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Thanks for the 3,000 views! I hope at least a couple of players are enjoying this build as much as I am. I'll be away between Aug 5-20, so if you have any questions, feedback or simply wanna bump this thread, post it here and I'll try to reply asap!

I looked at your guide extensively, as well as took a peek at your tree.
It's a pretty solid build.
I also considered making a Rauder firestorm, but opted for a witch firestorm instead, I just went MoM and EB.
Clear Mind is a great grab since this build is BM.
The only problem I feel that this build has is that you pick up a lot of unneeded nodes down by the Duelist tree.
What I mean by unneeded is that, you don't need things like attack speed, increased melee physical damage, etc... when you get said nods for a single stat, or another endurance charge rather.
Also, a Saffell's Frame and AA (lvl 7-9) would work pretty well in this build I believe.
You'd be able to run elemental reflect maps pretty easily, since having those two should mitigate most damage, and if you're concerned further, a ruby flask ontop of that.. you sit on around 80% fire res Pre-pot, and 90% with ruby flask.

If you're interested. Here's the tree I revamped for you.

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwEAAZED7gQHBLMLYQxfDjwQWBQgFHEWbxkuGjgaPhpsHKcdvh8CJKolvCcvJ-0pLiycLdIyNDOHNZI2xTbpOtg8LT38PydBh0rIU6VVxlcNWGNZbV8_X5ho8m6qdqx8uIIHgpuCx4PMg9uHZYzPkFWRzpZsmjudrp7Nn8uiAKcIpzCtja9sr7e18rc-wGbEWMT2xq7G2M8yz37SIdWm2CTYvdlh2XzbT9-_4MPhc-Nq5CLsOO087w7wH_Gs8kH2SPno_go=

oh, and btw, getting the skill point in Cruel might be more worth it, rather than just helping Alira. Why? With the introduction of Jewels, there are Jewels that increase cast speed > than the measely 4% that helping Alira gives you. Especially, since you can pick up the 3 Jewel sockets near you.

I also forgot to mention. Picking up the flask nodes just above the Witch's tree would be pretty good too, as it would increase survivability overall, especially while doing maps.

Sorry for not posting this in 1 post, but if you want to opt for more survivability after the tree I linked earlier, you could make your way to a tree like this. I pick up more Max life, a bit of Life regen, Flask nodes, and Three socket nodes.

1 for Clear mind, and the others for Spell dmg/Castspeed.

I also forgot to mention, that the increased skill effect nodes are there for Firestorm, generally the longer it lasts = less casts = better, especially since you won't be casting too much that it'll affect your life.

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwEAAZED7gQHBLMGDgn2C2EMXw48DlwQWBQgFHEWbxkuGjgaPhpsHKcdvh8CJKolvCcvJ-0pLiycLdIyNDOHNZI2xTbpOtg64TwtPfw_J0GHRX5KyEyzTeNTpVXGVw1YY1ltXz9fmGZUaGVodGjyavpuqnasfLiCB4KbgseDX4PMg9uFe4dljM-QVZHOlKCWbJo7na6ezZ_LogCmV6cIpzCtja9sr7e18rc-wGbEWMT2xq7G2M8yz37SIdR81abYJNi92WHZfNpi20_fv-DD4XPjauQi7DjtPO8O8B_xrPJB8kXzm_ZI-ej-Cv6P

I took a quick look a your feedback and what worries me the most is the fact that I'd take 8 or 9 INT nodes that don't benefit me in any way. But, I'll run some numbers when I get a spare minute and we'll see what comes out of it. I just got back from my vacation and I gotta say I'm pretty busy, so it might take a while. At first glance it looks like I'd get a very comparable % life and damage, but I'd lose some flat life and lots of regen. Anyway, thanks for your posts and I promise to get back to you!

I wanted to make a decent BM caster build too.
And it seems i make a tree almost identical to yours.
The main difference is that i decided to use Incinerate instead of Firestorm, that's all.

Here's my tree:
https://www.poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgEAWGPG2MRYPfyMz_ZIXz_vDhQgaGWRzoIHJbzgw9tP378OPM9-CfbUfAYOJ-1TpRynDF_GrsT2ogDwH2jywGYEs-FzmjuCm9Wm7Twt0pBVJy8YkbyfAecUTfxLn8unMLvtg188Ldi9_gq3PoPMQzHawYTvYSEaVTbo6mLNmI1-vqd1y702ZU2E2Ud-BS107dNvLlMS4aLqWhrDMymldPEhYCyFGjhqAZe0Valyqfcy6hj463as890Ucdl8U7u_1TrY7DhmVIV7OlJQR-RRZ5uuPgGRrKpZ89piaHT56EGHGFY=

I took another pathing through Maradeur's area, it saves 4 skill points compared to yours, which can be spent for better cause than just 0.5 regen and bare armour passives.
Will apreciate some feedback on it.
Planning to use that for next 1-month league.

God damnit. You deleted this guide as I was finally working up a Templar using it(level 51 now). Why deletion?