Herald of Ice Help
I am not getting any Herald of Ice chains ever and I’m not sure what is causing it to not occur. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Elpenor_the_womble•5 months ago•2
honestly you probably just don’t have enough damage to break armour from the screen shot you have less than 3k chaos and phys i don’t think that’s enough. i’d look at upgrading your quarterstaff 500 dps isn’t the best 600+ with the gain extra as phys mod would be great for your chaining. i use the same tech in my build and recently went from 100k to 330k on my HOI and the difference is so noticeable
Zealousideal_Let4123•5 months ago•1
What is your build? Are you causing enough freeze buildup during clear?
ShadowOfEons•5 months ago•OP•1
I have Uul-Netol’s Embrace, Uruks’s Smelting, Armour Explosion, Chaos Attunement, Magnified Area 2 on HoI. My staff has Fenumus’ Rune of Agony for the 13% Extra Chaos Damage. I have a Heart of the Well Diamond with 11% Extra Chaos Damage, and the Pure Chaos node for another 11% Extra Chaos Damage.
MaxSanjo•5 months ago•1
I'm running a similar build. Can you link your Poe ninja?
fknlo•5 months ago•1
You might need more cold damage. I'm at more than double what you have and get consistent chains.
PigKnight•5 months ago•1
You might just not be hitting hard enough or causing freezes/armor breaks.
boofurd123•5 months ago•1
Damage as extra physical will go a long way. Maybe consider getting the polcirkeln ring. If you have true endgame gear then your setup should be fine, but if you don’t have great gear, polcirkeln + extra damage as phys on your weapon is a cheap cheat code for HOI chaining.
BloodOnFire•5 months ago•1
You need way more phys damage to properly break armour
Melliuz•5 months ago•1
Use three dragon solid mask and herald of ice. take out herald of thunder. Keep focusing on lightning damage.
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