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

i guess i was just really unlucky then. Had enfeeble up + 82 all resistances and granites ready whenever i saw the rocks, but thing is i didn't even see a rock falling. was so shocked and surprised that i died :/ after that i tried it in default again, and you can get 1 shot if your desyncing or just unlucky and the first rock just hits you and crits.

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DON7PANIC wrote:

i guess i was just really unlucky then. Had enfeeble up + 82 all resistances and granites ready whenever i saw the rocks, but thing is i didn't even see a rock falling. was so shocked and surprised that i died :/ after that i tried it in default again, and you can get 1 shot if your desyncing or just unlucky and the first rock just hits you and crits.

I'm on default (not a fan of overgearing content to survive + internet issues). I did Vaal @66 with only 1600 ES without dieing. But i chain popped +60% armor granites when the rocks phase was near, and was constantly sprinting. 1 hit from the rocks was ~ 90% of my shield. Was able to kill him with 2 portals, but i forgot to change curses before fight and did him with conductivity + elemental weakness.
For my really under geared witch (2300 ES)using similar spec Adrenaline flasks is the best defence in many places.

Being hit my the laser also gives you 40% extra damage taken. Was it possible you were shock stacked also?

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Dracule wrote:

Being hit my the laser also gives you 40% extra damage taken. Was it possible you were shock stacked also?

nope i wasn't shocked, wasn't hit by anything until that point. also used 2 90% granites in the previous rock phase and quicksilvers to get around quickly. don't really know what i could have done, but whatever that's life in hardcore ;)

What is the purpose for using those Uniques? ^^ thanks.

@Xulingaming - If you need Str/Dex, pick up the nodes below CI temporarily. If you need even more dex, pick up the Dex node near inner force.

@Kittencat - Absolutely. Spark is much better effective damage.

@1235 - I'm at work at the moment, so I can't check, but I believe spark crit chance is 36% now and crit multiplier is about 700% - I divined the maligaros to get more dexterity to unspec a 30 dex node. - Culling strike is no longer the best choice after switching to crit. I'm now using increased critical damage.

@AbstractJoe - I'm not sure what advice to give. When he summoned, I kited the adds around until they died. I damaged him whenever he wasn't in laser phase. I ported out to refill flasks as necessary.

@Stereonoise - it wouldn't function properly. You would not do enough damage from the added lightning support to shock stack.

@DON7PANIC - There's no way you took 4000 damage from a single rock. Even the level 76 vaal from the maze map doesn't do anywhere near that from a single rock. It seems far more likely that desynch or lag occurred and you took many rocks (or another attack altogether). If I recall correctly, I was taking about 1500 damage from rocks (without granite) when I did merciless vaal. (though I did use enfeeble)

@Dracule - This is exactly the method I used when I fought him. It is indeed a joke with temp chains+enfeeble.

@William2433 - Which Uniques? I use Maligaro's because I have transitioned to using crit (Not something to do until you reach very high ES). I use Perandus Blazon because rare belts for CI are pretty terrible, and 30 all attributes saves me from taking 2 attribute nodes. I use dream fragment because cannot be frozen is a spectacular attribute for those using CI - as it tends to lead to a much higher frequency of being frozen.

what are good alternatives to Dream Fragments? its very costy. As for the gloves, just the same drill right? high ES and resistance?

Just got a really similar ring to what u got now too

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william2433 wrote:

what are good alternatives to Dream Fragments? its very costy. As for the gloves, just the same drill right? high ES and resistance?

Correct, gloves should be high ES and resistance.

If not dream fragment:

MUST: Cast speed, Mana regen

Bonuses: Mana, Energy shield, Resistances

i am now playing on default whit your build and i really enjoy this maiby u can give some advice what i should change on ur build maiby for more damage on default ? or is this ok? but yeah atm lvl 50 and i enjoy this so much :)

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xulingaming wrote:

i am now playing on default whit your build and i really enjoy this maiby u can give some advice what i should change on ur build maiby for more damage on default ? or is this ok? but yeah atm lvl 50 and i enjoy this so much :)

Switch to crit multiplier/crit chance immediately if you're on default.

To give you an idea of how crazy the scaling is: I'm up to 2k DPS on my spark totems after making that switch. I wouldn't recommend doing it on hardcore until 8k ES (Because you need to get rid of a lot of ES nodes to make it viable), but since you don't really need to worry about survivability, you should take a look at my current build (the level 90 one).