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[PoE 3.23] Poet's Pen Frostblink of Wintry Blast Essence and boss rushing

2 years ago707

by Charles VersalliusSubscribe

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136.53M

DPS

49.51K

Effective HP

3.74K

Life

1.36K

Energy Shield

Overview

[PoE 3.23] Poet's Pen Frostblink of Wintry Blast Essence and boss rushing is a Path of Exile Elementalist build by Charles Versallius, made for the Affliction league (3.23). It is centered on Frostblink of Wintry Blast. In Path of Building it reaches 136.53M DPS with 49.51K effective HP, 3.74K life, 1.36K energy shield. Suited for: Mapping, Bossing, Essence. Key uniques include The Poet's Pen, Mageblood, Crown of the Inward Eye, Bottled Faith, Badge of the Brotherhood.

Build Video

Charles Versallius's Notes

Frostblink of Wintry Blast might be one of the strongest skills of 3.23, not only does it have unreasonably high damage, it is a movement skill so we can easily get HUGE amounts of cooldown recovery really easily in a way that puts all other spell trigger builds to shame. And being a movement skill, it lets us go FAST. Here's my interpretation on this build.

IMPORTANT: at least 153% cooldown recovery rate, and you can't go over 10.10 attack speed. for mana costs: inspiration in squire, militant faith, flask mana cost, ring mods, mana mastery as a last resort. pob: https://pobb.in/vh1Z0OIxTyyB atlas tree: https://poeplanner.com/a/8Wf

Notes:

  1. Skill can double hit in the overlap. This is really important for damage especially on lower budgets - I showcase the insane damage of this skill by taking off 3 support gems (going down to 50M dps) and still easily oneshotting essence rares in a T16 map. In an earlier map with a tanky rare, I miss the double hit and it ends up surviving way longer. The easiest way to set up the double hit is to Frostblink in front of them and namelock the enemy.
  2. The skill randomly misses triggers sometimes, I don't know why. Looking at my footage and that from other people playing this build, I suspect it is due to the minimum range of Frostblink and to a lesser extent server latency. So it's very important to aim for the 10.1aps, the 7.56aps version felt really clunky.
  3. It's very easy to get stuck on walls, so mindlessly holding down frenzy maybe isn't the best move. Sometimes I also blink backwards for no reason. Open layouts are greatly preferred. I'm running Atoll because it's my favourite map, that's all.
  4. During a gold rush, sell shovels. Thanks to the MFers ruining the economy, the prices of essences and invitations are through the roof. Based on my estimates with this strategy over the last few days, the average profit is about 20-25div/h. My guess for white tier essence farming would be about 15div/h, so still EXTREMELY lucrative if your build can't handle T16s yet.
  5. You can actually go up to 15.15aps with Stampede, but honestly I'm already having trouble steering my character and 90% of my time spent in maps is clicking essences anyway. Here's a recent guide where the author presents a 15.15aps variant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX68F-1t4ek

Gear

The Poet's Pen
The Squire
Crown of the Inward Eye
Morbid Mantle
Badge of the Brotherhood
Blood Band
Brimstone Circle
Rapture Vise
Mageblood
Ralakesh's Impatience
Unnatural Instinct
Blight Hope
That Which Was Taken
Watcher's Eye
Honour Glisten
Assassin's Corvine Charm of the Trickster
Dusk Splinter
Forbidden Flesh
Forbidden Flame
Maelstrom Stone
Militant Faith
Rational Doctrine
Assassin's Lupine Charm of the Raider
Empyrean Glimmer
Assassin's Lupine Charm of the Raider

Skills

Weapon 1

  • Frostblink of Wintry BlastFrostblink of Wintry Blast21/20WMain
  • Power Charge On CriticalPower Charge On Critical20/20W
  • EmpowerEmpower4W

Body Armour

  • FrenzyFrenzy20/20W
  • Faster AttacksFaster Attacks20/20W
  • EnhanceEnhance4W
  • Assassin's MarkAssassin's Mark20/20W
  • Mark On HitMark On Hit20/20W
  • InspirationInspiration20/20W

Helmet

  • Herald of IceHerald of Ice21/20W
  • Awakened Increased Area of EffectAwakened Increased Area of Effect5/20W
  • Increased Critical StrikesIncreased Critical Strikes20/20W
  • Blood RageBlood Rage20/12W

Gloves

  • PrecisionPrecision21W
  • EnlightenEnlighten4/20W
  • HatredHatred21W
  • HasteHaste21W

Boots

  • FrostblinkFrostblink20/20W
  • Awakened Unbound AilmentsAwakened Unbound Ailments5/20W
  • BonechillBonechill20/20W
  • PortalPortal1/20W

Weapon 2

  • InspirationInspiration21/20W
  • Awakened Cold PenetrationAwakened Cold Penetration5/20W
  • Increased Critical DamageIncreased Critical Damage21/20W
  • Primal Aegis20W

Passive Tree

Passive tree 3.23
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Elementalist
Elementalist
Wildwood Primalist
Wildwood Primalist

Character Stats

Defence

Effective Hit Pool
49.51K
Life
3.74K
Energy Shield
1.36K
Mana
65
Phys Max Hit Taken
8.44K
Armour
1.61K
Evasion
14.31K
Block | Spell Block
29% | 0%
Ward
0

Resistances

Fire Resistance
75%
Cold Resistance
75%
Lightning Resistance
75%
Chaos Resistance
75%

Offence

Total DPS
136.53M
Crit Chance
100%
Crit Multiplier
626%

Attributes & Utility

Strength
120
Intelligence
340
Dexterity
160
Movement Speed
90%