Witch - Gekot Low Life Dual Sporker for 1.0.0 - Forum

Background Spoiler I used to have a build based on Eckalina low life dual spork with RF. I actually enjoy playing it, started it as a farming build but found myself playing it a lot more than my others. Never had superb equip, my stats were around 100IIQ/400IIR, DPS 2k with RF, 3.8k ES. Springleaf + Heartbreaker main hand and rare off hand shield to max resistances and remove culling strike. DPS was not that high, low life was a pain for the eyes because of low light radius, and I could do most maps with average speed. Nice build but definitely not OP or super efficient. After countless nights, infinite docks and lunaris runs, as well as tons of maps and a gazzilion of deaths I was finally able to buy a Shavronne Wrapping's and 5 link it. Spent all my currency and even sold my 2 Andvarius, Divination Flask and my 5L 700ES Vaal Regalia (luckily crafted with a few alcs). A few days later 1.0.0 came out and was really sad to find out that this is one of the builds more negatively affected with the nerfs. Some kids spend all day bitching in the forums about a build they don't even play and GGG felt they had to do something about it. Never understood why people feel the need to choose what or where I get to play. I sincerely expected more from GGG, but oh well... The nerf bat Spoiler I will quote ThePlash from the Eckalina thread, he recaps everything that was hit. " ThePlash wrote: I'm sorry but if something new doesn't arise in the next 24 hours, our shining moment has come to an end xD We have been hit from every possible direction, here's a quick recap: - All auras except clarity to 60% mana reserved (mana reservation passives added, which will be required and will take skill points away, thus reducing other stats) - Reduced area coverage of Sparks, reducing effectiveness - 30% less damage multiplier on RF (HUGE NURF!!11!1) - 10% less damage from totems (but again, totem damage nodes added so even more skill points needed to keep up status quo) - Shock stacks nerfed to 30% - Curse effectiveness on Piety (and other Act bosses) highly reduced - More base life per level (more burning damage from RF) - Less max res bonus from Purity aura - Shavronne total ES nerfed (if you don't happen to have a legacy one) - Shavronne won't drop outside maps anymore (so either buy it or no maps ever) - IIQ and IIR diminishing return slightly increased - Magic find effectiveness biased toward parties instead of solo (i don't understand this one) - Wondertrap movement speed reduced And i'm sure i'm leaving something behind. The only thing i could read on the patch notes which could benefit us is the notable passive that makes Light Radius based on ES instead of life. Really, i liked this build as long as i could, but the odds are it has come to an end. Or, at very least, there will be no way to get it on par to what it's now Bye What was improved Spoiler One huge advantage (at least for me) is the Arcane Vision passive. Low light was one of the things that annoyed me the most. Cast time of totems improved a lot, it's possible (but not recommended) to skip fast cast now, I switch it with IIR until I'm able to 6L the chest. Can't think of anything else that benefits us Sporkers. The build Spoiler RF is out of the question now, can't think of a way to make it work, even if it's possible don't think it would be efficient. I removed the Vitality aura, it's not needed anyway at least for RF. Using Discipline with Blood Magic, tweaked the aura nodes to make it use 99% of life. Clarity and Purity in Mana with Reduced Mana. I skip Zealot's Oath now, it's not a must IMO without RF. The drawback is that maps with chaos damage over time are a problem now. My passive skill tree at level 83 after a few respecs. Please help me improve it, all suggestions are welcome. http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMBAuMHYwelDkgQzBFQEZYTnhcvHRQfAiSwJ-0qEyycLKctHzLRNsU74TwtQ2NFR0bXSbJKxFXWVytY5Vj1WfNaK1yKXcZd8l5dXvpgbWTnZp5tGXBScNVxTXKpdhF4aXsge9d-M36vf8aApIIQhtGMNo0ZjmSPRo_6ms-do53Eoi6io6PypJGnCKcrp5SsqrUEtvq3MbiTu9bAGsG0wfPDE8NtxPbGrtH92CTdjN3z37DgEuL35CLk7OaB7Bjz3fau9zL3pviT-Ov60vyr_oc= My current equip and stats Spoiler Armour: Primary weapons: Secondary weapons: Flasks: Stats: ES: 3532 Usable mana: 317 DPS: 1172 (with fast cast); 905 (without fast cast) IIQ/IIR: 119/329 (with Sadima's); 