character/fixeus-1899/ChronoFixzy?i=74&search=class%3DChronomancer

This is good too.

Personally, i'd go for meta passives too.

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UPD: Added guide by Paintmaster to OP: https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/cold-cast-on-crit-archmage-paintmaster

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monik390#5560 wrote:

Which one is stronger or more effective?


UPD: Added guide by Paintmaster to OP: https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/cold-cast-on-crit-archmage-paintmaster

GR8 !

what supports would you put for frostbolts if you could?

yeah, the pathing to the left is just to much.

There are many super good things over there, but each are just a bit too spaced out.

-reverberations 36%increeased aoe is first. huge for map clearing with frostbomb, and wall. honestly, still hard to give up.

-mind over matter, or the other damage taken from mana nodes. adverse growth, mental preservation.

-calibration. es and max mana. the nerf to mana stacking hurt this. while the raw need for mana, makes it valuable still. but this is of course directly countered with Conservative casting.

-aspiring genius, touch the arcane. very much slept on. but again, so much travel and point investment. 10-20% chance to gain arcane surge on hit, 70% increased effect of arcane surge.

-all natural and stormcharged were always good, but competed with echoing, overexposure, stormbreaker, and hindered cap in the first place. deadly forces "70% inc damage if you crit recently" is kindof busted. I def overlooked that before.

-enhanced barrier is great, eldritch will is good. so much travel though.

-illum crown, hallowed, and heavy buffer are all great.

-the left lost TWO jewel sockets. thats what killed it.




paintmaster or anyone else.
Try grabbing "essence of the storm".
and swap your extra damage as cold rune for extra damage as lightning.

let me know if "17% damage gained as lightning" is enough to shock consistently.


p.s. "arcane blossom" does not appear to be fixed. its 15"% recovery is still just adding to regen.

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Casia#1093 wrote:

paintmaster or anyone else.
Try grabbing "essence of the storm".
and swap your extra damage as cold rune for extra damage as lightning.

let me know if "17% damage gained as lightning" is enough to shock consistently.


p.s. "arcane blossom" does not appear to be fixed. its 15"% recovery is still just adding to regen.

Tried on T15 boss, used Fluke instead of Ele Focus on CoC Comet, never seen shock. But shock appears on rares. No mods that would affect it.

ah shame.

there are some more options for chance to shock. but I think the investment would start getting too high.

Its crazy how similar my build is to Paints. Key differences are that I don't use a scepter and just use CoF & Mana Remnants + Mysticism. And I use a lot of Ice Nova with Astral Projection as a filler when things like Frost Wall or Frost Bomb aren't available. Otherwise, pretty similar.

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Roboczewl#8364 wrote:

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monik390#5560 wrote:

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Casia#1093 wrote:

yeah, and crit weakness was massively nerfed.

Yep, but this focus is very easy to get max stacks, and there are no problems with their uptime.

Here is the demo on the boss:

https://youtu.be/DozvfTLfQLQ

The 1st touch of the wall applied half of the stacks, full wall detonation applied full stacks, and they remained until the end of the fight. So, they can be overwritten and the reduced skill effect duration doesn't matter in a short fight.

Basically, this focus is the best way to get full stacks easy for us, that's why I think it's a good alternative to other offhands. Esp bc it's dirty cheap - I got mine for 1ex (5 stacks on crit, ~70% inc spell damage).

OMG You use FrostBomb :(

Hi sorry, don’t take this the wrong way, but could you stop complaining about frost bomb and how much you don’t like it?

There are many clases and ascendancies and ways to play. If you don’t like it, choose a different one, but you don’t need to swear and cry about FB/FW if you don’t like it. You are in a topic about that. There are other topics for other builds.

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Kaintxu#8831 wrote:

Hi sorry, don’t take this the wrong way, but could you stop complaining about frost bomb and how much you don’t like it?

There are many clases and ascendancies and ways to play. If you don’t like it, choose a different one, but you don’t need to swear and cry about FB/FW if you don’t like it. You are in a topic about that. There are other topics for other builds.

Something can inspire either admiration or disgust — I personally feel disgust towards this "skill." If I were expressing admiration this often, I suppose you wouldn’t feel so uncomfortable.
This discussion is about the chronomancer, not about being forced to use this skill. But alright, out of respect for sensitivities, I'll I promise tone it down.