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What is the best way to scale ice nova battlemage?

by keepokappakeepo5 years ago1

DPS
469.71K
Life
3.76K
Level
90
Min budget

Overview

What is the best way to scale ice nova battlemage? is a Path of Exile Inquisitor build by keepokappakeepo, made for the Ritual league (3.13). It is centered on Vaal Ice Nova and plays as a intelligence, spell, area, vaal archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 469.71K DPS with 3.76K life, 670 energy shield. Key uniques include Moonsorrow.

keepokappakeepo's Notes

Frostbolt ice nova battlemage seems like a really fun direction to take the new ascendancy, but there seem to be a lot of limiting factors on it in either the 2h or wander varieties.

2H - this seems best as a pure ice nova build, since pledge of hands is very nice, but cwc cyclone seems unappealing since cwc can be awkward with charging fanaticism. Snap casting cyclone every second seems very tedious.

Wand - this seems appealing to me, since it gives easy access to frenzy or power charges and spellslinger will be much smoother with gaining fanaticism stacks. However, you miss pledge of hands damage scaling which traditionally ice nova seems to require.

Ultimately, I figured that spellslinger would be the better option for a starter, but I feel like my tree is far from optimization.

What are your thoughts on how to best make this build work?

Loadouts

Gear

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Moonsorrow
Energy Shield Shield

Skills

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Body Armour

  • Vaal Ice NovaVaal Ice Nova20/20WMain
  • Concentrated EffectConcentrated Effect20/20W
  • Spell EchoSpell Echo20/20W
  • IntensifyIntensify20/20W
  • Elemental FocusElemental Focus20/20W
  • InspirationInspiration20/20W

Helmet

  • SpellslingerSpellslinger20/20W
  • FrostboltFrostbolt20/20W
  • Greater Multiple ProjectilesGreater Multiple Projectiles20/20W
  • Slower ProjectilesSlower Projectiles20/20W

Gloves

  • FrenzyFrenzy1/20W
  • Temporal ChainsTemporal Chains20/20W
  • HextouchHextouch20/20W
  • InspirationInspiration20/20W

Boots

  • Flame DashFlame Dash20/20W
  • SteelskinSteelskin20/20W
  • Second WindSecond Wind20/20W
  • Arcane SurgeArcane Surge7/20W

Weapon 1

  • Assassin's MarkAssassin's Mark20/20W
  • Faster CastingFaster Casting20/20W
  • Increased DurationIncreased Duration20/20W

Weapon 2

  • Herald of IceHerald of Ice20/20W
  • Vaal Righteous FireVaal Righteous Fire20/20W
  • Summon Lightning GolemSummon Lightning Golem20/20W

Passive Tree

Passive tree 3.18
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Inquisitor
Inquisitor
Bandits
Help Alira

Character Stats

Level
90

Damage

Combined DPS
469.71K
Hit DPS
469.71K
With Poison DPS
469.71K
With Ignite DPS
469.71K
With Bleed DPS
469.71K
Damage over Time
0
Average Hit
100.86K
Average Damage
100.86K

Attack & Crit

Attack/Cast Rate
4.66/s
Hit Chance
100%
Crit Chance
61%
Crit Multiplier
420%
Mana Cost
48

Defence

Life
3.76K
Energy Shield
670
Mana
185
Armour
0
Evasion
359
Phys Damage Reduction
0%

Mitigation & Avoidance

Block
75%
Spell Block
16%
Evade (Melee)
0%
Evade (Projectile)
0%
Attack Dodge
0%
Spell Dodge
0%

Resistances

Fire Resistance
6%
Cold Resistance
21%
Lightning Resistance
-4%
Chaos Resistance
-40%

Recovery

Life Regen
30.11/s
ES Regen
0/s
Mana Regen
46.7/s
Life Leech
0/s
ES Leech
0/s
Mana Leech
0/s

Attributes & Utility

Strength
253
Intelligence
393
Dexterity
54
Movement Speed
1%
Endurance Charges
3
Frenzy Charges
3
Power Charges
3
Devotion
0