Cold Chronomancer Megathread. All content cleared. Leveling guide added. Low-budget build added.
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Hi,
First of all, overcharge over glaciation if only 4 slots ? And second of all ... I don't have 205 int T_T so the lvl20 gems are not possible for me |
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Yes. And Bludgeon over Overcharge for Simulacrum.
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Did they patch something again related to CoC? I didn't change anything on my build, but now I can't consistently trigger CoC Comets when smashing walls using self-cast Comet. I swear, before it was 100% triggering. Now, it misses (just smashes the walls with no follow up Comets) 4/10 times by my estimation.
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" Do you have ambush socketed and are atleast above 50% crit on your frost bolt skill? I am using spark and one tap at 42% crit with ambush gives me like 8 comets. |
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" Thanks for your reply. Ambush solved it for me. Really weird. I don't have it there last night, and I didn't change any gear today. Had to sacrifice one gem slot but at least it works again now. |
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Final question for me: when do I know I should swap Impetus or Energy retention for Ele focus or concentrated effect in general? Thank you again!!
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Hey all, just wanted to give a quick update since my last post. Thanks again to all who replied, your comments helped me understand the build and the game better overall. Still a bit of a noob, but want to share a small success story.
" Upgraded some gear, improved quality on a lot, got some 2% mana on kill gems, leveled up a bit, etc. Current stats (build https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/8h3b0ocl): ES: 2852 Mana: 3471 Frostbolt: 4415 Frost Wall: 3410 Frost Bomb: 15.8k Comet: 34k Spent a good chunk on a sceptre with 215 spirit, only to find after upgrading quality of some skills that I didn't need the extra 15... smh. I'm currently running T12 beefed up maps without issue. Main gameplay is spam Frostbolt, cast Frost Wall as-needed. Comets come pretty readily on bosses. I've gone back and forth on MoM, as mana regen still seems quite slow. With MoM it takes about 12s to refill completely. I prefer much faster recharge without, but also like feeling a bit less squishy, so I'm still running with MoM for now. My main issue is when it comes to bosses. I'm still not killing them quite fast enough, and find myself without mana trying to get that last 50% of damage done. Temporal Rift can help here IF I happen to use it at the right time, and Time Freeze obviously helps a bit. But when I'm at 0 mana and flasks are barely helping to fill, I feel kinda helpless. Is the answer to this just more mana? I've also seen Soul Offering on some builds, but don't quite understand how to use this. If I swap weapon sets, the minions disappear. How are you all making use of this buff? In what scenarios are people using EoW instead of Frostbolt? Is that just for bosses? Any other tips on how to improve are welcome, but I have a feeling at this point it's just upping quality, some further gear improvements, etc... which are already on my list. Spark builds I've seen mentioned in the last few pages are intriguing but feel like that would require a whole lot of changes to my setup... may look into that some other time. edit: until a few days ago I was using regular frost wall... putting Spell Cascade on that was a game changer! Last edited by Hugh_Jaynus#9160 on Jan 27, 2025, 5:59:12 PM
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Monik when did you swap impetus for elemental focus? Or is that an old remnant from a previous iteration?
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Guys, I'm running a pretty regular version of monik's build - much appreciated! - On a random t15 tower run I dropped +97 Astramentis.
At this significant point of my poe life lol I'd like to try and fit it here instead of gaze, but not sure how to make it work. Maybe I could ask for some advice here? :) |
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I was hoping to test a build variation with a +X to level of all spells Wand, but prices on the market go up faster than I can spare... It's very frustrating.
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