Intro & build description
This is dual wield build  based on Sidefx’s frost blades build with some tweaks I made when playing the build (You should check out his stream). The build is focused around having lots of attack speed and cold resistance penetration. It’s great as a league starter build because it can do high maps with only a 4-link.
Build Pros
- Cheap but scales well with currency investment
- Fast clear
- Can do Uber Atziri, Guardians and Shaper
Build Cons
- Not meant for HC
Passive tree(s) and Path of Building
Skill tree [113p]Bandits
Bandits Quest Choice |
Help Kraityn |
Ascendancy skill points
Labyrinths | Skill point choice |
---|---|
Labyrinth 1 | Way of the Poacher |
Labyrinth 2 | Avatar of the Slaughter |
Labyrinth 3 | Quartz Infusion |
Endgame Labyrinth | Avatar of the Veil |

Skill gem setup
Helm
Herald of Ice
Curse on Hit Support
Hatred
Assassin's Mark
Body Armor
Frost Blades
Elemental Damage With Attacks Support
Multistrike Support
Faster Attacks Support
Cold Penetration Support
Increased Critical Damage Support
Gloves
Cast When Damage Taken Support (LVL 8)
Immortal Call (LVL 10)
Ice Golem (LVL 10)
Increased Duration (LVL 20)
Boots
Ancestral Warchief
Elemental Damage With Attacks Support
Faster Attacks Support
Concentrated Effect Support
2h Weapon
None
1h Weapon
Whirling Blades
Faster Attacks Support
Culling Strike Support
Offhand weapon / shield
Vaal Haste
Vaal Grace
Increased Duration Support
Build uniques / Example rare gear
Tip: Click on the item to view it on PoE Wiki or to view similar rare items in poe.tradeBody Armour
Belly of The BeastThis armour provides lots of life and some resistances, very good defensive option.
Gloves
Gripped GlovesLook for rare gloves with max life, some resistances and ideally some attack speed.
Left Ring
Diamond RingLook for Diamond rings with life, some resistances and attack speed. Elemental damage with weapons is good bonus.
Amulet
Onyx AmuletLook for crit multiplier, crit chance and life on amulet. Elemental damage with weapons is a nice bonus.
1Hand Weapon
Touch of AnguishGet 2x of these weapons – they give  your frost blades great AOE clear.
Flask
Flask Setup1.) Divine Life flask with instant recovery and bleed removal
2.) Eternal Life flask with freeze removal
3.) The Wise Oak
4.) Surgeon’s Quicksilver Flask of Adrenaline
5.) Atziri’s Promise
Jewel
Jewel SetupOn jewels look for following stats:
1.) Increased maximum life
2.) Increased attack speed
3.) Increased damage
4.) Increased attack speed with claws
etc
Nice stream plug haha 🙂
seems like there is a trouble/issue with the boots and the “faster attack support”
as oer what i saw this is a green gem not a red one.
is it me that asnt seen the red one yet or this is a small error?
thanks
Yeah, I noticed that as well. Seems to be an error; faster attacks support only comes in green. “Concentrated effect support” is also mislabeled. It is a blue gem, not red.
Yeah, it happens sometimes – thanks for telling me! 🙂
It’s an error on our part, sorry! Been fixed now.
For the gloves:
Cast When Damage Taken Support (LVL 8)
Immortal Call (LVL 10)
Ice Golem (LVL 10)
Increased Duration (LVL 20)
What’s the reason for these gem levels? Why shouldn’t you just keep leveling them? I’ve already leveled some of them above these levels, not sure how big of a deal that is…
If the level of Cast When Damage Taken Support is lower, it means that damage threshold for it to trigger will be lower and it will happen more often. If you level it to max, it will only trigger after huge hits.
Oooh, I see! And then Immortal Call and Ice Golem have to be lower, since the level requirement has to be low enough for CWDT to support them. Thank you 🙂
Yes, exactly 😉
still viable in 3.1??? with vaal pact
Sure is 🙂
btw love you guides and builds!
Thank you, good to hear that! 🙂