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| October 27, 2019 -Build created October 28, 2019 -Added gameplay video |
Ice Shot Raider is currently one of the fastest map farming builds which allows smooth end-game Bossing on a very reasonable budget. This build offers very high damage with no specific or very expensive Unique Items. We will be stacking flat Cold Damage bonuses with a self-crafted Bow and unique Items like Voidfletcher or Hyrri's Ire. This usually tends to be cheaper than your usual end-game Tornado Shot builds. The damage scaling potential is insane, and you can reach millions of Shaper DPS without excessive spendings.
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Ice Shot Raider is a typical Bow Build which allows insanely fast map farming and offers high single-target DPS. You can breeze through most Maps with your Mirage Archer taking down enemies while you progress to the Boss Area. The damage and clear speed are very high even on a reasonable budget, with only self-crated Shaper Bow being an expensive must-have item. However, you are nearly guaranteed to craft a decent Weapon for around 6-7 Exalted Orbs. You can easily reach a few million Shaper DPS with either Barrage or Scourge Arrow which are used for single-target mainly, and we have decided to focus on the latter for more convenient targetting.
This build also offers very high Evasion Rating and Dodge, which are your core defensive mechanics. It's quite convenient since this build's maximum Life Pool is capped at around 5,000 so it's essential that we have a very high chance to avoid damage entirely. Overall this build provides a very smooth playstyle with not many concerns on what enemies we are currently facing.
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This video was recorded on a level 90 Raider on Standard Softcore mode |
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Leveling is quite easy, however, on lower levels, it's better to focus on Physical Damage Bows as getting Cold ones that are viable is pretty much impossible. You should also prioritize getting high added Physical Damage to Attacks and Life/Elemental Resistances on Rare Equipment. If you manage to get enough DPS and make your Mirage Archer one-shot normal enemies, leveling will be extremely fast. Below you will find several extremely useful Uniques for the level part and basic Gem setups. During the leveling phase you don't need to use two alternative Attack Skills, you should be fine to deal with Bosses with properly linked Ice Shot as well.
Suggested leveling Gem setups:
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Ice Shot - primary Skill used in this build. It's best to use it for the leveling part as well to have it leveled up when we reach Maps. Ice Shot itself deals decent damage to your target, and create a cone of Ice behind it slowing enemies and dealing extra damage |
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Mirage Archer Support - summons a Mirage Archer which will also cast Ice Shot with lower Attack Speed. It will work even when you run around greatly increasing your clear speed and allowing faster progress |
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Added Cold Damage Support - grants very high bonus Cold Damage to your Attacks |
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Elemental Damage with Attacks Support - greatly increases Elemental Damage dealt by Supported Attacks |
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Summon Ice Golem - increases your Accuracy Rating and Critical Strike Chance |
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Herald of Ice - grants extra Cold Damage to your Attacks and causes AoE Explosions when you kill Frozen enemies |
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Blink Arrow - the recommended Mobility Skill used in this build |
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Portal - lets you portal to Town without the necessity to use a Scroll. You should link it to Faster Casting Support, or the animation may feel very long |
Bandits:
We recommend killing all the Bandits for two additional Passive Points
Leveling Skill Trees:
32 Points Skill Tree
Priorities: 1) Finesse 2) Herbalism 3) King of the Hill 4) Blood Drinker
60 Points Skill Tree
Priorities: 1) Coldhearted Calculation 2) Trickery 3) Coordination 4) Thick Skin
Recommended leveling items:
 Le Heup of All - this Rings provide all the important stats for lower-level characters and can be used even on lower-tier Maps |
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| (10-30)% increased Damage +(10-30) to all Attributes (10-30)% increased Rarity of Items found +(10-30)% to all Elemental Resistances |
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 Goldrim - one of the best leveling Helmets which grants sufficient Elemental Resistances for most of the leveling process |
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| +(30-50) to Evasion Rating 10% increased Rarity of Items found +(30-40)% to all Elemental Resistances Reflects 4 Physical Damage to Melee Attackers Level Requirement reduced by 100 (Hidden) |
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 Silverbranch - one of the first Unique Bows available in Path of Exile which offers high base DPS and extra Mana gained on kill which helps greatly during the leveling phase |
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| +1 to Level of Socketed Bow Gems (80-100)% increased Physical Damage 10% increased Attack Speed +10 Mana gained on Kill +30 to Accuracy Rating |
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 Death's Opus - one of the best mid-level Bows in the game. It can be used efficiently on Maps if you have enough added Damage to your Attacks |
