[2.5] CI Witch Scorching Ray CWC Whispering Ice - Version 2.0 Released - Now with more damage!

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buttcommander wrote:

is Blasphemy + Warlords Mark required for this build? i see in the video, a lot of time u just kiting outside of its radius.

Not required, but definitly the best curse you can use for blasphemy in my opinion.
It gives you endurance charges which provides free res and physical damage reduction.
This also gives a WAY longer immortal call duration.
I often kite out of the range when endurance charges ain't needed or already up.

Edit: The mana leech is also a MUST have in 0 regen maps + the life regen is amazing in close quarter fights vs bosses/breaches etc.

Hey, I've been running the build and enjoying it. One question on the jewels / nodes that give cold damage. I'm assuming we do that because it helps ice storm damage?
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edit: how do you feel about doryani's invitation (belt) with the extra % fire damage?

really enjoying the build so far but I have a question. Which gems should i start looking at in terms of 20% quality, any gems which benefit the build more when max quality?

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Dee_Oh wrote:

Hey, I've been running the build and enjoying it. One question on the jewels / nodes that give cold damage. I'm assuming we do that because it helps ice storm damage?
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edit: how do you feel about doryani's invitation (belt) with the extra % fire damage?

Glad that you are enjoying it!
The cold damage is for icestorm only yes, and should be prioritized under spell damage/fire damage modifiers.

Doryani is a solid belt, but doesn't outscale the amount of int you can get from a essence crafted crystal belt (absolute bis belt).
I will put up my bis list in a few days or so

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Zenevieva wrote:

really enjoying the build so far but I have a question. Which gems should i start looking at in terms of 20% quality, any gems which benefit the build more when max quality?

Sounds good!
Regarding your question I would look after these quality gems first:
Controlled destruction (10 % spell damage)
Fire penetration (10 % fire damage)
Conc effect (10 % aoe damage)
Cast when channeling (10 % increased damage)
Warlords mark (10 % chance to get an endurance charge)
Temp chains/enfeeble if running those, temp chains especially is really nice
Ice nova (10 % radius) if you have a 5 link chest.
Scorching ray for 10 % beam length

These are the best quality gems in this build in my opinion

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Mathoddie wrote:

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Birdyy2 wrote:

I'm pretty nooby at the game... we've made it to merciless difficulty now and every difficulty you go up it causes your resistances to drop... I've noticed that I'm rather squishy. I can't seem to find where in your build you have any chaos resistance? I'm wondering if I'm missing something or is it just that you do enough damage to leech life out of everything? Sorry for super nooby question :?

Hey! I don't mind nooby questions at all, so feel free to ask any questions you have.
The reason behind having no chaos resistance at all, is because Chaos Innoculation in the Skill tree makes you immune to chaos damage. I would recommend using a chaos resistance flask untill you get it. :)

Edit: You said you were squishy? May i ask what level you are and how much energy shield/life you currently have?

Oh im like lvl 60ish - at the time of the post i was about 1000 health - 1900 shield... problem was my resistances but figuring out :) got my resistances up now and doing better :D

does increase in AoE area and damage buff scourhing ray?

also, do we need cast speed for this build?

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Saerah wrote:

does increase in AoE area and damage buff scourhing ray?

also, do we need cast speed for this build?

No, neither aoe or projectile modifications affects scorching ray.

It is not necesarry, since icestorm casting speed is set by Cast when channeling. All cast speed does is affect the turn speed and proc speed of scorching ray, but since icestorm is casted where our cursor is, it is not affected by scorching ray turn speed, so it is not needed.

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icestorm is casted where our cursor is

This point is important. I got to the end of Cruel before I figured that one out -_-

Much easier now haha

Hey, great build. I'm having a ton of fun with it.

Anyway, I made a couple of changes in the gems. I'm running Orb of Storms-Curse on Hit-Flammability-Increased Critical Strikes-PCOC, and I'm always at full power charge. I also run CWDT-Ice Nova-Frost Wall. Frost Wall is great because you can still shoot the Scorching Ray over the wall.

BTW, do you think we do most of our DPS with the SR or with Icestorm? What do you think about about giving the SR just 2 links (SR-CWC) and give 4 links to Icestorm? We can make the extra link Elemental Focus to juice Icestorm DPS.