[Strongest Solo Variation: Projectile Madness Spectres] LMP/GMP Ice Spear 2x Totem 2x Curse 3x Traps

Thanks for sharing this build. Quick question though. Wouldn't this work better with a Templar? Also, wouldn't a 6slot 2H weapon be a good idea so you could pump up your totems with more support gems?

I am level 36 and currently in the mid of act 3 normal? am i a bit slow?

I am following the skill build but not able to use frostbite because of its dex requirement. I don't see the build takes any dex node at all. Am I missing something?

What about the rings?
my freezing pulse dps without ring: 138.3
with ring: 142.4

I have a problem i got a really good ring for my level and it adds only 4.1 dps for my freezing pulse, im still using 1totem only!!




There is my wand, and there is my ring and my freezing pulse gems(levels)

Why my ring added only 4.1 dps?

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webas wrote:

What about the rings?
my freezing pulse dps without ring: 138.3
with ring: 142.4

I have a problem i got a really good ring for my level and it adds only 4.1 dps for my freezing pulse, im still using 1totem only!!

There is my wand, and there is my ring and my freezing pulse gems(levels)

Why my ring added only 4.1 dps?

using lvl 1 GMP at ur lvl is asking to suck

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firgoe wrote:

I am level 36 and currently in the mid of act 3 normal? am i a bit slow?

I am following the skill build but not able to use frostbite because of its dex requirement. I don't see the build takes any dex node at all. Am I missing something?

It takes some dex nodes, but you might have to use a dex ring or an onyx necklace before getting those nodes. I suggest doing so and NOT levelling up Frostbite until you get the dex nodes. The small aoe is enough to ease levelling significantly anyway.

Lv51. (Not yet added CI)

So far, I'm having trouble getting through act3 cruel. (small issue due to lack of better eq)

How exactly do you apply the 'stagger totem' tactic to walk into blind rooms?
Especially when it concerns mages and other 1-hit-totem-is-gone.

My mana is still a bit low(my mistake), but I can still throw out the relevant totem+double curse method.
For now, I've been using the slow(but workable) method of using the Conversion Trap to set up a sacrificial lamb(s) and then throw the totems in.
This doesn't always work efficiently because the totems or lamb(s) dies too quickly due to excessive projectile fire or that my trap doesn't have a long enough effect, but it does work over time.
My other traps aren't quite as efficient at anything yet, most likely due to my own lack of physical dps for it.

Sorry for the long explanation.
The short version of my question is ;

What keeps the totems from immediately dying once put into a room full of 1-hitters who annihilate it?
(if your answer is, the sheer instant-nuke dps... no need to explain it, I'll try to get more)

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Rhynocerous wrote:

Has anyone worked out a good Life hybrid, I think it would be less gear dependent right? Maybe not as optimal, but easier to achieve.

Well Im hybrid, I dont know if "good" but I started the build with that idea, not going CI.
Im at 2k hp and 1k ES. Lvl 65. Basically I took the hp nodes from witch starting area, then went templar and Divine Toughness near Hex Master.

This is my build

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMBAnEEswVbB2MI9BEtEZYR2xRNFLAXVBmFGjgabCKBJKopTyycLKc26TlSOjA62DvhRtdN2E5tVcZWSlcrWAdZ81orXcZgbW0ZeQN8g35Zf8aBb4M4i3qLjIx2jjyOvo9GkFWSwZUEm6GdgJ2jna6ePKIAoqOj8qcIpyunhKyYr5u4k7w3wBrAVMHzzfrPZdDQ2t3d89-w4XPi9-Nq5CLmgew47SDwH_F299f8qw==

I know I made some route mistakes but I will respec later.
Please, advice is always welcome!

Btw, I just killed merciless Piety tonight with a friend, he plays duelist. I died like 10 times, all of them from those ice shots and terrible lag I get cause Im playing on a mac port. Many times my screen just freeze for a few seconds in the middle of a fight so there is nothing I can do.

Right after that, we went and did our first map, a 66, nothing fancy, and it was a breeze.

Act 3 in general was a pain for me until I got double curse and started using conversion trap (I cannot recommend it enough!)

My gear:

Got one Question about the luxury build as i'm trying something like that starting as a Templar:

You don't get any Crit/Crit dmg nodes in the Skilltree, even though they are relatively easy to aquire. Is it just that the sheer dmg of Str/Dmg Nodes outweighs the crit?

btw:

reju totem+ zealoths oath viable?

(with CI)

noob question: does a cast speed node apply to the ice lance cast speed of the totem?

also i'm thinking about switching to the Luxury build since i still have all respec point and it basically take no more then 10 level and maybe 15 point to change my skill tree at the point i am right now, but i'm kinda undecided.. can it be viable even whitout epics(given i find a 5 Links armor to build the main offensive cast) or it's just impossible to do it whitout those extra curses and that nasty amulet? i mean if i do respec now and i slowly work toward that gear am i gonna suck hard? i know you didn't go for this build so you couldn't possibly know for sure, i just want some advice since you clearly have more experience than me.

If so i suppose some aura like discipline wouldn't be so much usefull anymore, what would you use instead?