Heavy Summoner Arc Witch Guide [ Video Included ]

I am also intrigued if all the health nodes are still needed.

I have used more or less this build thru level 80. After a lot of thought I decided to keep my life nodes after the patch. Build is actually stronger after 11.0 and works great.

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Nemmerle wrote:

I have used more or less this build thru level 80. After a lot of thought I decided to keep my life nodes after the patch. Build is actually stronger after 11.0 and works great.

Hi Nemmerle could you post your current/planned spec? I'm currently lvl72 with some spare points (and a full respec) available and am a little lost on where to go with it.

this build is amazing i'm running it in anarchy with queen's decree, urrbone silk slippers, and siedbreath and it's amazing just burning through area's so fast! +1 from me :D

yeah i'm doing the same, I have a lvl62 witch summoner on Anarchy right now, and here is my gear:



I made a few tweaks to the build to my own tastes though, and as such am running necromantic aegis which has helped keep my spectres up.

I have a question about titty bitches/machinegun girls:

what damage type do they deal? fire or physical?

are there any possible spectre candidates that deal ranged physical attacks(not spells) with a decent attack speed and an OK hp pool?

speccing into Arc as soon as I can get my tabula rasa and a quality arc gem of 10% or more.

If I remember right machinegun girls do 50/50 fire/phys damage.

Guys, What are your thoughts on Bones of Ullr? Maybe not viable late-game due to low stats?

Hi, I'm level 60 right now, build still looking good so far.

So, from what I read, Arc + Elemental Proliferation + Lightning Penetration/Faster Casting is better than Arc + Elemental Proliferation + Added Lightning Damage.

But I recently got a q14 Added Lightning Damage, do you guys think it will be better than normal Lightning Penetration/Faster Casting? Only advantage here is more Shock chance I think (I got 10% from Static Blows + 10% from Arc + 7% from Added Lightning Damage = 27%)

So, more damage or more Shock chance?

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Argethlam wrote:

Hi, I'm level 60 right now, build still looking good so far.

So, from what I read, Arc + Elemental Proliferation + Lightning Penetration/Faster Casting is better than Arc + Elemental Proliferation + Added Lightning Damage.

But I recently got a q14 Added Lightning Damage, do you guys think it will be better than normal Lightning Penetration/Faster Casting? Only advantage here is more Shock chance I think (I got 10% from Static Blows + 10% from Arc + 7% from Added Lightning Damage = 27%)

So, more damage or more Shock chance?

I would say more shock chance, since arc is used to shock and not to kill. How much DPS do you lose by making the change ? I would say, if the impact on average shock duration is not very important, go for more shock chance.

Btw, I've also started such a witch. Thx for the guide, very clear and seems a very funny build !

Here is my actual lvl 80 build

What do you think ?

Besides, two more questions :
- what of Necromantis Aegis ? Is it worth it with a high res/high def/life shield to make minions even tankier ?
- what of Eldritch Battery ? This would be great to take an additional aura + have a better mana regen.

thx for your advices ;)

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Golgho wrote:

Besides, two more questions :
- what of Necromantis Aegis ? Is it worth it with a high res/high def/life shield to make minions even tankier ?
- what of Eldritch Battery ? This would be great to take an additional aura + have a better mana regen.

thx for your advices ;)

Aegis- imo not worth it at all. Gimping your survivability by a lot, all to preserve spectre life.

EB- this is a big decision, so you have to be ready to know what exactly you want with it. Losing all of ES buffer hurts, so you have to figure out the auras you want to run.

I personally run EB on my lvl 79 summoner, and I run determination, grace, haste, discipline ,anger, clarity and most importantly high level arctic armor, which kinda helps to offset the ES loss a bit (but not fully)
if you arent planning to do lots of auras and you have a good amount of ES, might not be the right keystone. it is definitely fun though.