[2.2] King's "Jupiter Ascendant" - 4 curse hybrid/CI non-crit Occultist Witch [HC&Beginner friendly]

Hey, i saw u remove Call of the Brotherhood and Doedre's Scorn from your gear list. It does not work well with the build ?

Hi there, I have been following this build for my Perandus character and noticed the changes today/yesterday from Arc to Ball Lightning, and am making the move there also, however I read this on the wiki;

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Concentrated Effect and "Area of Effect damage" passive nodes do not increase Ball Lightning's damage (changes to Area of Effect radius still apply).

Disregard if 'Area Damage' and 'Area of Effect Damage' are actually different things, they could well be, I know wording is important in this game :)

But if this is the case, is it worth getting the notable passives Blast Radius and Amplify and surrounding passives just for the radius increase?

Thanks in advance

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Aresius911 wrote:

Hey, i saw u remove Call of the Brotherhood and Doedre's Scorn from your gear list. It does not work well with the build ?

They do work, but I feel they are not needed. Doedre's Scorn is still very good damage-wise, but I don't think I'll be using Call of the Brotherhood :)

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Athaba wrote:

Disregard if 'Area Damage' and 'Area of Effect Damage' are actually different things, they could well be, I know wording is important in this game :)

But if this is the case, is it worth getting the notable passives Blast Radius and Amplify and surrounding passives just for the radius increase?

Yep, Area damage nodes/jewels do not increase damage of Ball lightning, but again effectively they do because you can hit more mobs with one cast. On top of that, they are useful for increasing area of Orb of Storms which makes cursing more easier/efficient :)

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kralj87 wrote:

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Aresius911 wrote:

Hey, i saw u remove Call of the Brotherhood and Doedre's Scorn from your gear list. It does not work well with the build ?

They do work, but I feel they are not needed. Doedre's Scorn is still very good damage-wise, but I don't think I'll be using Call of the Brotherhood :)

Thx for fast reply ! :)

I started this build some days ago and used Arc upfront. Did not like it and went back to Spark.

Man Spark is fucking amazing! I want to build a quad-curser around Spark.

There is an insane Spark guide in the Scion forum: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1359329

It has so much good information on what works with spark and what does not.

This will be a softcore character so damage it is but non-crit (overload is fine).

Curses of my choice: Projectile Weakness, Conductivity, Warlords Mark, Elemental Weakness

Auras: Wrath, Herald of Thunder

Spells: Orb of Storms, Spark, Fire Golem, (Tempest Shield)

Spark links: Faster Projectiles > Lightning Pen > Spell Echo > Faster Casting > Added Lightning > Increased Duration/Reduced Mana

Curse on hit to Orb of Storms, Herald of Thunder and if using Tempest Shield then Tempest Shield can get Life/Mana Leech or sth like that.

Projectile Speed is kind of rare on the tree but wands can have it with up to 40+%.

My biggest issues is the build because I have not enough knowledge on how much life nodes are needed, if one can go full ES and so on.

Here is my plan for the next levels: https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAABAMBAQPuBLMNHxBYES0WbxhqGjgaSBpsHNwdviSqJy8o-ilPLJwzhzWSNuk62DwoPydBh0SrRZ1G10rIU1JVrlZIWAdZbVnzXsBfmGjybqpxhXIPdhF4L3xLfIN85YIQgpuCx4hajHaPGo9Gj6aQVZZ0mjua4JuhnL6drp48ogCnCLFCtfK3PriTwGbMt88y1XXVptgk2L3aud-w4XPjauQi6-7sOPAf9Cj56P4K

Biggest issue is getting dexterity.

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kralj87 wrote:

Yep, Area damage nodes/jewels do not increase damage of Ball lightning, but again effectively they do because you can hit more mobs with one cast. On top of that, they are useful for increasing area of Orb of Storms which makes cursing more easier/efficient :)

Ah yes, that makes sense. I found a spark spiders MTX effect in my stash, so I decided to respec a little to that tree. Now all I need to sort out are mana problems. I am running a level 7 clarity and no arctic armor, and I haven't picked up Shaper yet but I doubt that alone will help too much. With the clarity gone and arctic armor on, I can cast spark once with the mana left unallocated

Are you experiencing any mana problems yourself?

Well, I'm using Warlord's Mark so I don't have any problems. You might wanna buy Divination Distilate flask for some mana regen and rarity..

hey awsome guide,thanks. im new to witch so i may be wrong here but... asuming im using spark as my main dps spell would it not be better to curse on hit with herald of ice? as a ranger that is the go to skill for coh.

What bandits should i pick for your build? i'm never sure of which one i should take ... so i'm stucked there ^^'

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maniza wrote:

hey awsome guide,thanks. im new to witch so i may be wrong here but... asuming im using spark as my main dps spell would it not be better to curse on hit with herald of ice? as a ranger that is the go to skill for coh.

I rarely use HoI for cursing so I'm not so sure. Best way is to try it out :)

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redrider08 wrote:

What bandits should i pick for your build? i'm never sure of which one i should take ... so i'm stucked there ^^'

Normal: Oak Cruel: Kill all Merciless: Kill all / Kraityn (Extra Frenzy charge - only if you plan on using The blood dance unique boots)