I tried this a couple of leagues ago when I saw you publish this build as I thought no way this build works as a league starter. Well I ate my words as it 100% does and is so fun to play. Definitely recommend. Great innovative build
Thank you for this build, I wasn't going to play this league unless this build was viable. I played it two leagues ago and it was one of the best builds I've ever played. It's so satisfying to explode the whole map. Smooth leveling, smooth mapping, end game was fantastic (I think I got it up to 20+ million damage before with minimal investment). Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Feels like a good time if any to say this; I got recommended the 3.19 video when it came out, almost brushed it off as I didn't know the channel or the skill for that matter but it truly was an experience. I finished leveling in about 5hrs on league start with shit gear and I had forgotten to do labs at all! Somehow it still worked and it was a great deal of fun, gave me a love for orb skills in general too. I keep coming back to this build, absolutely addicted, it combines a bunch of my favorites: cold skills / shatters, orbs, power charge stacking and carcass jack. Pretty glad I gave it a chance, I love the build and I like your content, thumbs up! P.S my snack's Jack Link's.
played this build last time you made a video on it and it was one of the smoothest league starts ive ever had, i learnt a lot and cant wait to play again :))))))) thank you for the build x
Dont tempt me ! I played your hydrosphere build 2-3 league ago and it was so much fun ! It was so OP i was playing with no defense since everything freeze and hydrosphere is so fast nothing could attack me before i could. i wasnt even cap res even and had no problem dying rarely even in big maps. I miss it but i already have plans :P GL HF and thanks for the good builds video you make :)
Absolutely interested. Wanna try out something new. This has been a lot of work already but I'm further interested in crafting and which stats to aim for early and later too. Looks great (on paper, Palsteron would say😁)!
Thanks for the build. Started with it and decided to go full AoE mode. It gets a little hard on the eyes but the fullscreen Herald of Ice explosions are quite satisfying :) I also love a lot how you can easily customize this build. If you want more damage or defense or AoE you can very easily switch stuff out to change the build
As someone who has played many many league starters over the years, Hydrosphere was my favorite. 1. Easy campaign 2. Transition to end-game is straight-forward. Your iterative power gains are fairly linear. 3. Gearing for red maps was cheap, outside of Void Battery which was [redacted] chaos, everything was single digit chaos stuff 4. Bossed great, you can kill everything you need to on your own 5. It's "tanky" as in I didn't die much and lose my XP because I'm not shit at the game and freeze is a bonkers defensive mechanic. I think I leveled from 94-95 or something without dying. It's strong. 6. Scaling beyond the endgame into giga-damage territory was fun! This build isn't SOLVED in the same way others are, there are a lot of different ways to solve problems in PoE and this build embraces the fun of that. I hope you take the opportunity to enjoy this build in the same way that I did. It's different, the playstyle is fun, and it smashes everything in the game.
I recently made a build that was the whole phys to cold conversion occultist but used hydrosphere for mapping and reap for single target and was looking for any fun occultist league start for a private league I'm joining. Thanks a ton for this! Excited to see what it can do
Thoughts on the new Chill/Freeze (Glacial Cage) cluster for Hydrosphere? 10% inc dmg taken from chill and another 50% from freeze seems quite good before you go into expensive cluster jewels, doesn't it?
Hey mate, Your POB states LMP for creeping frost, but in your leaguestart practice you mention Volley. Volley is the correct one, it makes Creeping Frost shotgun. I would love to take this build into Delve. The hydrosphere mechanic is super nice for the long straight corridors of Delve. I do need a ton of defense though for Delve. Looking forward to your endgame setup pob.
This has worked fairly well for me, still needs work on my end but im getting there. Can you scale this even further or would you recommend transitioning the build into to something else once you've got the currency?
Thanks for the updated video. This is my league start. Does anyone know the effect that creates the blue smoke with the red outline. Any help would be appreciated.
@@aer0Thanks so much. It was driving me crazy. That was exactly what I was looking for. I'm new to the game and I've been practicing your Hydrosphere for league start. My favorite build by far. I tried all the meta builds last season and never found one I really enjoyed so much. Thanks for sharing and looking to get 4 voidstones this league. Only got two my first league. Keep up the great videos.
Hey, wanted to ask if you're maybe playing winter orb rn and could tell me how it's doing in trials? I've pushed Hydro to lvl 97 and trials past 1k+ are just too annoying to deal with with this build. Been considering pivoting to Winter Orb, but only if it can manage trials better.
