Dominion's Hardcore Dual-Spark CI Witch - UPDATED for 1.0.1

ima 82 duel ice spear witch and do yo think spark dps is much better? as in do maps faster solo.

so how much crit chance and multiplier did you add to boost you damage that much?

your maligaro's is unverified, are you still using it or switched to ES gloves?

and something i've been meaning to ask you for a while, are you sure culling strike is the best 6th gem? doesn't added chaos or added lightning or a critical chance/multi gem add more DPS?

Any tips on how to kill Oak and Vaal in Normal?

I am currently taking your advice of running 3 bear traps and freezing pulse whilst keeping zombies up but I don't seem to be effective enough to tackle these bosses, nor have the bodies to summon enough meat shields. Any help is appreciated.


PS. I realise I am a noob.

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AbstractJoe wrote:

Any tips on how to kill Oak and Vaal in Normal?

I am currently taking your advice of running 3 bear traps and freezing pulse whilst keeping zombies up but I don't seem to be effective enough to tackle these bosses, nor have the bodies to summon enough meat shields. Any help is appreciated.


PS. I realise I am a noob.

against oak just keep running around your totems and only stop to create new ones, or if you have a lot of health you could stand for a bit and let him hit you because he doesn't use leap up close and won't hit as hard

same thing against vaal, make totems around him and keep running, the only thing that should hit you are the rocks, use health pots for those and the rest shouldn't touch you, obviously don't stop to make totems when he is using the lightning unless you can time it properly

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1235 wrote:

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AbstractJoe wrote:

Any tips on how to kill Oak and Vaal in Normal?

I am currently taking your advice of running 3 bear traps and freezing pulse whilst keeping zombies up but I don't seem to be effective enough to tackle these bosses, nor have the bodies to summon enough meat shields. Any help is appreciated.


PS. I realise I am a noob.

against oak just keep running around your totems and only stop to create new ones, or if you have a lot of health you could stand for a bit and let him hit you because he doesn't use leap up close and won't hit as hard

same thing against vaal, make totems around him and keep running, the only thing that should hit you are the rocks, use health pots for those and the rest shouldn't touch you, obviously don't stop to make totems when he is using the lightning unless you can time it properly

In Normal I don't have access to Spell Totem, in terms of the gem or level requirement. Any other tips would be great

Oak you can pretty much tank in melee range and pulse him down. 2 coral rings, leather belt with life roll and the hp nodes from witch start and under CI is usually enough hp. Spam flasks, pulse and traps and he dies relatively fast. Vaal is harder, you should expect a long fight but fortunately his damage is not that threatening on normal. Get a long range spell like Ice Spear, use pulse to clear adds and spam him down from range with spear and traps. It's gonna take a while but don't worry, once you have totems these fights gonna be a lot easier.

How do you think this build would fare if it were fire totems w/ added lightning damage?

one advice from me: don't do merciless vaal -.- my 67 witch just got oneshot with 4000 es from a crit rock :( didn't even see something, just boom -> dead

Looks like you forgot enfeeble, cause i did Merc Vaal today too, 0 problems, stayed in corner all time.

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DON7PANIC wrote:

one advice from me: don't do merciless vaal -.- my 67 witch just got oneshot with 4000 es from a crit rock :( didn't even see something, just boom -> dead

I did Vaal just before i went to work today. Absolutely a joke with Enfeeble + Temp chains. Only had 3.5k ES with a 154 dps totem. Max resistances. So safe. Just cycle 3 granites during rock phase = win.