Best Passive for Ice (ranged)?

thedarkshadowen

I'm curious what would be the better passive choice for a ranged Ice themed build - Stormbringer, Ice Form, Quarry.

Looking at the Wiki, Stormbringer and Ice form would seem to buff damage output the same 21%/25% at rank 2/3 respectively.

Ice Form has a varied resistance buff that's higher for Cold but less against other:

Stormbringer: flat 19%/22% resistance to Crushing/Cold/Electrical damage (rank 2/3)
Ice Form: 7.5%/9% Elemental damage resist
32%38% Cold damage resist

Quarry would have lesser damage buffs but the obvious defensive benefits.

I'm not thinking of using a Shatter build, and not sure on taking Ice Barrier (which would be buffed by Ice Form).

Thinking Dex PSS with Con/Rec or Con/Ego for superstats.

Would Concentration be a reasonable choice, and if so, do I need to SSS Ego or just take it to 70?

Thanks!

s3rju

people need to start looking for info in-game, I know the wiki is more orginized and user friendly, but frankly where do you think all that info came from? :rolleyes:

anyways, here's the easy solution:
what are you looking for?

raw dmg?

decent dmg and better defense?

out of those passives it narrows down to ice form or quarry.

quarry+fair game(fair game scales off your CON btw) will give you nice heal ticks per kill, but lower dps since it's not boosting ice powers as high as ice form does.
on the other hand ice form does look like a better option for an ice toon since you'll gain access to cold snap which will boost your dmg on crits(dex)

my choice would be quarry because of how it also adds a flat dodge amount, and that's yet another benefit in favor of the passive(which is arguably one of the best passives in the game), and that's on top of the int/ego/avoid bonus(which scales on int).

about concentration, it scales on int or ego which ever is higher you will get more benefits from that, so with that in mind picking that toggle up will kind of force you to boost your ego or int if you want to gain more dmg out of it.

if you go with quarry i'd go with int and let the audacity stacks cover the rest.

that's all for now, yw and till next time :cool: