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

A few of the last posts have complained about this build being weak, but it's not at all. I'm up to ~75 maps and destroying things and I don't have uber equip or Shav's etc.. (I'm completely self found, btw)

- I'm assuming you already have dual totem, that's when the real dmg comes in.
1) Make sure you have at least a 4 link = spark, fork, spell totem, faster casting
if you can get a 5 link, add lightning pen. 4 link will get you into maps, easy.
2) Start leveling the spark gem when you start your char, even if you won't use totem until later. Higher spark means more dmg. Being a lvl 50 char with a lvl 1 spark has very low dmg.
3) Get a curse. I'm using conductivity right now.

Depending on your situation, find equip that either gives you +spell dmg, +light dmg, casting speed, or ES. If you're not worried about dying, boost dmg, otherwise ES all the way.

Place totems strategically. I usually place one on left, another on right - or front/back, etc..
This way tougher monsters won't one shot both of them.

Go for ranged attackers first, drop totems right in front of them. Cast skeletons/zombies in front of you to soak up the melee.

Lastly, after CI - change your potions accordingly, but I like 2 granite's, 1 QS, 1 resistance, 1 mana potion. One of them should have avoid chill/freeze, another stop bleeding, etc..

Please, help me with your genius build :-)

I'm fairly new, and sadly, I used the skill trees you posted in exilepro to begin with.
Didn't know that it's outdated...

Character at lvl 34, only group playing since it does no damage.

Skill tree


Gear (I realized now that I could switch gems of Power Charge on Critical with Freezing Pulse)


I have 8 respec points, I think I need to respec the whole "upper branch" since well, it's outdated and I should aim more towards criticals.

Your opinion's very much appreciated, thx man.

Ok, first of all: You dont level with spark, you have to level your spell totem - Use Freeze Pulse + LMP ATLEAST till Merciless Ledge. CI spark wont do much dmg in the beginning but you will do dps later, but you dont level with it. Enjoy spark after you reach 60+





/edit: Use your respecs for later, when you go from life to es(ci).

To be honest, just reroll another char to 30~, takes like 3 hours.

Aim for something like this:
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMAVysHY-aBEVAxiHkDCPSLeqcr4vc74W0ZLR_B80yzoqMEB1Awf8YfAttewcUnqRGWHNx-rzbF6-TsGIhCWm2dow5I4592EdgkXyqnXMNt8h0kPPyr44TUGacISVHAUYhrY0Pw2byfna6PRvPqtvdJOxps0NAWv3BSES9yfuQiGYXPZSlPjmQkqlXG7Dj3pjbpGjg62Lb642qnhE3YkFWePIx2wBqBb2aeWfMEs3FNWisUTfAfms8sp6IAQ2Oj8rcxWPWdxA==

(before you respecc)

CI~
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMA37BXK4IQB2MHpeaBAuPAVBFQSbK71iycO-Hi920ZpystH8Hzi3pMs6KjBAdQMH_GD8QfAttewcUnqX5ZEZbcx36vNsXr5OwYiEIsv52jDkg7fHYR2CRfKsNt8h2Grvyr44RapqcIFdfAUYhrY0O4yp2uFVDa3deG8-q29xpsVmMWv3BSES_kIilPjmSFfew496YWQDrYtvpmnk3YwBpxTYx2WfOaz1orQ2Msp7cxo_JY9Z3EcNVd8pma62O4k-vuhEg8jgFvV8k0Cn4zpJETnow2

So why doesn't anywhere on this guide say : Hey, this build does absolutely no damage until very very late game??? Would have saved me a lot of time and frustration.

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woodyfly wrote:

So why doesn't anywhere on this guide say : Hey, this build does absolutely no damage until very very late game??? Would have saved me a lot of time and frustration.

Because 1 day worth of progression is not "very very late game"

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Fireknight wrote:

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woodyfly wrote:

So why doesn't anywhere on this guide say : Hey, this build does absolutely no damage until very very late game??? Would have saved me a lot of time and frustration.

Because 1 day worth of progression is not "very very late game"

Are you a telemarketer? You are really good at bending the truth. Yeah, you make "1 day worth of progression" sound like 2 hours. More like 24 hours straight, lmfao. My spark totem does around 25dps, while my searing touch fireball does atleast 10x more damage. In other words, the totem is useless until very very late game. This build is more like "freezing pulse witch until level 70", stop misleading people

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woodyfly wrote:

So why doesn't anywhere on this guide say : Hey, this build does absolutely no damage until very very late game??? Would have saved me a lot of time and frustration.

I wonder if you ever actually read the guide...

"General strategy" in particular may be helpful, I can give you extracts if you could not be bothered to read:

-"Play the build like any freezing pulse build through normal."
-"You should still be using freeze pulse heavily" - that's for cruel
-"Double spell totem will likely become viable during ledge farming in merciless"

I do agree that double totem damage output becomes more or less reasonable towards late 60's only, I normally use FP heavily throughout nearly all my merciless fellshrine farm and take dual totem somewhere at lvl 66-68 only. And also agree that said DPS is highly dependable on gear.

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xMarsx wrote:

i guess it doesnt work with Ancestral Bond? Because i wouldnt do any damage and so no crits...

Crits are still calculated - just it still does no damage.

The exilepro entry has been updated.

About the curse..
Whay everybody use conductivity curse? I'm 72 atm, my gear is realy from the last century 4L only and skark dps is around 500. I easy walktroth 66/67/68 maps solo, I try conductivity vs critical weeknes and imho with critical weeknes everything goes much more faster..
So please explane