Was looking for alternate ways to trigger the hydrosphere after testing and realising HoI with ele prolif and 100% freeze was not triggering the pulse, vortex did however, but playing on controller its not the same as having it on left click automated. was also theorycrafting all day trying to make this work on a Scion, raider(speeeed)/elementalist(exposure&golems)
Just got to maps with this build,I can confirm it does take a bit of time to get used to the playstyle,but when u get 2 4 links(1 for hydro,1 for vortex) it is extremely comfortable and satisfying to play. Really loving is so far and I hope it gets even better. Big up to you bossman.
You have in poe level through acts 1-10 points and what to use before hydro i may try this and my original will be a fall back plan haha i can easily get void stones with this build?
That build looks great :o little question. I hate when a build struggle a lot on bosses, I feel like this build clearly wont be a boss killer but is it better than average or below average in term of bossing ?
It’s hard to answer a question with vague words like “average” but I killed the story eater and exarch on ssf gear in around 13 hours and I’m a trash player. It’s not a “boss killer” but has strong single target with small investment.
@@aer0 ok thank you for your answer :D sorry for the vague question tho xD. I'm probably starting this build, cant wait to see what we can do with that extra int as tattoo :D
During campaign I have a hard time with my mana. Any quick-fix-tips? Currently (lvl 41) I am playing without Herald of Ice but with clarity, works just fine but DMG is lacking a bit :/
Are you using ice spear to delete the rares? Make sure to have a mana flask during story and you should be fine. On blue packs just cast hydro a second time in place
The only way heatshiver works better is if you get it with the helm enchant AND +1 power charge. Then you’ll want to steal elementalists exposure node and get fire exposure somewhere, switch one of your gems to elemental penetration. Trinity doesn’t work with orb skills, so the only way this is worth it is super high investment and tons of damage
@@aer0man you are amazing. Thank you for the reply. I will definetely try this as a league starter just because you reply to random people’s comments Also, the fact that you answered people’s questions and offer alternatives to Ice Spear makes you the best
Mine is a lil different than yours but it's so fun Okay it's a LOT different since I use a Scion and sorta spec into templar and go tankier, but the jist of it is mostly the same. Such a cool skill that no one uses lol Since I'm a bit tankier I use Frostblink to go into the orb or go past the orb then move it through me into enemies, it's a trash mob destroyer!
Its either this or bonezone slayer - cant decide, hydro will let me play around with sacrifice or spellblade as a later build but slayer opens up interesting things with trauma and melee ignite
I'm a melee enjoyer so trauma etc is interesting, but every pob I've come up with has sucked, and all the pobs I've seen have been complete bait. All the generic starters haven't really changed, so I'm pretty sure you've got the only interesting league starter I've seen (actually fuzzy champ rain of arrows is cool too). Also looks nuts for sanctum. Thanks for the guide!
Of course you had to presentate another fun and great looking build, making it harder to pick a leaguestarter 😂 Let me ask this then, does Ice shot single target feel better?
Sorry I should have mentioned that. Herald of ice gets a nice boost to freezes from that, which helps prolif them. Also having 100% crit means our hydrosphere crits every time we hit a pack, which makes clear feel so much more consistent
You can definitely play it in ssf. I did an eater exarch run in ssf this week. However pushing it into late game in ssf can be tough without uniques like badge/void
I have played 5 seasons of poe. When people say late game are we talking about getting the last 2 voidstones or further then this? I would like a build in ssf to get at least 4 voidstones before making a swap.
Not worth running on elementalist you lose half the damage and gain a tiny bit of AoE and exposure. If you are considering running this go occultist, I played it last league and it's very smooth.
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Whats your go-to league start snack? Mine's goldfish.
Mine was pconc into impending Doom last League. This one I'll see... Trauma glacial hamer jugg kinda hype me
@@Nemrod10can i get those at 7 eleven?
Takis
Flies, roasted with my electric racket. They're super crispy!
heavy strike elementalist
I tried this a couple of leagues ago when I saw you publish this build as I thought no way this build works as a league starter. Well I ate my words as it 100% does and is so fun to play. Definitely recommend. Great innovative build
Hi fuzzy
Thanks fuzzy!
Thank you for this build, I wasn't going to play this league unless this build was viable. I played it two leagues ago and it was one of the best builds I've ever played. It's so satisfying to explode the whole map. Smooth leveling, smooth mapping, end game was fantastic (I think I got it up to 20+ million damage before with minimal investment). Thank you, thank you, thank you!
