【Path of Exile - Outdated】Glacial Cascade Miner -Build Guide- Top Tier Bossing | Amazing Starter!

[@davidballard67]

I have yet to find someone who puts this much information and quality into a build guide. Most builds I've found implement just cluster jewels and thats it. Being that I'm relatively new to PoE and still trying to understand everything specific jewels are hard for me to get my hands on. Even though you don't put a video out very often I can definitely see how much time and effort you put into a video. If that means we have to wait a bit for a video im totally ok with that. You deserve way more subscribers that what you have now. Keep up the great work and I look forward to the next one.

[@snarfsnarfff]

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[@LeChef29]

unfortunately he needs to be WAY MORE active if he wanna rise in subs

[@rotopercutore7234]

My man is like caviar, uploads rarely but it's high quality

[@jlee4361]

Yeh I love when my caviar uploads high quality

[@Dinco422]

...I utterly hate caviar, imo it's just garbage for garbage people thinking they are 'important'

[@awemowe2830]

@@Dinco422 Caviar is pretty ok, juicy salt taste pellets - but it's way too fucking expensive for what it is.

[@saharkeydar9091]

every esoro video is a treat, love your work and your builds, keep it up sir

[@kimdokja8368]

Just only starting Poe , you have made the game like 10 time enjoyable , ive actually went back to watch old builds from the channel , the detail and quality is amazing and one of a kind , so please continue making them , they actually make me enjoy the game more as im still finding new ways to have fun .

[@mariaozawa9183]

It’s only been 30 seconds since the video was uploaded and yet I’m already down to play this build. Amazing work once again Esoro!

[@9g821]

Your video guides are by far the most detailed I've seen on this website. Time to start a new character

[@silverfox7644]

In summary for those wondering about this build, I think glacial cascade is an awesome miner build, and I liked glacial cascade more than blazing salvo due to the freezing and pushing away from you effect, even with the previous leagues nerf it had. It may be a bit lower in dps compared to other popular miner starters, I played three different miners last league including glacial and blazing (two versions, the mid league ducks, and matth starter for 3.14 both brilliant builds), but I enjoyed playing the glascial cascade the most. Thnx a mill for another good quality guide Esoro. I also liked that you can spend 100ex plus on this build and it just keeps scaling dps. A note from my side, and maybe this is something you can add to a min max version of your guide: Ended up completing the build and min maxing it quite far past the intent of the guide. Reflecting back, I got insane DPS (about double the min max version of your guide (with about a 100ex to 130ex investment) with the min max version but sacrificed too much survivability. I could take it even further, but the cost curve for min maxing past this point is quite steep. The aspects I did like of what I added was the divergent berserk with chain breaker, as well as transcended flesh (you mentioned it in your build guide video). Further I changed my glacial cascade to my helm, creating basically a 7 link through a crafted hubris with three crafted support gem skills. I also added in a hextouch level 5 gem, and a double curse setup, which added some extra juicy damage, but too expensive tbh except cases where you are min maxing to the extreme. With the nerfs that came through for 3.14, I think your version of min maxing is more viable, Tanky, and I would basically just add in the transcended flesh and divergent berserk which gives you the most bang for buck. I think divergent berserk would still be viable as it was way way OP.

[@sassymcgees]

Even if im not interested in the builds your guides are just entertaining. Those intros get me where i should be playing em.

[@kjeremias707]

This has got to be the best build guide ive ever seen. ive been playing this game longer than I can remember, and this is BY FAR the best guide ive ever seen.

[@cgault11]

Wow the production value on these videos somehow got a lot better. Love all the graphics and how you present everything. Good job!

[@trespeon6797]

Hoping this gets updated before launch after the patch notes tomorrow. I wanted to go Miner and my friend recommended your video. This is easily the most in depth channel I've encountered. Also, your voice is SOOOO smooth and easy to listen to. You are doing a great job dude!

[@Esoro]

Absolutely, it will be updated shortly following the patch notes. Really happy you enjoyed the guide, I appreciate the kind feedback!

[@thomas881]

YES YOU KNOW WHAT IM JUST GOING TO DO. START THIS NEW CHARACTER!!!!!!!!!!!

