[1.3 VIDEO GUIDE] PoE Beginners Build The Carpet Bomber, Fireball Witch EB, AA [HC/SC viable]

Awesome build! Thank you very much!

Up until yesterday I didn't have Spell Echo, I bought a 5L but Spell Echo kind of slipped my mind. I made it into merciless act 2 but was starting to struggle. Spell Totem / Summon Skeletons was the only thing keeping me alive and I had to drop it even with magic packs and even big normal packs. Killing was slow...

I was at the point of going on a spending spree for offensive upgrades and a tree respec for more damage nodes. But then I noticed the empty slot on my 5L and remembered I still needed Spell Echo so bought one for 2c.

HOLY SHIT! What a difference! I went from struggling with content to absolutely destroying it. The skeletons only come out now for bosses, exiles, rare boxes and tough rares or very large groups. Breezed through Act 2 and past Piety on 3. Level 63 now and on my way to Dominus.

Now if I can just remember to turn Arctic Armour on everytime I zone... :(


Question 1:
How often is Flammability used? Just bosses? I currently have gloves that cast Temporal Chains on hit so I am not using Flammability at all.

Question 2:
If you drop the 3L Lightning Warp, Reduced Duration and Faster Casting and you drop Blind and move the Skeleton setup into the 3L then you can free up a 4L. Are there any good 4L combos we can slot in? I am toying with this idea:

Cast when Damage Taken (1), Ice Nova (8), Curse on Hit, Flammability

But giving up a 4L to auto curse seems like a bit of a waste.

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Haewk wrote:

Question 1:
How often is Flammability used? Just bosses? I currently have gloves that cast Temporal Chains on hit so I am not using Flammability at all.

I tried the Temporal Chain Unique Gloves, too. But I think, the Flammability is stronger for this build and with only one curse at a time ... I changed back to Flammability ... and use this as much as I can.

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Haewk wrote:

If you drop the 3L Lightning Warp, Reduced Duration and Faster Casting and you drop Blind and move the Skeleton setup into the 3L then you can free up a 4L. Are there any good 4L combos we can slot in? I am toying with this idea:

Cast when Damage Taken (1), Ice Nova (8), Curse on Hit, Flammability

But giving up a 4L to auto curse seems like a bit of a waste.

I used the Crit-Build (without the Power Charges) and with Herald of Ice instead of the Faster Casting (in the wand) the second form of Herald of Ice starts very often (funny to kill them as a block of ice with a fire-witch).

The skeletons are weak (cannon fodder), but IMHO the Blind Gem is strong (it works on Bosses too).

The Lightning Warp is cool in dangerous situations and to move on quickly (e.g. to farm Dominus). I can't drop this gem and with the Lightning Warp you realy need the Reduced Duration (the Faster Casting isn't so important ... this build has many faster casting passive notes).

Anyway ... if you free the 4-Link, use a damage booster, e.g. the Fire Trap with Elemental Proliferation, Chance to Ignite & Fire Penetration.

Thanks Cpt_H! I'll probably stick with the standard loadout for now, the fire trap combo looks interesting though. My Lightning Warp and Reduced Duration is only at 14 at the moment so still a little slow.

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Haewk wrote:

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Cpt_H wrote:

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Haewk wrote:

Question 1:
How often is Flammability used? Just bosses? I currently have gloves that cast Temporal Chains on hit so I am not using Flammability at all.

I tried the Temporal Chain Unique Gloves, too. But I think, the Flammability is stronger for this build and with only one curse at a time ... I changed back to Flammability ... and use this as much as I can.

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Haewk wrote:

If you drop the 3L Lightning Warp, Reduced Duration and Faster Casting and you drop Blind and move the Skeleton setup into the 3L then you can free up a 4L. Are there any good 4L combos we can slot in? I am toying with this idea:

Cast when Damage Taken (1), Ice Nova (8), Curse on Hit, Flammability

But giving up a 4L to auto curse seems like a bit of a waste.

I used the Crit-Build (without the Power Charges) and with Herald of Ice instead of the Faster Casting (in the wand) the second form of Herald of Ice starts very often (funny to kill them as a block of ice with a fire-witch).

The skeletons are weak (cannon fodder), but IMHO the Blind Gem is strong (it works on Bosses too).

The Lightning Warp is cool in dangerous situations and to move on quickly (e.g. to farm Dominus). I can't drop this gem and with the Lightning Warp you realy need the Reduced Duration (the Faster Casting isn't so important ... this build has many faster casting passive notes).

Anyway ... if you free the 4-Link, use a damage booster, e.g. the Fire Trap with Elemental Proliferation, Chance to Ignite & Fire Penetration.

Thanks Cpt_H! I'll probably stick with the standard loadout for now, the fire trap combo looks interesting though. My Lightning Warp and Reduced Duration is only at 14 at the moment so still a little slow.

Cpt_H providing the answers, let me know if there is still anything you are wondering about mate :)

Cpt_H thanks man! :)

If you have any questions about the build, come to my twitch stream and I will do my best to answer them:
http://www.twitch.tv/liftingnerdbro/ :)

Why do you get the templar node instead of the witch node?

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seamonstor wrote:

Why do you get the templar node instead of the witch node?

Maybe you overlooked the startpoint in the passive tree? LiftingNerdBro started for this mana intensive build of course with the 40% Mana Note from the witch tree (video at 14:52) and later on he took the 40% Mana Regen from the Templar (video at 17:12) ...

So you'll need the 2 points ...

@LiftingNerdBro: Thank you for this funny build in the Rampage League (I never thought that AA is such a strong gem) ... I loved this FireWitch ... and I reached Lvl 90 with your guide (not so bad for a 3 month league).

Passive skill tree build



I'm sure I test one or two of your other build's ... e.g. the Ice-Shot-Puncture-Ranger looks deeply interesting ...

CU

Cpt_H

PS: Any hints to enhance this build are welcome :-)

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Cpt_H wrote:

@LiftingNerdBro: Thank you for this funny build in the Rampage League (I never thought that AA is such a strong gem) ... I loved this FireWitch ... and I reached Lvl 90 with your guide (not so bad for a 3 month league).

Passive skill tree build

I'm sure I test one or two of your other build's ... e.g. the Ice-Shot-Puncture-Ranger looks deeply interesting ...

CU

Cpt_H

PS: Any hints to enhance this build are welcome :-)

I am really glad you liked it CPT_H and as I have said a few times, thank you for stepping in and answering questions for me when I have been absent. Your build is already so solid, but one of the things I noticed is that if you really want to you can add 1 additional prefix to a few of your rare items. Additionally I would get 20% quality on AA for the nice movement speed bonus. Besides that there is really nothing I would recommend - especially since you are running MF already. Gj!

The ice-shot ranger is a lot of fun. If you try it out, let me know what you think mate :)

GG

In case anybody is wondering, then yes - this build is very viable for the 1-week race :)