|| Discharge Witch Build || 50k+ AOE DPS 0.11.c

Wow Nice one.

Ya elemental Reflects I don't know what to tell ya other then I don't have that kind of AoE range or dmg range so it's not much of a problem for me.

I normaly cures on the way in and scan the mobs. I look for them Elemental reflect packs. I let the skellys blow up on them with some help from Power Siphon/Warlords/Blood rage/Ghost Reaver keeps me up for Power Siphon. My power siphon is close to 50/50 on phy/elemental dmg. Though a bit heavyer on the elemental then the phy. So I can't speed fire into them I have to go kind of slow and let the skellys help out.

Elemental reflect suck I know that from my EA shadow. I mean are you realy going off screen with it. You can't check and see if they have elemental reflect first?

I mean that is the only thing stoping me from one shoting myself with it. I don't even do halve the dmg you do but 10 elemental reflect mob's will kill me too.

Ya, you are right. I should start scanning the mobs before casting - but i most admit that i just prefer i rape through content instead - at the cost of not leveling so quickly because i kill myself on reflect mobs. With the correct AOE (only the ones in the Whitch Tree) i hit half a screen so it can be controlled.

Even cold snap have become an issue as it does 15K Dps so if there is a pack of 10 mobs i also die on Cold snap. I think i really need to respec down to Vaal Pact, or level a new character instead.

When using RF and Pain Attunement it opens up the for the use of many more spells as the damage is high regardless.

Ya with low life build I can see a strong cold snap geting ya.

Lucly my cold snap is not that strong and I got a fat ES :)

Volls is so much better than power charge on crit, and with gear you can easily overcome the downsides. I've got 4k ES and 800 mana, enough to run clarity and discipline. 2 casts of ice spear usually give 6 power charges, enough to 1 hit whites and get the ball rolling. Plus any discharge crit you get can immediately refill all your charges at once. I can pretty much just hold down discharge until everything is dead, because between frenzy on kill, chance for endurance on kill and power charges on crit there is almost always more charges being created.

I've specced out of conduit in favor of more crit chance as I was rarely partying anyway. 2 hitting map bosses feels goooood.

4K ES sounds a bit low to be honest.

When running +70 level maps with my group 4K ES would not be enough to sustain any hits from map bosses (my resist are maxed out at 85%), so using Volls is a little out of the question.

There is no doubt that it is better to sustain the PC's but it gimbs my defences too much. I could change FP to Ice Spear, but i already have 42% crit chance on FP without charges and with a casting speed of 2.5 pr sec it dosnt take long to build up charges.

But issue remains to be Reflect damage - if i respec a bit and take the all he AOE notes then it would be be hitting the whole screen so any reflect mob might be hard to spot. Crits on dicharge are around 300-350K damage (tool tip DPS on Discharge is 132k), so u need more than 9K ES to sustain the damage from 1 reflect, 18K for 2 reflect mobs, etc, etc.

It's true reflect is crazy dangerous, that's why its good to scout out the baddies while they are frozen with ice spear. I've reached level 69 maps so far and progressing quite quickly but I'm sure ill need a gear upgrade before i get anywhere near the 75+ maps. I don't really care about dying occasionally to ele reflect because it's my fault I missed it. Besides, no other build gives an explosion this big and powerful, it's just fun to play.

Hey there, I've been interested in a Discharge build for a while now, but I've been seeing different variations of them, so I'd like to know whats your take and opinion on some of these:

1. Have you seen the EK/Discharge build that was also posted? What did you think about it?

2. What do you think about using spark for a faster charge up?

3. As for low level progression, What did you start leveling as? Freeze Pulse or did you start using Ice spear/Discharge from the get-go?

Can either of you guys release a vid doing either Lunaris/Catacombs or a low level map? I'd really appreciate it ^.^

This looks pretty sexy!

I like the animations and the damage seems pretty well to me, but i guess there's a lack of survability or?

Thinking about to build my witch with this guide here.

And i guess, for the survability lack i might use totems (summon skeletons - they helped me a lot on my other chars :D) and for the singletarget like rare mobs ice spear should be enough.

Brief levelling guide added.

Survivability is fine, you just can't be careless. It's super tempting to run into the middle of the biggest pack you can find and try discharge, but there's a good chance you'll get stunlocked if the enemies unfreeze. It's better to stand at the edge of the pack and clear them progressively using the frenzy and endurance charges you gain on kill. This is why extra area of effect is quite important. The range of my discharge exceeds the range of archers and most casters allowing me to quickly kill any sized pack safely, even magic monsters. Just watch for the blue spikes from ele reflect, or seeing your ES drop as you are casting ice spear is another giveaway.