[@robertwagner300]

I've followed a few guides and this is by far the best. Every build I've played I felt that I hit a wall at tier 10 maps/level 85. I couldn't generate enough currency to scale damage and progress. I'm enjoying this much more than the king of all summoners build I played in metamorph. It's very easy to follow because of the detailed video that shows what to prioritize along with the PoB character progression. I've put about 250 chaos into this build and made the switch to low life with 5600 energy shield. This thing slaps conquerors in less than one second.

[@dennisg2159]

Esoro ! You really need to stream. Your guides are so amazing and your voice is the best and most comfortable of all Poe players I have ever heard 🙏🏻 much love keep up the good work

[@paullescure2586]

Esoro, I've done 3 of your builds so far this season (Bleed bow, Zombie Nec, and GC Miner) You guides are excellent and your attention to detail spot on. Keep up the good work

[@fabien2430]

Hello, thank you. In your current 11/8 version of PoB, there are no cluster jewels for $$$ and $$$$ trees (respectively, expect 1 and 2 jewels) And in your 6 jewels version ($$$$$) , only large ones are present.

[@quentinmt5341]

Thanks so much for this build. Gonna run it as starter for 3.13 and it looks amazing. Your step by step guides are highly appreciated

[@FrankyboyFloyd]

The quality of this guy’s guide is something else! Damn!

[@kittyt5452]

Wow, it seems so complicated. Even though I'll never get there, it's fun to see what someone else can accomplish. Thanks !!!

[@dimitarchopev4627]

Thank you for the guide.I will be sure to use it as my next league starter.Have tried some other builds of yours in the past and they all have worked great.

[@SkyProd1991]

back in the days GC miners was my favorite end game boss killer. time to revisit it :D awesome guide very well explained! you've got a new sub!

[@PociOnYoutube]

Man, your guide are so good that i play everything you share, thanks for the amazing job and all the effort you put in your video. Truly the best guide on the whole youtube

[@luizgagliardi6614]

Wow! Such high-quality content. Such good editing. Such lovely material.

[@AcrossTheSea12]

Great guide. Minor suggestion @Esoro - I think the skill gem setup in the leveling section (and maybe other sections) was meant to be color-coded, but all the gems have blue text despite some like Hatred or Added Cold being dex (green). Might help people plan their links better if they were color-coded. Thanks!

[@geoffreybremner6372]

this guide heavily improved my gameplay, while heavily improving my clearspeed and heavily making me play more POE

[@aldodzb]

Checked your channel a few days ago to see if you had uploaded a new build, and I'm not even playing this league anymore lmao. Glad to see a new one now! . Really well put, I actually played BL Mines in harvest and really liked it, will consider this one as league starter in the upcoming league.

[@philfisco4911]

This build is pretty lit ive cleared every endgame boss. You definitely need to invest start doing big DPS.

[@francoispacquet5125]

Awesome content, thank you very much Esoro !!! Keep up the very good work !

[@SheekLP]

The Quality of your Videos are To the Roof men. Very well done!

[@Pestbringer89]

Thank you for the amazing builds, i think i played all of them. I dont have time to plan and try build ideas and your amazing guides and tips allow me to enjoy endgame without hitting a wall in early endgame.

[@RavagerNick]

Love seeing a new Esoro Build on my recommendations, AND Glacial Cascade one at that. Keep up the amazing work dude.

[@porous9]

Thanks very much for this, Esoro. I've played several of your builds and always enjoy them. I found an ancient three-socket Tremor Rod in a Remove-Only stash tab and thought I'd give this one a go as well. I was stoked when it took only about 100 Jeweler's, 200 Fusings and 150 Chromatics to transform it into a perfect 3B-2G-R six-link. So I'm good to go. It feels a bit cheesy to be using a perfect end-game weapon in Act 5 so I'll hold off equipping it until... mmmm... let's say... Act 6. Then it will feel like I earned it, haha.

[@lucasmacchi1455]

Amazing build just did it for the flashback heist event. Great at maps great at heist, and outstanding at bossing Easy leveling. Tremor rod does the job up to red maps until the transition to ES

[@tonyhabekuss216]

One of the best build guides i´ve seen in some time, good work man

[@nicktalope]

seems to be a fantastic and complete guide. My biggest problem in the game is that I fail to optimise my build in the engame... so, thanks. I'll try it !

[@Myrkee1]

Hoping for a PoB Update for 3.14 cause this is looking awesome. Loved your guide as well.

