[1.2] KuteKitteh's Righteous Fire Arcer

I have actually updated Foxtactics Righteous Arcer/ Surger build
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/896869/page/45

Current Stats (Enhance lv2, Herald of Thunder lv17)
4.6k Hp
18K arc
24K surge
0.2% excess life regen per sec (no gear regen taken into calculation)

Passive Tree
http://poeurl.com/y4vbfkb

It is nice to see a cheaper version of Righteous Arc build.

I will probably give some suggestions.
1) I don't think your tree is efficient. I have abandoned going into the Marauder part for life regen. Instead i go for a more aura effect focus build to sustain rf (by boosting max fire resist by aura effect nodes). This way, you can run clarity, vitality, purity of fire, purity of lightning, herald of thunder with around 300 unreserved mana left.

2) Arc scale extremely well with cast speed, prioritize cast speed > elemental dmg > spell damage.

3) If you want unwavering stance, you should probably use Kaom's Root instead of trying to get the passive nodes (wasting too many passive points)

3) If playing unwavering stance, i think lighting coil is a must.

4) Playstyle: I use righteous arc as a mid range and let mobs come to me. Not jumping into the pack of mobs to make use of the righteous fire damage. Righteous fire mostly is used for the % spell damage instead of dishing out damage on its own. This way it is safer.

5) A cheaper version of lv3 empower linking to arc would be a lv 20 iron will.

6) For 6 Link arc: Arc - Faster Casting - Echo - Lightning Pen - Iron Will - Empower.
Since Arc has 50% effectiveness if i remember correctly (Anything added damage is halved). (Though i still think arc should be put in a +1 gem 4Link)

Interesting. Looks like a viable alternative to me... mind linking your gear for me here?
What I don't like is the low HP pool. Less than 5k isn't possible to run in Beyond, especially without MoM and/or Block.
How would you change your tree to adapt for a hardcore league, ie which dps nodes would you sacrifice? I think 180% increased is bare minimum for this, 200+ would be better.

cheers

Edit: My idea would be something like this?
https://www.poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgMAAnEC4wSzB6UI9AxfDH0NfA2NEFgQfxcvGjgcpxzcHaoi9CSwJ-0o-iycL2826TwtQYdFnUZxSbJM_1NSU6VV1lfJWfNk52aeaHRqQ2wLbBZtGXC7dhF_xoCkghCCHoLHgwmG0YcZiEKQVZMnmuCiAKeErKqvbLQMtz686sAawFTBxcT2xYrGnsau2L3ZE9sL34rfsOGI42rquuvu7BjwH_no-tL8S_4KFm8kqqZXOuHyRf6PNZJN4xqP9tr7CRmKm7Vh4iaVFr8Pq1M1jDZVS1BCLUcfxyt4LYsqU2KVsnA=

Not sure this is better than Kitteh's tree though. Hm...

Okay, I decided on this tree now:

https://www.poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgMAAnEC4wSzB6UI9AxfDH0NfA2NEFgQfxcvGjgcpxzcHaoi9CSwJ-0o-iycL2826TwtQYdFnUZxSbJM_1NSU6VV1lfJWfNk52aeaHRqQ2wLbBZtGXC7dhF_xoCkghCCHoLHgwmG0YcZiEKQVZMnmuCiAKeErKqvbLQMtz686sAawFTBxcT2xYrGnsau2L3ZE9sL34rfsOGI42rquuvu7BjwH_no-tL8S_4KFm8kqqZXOuHyRf6PNZJN4xqP9tr7CRmKm7Vh4iaVFr8Pq1M1jDZVS1BCLUcfxyt4LYsqU2KVsnCHZQ==

At lvl69 I still can't run RF reliably tho, mostly because I still need the inner force cluster and higher gem levels.

The main thing is, I am still alive :P

Gear:

Loved this build in 1.2. Anyone come up with a working build for 1.3. I was thinking about somethng like this:
https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgAAgwnhiEZxGo_22vsJGYqbtcM6ykpvnpSg2E356Gh02mIo-oLHV8kNfOq6tAzZE3C77BjBxX_GHNyTJ9sLgh6IQlNSRZ2a4Ovuxp4Qfwx92L3-Crc-QYdTpQxfHKfGrmjyr2xM_zwtW6CnVXwOogDwH5o74XPVpu08gpvAZgSzkFUnL-w4wBoaOHGFzLexQtV1RtfaufrSZp5CoySwFy-ApBkuJ-3E9s9-rY3ZYV8_wQRVtZ7N0iFXDZ_LpzAvbw==

However i did not put a lot of time into this, so there may be room for improvements as such, any suggestions are welcome.