Ice Strike Amazon 0.5 League Start Guide - Path Of Exile 2 Return Of The Ancients

Create a mule monk and transfer quarterstaff+Glacial Cascade gem Create your Huntress and make Frozen Locus first, and Frost Bomb from the clearfell camp. Using Cascade+Locus takes some practice so make sure you know the mechanics (freeze with locus, hit with the tip of the cascade) Frost Bomb for Exposure and Tempest Flurry for Shock, Pounce for movement(freezing mark too), later on Curse+Mark with hand of chayula - thats basically the playstyle. For Supports - Get Concentrated Area and Cold Attunement for Glacial Cascade first, then Primal Armament and Cold Attunement for locus, then Shock for Tempest Flurry and Cold Attunement for Herald of Ice Prio gem lvl upgrading Glacial Cascade>Locus>Tempest Flurry, make sure Frost Bomb and later on Elemental Weakness are high enough level to apply to the enemies Attributes on tree isnt an exact science but you will always take intelligence on the first travel node at 7 so you can upgrade gems to 3 - then adjust for what you need depending on gear but mostly intelligence Armour is good early on, when you get a good ES helm - take subterfuge mask on the tree. Invest currency and runes into your weapon in act1 until you get Hollow Palm Technique around lvl 22, can respec some nodes from the harness the elements cluster to take it earlier if your weapon is very bad. After that prioritize making a good evasion body armour and ES helm. Insane Quarterstaffs are still better than Hollow Palm, especially around act 4 where palm lvl scaling is the worst. Take Predatory Instinct as the first Ascendancy node, then Critical Strike, towards the end of the campaign or starting maps you should try to trade for a high accuracy Quarterstaff and respec into Penetrate instead of Predatory.