Frost-fire Crit barrage [1.1.1] by Dream_scythe [videos]

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Zedda wrote:

Some questions: Why not take Doom Cast? From what I've seen so far, the spells triggered by CoC also seem to trigger more CoC spells, causing a chain reaction. Adding Doom Cast on your passive tree increases the chances of a chain reaction.

That said, there's some spell dmg and spell crit chance nodes in the Witch starting area that you've skipped as well. It would be a good idea surely to at least get that extra 16% spell dmg.

Note, I'm basing this off this skill build in the OP

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Why Vaal pact? You're doing virtually zero physical damage, and leech doesn't work with spells. Is this due to Berek's Grip?

On that note, Berek's Grip is way too expensive for me. Is there a poor man's alternative?

Why not get Static blows and its sister node (chance to shock), it'll give you 20% extra chance to shock and you're already right near the nodes.

You've taken an odd route to Mental Acuity. Why not shoot directly from Spell Power to Mental Acuity, through the Freeze node. It'll give you 32% more cold dmg and 5% extra chance to freeze.

Why Eldritch Battery? I'm having no mana problems whatsoever, and this is one of the first characters I'm running without Clarity. Barrage seems so cheap, I can just cast it endlessly. I see you've gone Mind over Matter which may be why, but that is a very long detour to go just for that one node. I'll personally be skipping Iron Reflexes as well because as I'm on softcore, I prefer evasion to armor.

That said, you've skipped Reflexes (30% increased evasion rating) and it's 2 nodes from your path. Why not snag that, as it adds to your armor?

Is Power Siphon instead of Barrage to proc the crits viable? A 6L Voll's is ridiculously expensive. I was fortunate enough to have a Tabula Rasa drop (thank goodness, or I wouldn't even be playing PoE right now) so I'm forced to drop Arc or Fireball. If I can use Power Siphon to generate charges, I can drop Power Charge on Crit and pick up the 3rd element (Fireball or Arc) for extra damage. Obviously with a Voll's even more possibilities open up, but I'm not there yet. I have a 6S Voll's and may end up burning all my fusings on it each time I get a new fusing, but I suspect I will be out of luck.

Is Chain viable?

Is Lightning Strike viable?

Is Arctic Breath viable?

Is Chaos damage viable? (I don't know if it works with the spells at all)

Spell damage per Power charge I think is a good idea. At 6 power charges it gives you an extra 24% spell dmg, and this is from just 1 node. Well worth it imo.

Edit: What the heck is MoM? Mask of Madness?

Btw this build is fully viable from level 31 onwards. I leveled to 31 with Spectral Throw, then immediately switched to Barrage + GMP + CoC + Power charge on crit + Ice Spear + Fireball and the damage output was much higher than Spectral Throw already. Since then it just keeps getting stronger as I get more and more crit chance.