3 weeks ago

Ascendancy ThumbnailLevel 100 Crit Deliberation Tactician0.2

Life: 2,0905%
ES: 229
Mana: 607
eHP:
7,923
Resistances: 75%/67%/75%/75%
Evade: 72%
Evasion: 5,727
DPS: 6,392,525
Speed: 1.17
Hit Chance: 100%
Crit Chance: 100.00%
Crit Multi: 989%
Config:
65% Shock, Power, Custom Mods

Gear

Desolate CrossbowSandstorm VisageSlipstrike VestCultist GauntletsPowertreadBloodstone AmuletBreach RingBreach RingPlate Belt
Ultimate Life FlaskStone CharmGolden Charm
Ultimate Mana Flask
EmeraldEmeraldEmeraldEmeraldEmeraldEmerald

Gems

Fragmentation Rounds
Deliberation
Potential
Cold Infusion
Primal Armament
Elemental Focus
Wind Dancer
Blind
Maim
Magnified Effect
Arms Length
Scavenged Plating
Physical Mastery
Persistence
Herald of Ice
Reach
Magnified Effect
Deadly Herald
Elemental Focus
Cold Mastery
Permafrost Bolts
Nimble Reload
Emergency Reload
Combat Frenzy
Profusion
Precision
Vitality
Clarity
Freezing Mark
Voltaic Grenade
Magnified Effect
Ambrosia
Adhere

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Notes

Fragmentation Rounds vs Frozen is very easily artifically inflated by crit, so I've opted to cap crit chance to avoid that PoB pitfall. 
If you're making a build centered around this skil and aren't going crit-capped, you can avoid that pitfall by including the following config line:
1000% reduced Critical Hit Chance

With the above context, it's also important to remember that it's no longer possible to chain freeze, so you won't be dealing 5m dps every hit or really even all that often. This is a very bursty build, but from testing in-game, I think it should work well enough.

Powertread can be replaced with a rare to meet defensive needs.

If you're going to drop skill points from anywhere, drop crit dmg bonus nodes and the giantslayer wheel.

Finally, forgive me if I've misjudged what is "midway", "late", "end", or my evaluation does not line up with yours; I play PoE1 primarily, and haven't touched PoE2 since 0.1. 
Regardless, I think the poc shows that this skill should be good enough to use and scales well.



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