brands work well
but GC mines is the strongest build and can do any content and any map mod

My understanding of GC mines is that it has a few required uniques for conversion from physical to cold

2x jewels which come from storyline quests(pretty sure those are the only "required" uniques) so make 2x chars and then you're done, gc mines scale ridiculously well and do insane amounts of damage with very minimal investment.

Are you referring to the a5 threshold jewel quest? I’m pretty sure GC i.e long winter is not on the rewards list for that. Or have I missed something?

The long winter isn't a quest reward or i would have done GC mines lol

CWDT/Hoag build. I made mine for under an ex and I made basically any map look like a joke.

my advice is a good mapper that can stack iir/iiq ele bv imo is best hoi 4l will clear maps while having good single target
iir is most underrated stats for ssf bunch of low tier uniqs but can make a build also more uniqs = more alcs
i didnt find my hrimsorrow til 92 even tried chancing them no impulsa til 98 already had loreweave
be prepared for rng bs started arc mines reached 92 no det mines gem respeced into arc traps and 2 drop the same day
use all your chance orbs to get bisco leash
also have many different loot filters ssf is all about efficiency

nope twas apparently me that missed it, my own fault for not playing mines and just skimming notes that don't really apply to what i play XD

just take the 2 passive tree nodes that give 40% phys to cold conversion if you can't get long winter or uber lab enchantment, its easy to obtain