[3.26] Ice Dancing God - Icestorm/Cyclone/CI - Viable For Everything

Can somebody explain to me the process of being able to namelock while self casting Icestorm? I genuinely NEVER post on the forums and and quite confused how to do it. I hold the key down and move and I stop casting when I am moving...I think I have attack without moving on...is the issue that?

Hey Kevlyn! had my eye on your build for a while now and i fially pulled the trigger!

I have been having a blast and I can do everything i have tried so far with ease, besides t17 bosses. I assume uber bossing would be similar to t17s in terms of difficulty. it feels like the damage is low on T17 bosses.

https://pobb.in/tOhmzFlK9pRH

here is my character, wondering if you could provide any pointers to progress to t17 boss/uber pinnacle level?

thanks ;)

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TheVikingStory#0653 a écrit :

Can somebody explain to me the process of being able to namelock while self casting Icestorm? I genuinely NEVER post on the forums and and quite confused how to do it. I hold the key down and move and I stop casting when I am moving...I think I have attack without moving on...is the issue that?

So you can't "move" while namelocked but you can frostblink. You need to have attack without moving set to on for icestorm and frostblink and then you can hold down icestorm key while also using the frostblink skill to go wherever without having to worry about keeping your curser on the enemy. I do it for Harvest seed mini bosses all the time so that I can dodge some of the telegraphed attacks without having to worry about retargeting the icestorm.

Once you have clicked and are holding down icestorm, as long as the original click was on the enemy, you can frostblink at will and it will always cast icestorm over that same enemy until you let go of the icestorm key.

3.26.0d patch notes:

"Fixed Mercenaries aligned with all three attributes (Str/Dex/Int) being unable to equip items with all three attribute requirements."

Does this open up any other mercenary options that benefit us? Not a big fan of losing Polymath so I have just been using Pohx's merc setup for some additional clear so far.

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AngelOfPassion#3443 a écrit :

3.26.0d patch notes:

"Fixed Mercenaries aligned with all three attributes (Str/Dex/Int) being unable to equip items with all three attribute requirements."

Does this open up any other mercenary options that benefit us? Not a big fan of losing Polymath so I have just been using Pohx's merc setup for some additional clear so far.

As I understand it, it just now allows Scion-stat Mercs the ability to wear Grasping Mails, Sacrificial Garbs, and Ward gear.

I saw someone suggest Nightgrip + Ynda’s Stand + a chest with high Armor/Evade to give a Kineticist a bunch of added flat Chaos damage.

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AngelOfPassion#3443 a écrit :

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TheVikingStory#0653 a écrit :

Can somebody explain to me the process of being able to namelock while self casting Icestorm? I genuinely NEVER post on the forums and and quite confused how to do it. I hold the key down and move and I stop casting when I am moving...I think I have attack without moving on...is the issue that?

So you can't "move" while namelocked but you can frostblink. You need to have attack without moving set to on for icestorm and frostblink and then you can hold down icestorm key while also using the frostblink skill to go wherever without having to worry about keeping your curser on the enemy. I do it for Harvest seed mini bosses all the time so that I can dodge some of the telegraphed attacks without having to worry about retargeting the icestorm.

Once you have clicked and are holding down icestorm, as long as the original click was on the enemy, you can frostblink at will and it will always cast icestorm over that same enemy until you let go of the icestorm key.

Thank you for clarifying this, I was unaware that frostblink is what the loophole was here.

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ryanp660#0427 a écrit :

I have been having a blast and I can do everything i have tried so far with ease, besides t17 bosses. I assume uber bossing would be similar to t17s in terms of difficulty. it feels like the damage is low on T17 bosses.

I assume you do T17 with the merc. Which is nice for clearing but the boss gets 50% more life. That's an issue with T17 in this league.

Uber bossing doesn't have that problem, don't need the merc there. You can see how uber bossing goes in the videos.

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TheVikingStory#0653 a écrit :

Thank you for clarifying this, I was unaware that frostblink is what the loophole was here.

Namelocking is covered in the Play Style section of the guide.

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Kelvynn#6607 a écrit :

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ryanp660#0427 a écrit :

I have been having a blast and I can do everything i have tried so far with ease, besides t17 bosses. I assume uber bossing would be similar to t17s in terms of difficulty. it feels like the damage is low on T17 bosses.

I assume you do T17 with the merc. Which is nice for clearing but the boss gets 50% more life. That's an issue with T17 in this league.

Uber bossing doesn't have that problem, don't need the merc there. You can see how uber bossing goes in the videos.

for clarification, is your suggestion to remove the merc before the boss battle?

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sekushiiandee#4336 a écrit :

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Kelvynn#6607 a écrit :

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ryanp660#0427 a écrit :

I have been having a blast and I can do everything i have tried so far with ease, besides t17 bosses. I assume uber bossing would be similar to t17s in terms of difficulty. it feels like the damage is low on T17 bosses.

I assume you do T17 with the merc. Which is nice for clearing but the boss gets 50% more life. That's an issue with T17 in this league.

Uber bossing doesn't have that problem, don't need the merc there. You can see how uber bossing goes in the videos.

for clarification, is your suggestion to remove the merc before the boss battle?

Yeah, try that, although I'm not sure that it works in T17. I've tried it early in the league when I had like 9k ES and 2100 Int. But my test was inconclusive. I couldn't tell if the boss still had too much life or not. And then I quickly got to the point where it didn't matter anymore (with about 2500+ Int and 14k ES).

It's in my To Do notes to write some feedback to GGG about the awkward position of T17 in the Merc league.

Either way, this build is strong enough to farm T17 with or without the merc. As long as you know the boss mechanics. I personally dislike the Uber Catarina fight because she seems to do the explosive skeleton mechanic more often than in the past. And for that you need to bring The Writing Jar and cyclone around and try not to miss any of them. So I typically just sell that one map. My regular farm (Defiled Cathedral) drops Uber Lycia, and I just love that one.