ICE BEAM MASTERY [Lockbuilds.com]

Author's notes

Kelvin's Ice Beam is broken right now. This build empowers it even further. More on Lockbuilds. Updated Daily.

Item categories

1. 1Laning Phase. After you unlock Arcane Surge remember to Dash-Jump every single time before using your Arctic Beam.

   Author's category · 11 items

   1. 1

      High-Velocity Rounds

      Kelvin's bullets have slow travel time. You need it early game.

   2. 2

      Opening Rounds

      Built from High-Velocity Rounds

      Pretty OP early game.

   3. 3

      Extra Regen

   4. 4

      Mystic Regeneration

      Great early healing with your beam.

   5. 5

      Extra Charge

      More grenades = more healing/damage.

   6. 6

      Extra Spirit

   7. 7

      Extra Stamina

      Builds up to Arcane Surge plus extra stamina.

   8. 8

      Arcane Surge

      Built from Extra Stamina

      Really great for your beam and grenades early game. Activate AS always before using Ice Path and Beam.

   9. 9

      Improved Spirit

      Built from Extra Spirit

   10. 10

       Trophy Collector

       The more the stacks, the more range your beam gets.

   11. 11

       Radiant Regeneration

       Built from Mystic Regeneration

       Insane healing with your Beam, Nades, and Torment Pulse.

2. 2Laningoptional

   Author's category · 3 items

   1. 1

      Rusted Barrel

      Use in lane against gun heavy characters.

   2. 2

      Healing Booster

      Built from Extra Regen

      I get this almost every game. Helps me sustain longer.

   3. 3

      Healbane

3. 3Mid Game. Rush to Torment Pulse and get your 4.8k investment. Huge Power Spike for your beam and nades.

   Author's category · 7 items

   1. 1

      Torment Pulse

      Chase them with your Ice Path, beam, and torment pulse. Also great for farming.

   2. 2

      Spirit Lifesteal

      Healing for your beam. Builds up to Infuser.

   3. 3

      Escalating Exposure

      Key item for this beam build. Get a few stacks and deal insane damage with your beam. The longer you beam stays on the target, the more stacks you get.

   4. 4

      Spirit Burn

      Easy anti-heal.

   5. 5

      Boundless Spirit

      Built from Improved Spirit

      More damage!

   6. 6

      Compress Cooldown

      More frequent beams.

   7. 7

      Superior Duration

      Make your beam last longer.

4. 4Mid Game. Read Descriptionsoptional

   Author's category · 4 items

   1. 1

      Greater Expansion

   2. 2

      Metal Skin

      For fat Haze ult.

   3. 3

      Spirit Resilience

      If you are constantly dying off spirit damage.

   4. 4

      Dispel Magic

      If DoT abilities are being a problem.

5. 5Late Game. This is when you start snowballing beyond reach.

   Author's category · 4 items

   1. 1

      Infuser

      Built from Spirit Lifesteal

      Even more life steal. Always activate Infuser before using your Beam. You would be able to tank much more.

   2. 2

      Transcendent Cooldown

      You get your beam back every 12 seconds.

   3. 3

      Rapid Recharge

      Built from Extra Charge

      Even more grenades.

   4. 4

      Mystic Reverb

      Slow your targets with your grenade and chase them with your beam.

6. 6Late Game Optionals. Read Description.optional

   Author's category · 6 items

   1. 1

      Cursed Relic

   2. 2

      Indomitable

      If somebody on your team has knockdown, or you are getting silenced. In that case, get this before late game.

   3. 3

      Healing Tempo

      Built from Healing Booster

      If you need more movement speed and fire rate late game. Pop a grenade at your feet to proc it.

   4. 4

      Bullet Resilience

      For fat Haze, Wraith, Venator, and Vyper.

   5. 5

      Cheat Death

      Use your 2 immediately after this activates to get out of any situation.

   6. 6

      Echo Shard

      For more chasing and escaping.

Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order

Frost GrenadeFrost Grenade	Frost Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 1	Frost Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 21			Frost Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 52								Frost Grenade: 5 AP upgrade, step 135
Ice PathIce Path				Ice Path: Ability unlocked, step 4						Ice Path: 1 AP upgrade, step 101	Ice Path: 2 AP upgrade, step 112			Ice Path: 5 AP upgrade, step 145
Arctic BeamArctic Beam			Arctic Beam: Ability unlocked, step 3				Arctic Beam: 1 AP upgrade, step 71	Arctic Beam: 2 AP upgrade, step 82	Arctic Beam: 5 AP upgrade, step 95
Frozen ShelterFrozen Shelter						Frozen Shelter: Ability unlocked, step 6						Frozen Shelter: 1 AP upgrade, step 121			Frozen Shelter: 2 AP upgrade, step 152	Frozen Shelter: 5 AP upgrade, step 165

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings