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I'm recording on a 2010 T410 Intel Integrated Craphics setup. It's harder for me to record than it is for you to watch ;>









I'm recording on a 2010 T410 Intel Integrated Craphics setup. It's harder for me to record than it is for you to watch ;> L83 run to boss in T11 map. Nothing special - quick view of the playstyle in an open map. L85 run to boss in T14 map with reduced crit etc . Piety is dicey when the reduced dmg mods make me lose permafreeze. But she dropped a Core.

Background

The traditional approach towards ele attack builds is that you have to stack flat damage auras and scale based on attack speed and critical chance. Physical damage had better +% modifiers on the tree, so pure pdps weapons were regarded differently from edps weapons.



Nuro's offers a concept previously unavailable in POE: a high single-element edps (230+ cold dps; 7.5 crit) weapon that can be scaled using the girthy physical damage nodes on the tree and has the added benefit of scaling from the cold/ele penetration nodes off the tree. Compared to mixed elemental builds, Nuro's offers higher damage scaling off the tree (~+400% vs ~+200%), and 100% penetration effectiveness (51% from tree+gem) - implying higher effective DPS and better performance in EE/80%res maps. Compared to pdps builds, Nuro's offers perma-freeze and shatter (useful vs birds and porcupines) as a previously unavailable mechanic (and no - Hatred doesn't offer nearly the same freeze as Nuro's, on any bow), as well as scaling from +% WED on gear and on the tree.



At first glance, streamers and the community had completely written off Nuro's. I don't see much of a change in perspectivea few months later, so I'm putting my build out here.



Concept



This build does extremely high AOE and single target damage, while utilizing a freeze/shatter mechanic normally attributed to no-DPS support characters.



Defense in this build comes from (a) freezing/chilling enemies, (b) 40/46 dodge through tree + Steps, (c) mitigating the rare hit using Kintsugi (which is not necessarily BiS), (d) HP stacking as much as possible on the right side (e) decent armor (7k+). The HP stack (4-5k) is much lower than in most of my builds, but hasn't been a problem in red maps so far.



Offence comes from (a) adding base flat cold damage off Nuro's, rings, amulet, gloves, and the Added Cold gem, (b) scaling the flat cold via the Cold Steel unique jewel to convert the physical bow attack dmg nodes at Ranger, (c) scaling critical chance/damage, (d) maximising penetration through the Cold Penetration gem, Fangs of Frost, and Forces of Nature (e) fading pierce chance from Powerful Precision for nearby mobs; +1 Chain from Ricochet paired with Far Shot and the return mechanic for distant mobs, (f) Burning arrow to deliver maximum single-target DPS (Blast Rain is better for knockback pinning; BA is better for freeze duration), (g) Ignite from Hrimburn to boost DPS.



The playstyle is largely spam at mobs, pin down bosses with the single-target attack.



The "Snowflake" moniker stems from the fact that I utilize several non-intuitive mechanics: fading pierce + chain, almost pure cold dmg with lightning arrow for AOE and burning arrow for ST, ele crit bow without bothering with Windripper or attack speed.



Setup



Tree . L 88



Bandits . Oak [N], Kill [C], Kraityn/Kill [M] - choose Kraityn if you like Blood Rage.



Gems .



6L: LA + GMP + ICS + WED + Added Cold + Cold Pen

6L: BA + ICS + ICD + WED + Added Cold + Cold Pen (or swap BA+ICD for BR+Conc)

4L: Ice Golem + Cull + Blind + IIR

4L: Arctic Armor + Grace + Blood Rage + Blink Arrow

4L: CWDT + BL + Blind + Frost Bomb (iffy) Maybe Vaal Grace here



Gear



Helm: Rat's Nest [or Starkonja, Devoto's]. Ideally with +2 LA enchant.

Gloves: Hrimburn. Ideally with EleWeak or Temp Chains corruption.

Boots: Atziri's Step

Belt: High HP, Res

Quiver: High HP, Crit, Multi, Acc, WED

Amulet, Rings: High flat cold dmg, HP, res

Chest: Kintsugi [Tabula will work till your 90s]; any other Ev, Ev/Ar unique works

Jewel: Cold Steel, placed at Ranger; HP etc placed near Scion





This build does extremely high AOE and single target damage, while utilizing a freeze/shatter mechanic normally attributed to no-DPS support characters.Defense in this build comes from (a) freezing/chilling enemies, (b) 40/46 dodge through tree + Steps, (c) mitigating the rare hit using Kintsugi (which is not necessarily BiS), (d) HP stacking as much as possible on the right side (e) decent armor (7k+). The HP stack (4-5k) is much lower than in most of my builds, but hasn't been a problem in red maps so far.Offence comes from (a) adding base flat cold damage off Nuro's, rings, amulet, gloves, and the Added Cold gem, (b) scaling the flat cold via the Cold Steel unique jewel to convert the physical bow attack dmg nodes at Ranger, (c) scaling critical chance/damage, (d) maximising penetration through the Cold Penetration gem, Fangs of Frost, and Forces of Nature (e) fading pierce chance from Powerful Precision for nearby mobs; +1 Chain from Ricochet paired with Far Shot and the return mechanic for distant mobs, (f) Burning arrow to deliver maximum single-target DPS (Blast Rain is better for knockback pinning; BA is better for freeze duration), (g) Ignite from Hrimburn to boost DPS.The playstyle is largely spam at mobs, pin down bosses with the single-target attack.The "Snowflake" moniker stems from the fact that I utilize several non-intuitive mechanics: fading pierce + chain, almost pure cold dmg with lightning arrow for AOE and burning arrow for ST, ele crit bow without bothering with Windripper or attack speed.. Oak [N], Kill [C], Kraityn/Kill [M] - choose Kraityn if you like Blood Rage.6L: LA + GMP + ICS + WED + Added Cold + Cold Pen6L: BA + ICS + ICD + WED + Added Cold + Cold Pen (or swap BA+ICD for BR+Conc)4L: Ice Golem + Cull + Blind + IIR4L: Arctic Armor + Grace + Blood Rage + Blink Arrow4L: CWDT + BL + Blind + Frost Bomb (iffy) Maybe Vaal Grace hereHelm: Rat's Nest [or Starkonja, Devoto's]. Ideally with +2 LA enchant.Gloves: Hrimburn. Ideally with EleWeak or Temp Chains corruption.Boots: Atziri's StepBelt: High HP, ResQuiver: High HP, Crit, Multi, Acc, WEDAmulet, Rings: High flat cold dmg, HP, resChest: Kintsugi [Tabula will work till your 90s]; any other Ev, Ev/Ar unique worksJewel: Cold Steel, placed at Ranger; HP etc placed near Scion Last edited by sherkhan on May 29, 2018, 12:15:19 AM Last bumped on May 9, 2017, 12:41:45 PM