Is it worth levelling ice for buff?

[Takunya]

im full str/fire wearing garment. question is simple, is it worth lvling ice for passive and phy def buff?

[amazn]

most people tell me it is recommended to do so. im a str/fire and lightning archer myself, so the ice buffs do a little to protect monsters that u cant kill far away

[El Cabron Negro]

What level(s) are these buffs (especially the passive)?

[Devotia]

Pretty useless until 60. IF you plan on having it by endgame, it should be your LAST priority. That way, if they later un-nerf cold imbue, you can pick that up to as an added bonus.

[klrp]

you can pick that up to as an added bonus.

Sounds good.

[Fadex]

take it, the 3rd book looks awesome.

[mKaaru]

it's not about what looks awesome but if it really benefits your char, otherwise it's a waste of time and pharmed sp. for example, i currently have a main char which is an int based hybrid sword shield, uses prot but will switch to armor soon and that combined with a good br shield will give me enough phy based defence, to compensate for the mag att based defence i'm going to solely add the fire protection series ... not only because it looks "1337" but also because it will benefit my char in the long run. (pharming nachals at levelcap for instance, but will wear garment then!)

yeah that's why i'll delevel my entire cold tree soon, which is only lvl30 atm

[Devotia]

...will switch to armor soon and that combined with a good br shield will give me enough phy based defence

you can never have enough phys defense. Esp if you plan on going into the caves and not dying whenever 3 mobs attack you.

[klrp]

And if you have enought sp you should take it.

[Resist]

The passive combined with the 3rd book is awesome