[1.3] The Crit Philosopher - CI Crit Cold Witch - Freezing Pulse, PCoC & Echo
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Hello Everyone!
I will be updating through these 2 weeks, moving is a real pain in the ass. Anyway, Patch 1.3 hit this build real hard. The essence, the core itself of the build was nerfed and I'm afraid I'll need to find a workaround in order to continue with the build. As of now, I've come up with a tree that is kinda experimental, so I'll play a bit with it and tell you guys how it goes. If you've got time and currency (regrets) to spare, feel free to follow the tree below.
Experimental Skill Tree
Here are the changes that affected the build:
Overall changes in this Patch
▲ Higher than before. ▼ Lower than before. ► New Feature. ▼ Cast speed in the Witch and Shadow starting areas has been reduced. ▲ The mana and mana regeneration path in the Witch starting area has been modified so that all passives provide mana and mana regeneration. ▼ The mana regeneration on the Energy Shield and Mana Regeneration Witch starting node has been reduced. ▼ Many critical multiplier bonuses and some critical chance bonuses have been reduced. ▼ Block chance has been reduced, replaced, or removed throughout the tree. Spell block in the Witch area has also been reduced slightly. PVP-related changes: ▼ Freezing Pulse's PvP damage has been reduced by 20%. ▼ Tempest Shield's effective PvP duration used for damage scaling has been reduced from 0.8 to 0.7 seconds. Item-related changes: ▼ All shields have had their block chance reduced. ▼ Rumi's Concoction: Chance to block during flask effect has been reduced from 30-40% to 20-30%. Chance to block spells during flask effect has been reduced from 15-20% to 10-15%. Gems-related changes: ▼ Increased Critical Damage now provides 50% critical strike multiplier, up to 69% at gem level 20. It now provides 0.5% critical strike multiplier per 1% of quality. Breaking it up, there are some major differences between the last tree and the new, experimental one. I'll try to list them all below.
What changed in the Skill Tree?
Increases
▲ DEX from 64 to 74
▲ Increased Spell Dmg from 44% to 55% ▲ Increased Armor from 28% to 36% ▲ All Ele Resists from 20% to 28% ▲ Faster Start of ES Recharge from 35% to 45% ▲ Increased Ele Dmg from 44% to 70% ▲ Increased Defenses of Shield from 0% to 170% ▲ Damage penetrates res (cold, light, fire) from 0% to 2%
Decreases
▼ INT from 374 to 332
▼ Max Mana from 257 to 221 ▼ Increased Mana Regen from 100% to 65% ▼ Increased Cast Speed from 24% to 23% ▼ Increased Max Mana from 62% to 28% ▼ Increased Max ES from 166% to 150% ▼ Additional Chance to Block with Shields from 18% to 9% ▼ Additional Chance to Block Spells with Shields from 10% to 7% ▼ Increased ES from Shield 80% to 40% ▼ Ele Resistances while holding a shield from 22% to 12% ▼ ES (from INT) from 74.8% to 64% ▼ Increased global crit multiplier from 35% to 30% ▼ Increased Cold Dmg from 28% to 0%
These stats are the same
► STR at 74
► Increased Spell Ele Dmgat 16% ► Reduced Mana Reserved at 18% ► Max ES at 34 ► More Max ES at 15% ► Increased spell crit chance at 265% ► Increased spell crit multiplier at 50% ► Increased global crit chance at 130% ► Additional Chance to Freeze at 5% ► Radius of Auras at 12% So, to sum it up, we block a lot less than before, have a lot less mana and mana regen than before, and have slightly less elemental resistances. To compensate, we have some Base DPS improvement because of the Spell dmg and Ele Pen. This was not our patch, but at least we're still up and running. I'll update the OP during the week :) IGN: DylanRyder The Crit Philosopher: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/960124 Dominus Split Runs guide: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1212404 Last edited by Saxarona#0528 on Dec 15, 2014, 6:12:20 AM
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Thank you for your build, your time and efforts. ^_^
I am also waiting for it updated ;) EDIT: These last days I was thinking something like this: Compared to yours (109 points used), there are still 6 points to allocate (103): go for Deflection, or more "crit strike chance" down Assasination, more block chance around Sanctuary, more DEX/STR, or go for Foresight for more ES. Around Sanctuary I choosed "+resists with shields" nodes (+16 all resist with 2 points), but it depends by the gear if needed. Celestial Punishment I don't know if is a good choice, +5%freeze/+25sp vs freezed. In case are 2 more points freed. Last edited by Saelune#2273 on Dec 15, 2014, 6:49:37 AM
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Excellent work. Thanks for helping out! :)
I got a newbie question tho, is it ok to take ES nodes below the starting point? |
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Hmm, you could. But which nodes would you take out? It's 4 points away. 20% ES is nice, but the only thing I would take away would be dps, in case you need more defenses.
IGN: DylanRyder
The Crit Philosopher: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/960124 Dominus Split Runs guide: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1212404 |
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Hm, thanks for your reply. I need a lot more ES, that's why that idea popped in my head. I was thinking of removing shield block nodes and going more ES but I'm not sure how will that work out. I don't have much experience with making builds, I'll probably just stick with your build and invest more into ES gear
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What level are you by now? The gear I have now was bought after almost 8 months since I started playing, so don't despair if you have less ES. It is a slow, but rewarding process :)
IGN: DylanRyder
The Crit Philosopher: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/960124 Dominus Split Runs guide: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1212404 |
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Im lvl 58. Just starting merciless. Yeah, I didn't spend too much time playing this game but since I returned (since launch) the game has drastically improved :) I'll most definitely continue playing and upgrading my char.
I need to get a 5 link armor and more ES for sure :) |
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Any update? :D
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