PoE Hardcore, League Starter, Cold builds

CHANGES + NOTES FOR 3.25 ARCHMAGE BUILDS INSPIRATION IS NOW A LESS MULTIPLIER (this is a nerf, reduced was a lot better for making the mana cost lower) -This means we will scale less cast speed early, and go for reduced mana cost crafts on rings now ENDURANCE CHARGES ARE A LOT BETTER (this is a big BUFF) -Endurance charges now gain 4% reduced elemental damage taken on top of the physical -Hiero gets 4 min charges baseline from the tree, possibly worth getting a 5th one on the tree (you'd need 1 min endurance craft or annoint Unyielding) ^xAF6

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PoB: Pretty late in the league so this probably won't get much traction, but I wanted to post this anyways as this is one of the most fun builds I've ever played. I won't claim there's anything super unique here as the core is just a pretty bog-standard power charge stacker, but I am surprised at how relatively underused CSoP is cause this thing hits like a truck (albeit a smaller truck than Penance Brand I guess lol). Pros and cons first and then I'll go into a little more detail about some interesting aspects. Pros \- Insane

WARNING: THIS BUILD IS MOST LIKELY BAIT but I'm stupid so I'm trying it, if you want good Heatshiver melee then Frost Blades Trickster is probably what you actually want. SC TRADE WARNING: I am 100% six portal pilled and this is not hc viable and probably not ssf friendly either It should be obvious to everyone, but beyond wild strike being in a bad spot for scaling it's in a worse spot to level with. I will be suffering because I like leveling with the skill I want to run. I'll be maybe leveling frost blades until wild strike feels competent, no I will not test this before league start. W

Leveling Tips Act 1 - 5 Rush Elemental Overload on skill tree, if needed pick up Health Mana nodes on right side of witch starter area, i go for life on top right first then branch left to templar area. Buy Minion damage / Infernal Legion support in Act1. Socket in Summon Skitterbots in Act 2. Also optional to level Spiritual Aid during leveling to boost both your and skitter DPS then respec out of it later. On lvl 28 equip 4L Vortex + Deadly Ailments + Cold to Fire + Ignite Prolif

----------------- BUILD CALC ----------------- Conditioal: - Brittle: While moving - Totem: Uptime - Trinity: Freeze but no perma freeze - Fortify: 7% chance - Onslaught - Armour and Evasion - Ailment effect: full chill and shock effect - Power Charges: 5% chance on hit Missing: - Ancestral Vaal Totem - Rage/Dmg per frenzy (glove implicit) - Flasks (good uptime with charge on crit chance) - Major pantheon - Ele Aegis on max hit calc (only gives EHP?) ----------------- TO FARM ----------------- League Mechanics: - Harvest: Crafting - Essence: Armour + Weapon crafting

Quick Showcase: Gear, Tree, Minotaur map Main POB: Pob of the test run: I've been wanting to move to SSFHC and complete all the content with my own build. I love casting spells, but it's always a struggle league starting them due to how hard it is to obtain cast speed on gear. So I looked into trappers/miners. Icespear deadeye miner turned out pretty good. The video is with pretty much bare minimum gear. I've been busy with work, so I couldn't go hard in farming for harvest and essences. But t