I was really wanting to play Winter Orb again, as its one of my favorite skills in Path of Exile. I knew I didnt have any super fresh takes on WOrb, so I instead needed to come up with something that could give me the feel of WOrb: simple one button play, very little aiming and MASSIVE screen shatters.

Enter Hydrosphere. I have made several PoBs with Hydrosphere in the past but never followed through. This build attempts to make WOrb irrelevant... and it may succeed! The shatters are screen wide, the clear is effortless, the playstyle is *incredibly* satisfying, and as it turns out... the bossing is really good! All non-ubers were easily killed with this build.

Because hydrospheres single target damage comes from pulse frequency and not cast speed, its remarkably easy to scale to max. Just 20 quality on the gem, 30 quality on Ashes of the stars, and 30% pulse frequency from the helm enchant, and youre basically done! (other sources of quality are not worth pursuing, i.e. diallas chest, enhance support, etc). Just make sure the hydrosphere is frozen by applying some cold damage to it on single targets (massive left click vortex is my choice here. While mapping, its constantly being hit by herald of ice shatters to keep it frozen and pulsing).

This is one of the most fun, satisyfing builds ive ever played! Hydrosphere is not only not clunky, but you feel *connected* to your shatters! Quick side note, Headhunter is ABSOLUTELY not mandatory, and isnt even that good because we get no benefits from cast speed.

I hope you enjoy this Winter Orb Killer!

PoB: https://pastebin.com/0B3cEudE