Cyclone Cast on Critical Ice Nova Assassin Ascendancy, Bandits, and Pantheon Powers
Ascendancy
Assassin is a fantastic choice as an Ascendancy for Cast on Critical builds, as it provides large amounts of Critical Strike chance and Multiplier innately, without forcing us to invest heavily on the Passive Tree. We are left with much more flexible possibilities, allowing you to acquire more rounded defenses and additional Jewel sockets.
- Mistwalker
- Unstable Infusion
- Deadly Infusion
- Opportunistic
Ambush and Assassinate can replace Mistwalker for farming end-tier bosses such as Sirus, as it offers exceptional damage and the Elusive effect is not as essential.
Deal with the Bandits Reward
Help Alira for the Critical Strike Multiplier and Mana Regeneration if you are league starting or in the early end-game . The Elemental Resistances are also quite valuable early on, as well as very late in the game when we start dropping Rare items in favor of more Uniques.
Once you are in the extreme end-game with plenty of currency to afford top-tier Jewels, we recommend swapping to the 2 Passive Points to get an extra Jewel socket.
Pantheon Powers
Major Gods
- Soul of the Brine King: Necessary for the life-based build.
- Soul of Solaris: The supreme defensive choice and excellent for bossing.
Minor Gods
- Soul of Gruthkul: The default choice for this build. Additional Physical reduction and the reduced Attack Speed on enemies are both great for survivability.
- Soul of Aberrath: Default choice for Low-Life.
- Soul of Yugul: An alternative choice for Elder, Aul, or Shaper when upgraded.
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