[PoE 3.6 Elementalist]The Sphere of Spears- Winter Orb CwC Ice Spear Build
The guide is now more representative of how the build changed in my time playing it. If something it's still not clear feel free to point it out, I would like the guide to be as clear as possible. This is my take on the Winter Orb + Ice Spear combo. I hope that you'll find the guide helpful.
Pros & Cons:
+ Ice Spear is basically Barrage for spells
+ Nice clearing speed thanks to Onslaught, Frenzy Charges and Shield Charge
+ Nice single target dps (right now sitting at 2.3M Shaper dps)
+ Can do red maps with little investment
+ Syndacate encounters very manageable (prior to the nerf, now is even more easier)
± Can achieve reflect immunity (via one of the cheapest Watcher's Eye mod)
± Some map combos are very annoying (but still runnable)
- Require good positioning to achieve max Ice Spear dps
Main Skill:
Winter Orb and Ice Spear
Reason: Both scales off +# proj. Winter Orb is good for clearing but sucks for single target, while for Ice Spear is the opposite, so they basically compense each other.
Ascendancy:
Witch Elementalist
Reason: Elementalist has good clearing and good quality of life bonuses.
Bandits:
Help Alira
Reason: We go crit, so the multi crit damage is good. Mana regen and all res are good too.
Ascendancy:
1) Shaper of Desolation
2) Pendulum of Destruction
3) Beacon of Ruin
4) Mastermind of Discord
Feel free to change this, but don't sleep on the Shaper of Desolation + Beacon of Ruin combo, because it's huge for mapping.
This is especially important if this is your first chracter in the league, because you are going to map for a good time before being able to do your Uber Lab
Pantheon:
General setup
Major God: Soul of Lunaris - super nice for mapping
Minor God: Soul of Garukhan - for the movement speed buff
Uber Elder setup
Major God: Soul of Arakaali - boost life and es regen if stopped taking dot recently
Minor God: Soul of Ralakesh - reduced phys dot taken
Gems Link:
Main link in order of priority (6L)
Winter Orb + CwC + Ice Spear + GMP + Controlled Destruction + Hypothermia
Single target setup (4L)
Frost Bomb + Arcane Surge (6) + Vaal Righteous Fire + Increased Duration
To debuff cold res, activate the Arcane Surge buff and gain a lot of more spell damage against bosses.
Cast when Damage Taken setup (3L)
CwDT (1) + Immortal Call (3) + Increased Duration
Herald of Ice setup (1/2/3L)
Herald of Ice + Ice Bite + Innervate/Onslaught
You can run Herald of Ice by itself if you want, but if you have free sockets you can spice it up with some on kill buffs.
Movement Skill (2L)
Flame Dash + Faster Casting
Non linked skills
Purity of Ice - Cold mitigation and also phys mitigation (via Watcher's Eye mod)
Arctic Armour - Fire and Phys mitigation
Lightning Golem - For the increased cast and attack speed plus the aura he gives occasionally
Video:
PoB Link:https://pastebin.com/WUTmderu
Skill Tree:http://poeurl.com/cfI0
Example Link:https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2261935
[PoE 3.6 Elementalist]Winter Orb CwC Ice Spear Build
This is my first ever build guide, so any feedback is highly appreciated. Ever since I'd seen the Winter Orb and Ice Spear reveals, I knew I wanted to play a CwC version of this as my league starter. Luckily for me, it turned out to be actually quite good! So I wanted to share this build for people who might be interested.
Pros & Cons:
+ Can be started with basically no path of exile currency
+ Decent mix of clear speed and bossing capability
+ Can start on a very small budget and be upgraded as much as you feel like
+ HOI shatters are always fun
+ Feels decently tanky for a caster
- Can not run elemental reflect mods
- No leech mods can be sketchy on difficult maps
- No ZoomZoom build (no shield charge/whirling blades/QOTF)
Ascendancy:
1. Pendulum of Destruction
2. Shaper of Desolation
3. Beacon of Ruin
4. Mastermind of Discord
Note: You can swap Mastermind of Discord for Paragon of Calamity if you just want reflect immunity and some extra leech while working on atlas progression. Later on Mastermind of Discord is a really juicy damage buff though, so I'd recommend swapping back to it, at least for bossing.
Pantheon:
Soul of Lunaris
Soul of Shakari
Bandits:
Help Alira
Gems Setup:
Winter Orb - Cast While Channeling - Ice Spear - Greater Multiple Projectiles - Hypothermia - Controlled Destruction
Spell Totem Support - Arctic Breath - Bonechill Support - Faster Casting
Frost Bomb - Vaal Righteous Fire - Vaal Clarity - Increased Duration
Flame Dash - Faster Casting - Arcane Surge (LVL 7)
Cast When Damage Taken (LVL 7) - Immortal Call (LVL 9) - Summon Ice Golem (LVL 9)
Herald of Ice - Onslaught - Curse on Hit - Warlord's Mark
Leveling Guide:
LVL1-12: Freeze Pulse - Added Cold Damage - Added Lightning Damage
LVL12-28: Ice Nova - Added Cold Damage - Added Lightning Damage - Controlled Destruction
LVL28: Winter Orb - Lesser Multiple Projectiles - Added Cold Damage - Controlled Destruction
LVL31: Replace Added Cold Damage with Hypothermia
LVL38: Replace Lesser Multiple Projectiles with Greater Multiple Projectiles
Video:
Shaper Full Run
PoB Link:https://pastebin.com/2GphHXyF
Skill Tree:http://tinyurl.com/y94yvkjd
Example Link:https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2265424