PoE Ice Shot Build 3.25 – Path of Exile: Settlers of Kalguur

In Path of Exile 3.25, Ice Shot remains a staple skill for bow users seeking to combine high damage output with crowd control. This skill is versatile, offering both strong single-target damage and effective area-of-effect (AoE) capabilities. Ice Shot converts a portion of your physical damage to cold damage and creates a chilling cone behind the target, making it excellent for both clearing packs and dealing with tough bosses. This guide will delve into the mechanics and optimal setup for an Ice Shot build.

Skill Overview

Ice Shot

  • Type: Attack, Projectile, AoE, Cold, Bow
  • Level: 20 (Max)
  • Cost: 10 Mana
  • Attack Damage: 200.1% of base
  • Effectiveness of Added Damage: 200%
  • Quality: +20%
  • Requirements: Level 70, 155 Dex

Description:

  • Fires an arrow that converts some physical damage to cold on its target and converts all physical damage to cold in a cone behind that target.
  • 60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
  • Base radius is 2.4 metres
  • Chills Enemies as though dealing 195% more Damage
  • 80% increased Area of Effect angle

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

PoE Ice Shot Build 3.25

Build Mechanics

Key Mechanics

  1. Physical to Cold Damage Conversion:

    • Ice Shot converts 60% of your physical damage to cold damage, ensuring your attacks benefit from both physical and cold damage increases.

  2. Area of Effect (AoE):

    • The skill creates a cone behind the initial target, dealing AoE cold damage and chilling enemies, which slows them down significantly.

  3. Chill and Freeze:

    • Ice Shot chills enemies as though dealing 195% more damage, increasing the chill effect and potentially freezing enemies with critical hits.

Skill Setup

Main Skill: Ice Shot

  • Link with:
    • Greater Multiple Projectiles Support: Increases the number of arrows fired.
    • Cold Penetration Support: Reduces enemy cold resistance.
    • Added Cold Damage Support: Adds extra cold damage to attacks.
    • Elemental Damage with Attacks Support: Boosts the elemental damage of your attacks.
    • Mirage Archer Support: Summons an archer clone that uses Ice Shot.
    • Hypothermia Support: Increases damage against chilled enemies and increases the chance to freeze.

Secondary Skills:

  • Herald of Ice: Provides additional cold damage and shatters enemies, dealing AoE damage on kill.
  • Hatred: Increases your physical damage as extra cold damage.
  • Precision: Boosts accuracy and critical strike chance.

Defensive Layers

  • Evasion: Focus on evasion gear and passive skills to maximize your chances of avoiding attacks.
  • Dodge: Utilize dodge mechanics to further reduce the chances of getting hit by attacks and spells.
  • Movement Skills: Use Dash or Blink Arrow to reposition quickly and avoid danger.

Gear and Stats

Weapon: High physical damage bows with added cold damage and critical strike chance. Armor: Evasion-based gear with life, resistances, and increased evasion rating. Jewelry: Focus on items with increased physical damage, cold damage, life, and resistances. Flasks:

  • Jade Flask: For a massive boost to evasion rating.
  • Quicksilver Flask: For increased movement speed.
  • Diamond Flask: For increased critical strike chance.
  • Basalt Flask: For physical damage reduction.
  • Life Flask: For instant recovery.

Passive Tree and Ascendancy

Keystones:

  • Acrobatics: Increases your chance to dodge attacks.
  • Phase Acrobatics: Increases your chance to dodge spells.

Ascendancy: Deadeye

  • Gathering Winds: Increases movement speed and grants Tailwind, boosting your action speed.
  • Far Shot: Increases damage the further away you are from the target.
  • Ricochet: Grants a chance for projectiles to chain, hitting additional targets.
  • Endless Munitions: Increases the number of projectiles fired and the area of effect.

Playstyle

  1. Maintain Auras: Keep Hatred, Herald of Ice, and Precision active at all times for maximum damage output and defensive benefits.
  2. Engage Packs: Use Blink Arrow or Dash to move quickly into position and start attacking with Ice Shot.
  3. Use Flasks: Utilize your flasks strategically to enhance evasion, movement speed, and survivability during combat.
  4. Reposition: Constantly move and reposition using Dash or Blink Arrow to stay out of harm’s way and maintain your evasion advantage.

Conclusion

The Ice Shot build in Path of Exile 3.25 is a versatile and powerful choice for bow users. By converting physical damage to cold damage and utilizing a variety of support gems and auras, you can deal significant damage while controlling the battlefield with chilling effects. Equip your character, optimize your passive tree, and unleash the power of Ice Shot to dominate Wraeclast!

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