[@RuthlessWelshy]

Same i dont think much has changed though. Pretty much be the same

[@Myrkee1]

@@RuthlessWelshy Yea I am hoping it hasn't but I haven't had much time to check it out for myself..

[@Jake-n8m3n]

Aura reservation changes are massive

[@jeffreyfinney251]

@@Myrkee1 it was updated on 4/16

[@EngineerMan]

Great, I guess I'm not done with this league yet.

[@chipskylark5500]

Pog checkmark

[@dawbra]

Good : D I get bored with this one..

[@chrisklooz9538]

For anyone that doesnt like the targeting issues GC mines can have. Swap GC mines with Purifying Flame mines, and swap all the cold stats with fire or phys stats, and see how you like that. I've played both, and really prefer the PF miner over the GC miner. Great guide Esoro! Really top notch stuff!

[@silverfox7644]

My third esoro build of the league, almost done putting together the low life version, ES looking good so far

[@pacifically3470]

Are you struggling to stay a live at all?

[@silverfox7644]

@@pacifically3470 hey Pacifically, a tricky question, as survivability is very relative. I like tanky builds and the survivability is really good on the endgame low life Esoro build with up to 8000 ES. On the min max version I did with the 7 link helm, as well as transcended flesh (dropped alot of survivability passives to path to place in tree) i lost too much survivability, but got a lot of dps. Its not a max block/dodge tank build, nor a MoM mana tank build, where you get a lot more survivability, but its one of the more tanky miners thats for sure, and for softcore thats good enough for me

[@HeyArno1d]

Editing is insanely good!

[@GBGSK]

Wow, i POB'd this for my league start but messed it up somehow. Really happy to see you created one 😍! Great quality as always!

[@drachnem2385]

This build looks fun, can you hit us with that 3.14 update?

[@Jake-n8m3n]

Build was untouched by 3.14

[@Jake-n8m3n]

Well actually, the aura reservation cost may have messed up almost all builds. But we can work around that

[@nassimhaiouani3772]

@@Jake-n8m3n cab u explain how it impacted this build pls??

[@TreesPlease42]

Really enjoying this build in 3.14! I haven't made it to low-life yet in SSF but progress is still easy around tier 10 maps.

[@edwardfabianrodas2398]

One of the most complete and comprehensive guides I´ve seen, pretty much noob proof!!! and this comes from a noob itself!!! keep up the great work!!! could you do a build using the unique "the consuming dark" dagger along with other uniques you may think of useful?, I think it has a good chance to support a fire/chaos build, maybe sounds too crazy in paper but in your capable hands seems feasible...

[@CuongBui-ms3wp]

Your vision and mission is clear and easy to capture what's your strategy. Thank you

[@ToxfireRS]

Thanks for updating in time!! :D

[@dIggl3r]

Thanks for the 3.14 update confirmation!

[@nolimits2life]

Excellent guide! Thx Esoro!

[@feruchemical]

What a great video... Thanks so much for the in-depth breakdowns while still being clear and concise. EZ Sub.

[@relentless_wizzz447]

i really cant wait to play this build looks insane once again you have surpassed yourself! great job

[@mikhail4213]

Just starting to get my Cyclone Max Block Gladiator to maps. Guess I gotta start a new char for this one too! Thank you Esoro for these builds!

[@nikolaigross1990]

Thanks so much for this guide!!!! So what do you thing about Clustercombo "Purposeful Harbringer" and "Replenishing Presence" i just wondered why no use of them in your POB. I am beginner so i am glad if you can help out

[@nunosimoes9616]

OMG i just started this build yesterday, and im sure this vid will proove to be much help thank you

[@ttlsst2livesupershow650]

heads up. it can also be realised on an ascendant. which allows you to later reroll to an aura stacker and ditch the stupid mines. (dont get me wrong miner is still best starter ever)

[@ntma]

watched this again to see if I missed anything cool, and noticed it would help people just getting started to use a shaper helm with trap and mine + hypothermia. you can always get inc. aoe with that at the cost of more mana reservation, but a hubris circlet with the first combination would definitely get people going while linking their Shav's! [I have the pseudo 7L and don't recommend it unless you really like offscreening like I do and play the life version with maxed clarity]

[@killeriders]

Exelent work. Quality content !

[@xesence]

Was looking into this for starting the next league, nice!

