Overview
This entry is an endgame tuning pass on DeathKing’s Ice Shot Deadeye, focused on two things: never running dry on mana, and pushing critical damage bonus far higher for juiced expedition and map farming. It assumes the core freeze-and-shatter Deadeye shell and refines it for the Return of the Ancients patch.
The mana solution layers a new unique flask — the Utred Chalice Transcendent Mana Flask, which can overflow maximum mana and refills fast on kills — with Conservative Casting, the Mental Toughness notable (cheaper casts at low mana), mana regeneration on a ring, and a stacked “recover mana on kill” setup pulling from a Heart of the Well diamond plus a Time-Lost Sapphire’s radius notables for roughly 7% mana on kill. For the hungriest skills like Tornado Shot, an Efficiency support cuts cost by 40%.
On offence, the rework trades several utility nodes for critical-damage clusters, lifting crit damage bonus from around 300% to over 500% and tooltip DPS from roughly 102k to nearly 140k with Tailwind stacks.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Effectively solves mana sustain across mapping, bossing and juiced expeditions
- Big crit-damage jump (~300% to 500%+) for a large DPS gain
- High evasion plus deflection keeps it durable while pushing damage
- A “hits against you reduce crit damage” socket adds defensive insurance for harder content
Cons
- The Utred Chalice and supporting uniques add gearing cost
- Crit-damage stacking trims some armour/evasion/ES — needs resistance rebalancing
- Mana setup is fiddly to assemble (flask + notables + on-kill sources)
- Top-end gear (good crit bow, better amulet) is expensive to chase
Key Skills
- Ice Shot — main mapping attack and freeze applier
- Tornado Shot — area multiplier; runs Efficiency to control its heavy mana cost
- Herald of Ice — shatter-based clear
- Freezing Mark / Snipe — single-target setup against tough enemies
- Conservative Casting + Mental Toughness — the backbone of mana efficiency
Gear & Anointments
Centrepiece is the Utred Chalice Transcendent Mana Flask (needs a little runic ward on gear, which the build already runs on gloves). Stack mana regeneration on at least one ring or the amulet, and a crit-damage bonus roll on the bow is the single biggest crit source. Use a three-socket body armour for resistance flexibility plus a defensive “reduced crit damage taken” socket. Specific rolls should be confirmed against the source video.
Endgame Notes
The creator farms divines heavily through expeditions (≈10+ div on a good map) and breaches (2–3 div per tablet), occasionally hitting Fracturing Orbs in cleansed areas. If mana still strains on pinnacle fights, move the Efficiency support onto Ice Shot itself.
Credits & Source
Build credited to DeathKing. See the source video for the mana-sustain walkthrough and tree changes: PoE 2 How To Mana Guide — Ice Shot Deadeye Uber.