97/379 (with Aurseize). Conclusion Spoiler It's still possible to play as a Sporker if you like it. I have a lot of room for improvement in mine, starting with a decent DPS wand and maybe switching to Maligaro's gloves. I'm still trying to get a feel for the new balance between IIQ and IIR. MF builds are less required now, even with 400+ IIR (with flask) the ground is mostly filled with whites and blues. I find a lot less rares and uniques now. You can still do most maps, only slower. The DPS is lower now but I never had a huge one anyway. Feel free to try it out, if you are like me and like to play a solo Sporker for a few hours, after a full day at work and the children asleep :). Would love to get feedback and specially ideas on how to improve it. Also let me know if I forgot anything or if you have any questions. Last edited by Gekot#7607 on Oct 29, 2013, 4:39:04 PM	Posted by Gekot#7607 on Oct 25, 2013, 5:58:30 PM Quote this Post
I feel your pain man! I got my shav a day before the patch, 6Linked it day of the new patch...all excited, and off to my death I went!	Posted by deepsea03#7531 on Oct 25, 2013, 10:29:57 PM Quote this Post
A Problem im having is running maps with added chaos damage per second... You need zelots oath with life regen? or is chaos maps a no go?	Posted by deepsea03#7531 on Oct 25, 2013, 10:37:33 PM Quote this Post
Chaos maps a no go.	Posted by Airbugs#5158 on Oct 26, 2013, 12:01:03 AM Quote this Post
" deepsea03 wrote: A Problem im having is running maps with added chaos damage per second... You need zelots oath with life regen? or is chaos maps a no go? Forgot about this, going to edit the post. Thanks. Only mods I don't run now are Blood Magic, no mana regen and Chaos damage.	Posted by Gekot#7607 on Oct 26, 2013, 5:36:51 AM Quote this Post
Considering chaos dmg, if you add Vitality + ZO? I think you will be fine. Glad you took all 3 totem big nodes. I will try to do that too. I 'm wondering if they disserve that more rather than, critical chance and/or multiplyer. IGN: Sapogeros (MF-Spork) - FwtiaKaiLabra (Scion-RF) Last edited by Pavlarian#2124 on Oct 26, 2013, 9:46:55 AM	Posted by Pavlarian#2124 on Oct 26, 2013, 9:36:57 AM Quote this Post
Should have been like this if you are having problems with chaos maps. And running with 4/5 auras. Spoiler http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMB37CCEAelAuNJsiycVa5Eq4-mLR9tGTvh4venK8HzXIqio3_GwcXsGMNtj_p71xGWcLvZEy9vDkiiLlBCXfKMNnDVcFIc3JMntAxGceGIHao0CjdmLKam6zeD6roo-oLH-ehBh7c-xq4QzP6HeyD4kzwtxPY9DySL98En7fPdGS7Uj7nd8i_vDudSVElfP6yqWfPAGmae-tIXL2TnVdaApHFNms9DY7cxWPWdxHy7njxN2Ix2jRngEt2M6-64k6eU0f1eXcG05Ox2EYMJKhPDEyyno_I=	Posted by GreaseMonkey#0847 on Oct 26, 2013, 9:58:55 AM Quote this Post
Grease Monkey, I like your tree...can you link Gear? Also how much DPS and ES do you have? Do you need Vitality to play chaos maps?	Posted by deepsea03#7531 on Oct 26, 2013, 11:04:26 AM Quote this Post
" deepsea03 wrote: Grease Monkey, I like your tree...can you link Gear? Also how much DPS and ES do you have? Do you need Vitality to play chaos maps? I also would like to know what kind of DPS you get with this tree, I tried first going that way grabbing a few % life regen but lost big time in DPS...	Posted by Gekot#7607 on Oct 26, 2013, 11:12:13 AM Quote this Post
I respec from dual spork totem to firestorm totem/fireball with autocast firestorm/curse. But my dps is low per spark since rf is no longer. dps was 900 per hit(without crits). For the gear,I moved from mf to semi mf since I got bored on spork. And I'm sure that there are others out there that has higher dps than mine. Here's my current gear: Spoiler My current skill tree: Spoiler http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMAAuMHpQ5IES8Rlha_FvMXLxkuHNwdqiSLJjwn7Sj6LJwspi0fL28vnTQKN2Y3gzvhPC09D0GHQ2NEq0ZxRwZJsk3YUEJSU1RJVa5V1lj1WfNcil3yXz9famTnZp5tGXBScLtw1XFNe9d8u331fll_xoCkghCCx4fbjDaMdo-mj_qTJ5mams-dxJ48oi6io6brpyusqrQMtve3Mbc-ud3AGsHFwfPDbcT2xq7Uj9kT2-ffsOGI4vfnUuq662PsGO8O8i_zcfPd8-r3wfno-tI= I have 6.6k es running 5 auras(haste,purity,clarity,discipline,vitality). Can also add tempest shield if I feel like doing it. Just remember to recast your auras when entering a new area/instance. Thats the reason why I have 1 hybrid flask. Last edited by GreaseMonkey#0847 on Oct 26, 2013, 11:36:00 AM	Posted by GreaseMonkey#0847 on Oct 26, 2013, 11:34:54 AM Quote this Post