[@SkimpySkimpify]

I'd be curious if you have an even more expensive set up for endgame, like replacing these uniques with a shaper crystal belt, or ES boots, etc. I've assembled your LL set so far and am about to make the leap over to LL, so any thoughts on this would be great. Awesome guide!

[@tretox4140]

really nice editing! good job on that. i love your videos, they are helping me alot!! greetings from germany

[@hansseine6941]

I love your Guides !!!! BEST EVER!!!! Greatings from Germany

[@MetalSlav3]

Hi, would you update this build for 3.19? LS maybe ?

[@magnoliaraoul]

Amazing as always esoro

[@johnb8132]

I still remember back in Delve using a GC miner and then after that it was nerf to the ground. It was one of the most powerful builds I have ever touched especially with the stat stick stacking (gain stacking). Average dps was around 100k per mine back then.

[@Hawksfarm]

average dps on this is 1M on initial exploding, 4M at the end... this thing is nuts.

[@johnb8132]

@@Hawksfarm the last one gives 3 times which is a big improvement since last few leagues it kept being nerfed.

[@Liquid_Cat]

Thnaks for new build guild :) I really enjoyed your archmage arc for starter

[@Schlaechter789]

Great job!! This looks like it was a lot of work :D i think this will be my leaguestarter for next league

[@Listlesseye]

Okay so where do I get my survivability for juiced mapping and for tanking harder fights incase I can't 1 shot bosses, I'm struggling with not being able to finish off some bosses then just getting 1 shotted over and over again, I have one full cluster done, level 90 at this moment, 7000 ES, and from what I can see I have the other gear aside from a few jewels and the whole cluster node which I'll be working on once I have the currency, I can see the potential of this build and I've already but a decent amount of currency into it so yeah some advice would be appreciated.

[@andresavila9257]

same

[@philippnaumann6409]

Gz on unlocking Celestial Hideout :o)

[@bogyflorin2008]

These look so official, how are you not partners with GGG ? Amazing content

[@darkgix6326]

Another great guide. Well done. By the way, you can also use arcanist brand with frostbomb and frostbite. I feel it works better because both spells are constantly cast direct on the enemy. If you feel the spells take too long, you can also use swiftbrand to get more trigger speed. Works better than self-cast with hextouch bcause u can just quickly spawn 2 arcanist brands on/near the boss and just focus on laying mines after that. Even if the boss moves the brand does all the work. Also u can use infernal legion linked to your skitterbots, with that u will inflict all 3 ailments u need for the extra crit multi, your skitterbots cant die to the infernal legion dmg. With that u could drop herald of ash and maybe use some other aura.

[@sc0rp404]

do you use arcanist brand + frostbomb + frostbite on a trigger wand?

[@darkgix6326]

@@sc0rp404 no, why would u? Its more a method for guys that dont have trigger craft yet or if These sockets are alrdy filled with other spells

[@sc0rp404]

@@darkgix6326 do you know what trigger spells to socket in wand? this guide leaves that out completely

[@frogov99]

Awesome guide. I hope I get some free time to go back to PoE and try this build. I've been using caustic arrow/toxic rain Pathfinder and went pretty well, but it really starts to fall off if you don't get a +lvl bow. The survivability with all the additional flask effect is crazy tho

[@MrGreen1088]

Love your guides! Thanks for all the time u put into them!

[@Esoro]

Of course! Thank you for the support, new guide should be out next weekend!

[@CeeCeeDK]

Doing the build atm but gonna run shroud of the lightless instead of carcass jack on the life version since i can only afford a 5link. According to pob that results in a bigger dps output so hoping it will pan out until i can switch to low life 😃

[@ExiledTitan117]

now i have to make this build. thanks a lot.

[@zettabeam]

great video as always!ever think about showcasing a bladefall build?i love it as my favourite skill,and think its criminally underratted.

[@jeffreyfinney251]

Gd it i just finally got everything optimized for your coc assassin and was content with being done with the league and you just HAD to drop a new video

[@mettdamon6024]

Im planning on starting into the league with this build but Im a little bit sceptic about triggering the mines all the time lol

[@szymond6048]

I have started two days ago and had same concerns like you. Trust me, it's even more fun! Spamming extra button all the time :D

[@VoiceLegion]

Have you compared High Impact mines vs Blastchain? Since minefield (which i like a lot) adds 4 (?) extra mines, up to 23, blastchain gains significant damage if you put them all down and blow up in chain. High impact mines seem to gain not much from that bonus of minefield.

