[3.9] Bergerbrush's Cold EleHit Raider - Ice Shot2.0 - 2m+ DPS on a 5Link

Now first of all I know you might be scared that Hopeshredder makes us take 200 cold damage per frenzy charge while we run. But if you have your cold resist up and we use Survivalist as well for the +1 maximum cold resist so you don't really take that much damage, and if you have a life flask ready at any point or you know hit mobs to leech hp it will be fine. If you at any point feel like you might die due to no mobs being in your reach and no flask charges, then just stop and let your frenzy charges drop off.

The build evolves around Elemental Hit where we block Fire and Lightning and focus on Cold. Therefor we focus most of our Damage into Cold Damage. On top of that we focus heavily on Frenzy Charges for more flat cold damage with the Hopeshredder Bow. More Damage, Movement Speed and Evasion from Avatar of the Slaughter and more Dodge+Movement Speed from the Darkray Vectors Boots. Ice Bite then also has a lot more flat damage added due to the amount of Frenzy Charges we have.

The Raider Ascendancy adds a great amount of Evasion for us, then along with our choices of Ascendancy points we get even more Spell/Attack Dodge from Quartz Infusion and Avatar of the Veil. That along with Acrobatics and Phase Acrobatics + Hyrri's Ire we have a great line of defenses through being able to dodge and evade most of the incoming damage. IT MUST BE VERY NOTED THOUGH THAT CAUSTIC GROUND IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR OUR BUILD!

Now another line of damage that we add is having 2x The Taming for a lot of Elemental Damage added to our build. The Taming also adds a chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite. We then have the Yoke of Suffering which adds increased damage based on how many elemental ailments we have inflicted and gives us a good amount of Shock as well. Another thing to be noted here is that Elemental Hit does more damage based on the amount of Elemental Ailments the enemy is inflicted by.

We also use a Taste of Hate for increased damage, which then pushes our Cold resistance to give synergy with The Wise Oak for extra Cold Penetration.

And last but not least, we Freeze most of the bosses we encounter and will be able to Freeze Metamorphs once GGG roll out that fix.

This video contains mostly everything that is already in the Guide such as Gearing, Links, Leveling Guide and my explanation of the PoB.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqlPPG0Vgdw&t=

20c for 5Link Hopeshredder Hopeshredder is kind of what I build this character around. It has a very high amount of flat cold damage, attack speed and accuracy. And then since we go for a high amount of frenzy charges it gives us even more flat cold, movement speed, life leech and even some defensives with the avoid%.

I'm using a 5link here with a 6th socket to easily swap out GMP for Cold Penetration for single target.



80c for 5Link Hyrri's Ire Keep in mind that a 5Link here isn't really necessary, it's just a bit extra nice with a 5Link Ballista setup to help us for single target.

The Hyrri's Ire gives us great defenses with High Evasion + Spell/Attack Dodge. Then it has a high amount of flat cold damage added and gives increased duration of chill which is pretty nice.



1c Starkonja's is my helmet of choice. Nothing special, just very decent life and the amount of evasion and defensive mechanics it gives along with critical strike chance and attack speed it works great both defensively and offensively.



2c The Drillneck works great for us both single target and map clearing, the pierce, the attack speed, flat physical that we mainly convert over to cold and the increased damage against enemies that we pierce along with flat life is great and very budget as well.



30c Yoke of the Suffering is very nice for our setup. We deal more damage with Elemental Hit the more elemental ailments the enemy is afflicted by, and so will our Yoke. Then it has a good chance of Shocking which increases our damage significantly. And last but not least it adds resists and all stats to help even out our build.

I annointed my amulet with True Strike because it gives a very heavy dps increase for not that high of an investment.



2x140c The Taming rings is extremly good for this build. Increased damage with hits and ailments per freeze, shock and ignite gives us more damage. Then it has a chance to freeze, shock and ignite and then just a lot of elemental damage added and elemental damage with attacks. And last but not least more resists to even out our build more.



40c What I went for here are Gripped Gloves due to their projectile damage along with Flat Life, Resists and then I crafted Physical Damage converted to Cold because it was a very nice DPS increase for a pretty cheap price (Craft costs 1 divine)



40c A stygian vise with Life, Resists and Elemental Damage with Attacks which just gives us some nice extra damage. Then fill that jewel slot with a jewel that adds flat cold, life and perhaps onslaught for a quicker clear speed.

You can get a better belt if you wanna invest more money that perhaps have more damage such as %Cold Damage along with %Elemental Damage with Attacks. But it will definitely be more pricey.



5c Darkray Vectors don't really cost even 5chaos. But I bought a max rolled evasion ones and then I did Merciless Labyrinth once to get a decent Enchant and then I vaaled them and managed to get a decent Vaal. This isn't really something you have to care about. Just any Darkray vectors is fine.

The Darkray Vectors work perfectly for this build due to their Movement Speed per Frenzy Charge, +1 Added Frenzy Charge which gives our build overall more damage due to our Ascendancy and Hopeshredder. Darkray's also adds more attack Dodge per frenzy charge and has a nice little bit of lighting resists.


FLASKS



Nothing special really, Life Flask with Anti Bleed. Quicksilver for speed (You don't have to get the same specific one that I have, it sure is nice but not needed) Taste of Hate for damage and then Wise Oak for extra damage with the Cold penetration it gives after we use taste of hate because taste of hate pushes our cold resistance to be the highest which then has synergy along with the Wise Oak.

Abyss Jewels



Nothing special here either, Flat Cold Damage with some Life and Onslaught chance on kill for a quicker map clear speed.

5 Link

This is the 5 link you should be using if you are going for the more Budget version of the Build as I am doing and only going for a 5 Link, which still is 2.2m DPS.



I then swap to Cold Penetration instead of Greater Multiple Projectiles for Single target.



6 Link

The ideal 6 Link would be these Gems. And swapping out Greater Multiple Projectiles for Slower Projectiles or Faster Attacks for Bosses depending on what you prefer the most. Slower Projectiles is the highest DPS, but not by much.



Auras

Pretty simple, Precision at level 1 because the more you level it the more Mana it will reserve.

Precision Level 1 still provides us with 40% Critical Strike Chance and some nice Accuracy.

And then a Hatred Gem for added damage.



Curse Setup

Herald of Ice with Curse on Hit and Projectile Weakness added to it. In order to not having to selfcast Projectile Weakness we use it with a Curse on Hit. But Curse on Hit needs to be linked to something in order to actually link the curse, so we link it to Herald of Ice which is added to our attacks anyway.



Movement Skills

Blink Arrow+Faster attacks makes it so we Blink Arrow slightly quicker. And the trick here as well is to link Culling Strike with it. So when we spawn a Clone of ourselfs that does almost no damage, that Clones hits will still one shot anything below 10% HP with Culling.



4 Link Shrapnel Ballista to help with Single Target

I am currently using a 5 Link on my Ballista but a 4 Link will do just fine as well.

Remember to put up 3 of these Ballistas as 3 is the total amount you can have up, and resummon them as well during longer bossfights.

Here are some generally great Uniques that you can use early on and will help you progress through the Acts very quick and easy.



Level 1 - Twilight Strand



Level 12 - Entering Act 2



Level 23 - Entering Act 3



Level 33 - Entering Act 4



Level 41 - Entering Act 5



After Finishing Act 5

Way of the Poacher -> Avatar of the Slaughter -> Quartz Infusion -> Avatar of the Veil

KILL ALL

https://pastebin.com/q0PG4LXk

Budget Version



Maxing out the Build