The perfect Ice Witch build is now complete.

UPDATED MY BUILDS and since i'm busy with some DotA 2 or something at the moment i'll quote the post i told my friend to make.

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andreyghost wrote:

Re-made the builds my friend invented,and he's busy playing some DotA 2 and stuff so here we go :
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAQMB7de5eGBHBMmWZrUN2Qkd2YuxcKSnnxhfWYs0Isq5vZFXzjzCqYM_tm_uAASB6-Etds1fmeBFbpWtUBgqU9S7QwmVpBjH8129P3hcnmJ9eqp6pOMZJUV8hjf2Z7JoDWGZ7uvQ7T0qSHWMUVGjwAC_Nn-qyB7qjuqYhcp3reRNukp6ccf8D2ZMTBqdWbSpp-qO12ue-j23mzcsE_JWtAoPW1jmuYT-i-Ku5WPQVOAiIh8w2jlwvSmZgAvVKk1EqiW3SiSOs5vwKsVn7gnqZRFytQRMZMNmxzXbmFSqZIOIsqqZJrjlNtIc6oKqKcQ1GOsrVvIJOxuik1yCqXRBtkYLkPcjILkE4FRmluRM9CjnNNpy6Gh5F-8Y3sz5kUgv1U9iw6tJHyL9apUbF5A_vXvpP50RsA2duMBiBaqbVfBhaxSlYrN_CGLA5JYcZWr-pHq49n1IA1GHTcrpT-_Au5f3ictBHRFh2FWJL0-dhrnlP71CjDFZfCxXerei0GqE1xwShn0pshQVJFfjhsAniIGjOnyGyhl89tCaZ5gOARZeWGkTuZa7mm2JR737qXGzZGVK64vb2PRukLdRjUoq
This would be one way to do it.You can remove some power charges,Inner Force(buff duration node)+the Fitness one near it,i think it was a power charge node before the patch?You can also remove Blood Thirst if you want that,and add the nodes for Item Rarity & Item Quantity near BloodMagic with the points you have from removing those buff-dur./powercharges.
Other two optional keystones are HexMaster and Whispers Of Doom but you will not need those trust me,you will kill enemies,you don't need to spamm 31523523 curses on them,only 325235325 damage + freeze/crit/iceshards-shatter :D

Another optional thing is the combo me and my friend invented,Blood Magic + Pain Attunement tough if you will use a Voll ( it cuts your maximum mana in half) you will need this nice combo as well..Besides i linked Breath Of Rime and Heart Of Ice (near Pain Attunement) using that path,so i wont use the points from frostwalker but if you compare it is 2 points to change the path and with the same result.

Oh and you can remove if you wish so,Blast Radius keystone (near Frost Walker) and other AoE radius passives if you only wish to use IceSpear(s) and not some Ice Nova too in case you get surrounded or something.

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MWAHAHAH IT'S DONE...THE MOST PERFECT ICE WITCH !.
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAQMBlma1DdkJHdmLsXCkp58YX1mLNCLKub2RV848wqmDP7Zv7gAEgevhLXbNX5ngRW6VrVAYKlPUu0MJlaQYx_NdvT94XJ4lRXyGN_ZnsmJ9eqp6pOMZaA1hme7r0O09Kkh1jFFRo8AAvzZ_qsge6o7qmIXKd63kTbpK7de5eGBHBMkETGTDZsc125hUqmSCqinENRjrK1byCTsbopNcgql0QXpxx_wPZkxMGp1ZtKmn6o7Xa576PbebNywT8lZY5rmE_oviruVj0FQL1SpNm_AqxeAiIh8w2jlwvSmZgESqJbdn7gnqZRFytUokjrMrE_4jSwyGui_VT2LDq0kfIv1qlZ0RsA2duMBiGxeQP7176T8FqptV4Etstia3_we7L6Hx9n1IA1GHTcrpT-_Au5f3ictBHRFh2FWJL0-dhrnlP71CjDFZfCxXerei0GqE1xwS95J9zYZ9KbIUFSRX44bAJ7ZGC5D3IyC5BOBUZpbkTPQo5zTa8GFrFKVis38IYsDktAoPW-xcbJx8hsoZR3eCAyZWZSO98N7y2MlkFfRukLeZJrjliIGjOkHuORbslXzyOMFc-tKHP8zri9vY
share your thots on this :D

edit : you can get Blast Radius on the path towards Frost Walker tough this build is for Ice Spear(s) but yeah if you do find a point you could remove,add blast radius too..but 10 % ain't much anyway you can add increased aoe gem to the nova yourself.
Epic build a?perma freeze build >:)

