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

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SevenOfNine86 wrote:

I wanted to try Dual Spark Witch too...

She was 3rd Char so I had some currency to spend so the gear is good..

I bought a 20Q/20L Spark too..

What can i say about it??

The DPS is definately there if you have a good combination of crit/cast speed; even if you run CI and don't use the OP low life stuff (i use a SuperCrit Dagger + Haste)..

The problem is:

Totem Die Fast! Very Fast in End Maps...

That is not a problem in party group because the totem are well defended.

But if you're running > 69 Yellow Maps in SOLO. It's a big fucking problem.

I'm trying to defend the totem with Zombies but in larger area the problem persist.

If you like to do SOLO mapping.... meh, think twice about it...

Same here, your Totem Gem is either not high lvl or you are simply too bad to place totem right. Spark is one of the best solo specc, you clear insanly fast and dont have to worry about reflect / dying yourself since you are out of combat.

I play solo and usualy don't run maps because map runs are not that great to play alone, especialy not with an Melee Chara (Ionce tried it with my little Groundslam Marauder...have survived but it was pure stress! )
My Summoner Witch can do basicly every High Level map solo without much trouble but still, it's just not worth it. I guess it's harder with a Spork than with a Summoner Witch, only 2 Totems as "block" before mobs reach you is not much but I'm sure it's ok when just do normal Act 3 farming and skip maps.

The problem remains: PoE is a completly other experience when you only play solo. Especialy when you also play selffound. I try to have fun during the way through the game from normal to merciless. This build here starts basicly in endgame to be fun so it may be a little bit late for my playstyle. :D But I will try a Dual-Spork build anyways. Maybe as Templar because I wanted to start hybrid charas after I've played all 3 single attribute classes.

"Fellshrine should be farmed until your gear reaches 2500-3000 ES (Including discipline). You can then remove the 10 life nodes from the passives and spec CI as well as adding more ES nodes. This should put you in the 3.5k-4k range."

is this still valid?

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Bjarmfark wrote:

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woodyfly wrote:

What a bunch of crap. My spell totem dies in less than a second in docks, lmfao. One of the weakest fucking dps builds I've ever played. Does 1/10th of what my cleave does. I can't even farm docks because of how slow I clear and how quick my totems dies

You have to get to atleast lv85 to fully embrace the crit transition and you will be (with mediocre gear I might add) clear lv75+ maps very fast and easy. Remember that tooltip dps is the dps average per spark so a better dps close the the "true dps" will be multiplying your spark dps with 3 times the mumber of casts of a set of 3 sparks per second.

true_dps= tooltip_dps*3*casts per second. And with the shock stacks its even more!

You wont clear 75+ Maps with Mid Gear easy.

Trust me, if I say its easy it really is easy.

ExilePro guidance is down, hopefully will be back soon.

Thanks in advance!

Would you need to make any changes to the build to make it a MF build. Would it also be possible to make it MF with a 4L (spell, spark, IQ, IR) or would you need a 5L first before changing? this would be for HC league

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thegreyham wrote:

Would you need to make any changes to the build to make it a MF build. Would it also be possible to make it MF with a 4L (spell, spark, IQ, IR) or would you need a 5L first before changing? this would be for HC league

You cant really go 4l MF - will slow you down so hard.

I'd say atleast 5l for 1 MF gem and 6l for the other 1 (so you are atleast a bit "Usefull" - especially solo)


If you wanna go MF, feel free to. (Specc whise) - If you wanna go double andvarius - you can get the shield nodes under Body and Sould to make up for the res, or the Allres nodes.(if you gear cant cover it up)

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SevenOfNine86 wrote:

I wanted to try Dual Spark Witch too...

She was 3rd Char so I had some currency to spend so the gear is good..

I bought a 20Q/20L Spark too..

What can i say about it??

The DPS is definately there if you have a good combination of crit/cast speed; even if you run CI and don't use the OP low life stuff (i use a SuperCrit Dagger + Haste)..

The problem is:

Totem Die Fast! Very Fast in End Maps...

That is not a problem in party group because the totem are well defended.

But if you're running > 69 Yellow Maps in SOLO. It's a big fucking problem.

I'm trying to defend the totem with Zombies but in larger area the problem persist.

If you like to do SOLO mapping.... meh, think twice about it...

Same here, your Totem Gem is either not high lvl or you are simply too bad to place totem right. Spark is one of the best solo specc, you clear insanly fast and dont have to worry about reflect / dying yourself since you are out of combat.

My Totem are High Level and i'm referring to SOLOING Over 70 LvL YELLOW MAP.

If you are in a group no problem. If you run under 70 yellow or blue map no problem.

That said, if like to run over 70 lvl yellow map in solo.. other builds are better IMHO

Furthermore i tell you what.... "no problem reflect"??? WRONG

If you have good gear you will be mad running high level reflect map in solo.

If you have High DPS your totem will Die Instant.. because the damage is reflected to them. And if your totem have high dps (Like +1000 Each with high Crit), they will kill themselves fast!

Maybe im retarded but... u take power charge nodes etc... but how u get power charges when u do no damage with yourself(after taking Ancestral Bond)?

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juakiz wrote:

Maybe im retarded but... u take power charge nodes etc... but how u get power charges when u do no damage with yourself(after taking Ancestral Bond)?

You don't have to actually do damage to still get power charges from something like Ice Spear + Power Charge on Crit (+GMP). It will still crit (but do no damage) and grant you charges.