Witch - [1.2.0] How to Smash Heads.Guide for a CI Facebreaker Witch with Infernal blow2 - Forum

@DiegoK Again for .. 100th time .. full ES chest impossible due to the absolute impossiblity to get RRRRRG sockets on a full ES chest! And the problem is not with the amount of ES ( i have 7500 ) The problem is that you can't leech fast enough to survive the second Piety Bosses. And since you can't regen or use flasks to recover your ES the leech becomes the only way to deal with the degen.. but since now Vaal Pact is nerfed it's just not enough ( life leech gem + blood rage ) As for the life based build and .... alll of my builds and guids etc.. just ... look in the beggining of the guide .. oh never mind .. ill just quote it ... " KorgothBG wrote: Check out my other builds "How to smash Heads. Guide for a Facebreaker build using Infernal Blow and Dominating Blow" http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/445390/page/8 "I'm going to show you pain you never knew existed, you're going to see a whole new spectrum of pain!!!!! Like a RAINBOW!" Last edited by KorgothBG#4084 on Mar 16, 2014, 8:23:30 PM	Posted by KorgothBG#4084 on Mar 16, 2014, 8:20:45 PM Valued Poster Quote this Post
Hey, dont know if this was already asked but: Why are you spending 9 points on Testudo (10 block chance) and 1 Endu charge? Why not Take the 2 reduced mana reservation points in the upper left corner to use Tempest Shield and shield block besides vaal pact (or with enough mana you might not even need both) Its 10 vs 6 block then + 6 points left (or meybe 7-8) With 6 points you could, for example, take Master of the Arena (and 52% armour along the way) Or 18 allres if you're short on resis Or if you're keen on the 10 block chance, take the shield circle above the witch spawn, enjoy your 30% es from shield and block recovery and still have 2 points to spend And damn, dont forget that Tempest style ^^ So, do i miss some important reason not to use tempest here? Thanks for your answer in advance	Posted by StatzKamikatze#3133 on Mar 17, 2014, 3:33:33 PM Quote this Post
That's actualy a very good idea. Without the tempest shield .. tempest shield hurts my eyes and i can't stand it .. and reserving even more mana is not really an option but maybe something like this would be better: Spoiler http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMABAcHYwkzDjwOSBEvEVARlhRxFdcXLxkuGjIdFB6BHwIksCftKMUqOCsNLL8tHy9vNsU26DpSO-E9X0NjRwZLjUw1TLNPfVFgUlNWY1crWK9Y9VnzX2pmnmebbRlwfXC7cU1yqXgNfNl-4n_GgFaApIXFhq6G0Yhri3qPRo_6l5WZmprPncSfy6C0oqOnCKcrpzSpbqmVrKq297cxu9bAGsHFwfPC7MNt0EfRNtSP14bYJNkT2-fesOL344LjhORR5nzmgecL6hjrY-wY8773Mvjr-tL7qv8c "I'm going to show you pain you never knew existed, you're going to see a whole new spectrum of pain!!!!! Like a RAINBOW!"	Posted by KorgothBG#4084 on Mar 17, 2014, 5:52:57 PM Valued Poster Quote this Post
This witch is now 81 on Ambush and I am having a ton of fun. So far i only spent like 30regrets making this build from, recovering from a really bad one. And now you remake it again? I also found it wierd that the buiild didnt utilize tempest shield. Give me an update once you know where I should go! [back to buying regrets..]	Posted by Sparowes#1965 on Mar 19, 2014, 2:28:27 PM Quote this Post
Well i don't like tempest shield at all .. you'll be left with very low mana. Personaly i prefer to have enough mana for 2 casts instead of one. It is helpful in many situations like desync and less mana regen maps. The 4 block chance is not much and definetly not worth the reserved mana in my opinion. The tree from my previous post is just an idea. It might be better. You'll have more ES and some AOE boost but you'll lose block chance. It's up to you to decide. So basicly you might stick to the original tree or respec to the one from my last post. The actual difference won't be very big or noticable .. it's just a min-maxing thing. As for the tempest shield .. it's up to you! For me? No way! "I'm going to show you pain you never knew existed, you're going to see a whole new spectrum of pain!!!!! Like a RAINBOW!" Last edited by KorgothBG#4084 on Mar 19, 2014, 7:08:41 PM	Posted by KorgothBG#4084 on Mar 19, 2014, 7:05:08 PM Valued Poster Quote this Post
Isn't it the same block chance, but with less mana and more ES?	Posted by Sparowes#1965 on Mar 20, 2014, 8:39:05 AM Quote this Post
its 4 % less block chance. If you use Tempest shield you'll compensate but your remaining mana after the reservation would be barely enough for a single infernal blow cast "I'm going to show you pain you never knew existed, you're going to see a whole new spectrum of pain!!!!! Like a RAINBOW!"	Posted by KorgothBG#4084 on Mar 20, 2014, 10:46:54 AM Valued Poster Quote this Post
" KorgothBG wrote: It is still viable and it can still kill everything that it could before. The problem for me is that it can't kill Queen Atziri.. or more like it can't kill the 3 bosses before her she doesn't looks so scary because she can't one-hit me and that's the main problem with her. But the crazy degen of the bosses before her combined with nerfed VP + no regen to counter the degen effect is unbearable. I also havn't tried the new 79 map so i can't tell you how it will perform there. So aside from that everything else is just fine. Reflect is still no problem, high level tough maps .. everything. As for a better build ... i just don't know... keep in mind that the best builds are not best because of the build itself but because of the mirrored/legacy items that the player owns. I can tell you whole areas of build that are just not good at all at this points ( speaking of Queen Atziri/end-game content(76+ maps) point of view ) All spell caster have terrible survivability or terrible damage output or both and now with the VP nerf .. ele reflect pack = insta death. Totem builds.... the totems die in seconds... same goes for minions(atleast in the Queen Atziri case). Crit builds - they can have good survivability and really deal huge dps.. the problem is that with the nerf of the VP you will oneshot your self 1263153216 times. The only really viable builds are full tanks with all in block and life/ES if it has legacy Aegis aurora and Kaom's Heart(if you go for life instead of CI) - even better. Stack insane amounts of armour and combine it with life leech and high life regen and you'll be invincible. The problem of course is the damage... you need mirrored 1h weapon or you'll do very low DPS.. and i mean VERY low. of course that's just my point of view and i don't claim that it is 100% accurate. In the ends it all comes to gear ... if you have mirroed items you'll do good ... if you don't.. well... good luck. U all need to admit that is at the end pretty shity game. Skill tree is worthless, and u depend on worst random drop I ever saw. Dont need to mention economic and rest, most miserable END Game content I ever saw in any game what I played. More luck and fun you can have in Las Vegas losing thousands of dolars then wasting time here in this so-called "game" on correcting XP problems made with awesome desync, grinding XP again, and again, dont need to mention OP mobs and similar nonsense. Pretty boring and destroyed game, good wark GGG.	Posted by Coolmer#1879 on Mar 25, 2014, 10:54:07 AM Quote this Post
You lose too much es by using bor? Is that why it's not mentioned in the guide?	Posted by kompaniet#2874 on Mar 25, 2014, 1:38:17 PM Quote this Post
How do you use Blood Rage? I've never used it on any other builds, and haven't found myself casting it all that much.	Posted by Radagastt#5613 on Mar 25, 2014, 1:54:26 PM Quote this Post