<<Ultimate Support Witch>> 1.2 ''edited 11-28'' Now with video!

Unfortunately this wouldn't be viable in a hardcore league. It's only viable in Standard because it doesn't matter if you rip 3 times in every map.

But with my 4.7k ES that regenerate super quick, also the 2 granite flask i have with both increase in armor and my close 80% all Res and CI. im pretty sure i won't die that much, so far i could handle a bit of monster around. anyway i should never be close to any trouble.

Offcourse i do not recommend doing this in HC but i still think it can be done.

I had a similar aura build on Nemesis before I dismantled the character since I couldn't really find good groups to run with.

Here is a few things I learned and would like to share with you and maybe could improve your build.

1. The best auras to put in Alpha's Howl are the flat elemental auras since they get really nice scaling with level. The old Purity aura also used to get +1 more max resist at level 22 so if the new single Purity auras work the same way I would prioritize those for the Alpha's Howl over anything else. Level 20 is +4 max and if level 22 is +5 max that becomes +10 on you with all the aura effects.

2. I would drop Vitality unless you have a specific need for it. Try to use Determination instead if you can make up for the 20% mana difference because Determination is 10000x better than 1.5% regen/sec. Also if you must use Vitality don't put it in Alpha's Howl since it gets like .1% more which is abysmal.

3. You aren't running Purity of Lightning from what I can tell. I just see Purity of Elements, of Fire, and of Ice. I would drop the regular Purity of Elements and use Purity of Lightning instead.

**So with those first points said I would test how a level 20 Purity of _______ aura works in Alpha's Howl, and if it gives +5 max instead of +4 I would go Reduced Mana - Purity of Ice - Purity of Lightning - Purity of Fire. Otherwise I would go Reduced Mana - Anger - Wrath - Determination.

4. Try finding a good rare wand with multiple Elemental Damage mods on it and a fast attack speed. Drop the dual totem nonsense and go Power Siphon - GMP - Chain - IIR - IIQ - (6link) Weapon Elemental. This will increase your damage TREMENDOUSLY. Then get the Catalyse nodes in Templar. Your 120 DPS will go to like 1200 DPS on Power Siphon. And of course Power Siphon has Culling built in so you don't need to worry about that. For single target you go Frenzy with Weapon Ele and whatever other links you want. Frenzy will probably do close to 10k DPS or more with a good elemental wand and those auras.

5. Now that you are using Power Siphon and Frenzy you go Conduit adding yet another support element to your build. You can easily just slap on an Enduring Cry and now you are sharing all 3 charge types with your party.

That is just a few things I am thinking of at the moment but there is probably a lot more that could be done.

Very few life nodes and high ES without CI?

Enjoy dying to chaos damage frequently.

Just put Bloodrage in the free slot in your Heartbreaker and put 1 point in Conduit. You're already getting all the killing blows anyway. Bloodrage also gives you massive attack speed on low life which is amazing for Whirling Blades. And with that kind of Wealth I would just kick the 3 points in Shield nodes, get two 30 Dex nodes and a proper MF amulet with resists.

Question. If you had a 6L Shavronne's, what would you put in the last slot? Faster Casting?

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Antiaboo wrote:

I run Determination + Grace on my character so this is the only reason why he runs vitality instead of determination.

That makes sense. Do you both have the same amount of aura passives? I would suggest he run Determination and you run Vitality since Determination scales better with +levels and Aura Effectiveness than Vitality does.

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Antiaboo wrote:

We are aiming to have the 3 puritys as the main setup but for the tests we had to run purity of elements to compensate for the double andvarius.

Is it possible for you to run Purity and him to run the 3 single resist auras then? Again this only matters if your aura passives and gear setup are different. If you both have equal +Aura Effectiveness and are both running Alpha Howl + Prism Guardian it makes no difference who runs what, but the person with more Aura Effect and higher +Aura Gem level should be running the solo resist auras, the damage auras, and possibly Determination.

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Antiaboo wrote:

We will give it a try, i simply thought dual totem gave us more mobility. Therefore more time to concentrate on curses and positioning for auras.

The totem might give more mobility but you are spending extra points and actually costing yourself damage. Just the buffed Wrath and Anger auras alone combined with Power Siphon and a wand with decent Elemental mods can do huge damage. So instead of having a character that just provides auras and Culling Strike you can also have a character that does respectable damage and can likely even solo without the need of a party.