ICE WITCH GUIDE (CI + FREEZING PULSE with LIFE LEECH 0.25 Cast Spd Per Pulse.)

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Irvine1031 wrote:

Hello im lv 70 now and want to start farming map.

But when i started farming i feel that a mob with cold res or ele res is hard to kill

especiall with ES!!!!

seems my FP dps too low. Only 1400 with GMP,and my ES is 2900.

So i backed farming dock now.

i used fp+gmp+iir+iiq+mana leech to farm dock

its easy but must be careful without life leech.

You need another armor. It HAS to go. Less than 200 ES on it? No wonder you're dying. Settle for a 4L with (much) more than 400 ES for starters.
Replace iir and iiq. If it takes 5 minutes to kill a white mob with this low dps you will get LESS items per hour compared to someone with (much) higher dps. Clearing docks in half the time gives you 100% item quantity without using iiq. You can use iir and iiq if you still can 1-2 hit white mobs, otherwise those gems are counterproductive.
With that low qual on your fp you need faster projectiles. You get better defense (you can stay farther away) and better offense ( you reach more monsters per fp). Remember, that fp drops in dps with distance. With faster projectiles it will travel farther meaning you will do considerable more damage in mid range.
If your gear allows for another green slot, i recommend cold penetration with FP. It gives you a 30+ damage increase on ANY mob (even the ones with max resist).
A sidenote to game mechanics: a high cold resist mob has for example 120% cold resist (yes it can have that) which is then capped to 75%. If you use frostbite, it will be subtracted of the 120%, so it still sits with 75% resist even when cursed. Cold penetration on the other hand is a flat reduction. If you use a 30% cp in the above example, it will be subtracted from the 75% (not the 120%). The mob will end up with 45% resist => 30% more damage. If the mob has 0% resist, it will end up having -30% with cp. Still 30% damage increase.

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Bada_Bing wrote:

A sidenote to game mechanics: a high cold resist mob has for example 120% cold resist (yes it can have that) which is then capped to 75%. If you use frostbite, it will be subtracted of the 120%, so it still sits with 75% resist even when cursed. Cold penetration on the other hand is a flat reduction. If you use a 30% cp in the above example, it will be subtracted from the 75% (not the 120%). The mob will end up with 45% resist => 30% more damage. If the mob has 0% resist, it will end up having -30% with cp. Still 30% damage increase.

This is interesting.
Where did u get this info from?

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Xmu wrote:

This is interesting.
Where did u get this info from?

http://en.pathofexilewiki.com/wiki/Penetration

You might also have a look at Delaile’s Chaos Inoculation [END GAME] Cold Crit Witch GUIDE http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/173092/page/1
In the Q&A section you can find a good comparison between Cold Penetration, Increased Critical Damage, Added Lightning Damage and Added Chaos Damage.

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Bada_Bing wrote:

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Xmu wrote:

This is interesting.
Where did u get this info from?

http://en.pathofexilewiki.com/wiki/Penetration

You might also have a look at Delaile’s Chaos Inoculation [END GAME] Cold Crit Witch GUIDE http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/173092/page/1
In the Q&A section you can find a good comparison between Cold Penetration, Increased Critical Damage, Added Lightning Damage and Added Chaos Damage.

Well..better start saving them chromatics then ^^; i really want a cold-pene aswell but getting a GGGBBR is not the easiest thing =(

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Xmu wrote:

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Bada_Bing wrote:

A sidenote to game mechanics: a high cold resist mob has for example 120% cold resist (yes it can have that) which is then capped to 75%. If you use frostbite, it will be subtracted of the 120%, so it still sits with 75% resist even when cursed. Cold penetration on the other hand is a flat reduction. If you use a 30% cp in the above example, it will be subtracted from the 75% (not the 120%). The mob will end up with 45% resist => 30% more damage. If the mob has 0% resist, it will end up having -30% with cp. Still 30% damage increase.

This is interesting.
Where did u get this info from?

I think I already tried to explain this on pages 9 and 10 however you said...

"But i've done enough maps to know if cold pene benefits in most cases or not. If you truly believe cold pene is far superior then go ahead and use it."

Would it be correct to assume that you have not compared the two? Math indictates that Cold pen could be nearly twice as good as crit damage on average but I would take real work experience over anything as some mechanics may be hidden.

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Bada_Bing wrote:

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Xmu wrote:

This is interesting.
Where did u get this info from?

http://en.pathofexilewiki.com/wiki/Penetration

You might also have a look at Delaile’s Chaos Inoculation [END GAME] Cold Crit Witch GUIDE http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/173092/page/1
In the Q&A section you can find a good comparison between Cold Penetration, Increased Critical Damage, Added Lightning Damage and Added Chaos Damage.

Well..better start saving them chromatics then ^^; i really want a cold-pene aswell but getting a GGGBBR is not the easiest thing =(

I know. I settled for a Carnal Armor (ES/EVA) in the end.

If argued, each support dps gem can play their own role.
Lets look at Added Chaos for example, this gem will protect u from maps and mobs with reflect damage for the portion of the dmg deal by chaos which is roughly 25% to 30% with a lvled gem.

Added Lightning dmg can apply shock if u want ur party to benefit from ur attacks. Currently for me, i do enough dmg on any maps and my last 2 deaths were by elemental reflect. Also if u plan to use cold pene then u wouldnt be able to swap with IIR gem if u plan to farm using that.

hey guys im using a 10% quality FP w/c gives 30% projectile speed.. should i drop faster projectile? :)

Is Dream Fragment really better than getting a ring with resistance, damage, mana? I'm not sure if it's mainly used because of the "cannot be frozen" stat, but the other stats seem sub-par. I'm curious as to why this ring would be used over a good rare ring.

Has anyone tried incorporating static blow with this build? I'm just wondering how often they noticed mobs were getting shocked, with using only the added lighting gem.

How important is using skeleton totem in maps? I haven't done very many high level maps on my main, so the only boss I can really think of that it would help on is Brutus.

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skittling wrote:

hey guys im using a 10% quality FP w/c gives 30% projectile speed.. should i drop faster projectile? :)

You u lose alot of range with FP but its up to u. If u fight close range then u can drop Faster projectile but if u hit from afar then stick to faster projectile till u get 20%.

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confessions721 wrote:

Is Dream Fragment really better than getting a ring with resistance, damage, mana? I'm not sure if it's mainly used because of the "cannot be frozen" stat, but the other stats seem sub-par. I'm curious as to why this ring would be used over a good rare ring.

Has anyone tried incorporating static blow with this build? I'm just wondering how often they noticed mobs were getting shocked, with using only the added lighting gem.

How important is using skeleton totem in maps? I haven't done very many high level maps on my main, so the only boss I can really think of that it would help on is Brutus.

Skeleton totem is the best tool u need for almost every endgame boss, not just Brutus.