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

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relaxyo wrote:

Thanks Synergy for your response.

I was wonder if I should get the Crit Chance nodes or the Crit Multipler nodes first? I have around 12% Crit chance and 225% multipler.

You usaly get alot more dps from Multipliers then Crit, atleast me anyway

Hey, I was wondering if I should get the bonus maximum power charge from merc bandits now that Dominion uses ice spear with power charge on crit. Thanks.

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relaxyo wrote:

Thanks Synergy for your response.

I was wonder if I should get the Crit Chance nodes or the Crit Multipler nodes first? I have around 12% Crit chance and 225% multipler.


You usaly get alot more dps from Multipliers then Crit, atleast me anyway

You need to get to around 25% chance (or better). Crit multiplier does yield more sheet DPS but you have to actually crit for it to "multiply" the damage from the crit. If you have a low crit "chance" then you will crit less and "multiply" will not even be a factor.

Okay I finally got enough GCP to get my spark to level 20 quality. What gem(s) should I buy or level to 20 quality next?

In the end, you'll want all your gems to have 20% quality.

Except spell totem. That one really doesn't matter

Thanks for the great thread dominion. I have had a spork shadow for a while and i got a lot of good info from this thread when i was starting out.

There are a few things i do differently, mainly because my goal is to farm low to mid level maps for loot instead of pushing to the highest level maps and trying to compete on the ladder. I also mostly play solo.

Right now i have 9.6k es and 1.3k tooltip dps with spork totem. I use double conc effect fire traps for single target dps instead of bear traps, this requires about 45 less dex so it gives more flexibility with gear, and it seems like the damage is pretty similar (i used bear traps until recently).

I have about 150/30 IIR/IIQ which approximately triples the number of rares and uniques i find. I plan to build this up some more when I get enough upgrades to support a 2nd andvarius, etc.

Instead of using double curse with conductivity and ele weakness, I only use a single curse. For single cursing, crit weakness is more effective than either of the ele curses. It approximately doubles my dps vs all targets, regardless of whether their light resist is 0/max/overcapped. Depending on your crit chance and multiplier, your results may vary.

Anyways it is an extremely effective farming build. I clear 66-70 maps solo very quickly and safely and get a ton of loot. I hope to eventually get my dps up to 1800-2k and MF up to around 250/50.

Why do you think your double conc/fire trap build will fail in higher maps?

Please can anyone clarify what will happen if I enter a map with Blood Magic mod? Will I die instantly when I cast any auras, totems etc?

I try to always check what mods map has but very often I forget and I just don't want to 1 shoot myself in HC league.

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apatia77 wrote:

Please can anyone clarify what will happen if I enter a map with Blood Magic mod? Will I die instantly when I cast any auras, totems etc?

Wrong info was posted here ...

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smells_funny wrote:

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apatia77 wrote:

Please can anyone clarify what will happen if I enter a map with Blood Magic mod? Will I die instantly when I cast any auras, totems etc?

With CI equipped you don't die on maps with blood magic mod. I tried it myself. This may change in a future patch. But for now, you don't need to worry ;)

So even if I have Clarity, Purity and Discipline already on while entering the map I will not die?

Every search on forum brings up that I will die if I try to cast any aura.

This is so confusing.