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"Summoner"

You might notice a distinct lack of "Summoner" items for Iceman, that's because he will still do most of the damage. While  do excellent damage, his other summon skills just aren't up to par. Therefore, it's better to gear him with non-summon specific items. So just consider anything with +Summon as extra, but don't prioritize it. 

 

 don't be fooled by the tooltip that makes it look extraordinary, while it does add a good amount of damage it isn't nearly as much as the tooltip suggests, which makes this clunky skill awkward to fit in.  

Sadly  and  aren't good skills, which limits the amount of "summon" abilities iceman can use. With 3 big golems at your side you can be sure they will distract most oponents anyway.  

  

Abilities & Talents 

Choose whatever filler you prefer, in terms of dps the difference is pretty small, but here's the rankings:

  > > >  > > >  > > > 

 

Can swap  for  for slightly better single target damage.

Likewise, Last Ditch Defense, can be switched for  Renewing Cold  if you prefer to have a melee    

2nd Tier Talent can also be changed as you see fit if you prefer the summoner version of   .  

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Rotation  

   

 ---> --->  --->     

   

Use  and  on cooldown. Extra charge of  can be used at your own discretion, usually after and before using his signature. 

All of this while holding your filler skill of chocie.    

  

How it works:  

 

Ice Slick & Frozen Orb apply "Deep Freeze", which then Frozen Lance and Arctic Wave exploit by "Shattering" the enemy and dealing extra damage. The "Shattering" also provides a -1 sec reduction to your signature's cooldown, and your Golems help distract the target while adding a considerable amount of damage.   

 

 

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Equipment  

 

 Ice-Man has a few options for gearing, you can choose to gear him for survival with +HP equipment such as  and   .  

Or be more offensive with .   

 is also an okay choice, but not a top 4.  

If you choose to use  as your filler, you can use  for the most dps, but keeping the stacks up can be a chore.   

 

For the Cosmic Affixes you will want:  

1) +1 to All Attributes  

2) -10% to signature cooldown.   

Other than those, feel free to choose whichever affixes best fit your playstyle.  

 

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Slot 1:  is the best offensive/defensive option, but  isn't far behind.  

Slot 2:  is the easiest piece to fit, as the stats match Iceman perfectly. A perfectly rolled cosmic is potentially the best option. 

Slot 3: gave me the best results due to the mix of damage and power duration, which is great for the summons' aura.  is also great for raw damage even if it's a "mental" item, while  has a good mix of defense and offense.  

Slot 4:   is the best option even if he can't make use of the INT.    and  give similar results as 2nd choice.

Slot 5: is easily unmatched, the combination of power duration and raw damage makes it amazing for iceman.  isn't bad at all, and is a great option till you get Jinn.      

 

Legendary:

 is Best In Slot, but if you already had a  don't worry, the damage difference is pretty small that you can choose whichever you want.  

 

 

Medallion: 

 for the power duration, it helps keep the Aura effect from the Golems up.    

    

Runeword:    

  

Power of Doop is the best option currently.    

  

Blessings:    

Hela all the way!    

  

Insignia:

For insignia just go for whatever you have that provides raw damage rating or energy damage rating, crit/brut stats good as well, +dura or +energy is fine too. For the actual rolled stats you'll want the classic crit + crit dmg.   

     

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Cosmic TTKs:  

These videos were done on 2/26, cosmic artifacts were not working so TTK is faster than this.  

 

Icicles ,  2:06  

   

     

Chillblain + Demonicus , 2:05  

  

     

Chillblain (without Demonicus) , 2:13   

  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1bVxSwyIHA