[VIDEO]The Battle Mage/Witch - CI cold crit [NEMESIS]

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Tlaloc4 wrote:

Hi,

maybe it is a dumb question, but why do you go for armour at all?

I go for a non CI ( life based ) char and using similar build and as a caster you anyway have low life, so letting enemies come near is what you want to prevent anyway. So why going for armour?
I would rather go for life ( always good and being able to cope with chaos damage better) and ES.
Also I chose cold penetration rather than ML and LMP since it makes it easier to get past the freezing threshold.

i do go for life when leveling and armor, but later on i switch to CI and that is not lowlife since chaos dmg doesnt damage me at all since CI gives you 100% immunity to chaos dmg.

i would not recommend taking out lmp/gmp for cold pen, how are you then AoE'ing? killing 1 mob at the time? you know you do more dmg with lmp just because you hit mobs with 3 projectile?

Hi! First of all, thanks for the guide!

Then, i wanted to know, don't you think it's better to go, if 5L, with power charge on crit rather than cold pene or something else while you don't have much crit strike chance? I'm actually lvl 62 so i don't have full gear (got all the uniques you recomande) and got something like 35% crit without charges, while i jump to around 50% with charges. I think it's more powerfull to crit more with that build, isn't it? I didn't say this was that effective later. i think if you have 50% crit without charges, cold penetration will be better.

And i was wondering if the area of effect you take is really important? I'm not found of loosing some mana S= Perhaps is it better to take this around lvl 80 rather than lvl 60? I'm actually aiming to IR, is it better to rush it or taking the circle of %eva/%ES?

And How much reduced physical do you have? Around 30%?

To finish with, how powerfull are you on late game maps? I mean more than 71? Perhaps not 77/78, but at least 74/75 maps?

Thanks and happy new year =)

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TQuilleur wrote:

Hi! First of all, thanks for the guide!

Then, i wanted to know, don't you think it's better to go, if 5L, with power charge on crit rather than cold pene or something else while you don't have much crit strike chance? I'm actually lvl 62 so i don't have full gear (got all the uniques you recomande) and got something like 35% crit without charges, while i jump to around 50% with charges. I think it's more powerfull to crit more with that build, isn't it? I didn't say this was that effective later. i think if you have 50% crit without charges, cold penetration will be better.

And i was wondering if the area of effect you take is really important? I'm not found of loosing some mana S= Perhaps is it better to take this around lvl 80 rather than lvl 60? I'm actually aiming to IR, is it better to rush it or taking the circle of %eva/%ES?

And How much reduced physical do you have? Around 30%?

To finish with, how powerfull are you on late game maps? I mean more than 71? Perhaps not 77/78, but at least 74/75 maps?

Thanks and happy new year =)

hm? i dont take any area of affect nodes? and i do 75+ maps once in a while with a group atleast solo i dont have problem atleast not on necropolis/plateu =) plus i have about 45%ish atm with my new freeze pulser but with my old one i had 50% phys dmg reduction, will post some stats on that freeze pulser later on(on my dead one)

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Makavelit0t0 wrote:

hm? i dont take any area of affect nodes?

My bad, i read area of effect instead of effect of auras...xD

How do you manage to get some power charges? Or you don't get some?

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Makavelit0t0 wrote:

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Tlaloc4 wrote:

Hi,

maybe it is a dumb question, but why do you go for armour at all?

I go for a non CI ( life based ) char and using similar build and as a caster you anyway have low life, so letting enemies come near is what you want to prevent anyway. So why going for armour?
I would rather go for life ( always good and being able to cope with chaos damage better) and ES.
Also I chose cold penetration rather than ML and LMP since it makes it easier to get past the freezing threshold.

i do go for life when leveling and armor, but later on i switch to CI and that is not lowlife since chaos dmg doesnt damage me at all since CI gives you 100% immunity to chaos dmg.

i would not recommend taking out lmp/gmp for cold pen, how are you then AoE'ing? killing 1 mob at the time? you know you do more dmg with lmp just because you hit mobs with 3 projectile?

Hi,

thanks for the answer, so for the final you skipp all armor nodes and go for ES? Then it makes sense also for me.

And you misunderstood me, for sure I use LMP ( but not GMP)/FC/LL/FP , but I dont use mana leech, that is what I am replacing with Cold pen ( but I think that is a situational decision, if you happen to have enough mana reg from gear [because imho mana reg from nodes is not enough, even with deep thoughts] then this is possible, otherwise you would be OOM too often).

But since we already talk, I have another question about Clarity. I leveled the gem ( made some breaks in the meanwhile but levelled still), but still it is not nice. You said ( as other guides also do) that people should only level clarity until lvl 4. But lateron this mana reg is too short and useless. So do you level this gem at all and when do you want to start levelling it?

Hi, I've been using your build for some time now - lvl 81. It's been a rough ride as a first character in PoE to be honest, but understandable. Currently sitting at 1.7k DPS with 5L FP lvl 18 Q19, which feels quite low compared to other players I encounter in maps ( jelly of them cyclone marauders ). Feels like I won't be reaching 2k DPS very soon. Only nodes I did not take yet are the arcane potency ones and the increased ES behind CI. Maybe it's just my imagination, but it starts to feel like I have to put in a lot more gear to even compare to other builds/classes ( eg: people that do 10k dps and say they will do a lot more once they manage to get a 5L )

With 3 frenzy and 4 power charges I reach 2.2k, but that is not always easy to maintain.

If you have any suggestions for fast change, please do - linking my gear in the spoilers.

One thing I do not understand is how you generate your power charges since you do not have a power charge on critical gem. If you are not trying to generate power charges, then you could free one passive by discarding Power Charge Duration and Critical Mass and taking the 10 intelligence for link.

Thanks for the guide/tips and gl &hf.

in this biuld do you refund passives?

like from

the first build to the second build which says finsished one.



cuz the first one has some passives but the 2nd one doesnt.

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IMKR wrote:

in this biuld do you refund passives?

like from

the first build to the second build which says finsished one.

Spoiler

Leveling & passive tree

Growing pains




The CI Frost Queen & finished tree

The Frost Queen!

cuz the first one has some passives but the 2nd one doesnt.

Yup you refund the life nod. You can level up without taking any life nod, and directly going for ES, but that's a bit hard (i've made it, merciless with around 80 total Deaths). This guide is based on Nemesis, so you have to go life based before going ES, cause early ES is too hard.

Why not take point blank in this build?

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pijanapanda wrote:

Why not take point blank in this build?

Wiki:

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The Point Blank effect only works with projectile attacks, such as those made with a bow or wand. It does apply to Lightning Strike's projectiles, but won't work on spells like Ethereal Knives and Freezing Pulse.