Witch - [ 1.2 BEYOND ] VeryAngryHypE's Summon Raging Spirits - Forum

Disclaimer: Probably my first & last in-depth guide, to repay and to share the knowledge with the mass.
Here's someone who taaught me about srs, [Beyond] Devvvour's MoM SRS Build: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1079645

This guide would contain 2 sections, the first would be general knowledge about SRS and the second would focus on my current build.

SUMMON RAGING SPIRITS

You ultimately want to go energy shield based in late game as the only threats are big hits, therefore you start off as a Witch.

-Scion is just not as good because of the nodes at the start of her tree.
-Marauder works if you're going to end up as Health points based SRS.

HOW DOES SUMMON RAGING SPIRIT WORKS?

NO. OF SPIRITS

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The number of maximum spirits you can cast varies on 3 factors: the amount of cast speed you have, followed by the amount of mana regen/mana pool to substain the casting.

Note: You would want at least 250 mana regen/s to do substain than 30 srs at once.

UTILITY SKILLS

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Arc with Spell totem and a non-mandatory faster casting.
Note: Quality arc increases chance to shock which increases your damage by 50%

The use of Arc and spell totem here synergizes with the node Elemental Equilibrium. Thus enemies who takes damage from lightning will have their fire and cold resistance dropped.
Note: SRS is 50% fire & 50% physical, accompanied with hatred aura(Cold)

This means your SRS do extra 50% more damage when mobs are hit by the Arc totem and another 50% more when shocked.

Flesh Offering is a mandatory skill for summoner builds, as it offers a huge boost in dps for your summons. One can pre-cast desecrate followed by flesh offering before engaging in boss fights.

VAAL SKILLS

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Vaal Haste

Huge boost to your cast speed as well as your SRS's attaack speed.
Note: Reccomendations to get 2 or even 3 so that you can chain cast vaal haste.

Vaal Discipline

If you are chaos innoculation or low life build, this is definitely the skill that you rely on as your potion.
Note: Optional skill, only impacts in late game.

Current Build: LEVEL 90 SRS Low Life Witch

Introduction:
1. Started off as RF INCI Marauder
2. Converted Marauder to HP based SRS
3. Realized only big hits are a threat, converted to CI SRS
4. CI SRS Marauder is horrible as the start of tree are a waste of points
5. Remade a Witch to do CI, eventually converted to Low Life

Low Life vs CI
Low life auras: Clarity, Haste on HP. Hatred, Anger, Discipline on Mana.
CI auras: Clarity, Hatred, Discipline on Mana.

Conclusion: Low life gives u more auras to play with, but lesser ES due to shav's wrappings low amount of es. Therefore, it is reccomended to only switch to low life when you have high es on other gears.

Mapping capabilities
Only mods you want to avoid are no regen/half regen and blood magic. Any damage mods/debuff related are not that big of an issue as you have a huge range as well as using your arc totem to aggro the mobs.

Aura Effect Nodes
The impact of aura effects nodes is bigger than it would seem, especially at late game where you run clarity, discipline, haste coupled with vaal haste, vaal discipline.

Bandits
Leave no bandits alive.

Skill Tree

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMAAW8D7gQHDH0NfBB_EVAVUBcvGYoajxslHRQdTx2qHb4d2Sj6Kk0qUyycLKYtHy9vM4c0CjW5N2Y3gz8nQ1RGcUrIS65Ms025UUxV1lcrV8lZbVnzWpFca18qX5hilWTnZp5qrGvbbRluqm-ecLt0VX1bgKSCHoLHgwmESIVgiEKPRpBVlSCYrZuhm7Wm66cIpyuofarErEesmKyqsnC0DLiTvYLAGsHFwfPDOsNtxp7KSsy8zzLT-9kT2Vva3d-K4Yji9-kC6rrr5Ovu7BjsivRx9tr31_no-tL7CQ==

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