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That's alright then. The expected DPS you mentioned seems a bit... low, but probably the tooltip is broken as usual.

Do the skillduration nodes influence the damage? Because i am at 900 avg. damage with a pretty similar tree, but i am using RF

I currently have exactly 800 str, 50% block and 74% phys reduction, still getting hit for a ton from time to time :/


Tree and gear:

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https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwEAAdwEswUtBg4GOQn2DF8M9xQgGS4aOBo-HKcnLyftKS4vzDrYOuE8LT0PPfxAoEGHR35NRlBHUWBTpVcNWGNboF8_Yuxnm2h0aPJ07XfjeTl5aHrvfA58uHy7fuKDzITZhO-QVZHOlKCWbKIAplenValuqZWsr62Nr2yvp7c-u-29NsBmwL_BBMGCxFjE9sWKxq7G2M9-1HzUj9i92WHaYtrB5FHp1e8O8B_yL_JF8wb2SPno-6r-Cg==?accountName=Siza1337&characterName=FlameBulwarkBroMate

Increased duration (both passives and gem if you're keen on using it) makes your Firestorm last longer which improves your clearspeed (you left less mobs behind, which is a common problem with this specific skill) and reduces the time you'd spend fighting unique monsters (longer Firestorms stack better). Your gear seems okish, but remember that with RF you're losing all your life regeneration that could have easily mitigate tons of incoming damage. Also, you're missing a lot of life on your helmet, gloves and shield. Looking at your gear I'd check if your resistances are capped, if I'm not mistaken you're 30% short on lightning res and a few percent on cold res. I'm currently sitting on 886 strength and almost 5,400 unreserved life (level 76) and running 68-72 maps I've never dropped below 50% of my life.

Level 75 video update, innitially I wanted to record a proper commentary video, but since I don't have anything close to a decent microphone, I had to give up on that. But, here's the video with gameplay footage. You can still see some positioning mistakes or overkill, but it's getting there. I really have a blast playing this char. Especially in small party play. This build is awesome if you're playing with your best buddy.

The 90 passive and final trees got slightly modified. Also, I added updated gear.

I'm playing hybrid witch firestorm in tempest and have been thinking it would be fun to play as iron will caster. I plotted a skill tree that is somewhere in-between yours and mine. From your experience how does it look? I found increased duration and aoe to be very useful and have my frost wall linked to cwdt

http://poedb.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwEBA3UD7gQHBLMGDgn2C2EMXw48FCAUcRZvGS4aPhpsHKcdvh8CJKok2CW8J-0pLiqNM4c1kjbFNtg26TpYPAU8LT1fPfw_J0GHSRtKyEyzUlNTpVXGVw1YY1h3WW1fBF8_X5ho8m6qfLiCB4LHg1-DzIPbhW2Mz5Erl5WaO52un9-iAKcIrJitja9stfK3PsBmxPbGrsbYzzLPftIh1HzVgdWm2CTYvdlh2XzbT9-_4MPjauQi7FXtPO8O73zwH_Fs8azyQfZI-ej-Cg==

I'm playing hybrid witch firestorm in tempest and have been thinking it would be fun to play as iron will caster. I plotted a skill tree that is somewhere in-between yours and mine. From your experience how does it look? I found increased duration and aoe to be very useful and have my frost wall linked to cwdt

http://poedb.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwEBA3UD7gQHBLMGDgn2C2EMXw48FCAUcRZvGS4aPhpsHKcdvh8CJKok2CW8J-0pLiqNM4c1kjbFNtg26TpYPAU8LT1fPfw_J0GHSRtKyEyzUlNTpVXGVw1YY1h3WW1fBF8_X5ho8m6qfLiCB4LHg1-DzIPbhW2Mz5Erl5WaO52un9-iAKcIrJitja9stfK3PsBmxPbGrsbYzzLPftIh1HzVgdWm2CTYvdlh2XzbT9-_4MPjauQi7FXtPO8O73zwH_Fs8azyQfZI-ej-Cg==

e: you can check my character fiyastorm for my current set up

Increased AoE itself does more harm than good as the fireballs get spread further out, which has a negative impact on clearing packs, and even more so, single targets. But, since you hooked your Firestorm with Conc Effect my guess is you should be doing just fine. Frostwall and CwDT is a matter of personal preference. It's pretty frustraging for any people you might play with, but if it makes you feel safer, then why not? If you wanna play semi Iron Will I'd recommend respeccing out of the Witch area, you have plenty of damage/life nodes in the Templar tree. Just look around. ;)

edit: dropped in a map: and yes, it works if you reserve life thru BM.

Curious.

Looking at the level 90 tree, you have +50 intelligence from the tree in total. Your linked gear adds maybe 50 more. Are we just not taking high levels of of the skill gems or are we trying to throw int onto most of our gear to get the skill gems high level?

14 base INT + 70 from the tree + 76 from gear = 160 INT total. You need 155 INT for level 20 Firestorm. So, I'd suggest getting a Lapis amulet with explicit INT and get some more INT on rings. It's a bit tricky, but definitely doable.

Also, I was asked if you can run reflect maps to which my answer is yes, if you play carefully and don't spam Firestorm for overkill.