Another version would be http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAQMB7de5eGBHBMkETGTDZsc125hUqmSCqinElma1DdkJHdmLsXCkp58YX1mLNCLKub2RV848wqmDP7Zv7gAEgevhLXbNX5ngRW6VrVAYKlPUu0MJlaQYx_NdvT94XJ4lRXyGN_ZnsmJ9eqp6pOMZNRjrK1byCTsbopNcgql0QXyGyhkYum2E4EtstgWqm1XwYWsUpWKzfwhiwOQv1U9iw6tJHyL9apWdEbANGxeQP7176T-duMBiaA1hme7r0O3LQR0RPSpIdYxRUaPAAL82f6rIHuqO6piFynet5E26SuxcbJx6ccf8D2ZMTBqdWbSpp-qO12ue-j23mzcsE_JWtAoPW1jmuYT-i-Ku5WPQVAvVKk1EqiW3SiSOs-AiIh8w2jlwvSmZgJvwKsVn7gnqZRFytWHYVYkvT52GueU_vUKMMVl8LFd6t6LQaoTXHBKGfSmyFBUkV-OGwCe2RguQ9yMguQTgVGaW5Ez0KOc02kd3ggMmVmUjvfDe8tjJZBX0bpC3Qe45FuyVfPI4wVz664vb2NKHP8xW9xCU5hKCZW7B1fEmt_8Huy-h8fZ9SANRh03K6U_vwLuX94k20hzq

or with the hex master removed and added the criticals exactly in the right side of Lord Of The Dead
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAQMB7de5eGBHBMkETGTDZsc125hUqmSCqinElma1DdkJHdmLsXCkp58YX1mLNCLKub2RV848wqmDP7Zv7gAEgevhLXbNX5ngRW6VrVAYKlPUu0MJlaQYx_NdvT94XJ4lRXyGN_ZnsmJ9eqp6pOMZNRjrK1byCTsbopNcgql0QXyGyhkYum2E4EtstgWqm1XwYWsUpWKzfwhiwOQv1U9iw6tJHyL9apWdEbANGxeQP7176T-duMBiaA1hme7r0O3LQR0RPSpIdYxRUaPAAL82f6rIHuqO6piFynet5E26SuxcbJx6ccf8D2ZMTBqdWbSpp-qO12ue-j23mzcsE_JWtAoPW1jmuYT-i-Ku5WPQVAvVKk1EqiW3SiSOs-AiIh8w2jlwvSmZgJvwKsVn7gnqZRFytWHYVYkvT52GueU_vUKMMVl8LFd6t6LQaoTXHBKGfSmyFBUkV-OGwCe2RguQ9yMguQTgVGaW5Ez0KOc02kd3ggMmVmUjvfDe8tjJZBX0bpC3Qe45FuyVfPI4wVz664vb2NKHP8wmt_8Huy-h8fZ9SANRh03K6U_vwLuX94k20hzqg4iyqoiBozqZJrjl

THESE 2 ARE THE MOST PERFECT BUILDS...the previous ones were a little rough on the edges but fixed them by removing some unnecesarily linked points and here we go.

Vote between these two builds in this post please :D
The first is better or the second?the second has hex master removed and the criticals near lord of the dead added.

*sigh* "let's grab all the cold nodes!!!"

play the game and see how it goes, post a video if you really rock with your build.
As it is right now, you're just theorycrafting something, but it's nothing more than that...

Sounds really interesting and creative, wish I could give more feedback but a lack of beta invite keeps me ignorant on most of the items and spells to build around.

thx

A newbie here. A few questions:

1. Why Blood Magic is good?
2. What should I focus on on early levels?
3. Why skip Soul Siphon?

i think it is perfect thx

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LXj wrote:

A newbie here. A few questions:

1. Why Blood Magic is good?
2. What should I focus on on early levels?
3. Why skip Soul Siphon?

Hmm i think this build is perfect,probably can perma freeze/crit with a voll also...It's a good thing i learned the exact build and steps for it from this player
1. I think the Blood Magic was meant to be combined with Pain Attunement resulting in 25 % more spell damage when low hp (under 35 percent hp ) And you could use a life leech gem to keep stealing some hp to be able to cast back..or life on hit gem linked to the ice spear(s).

