Physical Siphon Witch (AuxTheDriven) [Standard]

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Harmster wrote:

Now for my build I actually get 200 strength from the tree and around 90-120 from gear. So if you pick Iron grip that's a stunning 60% which will benefit projectile damage - both ele and physical.
In comparison Fusillade gives you only 36% with 6 charges and they have to be active.
Now you might also use the Iron grip gem instead of reduced mana if you steal/mana pool is high enough. quality will give you an additional 15% projectile damage.

My build:

Spoiler

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMAVysHY-aBEVC71jvh4vdtGacrLR_B80yzoqNKjAQHUDB_xg_EV4fFKNtewcUnqRGWHNzcx4Cu9lvr5OwYLL8OSJMnO3z671m8Xyp8zsNthq7jhKc0tAxapqIEMYl0VRXXwFGIa2NDRnG4ymGxAP3XhvPqtvfy4ZUgFLBWY3BSmZoRL8LsW_SCx9D762NHBrTFQYcpVIeeX2orCnq4_GRKmsEArpPbGio4tfIQe6lu9Ut4Db46WK826GSjhykaVehmmsw__DB1CLHh2qy6l7RVqWCIKLVhUu9On8tAoDIJIWB08RjbQ5wOrSmlGdc=

Any thoughts?

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Harmster wrote:

I have done alot of testing with a similar build. I hope to get my hands on a 3 mod physical wand at some point. I calculated tornado wand to be able to get around 151-356 base damage, absolute best rolls.

So my main goal is to use vaal pact and iron reflexes in order to deal with physical reflect. Yes it will get tons of crit multiplier so its needed. Even now I had a few near death experiences with physical reflect packs (mostly the zombies in water). Biggest problem is if you don't notice and you just fire away, your regen won't be able to keep up.

I still want to get a bit of lightning damage in order to shock.
The big trick with physical wanders is finding gem combinations which will benefit both physical damage and elemental.
As Aux found out I'm also quite convinced that the best is BBRGGG. That is atleast if you go the crit multiplier route, as shown:

Now for my build I actually get 200 strength from the tree and around 90-120 from gear. So if you pick Iron grip that's a stunning 60% which will benefit projectile damage - both ele and physical.
In comparison Fusillade gives you only 36% with 6 charges and they have to be active.
Now you might also use the Iron grip gem instead of reduced mana if you steal/mana pool is high enough. quality will give you an additional 15% projectile damage.

My build:

Spoiler

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMAVysHY-aBEVC71jvh4vdtGacrLR_B80yzoqNKjAQHUDB_xg_EV4fFKNtewcUnqRGWHNzcx4Cu9lvr5OwYLL8OSJMnO3z671m8Xyp8zsNthq7jhKc0tAxapqIEMYl0VRXXwFGIa2NDRnG4ymGxAP3XhvPqtvfy4ZUgFLBWY3BSmZoRL8LsW_SCx9D762NHBrTFQYcpVIeeX2orCnq4_GRKmsEArpPbGio4tfIQe6lu9Ut4Db46WK826GSjhykaVehmmsw__DB1CLHh2qy6l7RVqWCIKLVhUu9On8tAoDIJIWB08RjbQ5wOrSmlGdc=

Any thoughts?

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GriffoTEK wrote:

Just a thought, Iron Grip only affects projectile physical damage, not elemental.

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Aux wrote:

If there is ever downtime between long term leagues and I get burned out on hardcore, I will definitely be going back to this character. One of the changes I am definitely making is dropping the Faster Attacks from the 6L and adding a quality Additional Accuracy. It helps with both mana and adds tremendous damage in terms of actual damage dealt, where FA just makes you burn mana faster. It will probably also allow me to replace the reduced mana with LL or WED depending on map mods. I'll also have an Auxium to use whenever the current leagues end and I can't wait to give it a test run.

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Harmster wrote:

Iron grip effects all projectile damage including elemental. You can try out the gem if you like :-)

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The damage bonus of strength normally applies only to Melee Physical Damage. This gem causes strength's physical damage bonus to also apply to projectile attacks made with the supported skills. Only physical damage dealt by the projectile will be increased.

The bonus will be +1% increased Projectile Physical Damage for every five points of strength.