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It can definitely work. I'm not too eager to drop High Explosives, that's something that will make a good difference in damage later on in the game, so you might want to find a way to pick up that node. But getting more ES and Armor helps, especially if you get some decent ES gear - and thus go hybrid.

Btw, don't take those 2 8% fire nodes near Immolation. It's far better to get the 10% spell damage near Blast Radius. It's also better to get Holy Strength instead of Athleticism. Both require 5 points in your tree, while Holy Strength gives you more life :)

If you are getting more resistances, pick up Elemental Adaptation as well. The 2% max will be great.

Conversion Trap is interesting though. I wouldn't put it in your boots, since that will break the easy 5L potential you have. I would put it in your armor, if you don't have a 6 Link, but do have a 6 socket, or in your culling set up, instead of Spell Echo in this case.

0.0 Hope you will update this tree once they launch new tree.

I will. Once the tree starts, I plan to update all my builds with the tree as I think it'll be fine. I'll be doing the testing over the coming weeks after(usually I grind the first days or so to get to 85 or so. Then I start messing around with my other builds etc).

whats your thoguhts on Jaws of Agony ? http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Jaws_of_Agony

A very interesting shield. Even though, for our build only the trap damage will be relevant(and the hp/reduced damage taken). We don't throw enough traps to really stack crit, and we don't have the multiplier to really do something with it. It's a nice bonus, and can't hurt, but I feel this shield can be used for greater things(yes,I've been working on a trap build around this shield).

I'd say, get this shield if you don't need your shield for the Res.

I finish game by this build, It's good and easy for beginner (very cheap)

What about the Heartbreaker dagger for an easier time culling?

Heartbreaker? Is an option. I'll run some tests later on when I have the time. Anyways!

I don't have a lot of time today, so I'll just get this done for now.

Using the offline skill tree planner Mors posted, I came up with this tree



Note: You can not open this tree in the browser, make sure to open it using Mors' offline Skill tree planner.

Yes, I am aware the treeplanner might not be correct, but looking at the taiwanese tree, I see that there is barely any difference. I think a few numbers might be off, but that's it.

Anyways, first thoughts..
- Not getting those trap nodes all the way down there!
- I've got the feeling this tree is far more friendly towards hybrid builds
- We're getting some life/mana on kill nodes. This will most likely be the sustain this build needs.
- We lose a few AoE nodes, but that's okay. We increase in both offence/defence should make up for it.

I might drop a few nodes to get those AoE nodes if the need arises. I have not clue how the %life will affect ingame stats, but we'll see :)

I'll be back in 14 hours or so, with a new update if needed!

Updated Build for release!

Why not use multi trap? Do you feel the aoe and prolif from fire trap is good enough? I am doing some testing with this now on my EE trapper.

Multitraps reduces the damage from both the burning ground and the ignite. It's nice to cover more ground, but Ele prolif covers what we need to cover :)