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| (30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance (100-125)% increased Physical Damage Adds (10-20) to (30-35) Physical Damage 10% increased Attack Speed +100% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier Bow Attacks fire an additional Arrow Bow Attacks fire an additional Arrow |
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 Karui Ward - a very cheap and powerful leveling Amulet for Rangers. You can also Anoint Aspect of the Eagle on it which costs just a few low Tier Oils |
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| +(20-30) to Dexterity +(20-30) to Strength +100 to Accuracy Rating 30% increased Projectile Speed 10% increased Movement Speed 30% increased Projectile Damage |
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Final Skill Tree:
116 Points Final Skill Tree
116 Points Path of Building(PoB) link
Ascendancy points:
Preferably in that order:
Pantheon:
Major God: Soul of Solaris 6% Physical Damage Reduction if there is only one nearby Enemy; 20% chance to take 50% less Area Damage from Hits
Minor God: Soul of Garukhan +5% chance to Evade Attacks if you've taken a Savage Hit recently
| [DPS] Ice Shot | |
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Ice Shot - the primary Attack used in this build which will Chain to nearby enemies and have massive area coverage and very high Damage. With Herald of Ice's explosions and Mirage Archer, you will be able to breeze through Maps with ease |
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Elemental Damage with Attacks Support - grants very high bonus Elemental Damage |
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Mirage Archer Support |
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Hypothermia Support - grants very high bonus Damage against Chilled enemies and since we are dealing mainly Cold Damage, this will apply to all your targets |
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Greater Multiple Projectiles Support - increases the maximum number of your Ice Shot's projectiles |
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Chain Support - makes Ice Shot Chain to two nearby targets |
| [DPS] Scourge Arrow/Barrage | |
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Scourge Arrow - used as a single-target DPS Spell which deals very high damage when released at five stages. You may as well use Barrage which offers higher potential DPS, but is harder to aim and damages only one target only |
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Elemental Damage with Attacks Support |
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Mirage Archer Support |
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Hypothermia Support |
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Cold Penetration Support - makes Scourge Arrow ignore a big portion of your targets Resistance to Cold |
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Added Cold Damage Support - grants flat added Cold Damage to Supported Skill |
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Hatred - grants bonus Cold Damage, and if you manage to get the recommended Watcher's Eye, it will also increase your Critical Strike Chance |
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Herald of Ice - grants extra Cold Damage and causes AoE explosions |
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Precision - increases our Critical Strike Chance and Accuracy Rating. We need to use a low-level Precision Gem so that it doesn't Reserve too much Mana (preferably between level 1-5) |
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Enlighten Support - reduces the Mana Reservation cost of all Supported Spells. Has to be level 2 or higher |
| [UTILITY] Blood Rage | |
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Blood Rage - increases your Attack Speed, Life Leech, and generates Frenzy Charges |
| [UTILITY] Ice Golem | |
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Cast when Damage Taken Support - use at max level to Summon a level 20 Ice Golem |
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Summon Ice Golem - increases your Accuracy Rating and Critical Strike Chance |
| [UTILITY] Blink Arrow | |
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Blink Arrow - the recommended Mobility Skill for Bow builds |
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Faster Attacks Support |
| [UTILITY] Frost Bomb | |
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Cast when Damage Taken - use a level 1 Gem for most frequent casts |
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Frost Bomb - applies Cold Exposure to your targets reducing their Cold Resistance. Do not upgrade it above level 10. It's triggered automatically but you may as well cast it manually which is less convenient but more efficient that way |
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Bonechill Support - increases the effect of Chill and increases Cold Damage deal to affected enemies depending on this effect |
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Below you will find the recommended gear for our Ice Shot Raider build. Most of the item choices are flexible, however, getting a crafted Shaper Bow which has added Cold Damage per every 10 Points of your Dexterity is mandatory. You can also craft it yourself, which shouldn't cost above 7 Exalted Orbs for a decent six-linked one. We didn't include extra Dexterity in the recommended stats below since searching for specific items with high Dexterity will greatly increase the prices. However, it can be found on all the Rare Items in this build, so if you get to chose, always try to get gear with extra Dex.
