[PoE 3.22] 1-Button Kitava's Thirst Power Charge stacking Vaal Ice Nova / Frostbolt Hierophant

Gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFH5bwtKtmQ

Bossing
https://youtu.be/OTpEvkmT_Ys

Uber Edler & Flawless Breachstone
https://youtu.be/-t3I3w2rlno


POB:
https://pastebin.com/uyfvJAuB


Introduction:
I originally designed this built as legion & breach farmer while also testing some item mechanics I haven’t tried out bevor. It turned out to be a very fun and functional character that is worth sharing. It provides amazing AoE clear and great damage, while remaining on a reasonable budget without the need of expensive mandatory items.

Edit 05.10.23:
With some further investments and minor teaks this built turned out to be much more then I ever expected. Probably the most fun built I have played so far. Smooth 1-button playstyle, Amazing clear + amazing single target without being a class cannon – what more can you ask for.

Key Benefits
+ 1-Button Playstyle
+ Screenwide AoE
+ Amazing Damage (for any purpose)
+ Safe and Easy (freeze everything)
+ no need for super rare and expensive items to get going
+ suprisingly resiliant


Concept:
1. Kitava's Thirst Unique Helm (50% chance to trigger all! socketed spells when you spent 100 Mana)
2. Spam Ice Nova to trigger a barrage of Frostbolts via Kitava's Thirst
3. Your Ice Nova Spam further expands from all those Frostbolts
4. Stack increased Area of Effect to get as much nova overlap as possible.
5. Stack power charges to scale damage

Mandatory Items:
- Kitava's Thirst, corrupted +1 maximum power charges ~ 15c
- 2 Void Batteries ~100c
- Militant Faith Timeless Jewel (Inner Conviction)

Recommaned Items:
- Bloodnotch (damage from stunning hits recovered as life)
- Immutable Force (stun and block recovery)
- Additional Curse Chest
- Unnatural instinct
- Watcher’s Eye
- Taste of Hate

Details:
Kitava's Thirst needs you to spend at least 100 Mana per cast, so my first idea was to start as ordinary mana stacker with anomalous archmage support. This looked promising on paper but felt horrible while playing. No regen in the world let you sustain the 500+ mana per cast and you really really want to cast fast to trigger as many frostbolts as possible. Furthermore, the outrageous drainage of mana literally kills you.
Dropping Archmage for Awakend Increased Area of Effect not only safed the built, but it also made it feel great. Next, I balanced out life and mana. With the dropout of Archmage, there was no need for 7000+ mana. With 58% Mind Over Matter, aim for ~ 4000 life + 5000 Mana.
With Bloodnotch and Agnostic you Lifepool almost never drops and 1200+ Mana Regen + 25% Mana recoup sustains our Mana Pool. Overall, you’ll only be a victim of massive hits by endgame mechanics. It is quite unlikely to die while mapping.
Cast Speed is the key to make the built feel smooth. In order to sustain mana, you need to invest in mana regen, which also helps to keep you alive.


Damage:
The damage scaling is straight forward power charge stacking with void batteries. You can reach 11 charges with ease. I used the Breathstealer Blight Gloves the anoint the final charge via honored tattoo and get some additional spell crit via corruption. Maximize the outcome with Inner Convition (+3% more Damage per Power Charge).
Frostbite + Elemental Weakness are casted automatically via Kitava’s Thrist, providing all penetration you need.
With Arcane Cloak and Sigil of Power up, you reliable shock for 20%. You can push this to 35, if you choose to invest in lightning masteries.
You don’t need any further damage scaling! It is hard to tell how many overlaps you create on average but with the low assumption of only 4 Novas overlapping you’re already sitting on 14 million shaper DPS.


Defense:
Your first line of defense is freezing the entire screen.
60% Mind Over Matter
Arcane Cloak + Sigil of Power
Using the ES Mastery “Stun Threshold is based on 60% of your ES” you can take full advantage of the infamous Bloodnotch + Immutable Force combination. Try it, it’s amazing.
With that, you have the option to use Cast When Stunned, which will be constantly triggered. I went for Arc to counter long range projectile spamming enemies, additional shock and the Vaal Arc Button for some extra fun.
Physical Damage Reduction is an issue, but you can have 5 permanent Endurance Charges and some additional reduction from body armor and the militant faith timeless jewel. With flasks up, that’s about ~60% reduction and therefore enough for all non-crazy content.
Unfortunately, there is now way so slot in any additional layer of defenses. No suppression, no spell block, no conversions. By chance, you could add some additional maximum resistance. But it turned out, there is no real need for extra layers of defense: with MOM your healthpool is exceptional high. Any loss of life is recovered instantly thanks to Bloodnotch and Agnostic, while your Mama also recovers extremely fast. Since we are freezing the entire screen all the time, we don't take much damage anyway. Juiced 80% delirious maps have been no problem, neither offensively or defensively.

https://pobb.in/NRyaxJGj

jic anybody didn't want to import it directly here is the link to look at it

Since the Built is doing so fine I could effortlessly invest more currency. Especially Awakened Spell Echo was a noticeable further improvement.

In addition, I went all in stacking shock effect, resulting in reliable 50% Shocks to Bosses. This was quite easy to archive while providing the biggest boost to overall dps. Swapping Innervate Support into the CWS Setup did help the cause as well.

Updated PoB:

https://pastebin.com/QkHuRJdn


New DPS/ Boss Showcase:

https://youtu.be/OTpEvkmT_Ys

One final update and some closing words, as I'm done for this league.

I cannot recommend this built enough, it was a blast. It started as an experimental side char to farm currency doing the Legion/Breach/Eater Strategy. In the end, it made me abbondon my primary char, which was a very successful Rathpith Globe / lifestack Inquisitor.

It smashed all non-Uber content with ease and finished at lv98 although I was doing pretty juicy stuff.

If you like Ice Nova, but self-casting felt to clunky and cast-on crit to complex to solve, give Kitiav's Thirst a try. It works and it is great.


Uploaded one final video, showing Uber Elder and a Flawless Breach

https://youtu.be/-t3I3w2rlno

need help with the timeless jewel cant seem to find a good one

I used the built-in feature of PoE. Since there are so many options, it takes some time to find a proper one. And then it needs to be avaiable on the market too. Can be annoying, I know.

In the end, the jewel has no need to be perfect. A litte life/mana/dmg more or less is nothing in the big picture.

I will build this once i have some currency. the build looks fun

Thanks for the build! It is great on budget and even better with investment. Great clear and bossing. Managed to take down all ubers.

Hello, the build looks like fun.
What are the important stats on the body armor? (cheaper version) The last time I checked, your combo of stats was around 12 D.
Is there a reason to use the lvl 60 mana flask and not lvl 65?
Gonna try and put this together. Ty

Leveling tree, gem? items