Velyna's Ice Crash Warden PoB & Gems (PoE Necropolis)

May 3rd, 2024, 21:32

PoB Imports

Progression

This build has multiple stages to work through as your character improves, that way you always know what to be upgrading from leaguestart to endgame.

Leaguestart: You can’t run Hollow Palm right away, so this is a basic Ice Crash build using swords. The goal here is just to hit maps and farm those first few uniques to get the ball rolling. Look to buy Terminus Est and Starkonja's Head immediately, while also upgrading your rare items to cap resists and raise HP. Get rares with dexterity where possible. The unique flasks The Wise Oak and Lion's Roar can be bought now, or you can save for the transition and buy them after.

Transition: This stage requires One With Nothing to function, and you should have a Briskwrap with 4 links. I also recommend having Pure Talent, and the helmet from leaguestart. When this stage is up and running the next goals are Garukhan's Flight and Astramentis. Make sure you don’t skip the small cluster jewel, it’s a huge part of the builds defenses. It’s also super important to find a curse on hit Frostbite ring, even if you can’t get much else on it at first.

Endgame: Make sure your strength is higher than intelligence for Fractal Thoughts, and try to get a high rolled Cyclopean Coil. You can find a good Brutal Restraint using the tool built into PoB, or buy the cheapest one and upgrade later, they all give DEX. By this point you should have a Watcher's Eye with hatred penetration. Make sure you have all the appropriate enchants, anoints, qualities, and pantheons.

God: This stage is just adding high-budget items, no major changes. We can access an extra ascendancy node through Forbidden Jewels, Unnatural Instinct can replace Pure Talent, and the large cluster can be upgraded. There are crafting projects for belt, chest, and amulet as well. Using a Megalomaniac with our Enduring Composure mod plus Frantic Aspect or Sublime Form allows us to run a final large aura.

The gear page has information about each of your endgame items, search links to help you find them, plus crafting instructions for any complicated items.
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Anoint

Once you get your Astramentis, start looking to anoint it.

I usually go with Discipline and Training for HP.

1x Black Oil + 2x Silver Oil = Discipline and Training

Gems

6-Link Ice Crash

If you can’t hit 5 red, you can use alternates like

Faster Attacks Support,

Hypothermia Support, and

Concentrated Effect Support. This should only be temporary though.

CWDT / Utility

Since we have no gloves or weapons, sockets are limited. You can put the warchief in an

Unset Ring, allowing for a golem in the CWDT setup or whatever else you may want.

Aura’s

Our final socket group contains all the aura’s we use.

Leaguestart Gems

Act 1

Since we don’t have Ice Crash yet, we need an alternate setup to get us to act 3. I chose Frost Blades since it scales mostly the same way and is available right at the start. Remember to check the gem vendors after quest completions and boss kills, and don’t forget to use all utility available.