[3.25] Ice Dancing Queen - Icestorm/Cyclone/CI - Viable For Everything

I do plan on getting proper flasks pretty soon. Just need more currency.

As for omen of amelioration. I ALWAYS have at least 5 stocked up after lvl 93. They truly are lifesavers.

I also always grab Ralakesh and sometimes forget to swap to Yugul later on, once I obtain a cannot be inflicted with corrupted blood jewel.

Scavenger Update

After 1 week in Phrecia, my Scavenger got everything but the 5th Ascendancy and Simplex amulet. 2.7k Int, 14.7k ES.

PoB: Scavenger Lv 97

Flesh/Flame jewels for Trickster are still too expensive. As an alternative, Occultist could work too. It's less expensive and you get the 3rd curse (Ele Weakness). Still less damage than Trickster though.

Simplex in this mini-league is just too much of a project. And it's not really needed either.

Mapping

(video from stream)

This is so much fun! Explosions make farming maps a lot faster and enjoyable. I don't think I've reached this state in a new league in just 1 week before. And the explosions definitely helped. Faster mapping = faster progress.

Bosses

(video from stream)

Scavenger does less than a half of Trickster's damage. But it's apparently enough for all content, including the uber bosses. Even without the 5th Ascendancy and Simplex. She is also less tanky, no overleech, not immune to slowing effects. And yet she can farm everything just fine.

I've updated the Phrecia section of the guide.

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This makes me think... Could sacrificing half of your power for the explosions be worth it? Perhaps I should consider resurrecting the Occultist version in 3.26. Whenever GGG releases it.

I'm going to check out the Aristocrat next. He would be too much of a pain to start on day 1. But now I can twink him up immediately and give him the uber items. And his flesh/flame jewels are super cheap. We'll see how fast he can delete uber bosses. Scavenger can do it without the Trickster defenses, and Aristocrat will have more ES from all that massive Int stacking.

What does the final version of solo/bossing staff look like? (Links/gems/quality)
I'm having trouble finding it in the PoB.

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TheMalgadar#5546 a écrit :

What does the final version of solo/bossing staff look like? (Links/gems/quality)
I'm having trouble finding it in the PoB.

First post on first page.

Sockets and Links -> Weapon
Gems

So, the Aristocrat...

Leveling him on Day 1 would be a nightmare. But now with the twink gear it's easy enough. I didn't even bother with special leveling trees, just followed the cluster path.

As soon as he reached the levels required to wear the Scavenger's items, he started using them. Helical ring can be worn at lv 65! THAT was a crazy power spike for sure.

Belt, boots, amulet around those levels too. At lv 70 he could use the lv 20 gems, at 72 the lv 21 ones, at 76 the Awakened ones. The top tier bases (body, helmet, gloves) all require lv 84. I just bought him whatever cheap 1-5c ones with Int and some ES and resists.

Of course, twinked like that, he could easily do any maps. I didn't want to die too often, so I stayed in T14-15 with harmless mods. One T14-15 map gives about 1 level when you are lv 70-80.

At lv 84 he could equip the last of the uber items from the Scavenger. Then I needed a couple more levels to allocate the sockets for the Flesh/Flame jewels.

And went straight for the top...

(crappy video from stream)

MUAHAHAHAHAHA! LV 86!!

There are still significant power spikes waiting at levels 88, 93 and 96. That's probably as high as I'll take him.

Kelvynn, I must ask. What is your strategy in early days to get your hands on a Helical Ring and making decent currency enough to afford items like that or Kalandra's Ring?

Granted, I am a mom to 5 kids so it usually takes me about 5-7 days to reach maps even on a good roll. Still, it usually takes quite a bit of time for me to get currency going.

Just thought I'd ask.

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Bellaluna1722#6299 a écrit :

Kelvynn, I must ask. What is your strategy in early days to get your hands on a Helical Ring and making decent currency enough to afford items like that or Kalandra's Ring?

Granted, I am a mom to 5 kids so it usually takes me about 5-7 days to reach maps even on a good roll. Still, it usually takes quite a bit of time for me to get currency going.

Just thought I'd ask.

Nothing crazy, none of those streamer "get rich fast" strats. I posted exactly what I did 1 page ago: Early Phrecia Summary.

I just do what I enjoy, and the currency keeps coming. Red influence with a lot of pack size. Ambush on the device. Whenever I could grab some Ambush scarabs cheap on the Exchange - added those too.

With the Scavenger explosions, Blight was super easy as well, the scarab for it is 1c, and the idols with red minion pack size often also have +chance to drop blighted maps. Those were selling easily for 15-20c. And occasional Forbidden Tomes for like 60c to the Sanctum runners.

Helical ring base was 4 div then, and it's still 5 div now. Kalandra was even 2 div (4 now). Red minions drop a lot of chaos orbs and other currency sellable in bulk on the Exchange. And then you buy the essences for crafting or divine orbs. Just don't go for the 'current rate'. Put orders for slightly better deals, and they will get fulfilled eventually while you are mapping.

P.S.: Favorite maps: Defiled Cathedral, City Square.

What skills do you recommend for leveling to 35? I'm going scavenger route and have been using splitting steel/helix up to lvl 17 but i feel like I should be using some kind of frost/ice gems instead.

I have managed to scrap together about 25 chaos worth of helping others run uber lab, so I will def look for idols with the red influence. That completely skipped my mind.

Thanks Kelvynn!

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fireincairo#5490 a écrit :

What skills do you recommend for leveling to 35? I'm going scavenger route and have been using splitting steel/helix up to lvl 17 but i feel like I should be using some kind of frost/ice gems instead.

Same as the Trickster (see the Leveling Guide). Stormblast Mine until lv 12, Icicle Mine until lv 33. It's a matter of personal preference, but all other cold spells I've tried were significantly weaker than Icicle Mine.