[@brandonsmith6501]

yeah bro lettuussss get that 3.14 update!!!!!! League is Tomorrow!!! ♥

[@marksutherlandjr.2121]

I wish miners felt better in actual play. There is something about the cadence that I'm not good at, or doesn't "feel" right. With a little work though I was able to overcome the feeling with ED Contagion. I think I'm going to give this a second try. It's very satisfying to watch on screen.

[@TheSkeipe]

I dont seem to get any frenzy charges with the anointment "Disciple of the Slaughter". Am i doing something wrong or is there an other way to generate Frenzys?

[@tinfoilhat2908]

u can use cold snap for easy frenzy charge during mapping, wand with trigger socketed skill (frostbite/frost bomb/cold snap)

[@Anoxious]

Same happening to me, I feel like the build would be so much more smooth with 3 Frenzy Charges, but Disciple of the Slaughter seems to not be generating any... I am guessing its because we dont actually kill, but why would I be taking Disciple of the Slaughter as anoint then?

[@bfh7777]

@@Anoxious Get efficient explosives for dmg or tranquility for max energy shield. Then on ur 6l drop hypothermia or inspiriation and get charged mines and you have permanent 3/3 frenzy charges, there you go.

[@RohitKumar-xl3hk]

That intro was truly magnificent

[@jasontexada4061]

Love the builds keep them coming

[@Enhokx]

thanks a lot esoro u gained a patreon!

[@peterzarelli1432]

Instead of using hextouch with frost bomb, which a less than ideal setup, you can just link frost bomb and frostbite with arcanist brand and faster casting.

[@sc0rp404]

You can drop ENLIGHTEN and run a LVL 1 precision (more crit) and still have enough mana for 23 mines. Not sure if you realized!

[@sc0rp404]

@esoro also you can +DEFENSIVE catalysts on chayula for +4% ES

[@voidofdeath]

Esoro's guides are simply on another fcuking level.

[@tjockfet]

Damn, just invested in another build, this might be my starter next league though :) Good job as always!

[@grumen]

Is there a way we could exclude the newly nerfed Vaal Righteous Fire and utilise some other option? Even a defensive option would be interesting to me. Thanks!

[@merl6074]

vaal grace?

[@ryano1267]

Saving this as starter next league

[@audriusjanuskevicius5523]

Just got the glacial cascade enchant, I might just try this out :D

[@mikelda3rd]

Hey esoro! Love the guide, has this been affected much by the new changes? And will this guide be updated for ritual league :)

[@TheGSMartin]

I look forward to the 3.14 update of this build. Since they making changes to low life and added other supports too. I hope there no nerf.

[@itachihorrible2678]

3.15 any changes?

[@TheRaidersArk]

Wont be playing this one cause I despise miner play style but this still looks pretty sick. Good job! Look forward to more vids.

[@Adjust91]

I've been playing Summoner but not enjoying it as much as I thought and have been debating slam or mines for a week now, and then you go and release a mine build 😂 it's fate, mines it is!

[@michaelmetcalfe639]

@Esoro how are you generating inspiration charges. Mines Traps and minions do not generate charges on there own and i cannot see any other skill that is generating the charges for the mines. Thank you.

[@tommygiang1265]

Is there a new pastebin link? POB says "The build you are trying to load uses an unrecognized version of the passive skill tree"

[@ThePHoenixX99]

update your pob

[@tommygiang1265]

@@ThePHoenixX99 hmm i redownloaded POB and checked for updates. Is it working for you?

[@ThePHoenixX99]

@@tommygiang1265 yep, I got that error first . clicked on update for POB and has worked since

[@andrzejchruszczewski292]

Well done build guide!!!

[@pirateking500]

What are your thoughts on the new Ritual Base: Demon's Crown? It gives all three exposures for the cost of -10 all element resist, but since we're using ignites and shocks. Maybe using that and switching Frostbite +Hextouch+Frostbomb out for something else is an option?

[@cristianriveresp]

how do i do to use the blood auras? i cant put the 3 on? do i miss something about it?

[@dkajax7171]

Never mind I misheard him in the video. You pick between hatred or Zealotry for your second blood aura