2. Well from what i learned from him it's best to take the path to reach Doom Cast and Spell Power ,in the right side ,why?you get on the DEX side and that is how you will easily use Phase Run gem,a skill to buff your running speed,it is very useful,than he told me he went to get Elementalist and continued towards Arcane Potency and that node with the three keystones,than north to frostwalker and the others.
He said the last ones to be added are pain attunement and blood magic unless you are confident on getting a lot of energy shield and some nice quality&level life leech/life-on-hit gems to keep spamming ice spear,or ice spears if you link multi proj.

3. a) Power Siphon ( or whatever the gem was named) isn't good on a Spellcaster he said this build has 5 power charges and you can easily fill them with a Voll armor and the power charge duration added in the tree too,you will always or almost always reach a high critical chance ( remember that Ice Spears have a higher chance to crit when they approach their end,at a higher distance ,not that you would need more crit with this build). Power Siphon is good with Wand(s) Witches,that use physical damage wands,elemental strike,those.

b) Soul Siphon the Passive that gives you mana per kill well since the build uses Blood Magic,and Voll Armor cuts your mana in half ( you won't need the mana anyway with blood magic) you will not need useless Soul Siphon,even for other witch builds that add all faster casts or curses/summons you shouldn't waste points on that useless node of Soul Siphon.



This is Voll armor ,cuts your mana in half but you won't need it anyway with blood magic,and the build has 5 power charges i think they are more than enough. I myself will try the second build without Hexmaster wich has the criticals added near Lord Of The Dead,or if you're not too lazy to use multiple curses you can use this ring as well so you get 3 curses max or with 2 rings 4 curses + they never expire with HexMaster - I won't want monsters to survive too much,sometimes the best defense is an offense.


Oh forgot he also told me Blast Radius (north on the tree) and Amplify near Arcane Potency and Celestial walker are in case you can't handle using ice spears,in wich case you can spamm Ice Nova 360 ° degree radius with critical and other mods you will perma freeze with that one too,and only use ice spears to get more power charges fast in case nova won't handle

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kodr wrote:

*sigh* "let's grab all the cold nodes!!!"

play the game and see how it goes, post a video if you really rock with your build.
As it is right now, you're just theorycrafting something, but it's nothing more than that...

What part of permanently freezing &criting don't you understand?That of cource in case the monsters don't die in one hit.(Depends if you make ice spear with fast cast and faster projectile,like a machinegun but without multiple projectiles because that lowers some potential single-target-damage) Do you need a few "tank"-ish nodes on the witch?do 2-3 tank-ish nodes make a difference on a witch?you really expect mobs to surround you/catch up to you on a ice spear/nova witch?Than i feel sorry for you my friend.
Yes i will ask him to post a video but he is aparently busy with another game if not , i will test his build and show you the video once it's done,already have some nice items and once i level it decently it will show a part of the potential it has.At arround level 30 he could kill monsters level 45 and i think i have better items than him so we will see.Besides I won't want monsters to survive too much,sometimes the best defense is an offense and the a 95%/100% freezing/crit-ing witch is the best at it.Templars that become invulnerable 10-30 seconds and discharge 2-3 screens(or one big screen depending on the resolution i've heard) those seem funny but i bet they get boring.I can't wait to always freeze goatmen while they are in mid-air leap-attacking me,of cource if they won't die in one hit and shatter into ice shards.

As a new player I'm wondering what types of cold skills are used as primary, which ones are decent, and which ones shouldn't be picked up or used at all? What about other skills that aren't cold based but are still worth using (Phasewalk for one)?

Sure Phase Run
Did you read what my friend andreyghost wrote?I've taught him the build perfectly,and another player too.
GOING TOWARDS DOOM CAST and Spell Power first => gets you a pretty nice dex stat so you can use Phase Run decently.All characters use the Phase Run sure,some higher levels some lower.FIrestorm is a good kind-of DoT spell and Raise Zombie why not?if you want to steal enemy monster auras use Spectres but the zombies must tank for them

Mostly Ice Spear and Ice Nova will own at later levels but in the beginning multiple projectiles Freezing Pulse is also nice :) and other similar spells cold snap with radius +spamm et cetera