Hardcore Frost Witch Guide (Last Updated May 8th)
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so what do u link ice spear with? just inc crit damage? i find ice spear to be terrible in compared to pulse > LMP > FP.
also could u link ur gear and put in the OP? |
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What u guys think about going freeze pulse just stacking armor and hp instead of going CI, it should be basically the same thing ?
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" I have taken 3 chars to level 50, end of Cruel, and my Ice Witch is BY FAR the biggest damage dealer of all three. It's no contest. My FP is my main attack and it has 1350 dps at level 50. The Ice Witch also has the most survivabiity of the three due to my chance to Freeze with Cold Snap being around 50% now. I have Elemental Proliferation, Cold Penetration and Added Area of Effect on it, and the entire screen is frozen most of the time. It is awesome. It's also the most fun. Did you know level 91 is the halfway point to level 100? This means that a softcore character dying ONCE at level 85+ can lose many days of progress. Last edited by GhostlightX#1022 on Feb 17, 2013, 3:19:17 PM
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I feel like I'm not playing this right.
I'm level 48 right now, with pretty crappy gear, but it just seems like I'm getting smashed by everything. I'm only in Act2 Cruel and I can't even get past the Vaal Ruins because of those damn snakes that just mob you. It takes me 2-4 Freeze Pulses to kill anything; nothing like the cakewalk that OP describes Cruel as @__@. Could someone tell me if I'm doing anything glaringly wrong? This is my passive tree right now:
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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMAAW8C4wdjB6URUBdUHNwdFB8CIoEsnCymLL80CjbFN2Y74TyOQ2NJslZKVytXyVj1Zp5tGXFNf8aCEIRIi3qOPI9GkyeVBJrPncSeoaKjpwinK6-btzG4k7vWwcXB89gk37Di9-aB6-7sGPrS
and my items:
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Int: 300 Str: 71 Dex: 61 |
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Very good guide, sir! :) I would love to see something like this for the other classes as well.
Keep going the good work! IGN: @Locktar / @Rarii Last edited by Grrbrr404#1966 on Feb 18, 2013, 2:05:12 AM
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" It's your gear. Like you said, it's crappy. Put a little effort into it and you won't get "smashed" by stuff. Killing things in 2-4 pulses is normal though (and are you thinking that's bad?). Stay up-to-date: gggtracker.com
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" Increased Critical Strikes is useless on Ice Spear. It already gets 600% increased crit chance in form #2, and the cap for crit is 95% - so unless your chance to crit with IS is less than 15.8%, that gem is doing nothing for you. I would swap around IS and FP. Put LMP on IS along with Crit Damage, and put Increased Crit Chance and Faster Projectiles onto FP. Fight things from further away. I would also use those slots on your chest to get Cold Snap into your mix. This spell is extremely powerful at higher levels. CS + Elemental Proliferation = entire screen frozen solid most of the time. Seriously try this! You hit a few enemies with CS and they freeze for 5+ seconds. During that time, any other enemy that walks within 20 yards (radius goes up with level) of the frozen guys will freeze! Hence nothing will get near you and you can kill with IS from long range most of the time. Did you know level 91 is the halfway point to level 100? This means that a softcore character dying ONCE at level 85+ can lose many days of progress. Last edited by GhostlightX#1022 on Feb 18, 2013, 9:20:26 AM
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"Increased Critical Strikes is useless on Ice Spear. It already gets 600% increased crit chance in form #2, and the cap for crit is 95% - so unless your chance to crit with IS is less than 15.8%, that gem is doing nothing for you."
My basic crit chance is whatever is the default one, so increased crit chance is good for witch here. I doubt the basic crit chance is 15.8% or above. I'm not playing mine as much yet because I lack FP and LMP. |
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First of all, thanks a lot for this build, it's freaking awesome up to now
I only died because I panicked when the dude froze me at Tidal island in Cruel, so instead of using my flasks, I watched ... Second, questions 1- Why are you getting the resistance from the Bandits on Normal, wouldn't the skill point be better in end-game? 2- There is a 30% increase ES from shield node HERE (ignore the path). Are you planning on getting it or is 2 skill points wasted for this node? I have more questions, but I'll concentrate on getting my witch in Merciless first :P Thanks |
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May I ask why you are using freezing Pulse with LMP and not Ice Spear?
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