Dominion's Hardcore Dual-Spark CI Witch - UPDATED for 1.0.1
" Damn .. i mixed something up here. When answering your post i had that chaos mod in mind. Forget what i wrote. I never did a map with blood magic mod on a CI build yet. Last edited by smells_funny#6486 on Apr 27, 2013, 9:38:12 AM
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" If you enter a BM map you will lose your Auras I don't think you'll be able to cast anything, but not 100% sure. If you can cast, and you do - you'll die. IGN: Aereic
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hey guys, i just got this armor today and was hoping for some feedback from more experienced players with the build. atm i am lvl 62 and the damage is great with 3 totems. the curses where a little bothering at first but i'm taking care of them with 2 remove curse flasks. cheers, |
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@Zanghe
Won't stand well late game due to low ES and only a lvl 14 spell totem. Curses will also be troublesome IGN: Aereic
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" He could use it late game but I don't know if the armor is actually worth using. You would need an absolutely beast mode helm and shield to offset the low ES tho. With a 300 ES chest and 280 ES helm and 410 ES shield I had like 6.5k ES. Maybe it would be 6.3k ES with his chest instead. If he had a 500 ES helm and 400 ES shield that would get him to like 8k+ ES which is probably good enough to do most maps? I think etups's witch friend runs max level maps with 8.5k ES but he also has like 3x more DPS than this/Dom's build can ever do. Last edited by antelopesalad#2904 on Apr 27, 2013, 4:19:34 PM
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Damage / maps
I only have a 4L chest right now. I cannot seem to be able to afford one with 5 or god forbid 6 links and keep my ES up to acceptable levels. I just feel like I am not doing a lot of damage at level 79 and have just gotten the last damage node I can before heading into dual-curses. I'm also feeling stuck in 66/67 maps. I can do enough damage for the 68 maps I have I just don't want to burn them all up and have nothing higher to go for. I've done 3 or 4 68 maps and no 69 or higher map dropped in them, so I keep reverting back to 66 / 67 maps which I have about 30 of total. So here are my stats that are important. 1192 mana (444 after reserves with Clarity, purity and discipline). 6392 energy shield with non quality level 18 discipline. 410.6 damage per second with spark - level 18 gem 20 quality with fork level 17 20 quality and spell totem level 17 non quality and faster casting level 18 non quality. 661-926 fire and 1302-1824 physical damage on 3 level 15 bear traps non quality with level 17 added fire damage gem non quality. 420 intelligence 135 strength 183 dexterity 78% to all resists 31% chance to block 73% block and stun recovery 65.5 mana per second I just feel I'm not killing stuff fast enough. The currency rewards for being 13/12 levels above the 66/67 maps is non-existent or very low. So I don't have any exalted orbs or even and GCPs left after I upgraded my spark and fork gems both to level 20, so it's hard to purchase better gear. I guess my questions are: What damage do other people my level do (79)? Should I keep farming 66/67 maps or should I run through my 68 maps hoping to get some higher ones? Should I stack IIQ/IIR on a lowel level toon and farm like Fellshrine/Ledge to get currency? Since I solo, I'm guessing there is better experience and more currency drops in group play, however I don't really have any friends playing the game. I met a few that did a few maps with me, but they eventually went to playing lower level characters. I'm just a bit frustrated just hitting 79 today and getting the last 6% lightning damage node to not see a jump in damage. Thanks in advance for any advice. Here's my gear (don't point and laugh):
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EDIT: One last thing. Anyone else want to run maps together? I'm free this weekend. Casual Player - who likes microtransactions and hideouts. Last edited by rsalty#0143 on Apr 27, 2013, 6:53:57 PM
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" Your wand is pretty bad (you need cast speed/spell damage cri chance and crit damage on that). I have pretty crappy wand but my totem spark has 780dps and i am lvl 82 with similar build. I think you shuld get better wand and shield to see improvement in damage, and ammy aswell. Ammy like this increases damage by a nice amount. Just hand in there till you get better gear since this build is heavy gear dependant for higher end of damage. Last edited by NagiSoi#1418 on Apr 27, 2013, 8:18:10 PM
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" Thanks - yes I know my gear isn't great. My wand isn't too bad, pre-critical build, which I understand, using the guide, I won't do until I'm mid 80s. My shield is bad, yes. I just transitioned to the new gloves, and to get the ES back that I lost I went up a bit on ES and didn't want to worry too much about damage on my shield. Yes my amulet and even rings don't help me at all with damage. The amulet, until I can get more STR cannot be replaced too easily (to run reduced mana gem/added fire damage gem). Thanks for your reply. Thanks for posting your damage I know now it's all gear related since I cannot go higher with any nodes until I head the critical route. Casual Player - who likes microtransactions and hideouts.
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" As far as droprates is concerned, your level is never considered higher than LVL68. You just have bad RNG. |
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" Thank you! I did not know this and makes me feel much better about how my RNG is ruining my drops! Casual Player - who likes microtransactions and hideouts.
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