The giant bowling ball. I've never taken hydrosphere far but there's something super satisfying about watching it fly around the screen killing stuff.
Feels like a good time if any to say this; I got recommended the 3.19 video when it came out, almost brushed it off as I didn't know the channel or the skill for that matter but it truly was an experience.
I finished leveling in about 5hrs on league start with shit gear and I had forgotten to do labs at all!
Somehow it still worked and it was a great deal of fun, gave me a love for orb skills in general too.
I keep coming back to this build, absolutely addicted, it combines a bunch of my favorites: cold skills / shatters, orbs, power charge stacking and carcass jack.
Pretty glad I gave it a chance, I love the build and I like your content, thumbs up!
P.S my snack's Jack Link's.
I got some jacks links for league start too! Cheers :)
played this build last time you made a video on it and it was one of the smoothest league starts ive ever had, i learnt a lot and cant wait to play again :))))))) thank you for the build x
Yeaaaaaah tyvm!! Ty for your work and gl for your League start!!
Dont tempt me ! I played your hydrosphere build 2-3 league ago and it was so much fun ! It was so OP i was playing with no defense since everything freeze and hydrosphere is so fast nothing could attack me before i could. i wasnt even cap res even and had no problem dying rarely even in big maps. I miss it but i already have plans :P GL HF and thanks for the good builds video you make :)
Absolutely interested. Wanna try out something new. This has been a lot of work already but I'm further interested in crafting and which stats to aim for early and later too. Looks great (on paper, Palsteron would say😁)!
YOU BETTER NOT BE BAITIN ME WITH THIS
It's not a bait, league started it in cruicible. Very nice build very satisfying. Incredible dps once you dual wield void prophecies as well.
@@Toothbooths Can clear pinnacle bosses? thats the only thing I need to know
Please stop it!))) I already know which build I'll start in this league, but hydrosphere makes me interested)))
OKAY IM NOT I PROMISE
20 clusters on league start 😂😂😂
Thanks for the build. Started with it and decided to go full AoE mode. It gets a little hard on the eyes but the fullscreen Herald of Ice explosions are quite satisfying :) I also love a lot how you can easily customize this build. If you want more damage or defense or AoE you can very easily switch stuff out to change the build
As someone who has played many many league starters over the years, Hydrosphere was my favorite.
1. Easy campaign
2. Transition to end-game is straight-forward. Your iterative power gains are fairly linear.
3. Gearing for red maps was cheap, outside of Void Battery which was [redacted] chaos, everything was single digit chaos stuff
4. Bossed great, you can kill everything you need to on your own
5. It's "tanky" as in I didn't die much and lose my XP because I'm not shit at the game and freeze is a bonkers defensive mechanic. I think I leveled from 94-95 or something without dying. It's strong.
6. Scaling beyond the endgame into giga-damage territory was fun! This build isn't SOLVED in the same way others are, there are a lot of different ways to solve problems in PoE and this build embraces the fun of that.
I hope you take the opportunity to enjoy this build in the same way that I did. It's different, the playstyle is fun, and it smashes everything in the game.
I recently made a build that was the whole phys to cold conversion occultist but used hydrosphere for mapping and reap for single target and was looking for any fun occultist league start for a private league I'm joining. Thanks a ton for this! Excited to see what it can do
This was the video I was waiting for thank you very much
I love the way this build looks, like you are swinging a ball around on a chain, slamming it into packs. It felt like complete crap to play "for me".
Thoughts on the new Chill/Freeze (Glacial Cage) cluster for Hydrosphere?
10% inc dmg taken from chill and another 50% from freeze seems quite good before you go into expensive cluster jewels, doesn't it?
The chill isn’t worth it but the 50% damage taken from freeze is!
Thanks for the work king, i want to play it now
Any thoughts on this build a little over a week into this league?
I really really want to try this in SSF but dont know if I can grab the uniques there
Is the endgame POB coming at any point? Thoroughly enjoying the build and destroying maps with it
I know its not the league start anymore, but I'm always looking for fun builds. I'll give it a go
Friday will be a hard decision... going out with my friends... or gonna league start hydrosphere with you .... :'D
Interessenskonflikt
You can go out with your friends every weekend, but leaguestart is only every 3-4 months. Easy choice!
Hey mate, Your POB states LMP for creeping frost, but in your leaguestart practice you mention Volley. Volley is the correct one, it makes Creeping Frost shotgun.
