Dual Totem Dual Curse EK Witch level 83 6.1k dps ( Video and Guide )

Just hit level 36 and now I can finally see why this build is so awesome. Dual EK totems, just rip through mobs. As I am getting higher level, I do have another question now, how do you guys support the dexterity requirements? I already took the big dex node and I am still having difficulties keeping up with the gem requirements.

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wooloong wrote:

Just hit level 36 and now I can finally see why this build is so awesome. Dual EK totems, just rip through mobs. As I am getting higher level, I do have another question now, how do you guys support the dexterity requirements? I already took the big dex node and I am still having difficulties keeping up with the gem requirements.

As usual, through gear.

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wooloong wrote:

Just hit level 36 and now I can finally see why this build is so awesome. Dual EK totems, just rip through mobs. As I am getting higher level, I do have another question now, how do you guys support the dexterity requirements? I already took the big dex node and I am still having difficulties keeping up with the gem requirements.

2 dex nodes and a 20 onyx will get you to 94 dex. Thats 1 dex short of leveling everything besides haste and projectile weakness to max level. You need 142 total. You can get this easily from gear.

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Dmillz wrote:

Since you don't plan on updating this anymore, could you do one last update of your gear/gem combinations so they are the most recent ones?

I didn't update it much. Just spent 1 exalted on the ring, got added fire damage, faster projectiles and ek with quality. Anyway, I put the recent items and flasks on the first post.

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zekerferc wrote:

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Dmillz wrote:

Since you don't plan on updating this anymore, could you do one last update of your gear/gem combinations so they are the most recent ones?

I didn't update it much. Just spent 1 exalted on the ring, got added fire damage, faster projectiles and ek with quality. Anyway, I put the recent items and flasks on the first post.

There is no need to update it really.

You get as much health on gear as possible. You wear 1 es piece and max disc, maybe even 1 hybrid if you need more mana. You link ek with totem chain added fire and projectile speed.

If you're softcore: you use crit weakness over vuln I guess....I would still use vuln. And you spec into crit and crit multi and cast speed on the skill tree.

If you're hardcore then you would probably run a defensive aura instead of haste, you wouldn't spec into crit and crit multi and you would definitely use vulnerability and proj weakness. You gear is the same. Armor gear---- life/res/chaos res ----- after those 3 whatever you can do to increase your dps.

Edit: CI experiment might suck now that I am deeper into leveling. The totem crushes even by itself but I can't run all the auras I would need. I'm still going to try it though because I think it would be better than a health build with the right gear. :(

Hm, Critical Weakness.

I never thought about it. Are you sure it's stronger than Vulnerability? I'm also using two Bear Traps, so that makes Vulnerability a really nice tool to have. Critting Bear Traps are fun as well, though.

Also, I'm not sure about Haste atm. Up until a couple levels ago I didn't have the mana to use another high %based aura. Now I finally can - but Haste doesn't exactly excite me or anything. It's a rather tiny dps increase.

That's why I just recently switched to Purity. Was thinking Determination or Vitality. But since I got like no armor anyway and I don't need that much hp regeneration, I figured Purity is always good :P

How big an impact does Haste have later? I'll keep leveling it but it's really negligible right now.

Never mind, answered my own question. Projectile speed makes the knives go farther, just like freezing pulse.

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Unimatrix wrote:

Hm, Critical Weakness.

I never thought about it. Are you sure it's stronger than Vulnerability? I'm also using two Bear Traps, so that makes Vulnerability a really nice tool to have. Critting Bear Traps are fun as well, though.

Also, I'm not sure about Haste atm. Up until a couple levels ago I didn't have the mana to use another high %based aura. Now I finally can - but Haste doesn't exactly excite me or anything. It's a rather tiny dps increase.

That's why I just recently switched to Purity. Was thinking Determination or Vitality. But since I got like no armor anyway and I don't need that much hp regeneration, I figured Purity is always good :P

How big an impact does Haste have later? I'll keep leveling it but it's really negligible right now.

%10 cast speed and some movement speed are quite useful. Cast speed also affects the your totem summoning speed so its quite important.

On a side note, before quitting my witch , I was considering Iron Will instead of Added Fire Damage.

I had close to 250 str. So with both quality and level 20 Iron Will I would gain %65 increase spell damage. It may beat Added Fire Damage dps wise in my opinion.

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zekerferc wrote:

%10 cast speed and some movement speed are quite useful. Cast speed also affects the your totem summoning speed so its quite important.

On a side note, before quitting my witch , I was considering Iron Will instead of Added Fire Damage.

I had close to 250 str. So with both quality and level 20 Iron Will I would gain %65 increase spell damage. It may beat Added Fire Damage dps wise in my opinion.

Oh I know about the benefits of Haste. It just didn't make that much of a difference casting speed wise. It still is an offensive buff, no questioning that. But it's not strong enough (yet) to make me use it over Purity. I might not get hit often, but it happens. And having resistances at a high cap is always good.

Any thoughts on Critical Weakness vs. Vulnerability? I'm experimenting right now, but I don't think CW does hold a candle against Vul.

Build still rocks. Merciless is a cakewalk. Now I only wish I had a 5 or even a 6L. The latter would be ridiculous - maybe one lucky day I will have one of those myself.

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Unimatrix wrote:

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zekerferc wrote:

%10 cast speed and some movement speed are quite useful. Cast speed also affects the your totem summoning speed so its quite important.

On a side note, before quitting my witch , I was considering Iron Will instead of Added Fire Damage.

I had close to 250 str. So with both quality and level 20 Iron Will I would gain %65 increase spell damage. It may beat Added Fire Damage dps wise in my opinion.

Oh I know about the benefits of Haste. It just didn't make that much of a difference casting speed wise. It still is an offensive buff, no questioning that. But it's not strong enough (yet) to make me use it over Purity. I might not get hit often, but it happens. And having resistances at a high cap is always good.

Any thoughts on Critical Weakness vs. Vulnerability? I'm experimenting right now, but I don't think CW does hold a candle against Vul.

Build still rocks. Merciless is a cakewalk. Now I only wish I had a 5 or even a 6L. The latter would be ridiculous - maybe one lucky day I will have one of those myself.

Yeah, extra resistance is always good but in the end it is based on your gameplay style. I am moving constantly during combat, try to avoid fire and ice caster's spells. The only time I stop is when I cast my totems and Haste is helping that. However, sometimes I had a hard time against arc caster mobs, having extra lightning resistance might have helped me.

I would choose Vulnerability when I solo. Haven't considered Critical Weakness to be honest. Although, If I party with a critical based elemental caster build, then Critical Weakness is no brainer.

I can't even imagine this build with a 6L :) With Iron Will, I guess dps would be like 8-9k ish with my items but I already feel op with 6k :)