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

What's the new 4th link for Bear Trap-Added Fire-Culling Strike post 11.5?

Increased Critical XX?

edit: nm, build doesnt even use bear traps anymore.

Short question here:
Does it make sense not to level up the ice spear gem?
As it is only used to generate power charges, its damage shouldn't matter at all i think.
Imo it's only a waste of mana if you level it up.
Or am i missing something here?

thx in advance

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KlaytonS wrote:

Short question here:
Does it make sense not to level up the ice spear gem?
As it is only used to generate power charges, its damage shouldn't matter at all i think.
Imo it's only a waste of mana if you level it up.
Or am i missing something here?

thx in advance

You are right. You dont level the gem at all if you use it for power charges.

so what alternative to bear trap do you use now after patch?

This build is very good. I got to lvl 81 Onsalught without ever facing a near death situation once I specced into CI. Only problem the build is so easy that it's just so boring. Nothing is challenging anymore so I stopped leveling.

A huge warning should be made clear to beginners though that this build does not get good until level 60+.

is this build strong as a shadow aswell?

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noxous wrote:

is this build strong as a shadow aswell?

Yes. For this spec: Witch > Shadow > Templar - though the differences are fairly small.

I am currently working on this build (lvl 27) but I have found so far that I tend to dislike freeze pulse. So far I have been using firestorm more.

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Shieze wrote:

I am currently working on this build (lvl 27) but I have found so far that I tend to dislike freeze pulse. So far I have been using firestorm more.

Perfectly acceptable. The method of progressing is just my preferred way of doing it. The goal is to reach merciless and switch to totems, but they aren't very effective before level 50+

tl;dr questions highlighted

i restarted my witch because someone said its already ruined and played along with freezing pulse.

my current skilltree:



i am lvl 48 now and i need 10 skillpoints to get ancestral bond. my dps of spark is above 100. if i can buy a 5 l i improve my totem with light pen. i feel uncomfortable with freezing pulse, allthough i got 888 / 3xx life/es and decent resis (4x-75). its almost melee if you want to do damage. so i think i will "rush" ancestral bond now.


what support gems do you link with freezing pulse. it tend to get ver mana intense.

If i buy a 5 linked es armor (white) and alch it, dislike the stats so scour it, are the 5 l destroyed too?

Which is the best way to craft an item. alch / scour or chaos chaos chaos.


@ OP

You need to edit you post

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Fireknight wrote:

General strategy:

Normal - Create 2-3 shadows at the beginning to get freezing pulse and 2-3 bear traps. Play the build like any freezing pulse build through normal.

bear trap is no longer offered. reave is.