I would love to take this build into Delve. The hydrosphere mechanic is super nice for the long straight corridors of Delve. I do need a ton of defense though for Delve. Looking forward to your endgame setup pob.
Thanks for spotting that error! Fixing the PoB now
This has worked fairly well for me, still needs work on my end but im getting there. Can you scale this even further or would you recommend transitioning the build into to something else once you've got the currency?
Going EK ignite
Thanks for the updated video. This is my league start. Does anyone know the effect that creates the blue smoke with the red outline. Any help would be appreciated.
Automaton herald of ice I think is what you mean
@@aer0TY I'll try that
@@aer0Thanks so much. It was driving me crazy. That was exactly what I was looking for. I'm new to the game and I've been practicing your Hydrosphere for league start. My favorite build by far. I tried all the meta builds last season and never found one I really enjoyed so much. Thanks for sharing and looking to get 4 voidstones this league. Only got two my first league. Keep up the great videos.
This build can transition into winter orb, one of my personal favorite juicer builds.
Hey, wanted to ask if you're maybe playing winter orb rn and could tell me how it's doing in trials? I've pushed Hydro to lvl 97 and trials past 1k+ are just too annoying to deal with with this build. Been considering pivoting to Winter Orb, but only if it can manage trials better.
Do you have loot filter for hydrosphere build?
I’m just using neversink default
Was looking for alternate ways to trigger the hydrosphere after testing and realising HoI with ele prolif and 100% freeze was not triggering the pulse, vortex did however, but playing on controller its not the same as having it on left click automated. was also theorycrafting all day trying to make this work on a Scion, raider(speeeed)/elementalist(exposure&golems)
Just got to maps with this build,I can confirm it does take a bit of time to get used to the playstyle,but when u get 2 4 links(1 for hydro,1 for vortex) it is extremely comfortable and satisfying to play. Really loving is so far and I hope it gets even better. Big up to you bossman.
does this survived 3.23 ? looks interresting:D
I'm going to give this a go in the upcoming event, Sentinel+Kalandra. See you there!
Return of the King ^^
You have in poe level through acts 1-10 points and what to use before hydro i may try this and my original will be a fall back plan haha i can easily get void stones with this build?
Definitely can get voidstones
@aer0 sweet will try this build tomorrow Thanks
a beginner question , not sure if it's been mentioned in the vid :
but what about Bandits ? kill all or what
Kill all
That build looks great :o little question. I hate when a build struggle a lot on bosses, I feel like this build clearly wont be a boss killer but is it better than average or below average in term of bossing ?
It’s hard to answer a question with vague words like “average” but I killed the story eater and exarch on ssf gear in around 13 hours and I’m a trash player. It’s not a “boss killer” but has strong single target with small investment.
@@aer0 ok thank you for your answer :D sorry for the vague question tho xD. I'm probably starting this build, cant wait to see what we can do with that extra int as tattoo :D
Hi, thanks a lot for this kind of build! This build work on 2.23?
Sadly no. Vortex was reworked and it was needed to freeze the hydro
Not sure what i do wrong :( but Vortex on my left click dosent trigger vortex ....? (yes im a poe noob)
Vortex was changed this league, sadly this doesn’t work anymore. This guide is from last league :(
Interesting, Never thought about using hydrosphere as a mainskill.
How do you deal with the mana issue SSF? the mana cost is insane!
-mana cost rings, mana regen roll on ring, mana regen tattoos.
@@aer0 probably difficult to transition at league start act4 then
During campaign I have a hard time with my mana. Any quick-fix-tips? Currently (lvl 41) I am playing without Herald of Ice but with clarity, works just fine but DMG is lacking a bit :/
Are you using ice spear to delete the rares? Make sure to have a mana flask during story and you should be fine. On blue packs just cast hydro a second time in place
Is heatshiver good for this build?
The only way heatshiver works better is if you get it with the helm enchant AND +1 power charge. Then you’ll want to steal elementalists exposure node and get fire exposure somewhere, switch one of your gems to elemental penetration. Trinity doesn’t work with orb skills, so the only way this is worth it is super high investment and tons of damage
@@aer0 thank you for the explanatio. currently running this build and having fun
Do you belive that the higher crit chance and damage of Assassin is worth the tradeoff for the area of Occultist?
