Cold Chronomancer Megathread. All content cleared. Leveling guide added.

Is there some reason 8 don't set that makes Maligaro and Morio synergize especially well?

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delorian#2685 wrote:

Hello Monik and thanks for the reply.
Here is my maxroll: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/zh3hi0ya
In nova the forth link is Supercritical
Got the second weapon set with scepter + crest of ardura.
Also my mortis is 4 link, full of rune resist.

That makes things easier for sure.

You have some nice things on you, but there is still a lot of work here:

- With Maligaro's Virtuosity, Supercritical doesn't work at all. Put Inevitable Critical instead.
- Don't forget to swap Impetus with Concentrated Effect on bosses.
- Are you sure you explode frost walls reliably? You need ~50% crit chance on Ice Nova to do that. Is it enough to have Icicle alone, w/o Shattering Crystal to explode all walls in 1 cast? I'm asking because I didn't have good experience with it on maps when I tried Ruz's build earlier, so had to think about smth here.
- To elaborate on Ice Nova - you have to allocate Repulsion/Reverberation entire wheels.
- What's the level of your skill gems? All 19+, right?
- Are you sure you absolutely can't play w/o Eternal Youth? I believe Grim Feast is good enough for ES, and refunding pathing to EY can save a few points.
- I recommend you to opt-out from Time Freeze for now and go for Apex of the Moment:
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/bp4yj059
- Try this one and go screw Trialmaster for the 8/8 ascendancy. Trial of Chaos is super easy for Slowmancer (just go with lvl 75-76 if you ain't confident), and Trialmaster is by miles easier than Sanctum boss. Take a look at the video of his mechanics, and you'll be fine. I did it when I was miles weaker than you on my 1st try (I didn't even have CoC at that time, literally killed him with Frost Bomb/Wall, and some self-casted comets on Freeze), right after I failed Zarokh in my 1st try ever. F*ck that sanctum bs.

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Casia#1093 wrote:

also, with all this mana, I can afford AM and CoC at the same time. had to drop blink for it though. :/

Actually, decent changes for sure. What's your anoint btw?
I get the idea mana on kill jewels are really hard to get in SSF, so I thought Siphon is a must to anoint, and allocate Invocated Efficiency too for CoC.

With mana regen alone it's really hard, so considering getting reduced mana cost probably might be worth it. Deep Trance and Conservative Casting are not far from each other, and that's 22% reduction.

Blink...I played w/o blink for the whole freaking time... xD

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maccabeus_#5355 wrote:

I just switched to Maligaro's and Morior Invictus, and the build feels so much better to play! The faster cast speed feels amazing, and you do more damage on top of that. If you have the budget, I definitely recommend it!

I can relate. Feels damn good rn.

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Serwyn#6318 wrote:

Is there some reason 8 don't set that makes Maligaro and Morio synergize especially well?

Yep, lemme elaborate.

Maligaro's Virtuosity is very demanding to fit. It requires dex, so we have to get it on the ring. This means we have less slots for ele resistance (dex takes a suffix). Since we are running with the Snakepit, we are burdened on res even more.
And Maligaro's Virtuosity has no res on them, right? The same goes for Everlasting Gaze.

So, we need a crapload of res

And here is this thing:



5 sockets = 50% to all elemental resistances and 35% maximum mana with 5*2% soul cores.

That amount of mana plus some raw ES on the body gives more mana than 900 ES rare chest on 3k pool.

It solves all ele res problems that come from running so many uniques and gives enough mana to cover the loss of benefits of having a decent rare chest.

Hi,

I'm starting to use Maligaro but my crit chance for comet dropped from 59% to 52%.. any input on how to bring it up? should i stack crit rate+crit rate for spell gem?

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aiseht#4782 wrote:

Hi,

I'm starting to use Maligaro but my crit chance for comet dropped from 59% to 52%.. any input on how to bring it up? should i stack crit rate+crit rate for spell gem?

You can anoint Hearstopping and get some crit chance from tree instead of some %inc damage nodes.

I don't really recommend going double crit on jewels bc I prefer having more mana on kill. You can get new jewels tho, filter by 15% increased crit chance + 2% mana on kill.

Also, ~60% crit chance on comet matters on pinnacle bosses mostly. During regular mapping/citadels you won't need it at all.

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monik390#5560 wrote:

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aiseht#4782 wrote:

Hi,

I'm starting to use Maligaro but my crit chance for comet dropped from 59% to 52%.. any input on how to bring it up? should i stack crit rate+crit rate for spell gem?

You can anoint Hearstopping and get some crit chance from tree instead of some %inc damage nodes.

I don't really recommend going double crit on jewels bc I prefer having more mana on kill. You can get new jewels tho, filter by 15% increased crit chance + 2% mana on kill.

Also, ~60% crit chance on comet matters on pinnacle bosses mostly. During regular mapping/citadels you won't need it at all.

Thanks Monik! Will fine-tune it and find that sweet, comfortable spot. So far everything works well!

