Update: Icy Frostbolt Hierophant Build in 3.25 League

RA's iow frostbolt build focuses on prioritizing life, cast speed, and lightning spell damage for strong defense and high damage output.

### Path of Exile 3.15 Update: Icicle Frostbolt Hierophant Build Review
* 🧊  The player, RA, provides an update on their **Ice Nova Frostbolt Hierophant build** for the new Path of Exile 3.15 expansion.
* ⚔️  The build focuses on manually casting Frostbolts and then exploding them with Ice Nova for damage, requiring a **"piano play style with many buttons to press."**
* 💰  RA spent around **50,000 orbs** to purchase Ice Nova and Frostbolt gems, and also bought **Kavas Fur's helmet** to simplify the gameplay to just **one button for damage**.
* 📊  RA emphasizes the importance of prioritizing **life, mana, cast speed, lightning damage to spells**, and **regular spell damage** for gear upgrades.
* 🛡️  The Hierophant class is highlighted for its **strong defense**, with **four infinite endurance charges** that have become **even more powerful** in this league.
* 🎯  The build is described as "**the easiest starter I've played in years**," with excellent damage and defense that allowed RA to **comfortably kill The Awakener** and **run T16 maps**.
* 🎮  RA plans to farm with this build to **accumulate currency for future builds**, potentially respeccing into **Shockwave Totem Hierophant** for **more efficient currency farming**.
* 👍  Common mistakes in playing the Ice Nova Frostbolt Hierophant build include **not having enough cast speed**, using a "**piano play style**" before acquiring Kavas Fur's helmet, and **staying too close to monsters in large packs**.

hey guys, it's ra, and here's the day one update for my iow frostbolt hant. I wasn't very fast at the leak St because I went to sleep early and didn't try to speedrun. I also spent a lot of time testing the new mechanic, which is similar to Heyday, with its own village. I will not talk about it in this video since it's not the topic. After completing the campaign, I farmed a bit of haste with my leveling Firestorm spell, just enough for the first like eight or 10 Kos orbs. I also ran theer Labyrinth about six or seven times, hoping for ice NOA or Frost bolts, but I wasn't lucky, so I just bought it for around 50 k orbs that I farmed in white maps with my fire storm. After getting ice NOA Frost bolts, I manually casted Frost bolts and then exploded them with ice NOA. And yeah, that's how this kill works. It was really a piano play style with many buttons to press. I didn't like

it two buttons for damage, and I also had Lea slam fros blink airing cloak Sig of power. So yeah, I decided to buy kavas sur's helmet so I wouldn't have to has two buttons for damage, just only one. And yeah, I wouldn't recommend playing this build without kavas first because it's much more convenient. I now use only airon brand with punishment curse on bosses if I need, but actually I don't because damage is awesome. And for some reason, I can't use aen cloak with the automation gem, so yeah, I have to press it manually from time to time to increase my damage. And I will also replace the two moment skills with one Frost blinko winry blast, which has no cooldown and its speed depends on cat speed, and you like jump everywhere so fast and don't need to wait until cooldown. I like it a lot, but my gear I have six-link tablea now, and all my other gear cost about 25 K orbs, which is really cheap. In this video, I also want

to tell you a little about what to prioritize first in this build to become stronger for chip the first day is of course life and Mana. It's like our defense. Yeah, life and Mana are very cheap stats. You can just buy items on trade for a few K orbs, and yeah, you will manage. Second is cast speed. In this build, cast speed is the number one thing you need to target on your gear to improve your damage. Also, lightning damage to spells and regular spell damage. I will not talk about resistances, of course, because everybody knows that you need to have capped resistances or you will die so hard. I mean suppression is your next mod to target after getting good DPS and Mana. His life you just need to have it on gloves, boots, at passive tree, etc. And about like ARS in this build, we have only two ARAs. We have Grace with blessing, and so it doesn't reserve our mana, and we have Clarity with arrogance. So yeah, it also doesn't reserve our Mana. It reserves our life.

the survivability is really good even without great items. So with this setup, I was able to comfortably kill The Ether worlds and run t16 maps. And honestly, this is the easiest, maybe the easiest starter I've played in years. The damage is really, really good, the defense is excellent, and the Hierophant class has four infinite endurance charges, which became much stronger in this league. I guess maybe tomorrow or I will farm something with this build to get a few divines and respec maybe into Shockwave totem sanctum Runner to farm a lot of currency in Sanum for my future builds. Because maybe you know I'm really familiar with Sanum, I like this mechanic a lot. And if I will do it, I will update my 3.24 San build as well and we'll make a separate video about common mistakes playing Ice or Frost balls. Hant is not having enough C speed. H, the second one is early piano play style because come on you can use Kavas first at the start.

and change the helmet in the end game. Only it will be much more convenient for you. Staying too close to monsters is also a mistake, but not really if you have like more than 50% suppress. But you shouldn't stay too close to really big pack because we're protected from Elemental damage because of our endurance charges, uh, but physical can really hurt us anyway. So yeah, this build is very simple and really suitable for everyone. And I guess that's all for the first video in 3.25 Le. I hope you really enjoyed this format. It's very quick like update. So, and if you did, please like, comment, and don't forget to subscribe to my channel, my twitch, and let me know how your league style is going. It would be interesting to read. And thank you for watching, guys. It was RA as always. Bye, see you soon. Maybe I will be hant ice NOA or maybe see you soon in sanum who knows.

Ice Nova of Frostbolts DAY 1 Update & Tips, Kitava's Thirst is OP | POE 3.25 Settlers of Kalguur

Raychich

The player had a slow start due to early bedtime and focusing on testing a new mechanic.

They obtained the necessary items for the kill by farming and purchasing, then modified their play style for more convenience.

The player made gear and skill adjustments to improve damage and movement, expressing overall satisfaction with the build.

Prioritizing Stats for a Strong Chip Build

Life and Mana are the first priorities for defense, as they are cost-effective stats that can be easily obtained.

Cast speed is crucial for improving damage and should be the main focus on gear.

Lightning damage to spells, regular spell damage, and suppression are also important for increasing DPS and survivability.

The build utilizes Grace with blessing and Clarity with arrogance for Auras, which reserve life instead of Mana.

Resistances are essential but were not the main focus in the explanation.

High Survivability and Damage Build for T16 Maps and The Ether Worlds

This Hierophant build offers excellent survivability and damage even without great items, making it a comfortable choice for killing The Ether worlds and running T16 maps.

The class's four infinite endurance charges have become even stronger in the current league, providing excellent defense.

The build's success has prompted plans to farm currency in Sanum for future builds, with a potential update for the 3.

Consider changing your helmet for better convenience during the end game.

Avoid staying too close to monsters unless you have over 50% suppress, and especially avoid large packs.

This build is simple and suitable for everyone, providing protection from elemental damage with endurance charges, but still vulnerable to physical damage.