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Self-cast Glacial Cascade + Heralds + Golems

1 year ago

by imadethis_smile

22.12M

DPS

82.01K

Effective HP

4.02K

Life

Overview

Self-cast Glacial Cascade + Heralds + Golems is a Path of Exile Elementalist build by imadethis_smile, made for the Secrets of the Atlas league (3.26). It is centered on Glacial Cascade and plays as a intelligence, spell, area, cold archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 22.12M DPS with 82.01K effective HP, 4.02K life, 1.23K energy shield. Suited for: Simulacrum, Mapping, Delirium. Key uniques include The Dark Monarch, Mageblood, Progenesis, The Primordial Chain, Coiling Whisper.

Build Video

imadethis_smile's Notes

Here's what I sank all my currency into this league: Self-cast Glacial Cascade scaling with Golems and Heralds.

Total spent is around 1.1k D. You can get ~80% of the build done and functioning for T16.5s for <100d. I just spent a lot more than was reasonable getting awakened jewels, corruptions, and a more convenient soul eater mechanism. For the price, I know it's not anywhere near as good as others of similar investment, but it's got everything I wanted. The chest and shield could definitely be slightly better, but I'm kind of over the league at the moment, so just going to put it off until another time.

Highlights:

  • 80k eHP: 56k max ele, 7.9k max phys

  • Consistent 20m+ DPS if you can position GC correctly, took some getting used to

  • Heralds + Merc Asenath's for mapping is dopamine

  • Perma 45 soul eater stacks

Things build has done:

  • 100%+ quant deathless all invitations

  • all pinnacles & ubers

  • 40% deli 8mod t16.5

Mods that must be dodged:

  • Cannot Regen

  • Less Recovery Rate

  • Less Recovery Rate per Endurance Charge on altars

Upgrades left:

  • Chest: +50 more life, +1% all max, +1% phys as

  • Shield: +50 more life, +3% suppress, drop +res for +2% all max

  • Boots: upgrade implicits, get dex roll

Other thoughts around the shell:

  • Any skill does decent damage, GC just had built in phys->cold and i like the sound effect

  • I tried eye of winter and it didnt feel as smooth

  • One avenue I wanted to go down was to try doryani on my merc and then get some spark gloves and go that route. Spark by itself felt really good with crazy cast speed. Harder to get HoI crunch sounds though :'(

Gear

Vortex Bite
The Dark Monarch
Horror Keep
The Primordial Chain
Behemoth Eye
Coiling Whisper
Pain Nails
Mageblood
Wrath Dash
Ghoul Span
Megalomaniac
Megalomaniac
Forbidden Flesh
Megalomaniac
Viper Desire
Chimeric Vessel
Megalomaniac
Stormshroud
Sublime Vision
Forbidden Flame

Skills

Body Armour

  • Glacial CascadeGlacial Cascade21/23WMain
  • Awakened Spell EchoAwakened Spell Echo6/23W
  • Concentrated EffectConcentrated Effect21/20W
  • Increased Critical DamageIncreased Critical Damage21/20W
  • Awakened Cold PenetrationAwakened Cold Penetration6/23W
  • EmpowerEmpower4W

Gloves

  • Temporal ChainsTemporal Chains1/16W
  • Storm BrandStorm Brand21/20W
  • HextouchHextouch20/16W
  • Power Charge On CriticalPower Charge On Critical20/22W

Boots

  • Summon Chaos GolemSummon Chaos Golem20/20W
  • Summon Stone Golem of HordesSummon Stone Golem of Hordes20/20W
  • Summon Stone Golem of SafeguardingSummon Stone Golem of Safeguarding20/20W

Weapon 2

  • Herald of PurityHerald of Purity20/20W
  • Summon Ice GolemSummon Ice Golem20/23W
  • Herald of IceHerald of Ice20/22W

Weapon 1

  • Summon Flame GolemSummon Flame Golem20/23W
  • Summon Stone GolemSummon Stone Golem20/23W
  • Summon Lightning GolemSummon Lightning Golem20/23W

Helmet

  • Assassin's MarkAssassin's Mark20/20W
  • Herald of ThunderHerald of Thunder20/20W

Boots

  • Herald of AshHerald of Ash21/20W

Helmet

  • HatredHatred21W

Helmet

  • Frostblink of Wintry BlastFrostblink of Wintry Blast20/23W

Passive Tree

Passive tree 3.26
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Elementalist
Elementalist
Bandits
Eramir (1 Passive Skill Point)
Pantheons
Soul of Lunaris, Soul of Tukohama
Runegraft
Runegraft of the Warp

Character Stats

Level
98

Damage

Full DPS
22.12M
Combined DPS
22.12M
Hit DPS
21.62M
With Poison DPS
21.62M
With Ignite DPS
22.12M
With Bleed DPS
21.62M
Damage over Time
503.92K
Ignite DPS
503.92K
Culling DPS
0
Reservation DPS
0
Average Hit
1.86M
Burst Damage
3.73M

Attack & Crit

Attack/Cast Rate
11.6/s
Hit Chance
100%
Crit Chance
61%
Crit Multiplier
445%
AoE Radius
2.8 m
Mana Cost
85
Life Cost
0

Defence

Effective Hit Pool
82.01K
Life
4.02K
Energy Shield
1.23K
Mana
14
Ward
0
Armour
462
Evasion
3.89K
Phys Damage Reduction
28%

Mitigation & Avoidance

Block
24%
Spell Block
0%
Spell Suppression
97%
Evade (Melee)
32%
Evade (Projectile)
32%
Attack Dodge
0%
Spell Dodge
0%

Resistances

Fire Resistance
86% (+22%)
Cold Resistance
86% (+88%)
Lightning Resistance
86% (+83%)
Chaos Resistance
78% (+47%)

Max Hit Taken

Physical
7.91K
Fire
56.97K
Cold
56.97K
Lightning
56.97K
Chaos
26.75K

Recovery

Life Regen
737.3/s
ES Regen
24.6/s
ES Recharge
1.23K/s
Mana Regen
123/s
Life Leech
0/s
ES Leech
123.1/s
Mana Leech
0/s

Attributes & Utility

Strength
118
Intelligence
284
Dexterity
138
Movement Speed
120%
Endurance Charges
3
Frenzy Charges
3
Power Charges
3
Devotion
0
Item Rarity
25%