Our recommended items will:
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Stat priorities on items:
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 (Helmet) Fractal Thoughts - the BiS Helmet for this build. Always make sure to have your Strenght higher than Intelligence if using it, or you will be missing a lot of extra bonuses |
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| (140-180)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield +(25-40)% to Critical Strike Multiplier if Dexterity is higher than Intelligence 15% increased Dexterity if Strength is higher than Intelligence 1% increased Elemental Damage per 10 Dexterity +2 to Maximum Life per 10 Intelligence |
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 (Helmet) Rare Helmet - always worth considering if you can't afford/obtain Fractal Thoughts. Just make sure to squeeze in as much defensive stats and Dexterity as possible |
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| Min. requirements: 80 maximum Life 40 Dexterity 60% Total Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: Nearby enemies have -#% to Cold Resistance |
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| Helmet enchantments: 40% increased Ice Shot Damage |
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 (Weapon) Rare Shaper Crafted Bow - this is a must-have item for this build which also has one required attribute, all the others can be crafted |
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| Min. requirements: Adds # to # Cold Damage to Attacks with this Weapon per 10 Dexterity 10% increased Attack Speed Optional affixes: Added Cold Damage Increased Elemental Damage with Attacks Damage Penetrates #% Elemental Resistances Chance to deal Double Damage Critical Strike Multiplier |
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 (Quiver) Voidfletcher - one of the best options for the Quiver Slot. It grants very high bonus Damage and makes you shot Void Arrows for some additional Cold DPS. Make sure to corrupt it so that it no longer grants the extra Pierce, or your projectiles won't be able to Chain properly |
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| Arrows Pierce an additional Target Consumes a Void Charge to Trigger Level 20 Void Shot when you fire Arrows Adds (30-40) to (80-100) Cold Damage to Attacks +(80-120) to maximum Energy Shield +(20-30)% to Cold Resistance +(20-40) Mana gained on Kill 30% increased Projectile Speed 5 Maximum Void Charges Gain a Void Charge every 0.5 seconds |
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 (Quiver) Hyrri's Demise - this Quiver can possibly grant a higher DPS when compared to Voidfletcher if you manage to have extra Attributes on your equipment. Possible differences are easy to calculate in PoB |
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| +(3-4) Life gained for each Enemy hit by your Attacks +(15-30) to all Attributes (7-10)% increased Attack Speed +(2-3) Life gained for each Enemy hit by your Attacks 10% increased Area of Effect Adds 1 to 2 Cold Damage to Attacks per 10 Dexterity Adds 1 to 2 Fire Damage to Attacks per 10 Strength Adds 0 to 3 Lightning Damage to Attacks per 10 Intelligence |
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 (Body Armour) Hyrri's Ire - grants very high bonus Cold Damage and extra Dodge making it the best Armour for this build |
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| +(40-50) to Dexterity (140-220)% increased Evasion Rating 25% increased Chill Duration on Enemies Adds (173-188) to (240-262) Cold Damage to Bow Attacks 10% chance to Dodge Attack Hits 10% chance to Dodge Spell Hits |
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 (Boots) Rare Boots - just grab the highest possible Life, and Movement Speed you can afford |
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| Min. requirements: 70 maximum Life 25% Movement Speed 60% Total Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: Dexterity Chaos Resistance High Evasion Rating |
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| Boot enchantment: 16% increased Attack and Cast Speed if you've Killed Recently |
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 (Gloves) Rare Gloves - again, aim for high defensive stats. Extra Damage will be also nice but that shouldn't be your first concern when choosing a pair of Gloves |
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| Min. requirements: 70 maximum Life 80% Total Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: Dexterity Added Cold Damage to Attacks Projectile Attack Damage (Gripped Gloves only) |
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 (Belt) Rare Stygian Vise - the best option for the Belt which offers an additional Abyssal Socket |
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| Min. requirements: 70 maximum Life 30% Fire Resistance 30% Cold Resistance 30% Lightning Resistance 35% Increased Elemental Damage with Attacks |
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 (Amulet) Rare Amulet - can carry a lot of useful stats, just prioritize max Life, Crit Multiplier, and possibly some Attributes |
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| Min. requirements: 50 maximum Life 32 Global Critical Strike Multiplier 30 Strength 30 Intelligence Optional affixes: Dexterity Elemental Damage with Attacks |
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 (Ring) Rare Rings - try to get them as your last items, make sure one of them is Shaper with Assassin's Mark on Hit (you can craft one yourself as well) and Cap Resistances with the other one |
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| Min. requirements: 50 maximum Life 75% Total Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: Curse enemies with level # Assassin's Mark on Hit Elemental Damage with Attacks Attributes |
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 (Jewel) Abyss Jewel - you will be using one of those in your Stygian Vise |
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| Recommended affixes: maximum Life Added Cold Damage to Attacks Added Cold Damage to Bow Attacks Optional affixes: Increased Global Critical Strike Multiplier Increased Damage if you have killed recently |
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 (Jewel) Watcher's Eye - properly rolled one can be the single-best Jewel for any build. It's optimal to get one with extra base Crit. Chance while affected by Hatred, or increased Crit. Multiplier while affected by Precision (those two combined can cost a fortune) |
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| Recommended affixes: +(1.2-1.8)% to Critical Strike Chance while affected by Hatred (40-60)% increased Cold Damage while affected by Hatred (40-60)% increased Attack Damage while affected by Precision +(30-50)% to Critical Strike Multiplier while affected by Precision |
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 (Jewel) Lioneye's Fall - makes Claw nodes in the upper right of the Skill Tree to apply to your Bow Attacks making it a mandatory Jewel in this build. Otherwise, you will have to get extra Leech from other sources |
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 (Jewel) Brutal Restraint - grants permanent Onslaught, around 140 Dexterity, 4% Maximum Life, 20% Projectile Damage, 25% Critical Strike Chance, and other bonuses when socketed to right of Ranger's starting Point. You can check the exact location here |
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| Denoted service of (500-8000) dekhara in the akhara of Nasima Passives in radius are Conquered by the Maraketh Historic |
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 (Flask) Dying Sun - increases the number of our projectiles by two making it an exceptional Flask for Bow builds |
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| +50% to Fire Resistance 20% less Fire Damage taken (-10-10)% increased Charges used Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles during Flask Effect (15-25)% increased Area of Effect during Flask Effect |
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Other suggested Flasks:
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