3.22 Frost Blades Trickster League Start Guide/TIPS/Day 1 POB

The hardest part of this build on league-start, by far, is Act1. To get past Brutus and Merveil, you can use any combination you want, but it's going to kind of suck no matter what. You can use: Stormblast Mine + Orb of Storms Puncture + Chance to Bleed Viper Strike + Chance to Poison/Efficacy Ancestral Protector + Frost Blades + Frost Bomb Blade Trap or anything else you want, just suffer through it Make sure if you're using Ancestral Call early A1 that you swap it out for anything Single-target (Brutus, Fairgraves, Merveil) Get a HEAVY BELT as soon as possible, this will fix all your Strength problems (temporarily) and allow you to use Ancestral Protector for Brutus + Merveil Frost Blades in Act 1 has virtually no scaling yet because of the pathing required to get to the Additional Strike - you can also forego the additional strike temporarily to make your Act1 easier and pick up the penetration Ele Mastery or other Attack Speed first. In Act1, also get: Whirling Blades + Faster Attacks Frost Bomb + Frostblink Once you get to Act2, you can add in: Blood Rage + Herald of Ice Ele Dmg w/ Attacks (if you have a Red link for it) Start leveling: Assassin's Mark + Trinity + Nightblade In Act3 you can start looking for 4-Links, and you should start leveling/using: Wrath + Elemental Weakness You can craft Added Lightning to a claw after Lunaris Temple Piety, which will help you proc your Trinity early before you get Wrath leveled up. Switch to Wrath + Trinity as soon as possible, this damage is a huge boost. Act3 onward links can be: GGBR - Frost Blades + Trinity + Added Cold + Ele Dmg w/ Attacks GBRR - Frost Blades + Trinity + Ruthless + Ele Dmg w/ Attacks GGRR - Frost Blades + Added Cold + Ele Dmg w/ Attacks + Ruthless After Act 4, pick up these gems: Multistrike (Swap into a red socket) + Ice Golem By Act6 (Lily) make sure you have these gems: Multiple Totem Support + Ancestral Warchief, Bonechill (on Frostblink), Mark on Hit Support (start leveling for later) After around Act6 you will start picking up Crit nodes, I recommend you switch to Assassin's Mark once you get to around 25-30% Crit Chance on your Frost Blades. Add in Nightblade for your 5th link whenever you can after you get some Crit. Around the time you get to maps, you should be getting the Mana Reservation nodes so you can start using Grace. You will eventually switch from Wrath to Hatred, when you get a decent Phys damage claw. =================================================================================================================== IMPORTANT: YOU NEED EITHER WRATH OR HEATSHIVER TO PROC TRINITY. If you switch to Hatred but you do NOT have Heatshiver yet, you will need to swap out Trinity because you willl have no non-cold damage to proc it. ==================================================================================================================== VIDEO LINKS (FROM CRUCIBLE LEAGUE, BUT MOSTLY STILL APPLICABLE) 3.21 League-start Guide with more leveling and other information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qn23z6hg4w&t=1234s Shield Crafting Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb228Wwiz3I Budget Claw Crafting Guide (~5 Div) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeeQ6uS-Nfo&t=5s High-budget Claw Crafting Guide (~25 Div) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEAGq1ii4Sc +2 Strike Gloves Crafting Guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU-2QesKHBY Chest Crafting Guide - See how it's made https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OcgRXqwt5A&t=614s TRADE LINKS Watcher's Eye with Hatred Cold #-# Damage + Grace Evade https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/gYMWrjCQ Watcher's Eye with Hatred Cold #-# Damage Only https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/bQ6jOTL Yoke of Suffering with Panopticon Anointed https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/9VJw0W8SK Yoke of Suffering with VERY high all 3 Resistances https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/4yvPzXYI9 Heatshiver with Enchants: FB Damage or Reservation Efficiency https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/jQdrRVbCX Circle of Fear with Cold Dmg + HOI Buff Effect + Crit Multi Implicit https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/PG20Z0DHL Ring - Rare - Ele Dmg + Cold Dmg + Int + 1 Resist https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/d0d9MGqhJ Stygian: Chaos Res + High Ele Res + Life + Ele Dmg (Craft) - Try to find one with an open Prefix and Redeemer Slam for Cold Damage https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/VGk06QPip Claws w/ 1.9 APS, 7.2 Crit, Cold Damage + 250 Phys DPS https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/DPwJo54T5 Large 12 Cold Cluster w/ speed + dmg + effect https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/n0vwvjyS0 Opportunistic Forbidden Flame/Flesh Jewels https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/qjzLJnWtg Watcher's Eye with Hatred Cold #-# Damage + Grace Evade https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/gYMWrjCQ Watcher's Eye with Hatred Cold #-# Damage Only https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/bQ6jOTL Yoke of Suffering with Panopticon Anointed https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/9VJw0W8SK Yoke of Suffering with VERY high all 3 Resistances https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/4yvPzXYI9 Heatshiver with Enchants: FB Damage or Reservation Efficiency https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/jQdrRVbCX Circle of Fear with Cold Dmg + HOI Buff Effect + Crit Multi Implicit https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/PG20Z0DHL Ring - Rare - Ele Dmg + Cold Dmg + Int + 1 Resist https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/d0d9MGqhJ Stygian: Chaos Res + High Ele Res + Life + Ele Dmg (Craft) - Try to find one with an open Prefix and Redeemer Slam for Cold Damage https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/VGk06QPip Claws w/ 1.9 APS, 7.2 Crit, Cold Damage + 250 Phys DPS https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/DPwJo54T5 Large 12 Cold Cluster w/ speed + dmg + effect https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/n0vwvjyS0 Opportunistic Forbidden Flame/Flesh Jewels https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Crucible/qjzLJnWtg