Vaal Ice Shot - Uber Boss Showcase and Quick Guide

Uber Searing Exarch

Uber Maven

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poe.ninja

I wanted to share my endgame version of my Vaal Ice Shot character. This character has easily the best single target to currency investment ratio of any character I've ever league started. On top of that, its great at doing the league mechanic and its also more survivable than you think.

Pros:

• Uses several very accessible uniques that give a great deal of power including Heatshiver and Kaom's Spirit. Hyrri's Ire is by far the most expensive aspect of the build. Many of the pieces are very cheap, I bought my bow for 1 Div and have not felt the need to upgrade it.

• Freeze + Speed + Evasion actually provides a decent amount of defense. Was able to level from 97 to 98 with only a couple of deaths while full charging every crucible.

• Ailment immunity from Ancestral Vision + boot implicit.

• Giga speed from high berserk uptime.

• Incredible single target due to Vaal Ice Shot. From leaguestart gear to now, I never had an issue with my single target DPS.

Cons:

• No armour, low chaos res, no regen, few defensive layers. You shouldn't die much in normal mapping, but unexpected deaths will still happen.

• No chain so clearing could be still be better, but currently is still A+ tier clear.

Random Tips:

• Anomalous Blast Rain is a nice link for Manaforged Arrows. Gives chance to cover enemies in ash and also hits 10 times per trigger. Great option if you are able to get frenzy charges elsewhere.

• If you are using ancestral vision but you don't want to go through the trouble of getting T1 Ailment avoidance on your boot implicit, you can instead go for the T2 mod (gives 28%) and use Anomalous Grace to get the last 2%.

• There is a crucible notable that gives Freeze duration if you need more of it. You can generally check if you are freezing things by whether or not your Trinity is proccing.

Theres hopefully enough resources out there for people who want to navigate the early game with this skill. I wanted to provide a quick guide for anyone looking to transition into a more endgame version of Vaal Ice Shot. Not only is this version strong, its also fairly cost effective. If anyone has question, I can try my best to answer them.