Edit: ah! that medium sized metamorphosis to hit all of those nodes, its perfection, thank you for the guide!

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monik390#5560 wrote:

Meanwhile, PoB finally released: https://github.com/PathOfBuildingCommunity/PathOfBuilding-PoE2/releases

A bit limited, but whatever.
Another day, another game. For tomorrow tho.

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Casia#1093 wrote:

JUST cast frostwall 95% of the time. with bolt doing cleanup.

That's exactly my gameplay 95% of the time =)

Anyway, that's a buff.

Did I missed PoB link for build? I can't find it on forums/maxroll

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aiseht#4782 wrote:

thank you for the guide!

You are welcome.

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naekseru#5195 wrote:

Did I missed PoB link for build? I can't find it on forums/maxroll

I definitely put it on maxroll page:



Anyway, I won't be using PoB until devs add more features to it. I'll update it then.
Maxroll is more convenient for now.

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monik390#5560 wrote:

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Casia#1093 wrote:

also, with all this mana, I can afford AM and CoC at the same time. had to drop blink for it though. :/

Actually, decent changes for sure. What's your anoint btw?
I get the idea mana on kill jewels are really hard to get in SSF, so I thought Siphon is a must to anoint, and allocate Invocated Efficiency too for CoC.

With mana regen alone it's really hard, so considering getting reduced mana cost probably might be worth it. Deep Trance and Conservative Casting are not far from each other, and that's 22% reduction.

Blink...I played w/o blink for the whole freaking time... xD

anoint is still volitile catalyst for cdr/aoe.

yeah, I've considered conservative casting/mental toughness.
the mana on kill stuff I'm not convinced on.
its not really trash that the mana is an issue on. its bosses/rares. running oom on trash means you back off, or just have to wait after you kill a pack. running oom on a boss means you probably are going to die.
so, mana on kill speeds up farming, but isn't solving my main concern.

amusingly yeah, my jewel rolls have been.. 4% life on kill, and 2% damage recouped as life. ha.

gloves can get up to 45man per enemy killed.
2% of 2000 is 40, and 80 of 4k.. of course.

Invocated eff is a bit of a trap imho for a similar reason. 3% of mana. 60mana for 2k, 120 for 4k.
my level 21 comet after +skills, and 2180mana, and level 18 archmage is 369mana. so 60mana return for me. thats not going to do much for chain casting comets. better then nothing. yes. and, yeah, combined with conservative casting/toughness, sure probably better. but, we are now putting a lot of passive point investment into this.

temp rift to regen mana is a bit unweildly as well.


Atm, Im feeling pretty good about, "forget mind over matter, and damage taken from mana entirely". with chaos not bypassing es, its value is much lower.
EB is still an option with gaze, disdain or ghostwraithe.
but MoM seems like a mistake. it nukes mana rgen too much, and forces us into investing way to much into overcoming its penalty. defeating the purpose.
general "damage taken from mana" has no direct penalty, but is also so many passives, and jewels invested.. which could just be in general ES nodes.

amusingly, what the expert altar robe suddenly becomes a happy accident. faster start of ES recharge was totally wasted with EB. but suddenly is very good, without.

cI? maybe. not yet. next level will get me, enhanced barrier. 250es, and 76% ele resists. as it is, chaos is the thing that burns down my es. double damage, and only 30%ish resists. but, I wouldn't feel like its good enough, without ZO, or eternal youth to give a constant source of es regen. or alternatively soulbloom or something. underpressure the es recharge isn't fast enough yet.


blink and cast on dodge are so fun though..

Thanks for the guide, but i have a question: can someone tell me what's wrong with my damage and why it is so low??



I have 4k mana, spell is lvl 19, my gear is decent, my passive tree is almost the same as the cold slowmancer maxrool page, gems are +- same, archmage lvl19 +20 quality.

The damage is 97k without buffs on comet, considering what i've seen here the normal damage is 200k+. Can somebody tell me my problem?

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/7f6c905e - maxroll link.

I guess i should put tooltip damage w/o buffs too, bc all buffs almost double the damage.


Impetus - Energy Retention:



Concentrated - Elemental Focus.

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_hardno__#6437 wrote:

Thanks for the guide, but i have a question: can someone tell me what's wrong with my damage and why it is so low??

Your damage isn't low. Gear is fine.

- Put Concentrated Effect instead of Impetus and check the difference. Should get about 130-140k w/o buffs.

- Get 20/20% Comet.

- Please note that I have 20/20% archmage too, and 6-linked CoC.

- Passive tree... Refund entire critical wheel w/ True Strike/Jugular, including jewel slot. Critical damage with maligaros is a waste. You have way more crit chance that is required, can afford refunding True Strike too.

- For those 10 points Allocate Potent Incantaion(or Invocated Efficiency) and Frost/Thunder Echoing. Last point for either small crit chance or elem damage. You goal is to get all three wheels. Re-doing starting area might worth considering for that.