Nope, I’ve tried both, and the area is better
@@aer0man you are amazing. Thank you for the reply. I will definetely try this as a league starter just because you reply to random people’s comments
Also, the fact that you answered people’s questions and offer alternatives to Ice Spear makes you the best
love the beep on pricing xD
Would this be a good league starter for 3.24
Vortex was changed and killed this build sadly
Hey aero, still playable in affliction season? A bit worried because of vortex nerf
Nope, sadly
@@aer0 thanks for your answer! Thats bad, hoped to play it this season
What map mods can this build run? How about expedition remnant mods?
Just the obvious stuff like cold immunity for exped. Map mods, reflect and leech
how do you get the mobs to explode turquoise? Im a new player and that looks sick!
It's an MTX for herald of ice.
Automaton HoI
what is that herald mtx?
Automaton
Doesn't blast freeze work to freeze the hydrosphere very easily while mapping?
Sadly no, after much testing I found out it doesn’t haha
You need the eldritch implicit on the gloves it makes mapping very smooth
Are you gonna dd what to take in the masteries to the pob ? Build looks amazing tho
I don’t understand the question
Can this build do Ubers ?
With high investment yes but I don’t recommend it
Thanks for the guide @aer0
Nacho's n salsa with a frosty beer!
interesting build to try for my starter
Mine is a lil different than yours but it's so fun
Okay it's a LOT different since I use a Scion and sorta spec into templar and go tankier, but the jist of it is mostly the same. Such a cool skill that no one uses lol
Since I'm a bit tankier I use Frostblink to go into the orb or go past the orb then move it through me into enemies, it's a trash mob destroyer!
i play tested this as mine build it actually works very well, you get like 20 cast under 2 sec
This looks fun😂
I wanted to try hydrosphere for some time now, I hope I will manage my ssf skills! Aaaaaaaaaa
Its either this or bonezone slayer - cant decide, hydro will let me play around with sacrifice or spellblade as a later build but slayer opens up interesting things with trauma and melee ignite
Sacrifice doesn't work with orbs, which this is
@@justincase7044 oh good to know - I was more thinking of just transitioning the witch as a base when I get over hydro
I'm a melee enjoyer so trauma etc is interesting, but every pob I've come up with has sucked, and all the pobs I've seen have been complete bait. All the generic starters haven't really changed, so I'm pretty sure you've got the only interesting league starter I've seen (actually fuzzy champ rain of arrows is cool too). Also looks nuts for sanctum. Thanks for the guide!
Of course you had to presentate another fun and great looking build, making it harder to pick a leaguestarter 😂 Let me ask this then, does Ice shot single target feel better?
Yes absolutely
@@aer0Thanks for response. Decided to do Tyty' lightning arrow levelling then transition into your Ice Shot.
Aero is your cobra lash build dead😢
Nope! Video tomorrow
Why crit chance agains enemies on full life mastery? It looks like overkill.
I love your builds bro, keep it up.
Sorry I should have mentioned that. Herald of ice gets a nice boost to freezes from that, which helps prolif them. Also having 100% crit means our hydrosphere crits every time we hit a pack, which makes clear feel so much more consistent
League started this as an RF fire, cold dot hybrid until 3rd lab in ssf. Dope AF
I think I'm hitching a ride 😉
Is this build ssf friendly. I would like to play something off meta and you seem like a cool guy to follow compared to these other streamers.
You can definitely play it in ssf. I did an eater exarch run in ssf this week. However pushing it into late game in ssf can be tough without uniques like badge/void
I have played 5 seasons of poe. When people say late game are we talking about getting the last 2 voidstones or further then this? I would like a build in ssf to get at least 4 voidstones before making a swap.
@@Jayv87 I’ve gotten 2 voidstones on basic ssf gear but haven’t tried 4, I imagine it’s doable
Thanks chief
BEEP divines for that gear?! I'd like to know what you are smoking.
Hype!
how tanky is this build?
It’s not conventionally tanky, but it avoids damage well through block, evasion and freezing enemies
guess now i have to find out how well this works on an elementalist...
Not worth running on elementalist you lose half the damage and gain a tiny bit of AoE and exposure. If you are considering running this go occultist, I played it last league and it's very smooth.
@@tehownerful I played it last league as well. Kinda wanna do it just for fun but it might mess up league start...
whats going on? i dont do any damage with this build, well just barely lol
Bait or no bait? It's not one of the Captain's build nor it's an RF build, so it's bait. CaptainLance9 approves this comment.
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fun build, good content. But TBH don't try this build if you are new to this game.
I don’t think I will league start this but I would really like to try it. I think hydrosphere is a cool skill