Elemental hit

What do you think about my build?

Questions:
1) Does cast when damage taken use mana if it is triggered?
2) What other uniques would be good for my build?
3) Is my damage high enough?
4) What do I have to link on my elemental hit?
5) Does ice nova work on cast when damage taken. If so I have a chance to chill and damage the nearby melee enemies.

Possible skills:

6L - Elemental hit + weapon elemental damage(q) + melee splash(q).

¿Need some help here. Don't know what I can link on the other 3 sockets:
Empower
Faster attacks(q)/multistrike(q)
Life leech(q)/life gain on hit(q)
Cold(q)/lightning(q)/fire penetration(q)
Added chaos(q)/cold(q)/lightning(q) (I think added chaos is best option)?

3L - Reduced mana + enfeeble(q) + elemental weakness(q).

4L - Cast when damage taken(q) + enduring cry(q) + molten shell(q) + ¿ice nova(q)?/detonate dead

4L - Reduced mana + tempest shield(q) + grace + purity (need to max my elemental resists for reflecting mobs).

3L - Reduced mana + blood magic + clarity.

- Frenzy

2L - Leap slam + faster attacks(q) + portal to escape and hop the map. (in other weapon slot with high attack speed weapon like Brightbeak http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Brightbeak)

(q = quality optional)

Possible uniques:

- The Supreme Truth:
http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/The_Supreme_Truth

- Alpha's Howl:
http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Alpha%27s_Howl
¿If I want to run tempest shield for extra 4% shield block and some lightning damage I need to wear this but then also I need to link blood magic on my elemental hit reducing my damage output. Worth or not?

Passive tree:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgAB2E2UoNpiaHT56ILHKPqYrUGHtz7-CvJFOuGmV03j_o81kqxZiPHnYzGetfJuqkrIqW5sRnJsMgl4DVivNugB55_LpzAUIFBHns1259IhVw2RztlhGS4n7fPdOtjsOC3SGjinhJBVV-IyiXflBLMCcfAfogCsqlnzwBpyqXzZ1I-53fIv7w7nUlRJXz_2SIzPUFBYY8bYPfx8uCkuYSES4YTvdO1672BLBS1AoJ65XhMbyEMxtkFOKiml32--igHcpBkb-iXfhNluab6n0k3AD1jbU9-bg0ZpZU1HfqvFOyisrwOWbj1gQ4MJ

- Decent damage I think. 61% increased attack speed (+8% from Kraityn reward), 40% increased elemental damage with weapons, 30% increased fire damage with weapons, 30% increased cold damage with weapons, elemental equilibrium)

Good thing about this build is that you can take any weapon with high attack speed (dagger, sword, bow even wands).

- Extremely tanky (244% increased life, 92 to max life, 79-80% elemental resists (34% to all resists in tree), 151% increased armour + 56% increased evasion rating (Iron Reflexes), 7 max endurance charges, 7.6% of max life regen, 30% reduced extra damage from crits, 6% additional block with shield (+4% from tempest shield), 8% increased movement speed).

Bandits: Oak/Kraityn/Oak

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I am not sure about the build itself but, I can comment on Elemental Hit. In Beta I ran a Duelist with Armor, Evade, Critical Strike Damage and Chance that used a 2H Sword. I left for a few months and when I returned the game was released. I noticed they nerfed Elemental Hit like crazy. It does less damage now then it did in Beta. I do not feel it is worth it now.

The other thing I can comment on is the Passive Tree. It may be possible to clean it up a little.. Make the tree smoother and save points. I made an attempt here http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgABvryC5JARiq9KyG6qtfI1kqxZiPHnY_4K8kU64aZXTeP-jzGetz5Bh_nogsco-pitxq48LcT2J-2sqlnzwBqQVaeEGjjsOFfiMol35QSz8B-iAAJx891yqXzZGS7ZYWoeqBjyL7nd7w7nUlRJXz_2SIzPUFBYY8bYPfx8uCkuOygDlm49YEODCVcN0iGezacwducB55_LNuhYr3gNqW5sRnJsMgm-igHcRmmkGRv6Jd-E2W5pvqdY21Pfm4Osr4TvYSES4XTteu9gSwUtQKCeuV4TG8hDMd9vtkFOKiml. Because I do not know the build real well this is just a rough idea. I did end up saving 6 points though.

If you notice my Scion build you will see I did something similar. I focused on one path from the beginning. This is my Critical Build Scion (improvement of my Duelist in Beta). http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgABvryC5JARiq9KyG6qtfI1kqxZiPHnY_4Ktz7GrjwtxPYn7ayqWfPAGpBVp4QaOOw4V-IyiQSzFE3wH6IAqWhlLxK8Sk8_JypNFSCD2_xLLOndDfzFZ6CHdkp9ytMZtGqT1e3AD1uvGNt08SFgQKCeuQUtYEt673Tt704otWCIv9VEnrBz7Lbx9FO7VamXtKy66yySzaxHkvMZhspKwzqbtSLqRNLyWiW1AhFvnoMJRnG0DJMnHNx_xhGWnaP8q_F26NbrFA==. This is what she will look like at roughly level 78 or 80.

This is another point I can bring up. Builds like mine are considered rare. There is not any well known streamer that runs a build like mine. This means the market won't have the items I need all the time because people know not to pick it up due to lack of value. Even when I do find a half decent armor and evade piece, they ask for too much currency (vs the items real value).

Example.. There was a crappy General's Brigadine I recently asked what the price was. It had 1724 armor, 800 evade. It had maxed out flat armor and % evade and armor. It had 80 life, no resists and only one socket. I offered 2 Chaos and they wanted 6. It was not even worth 6 Chaos.

With that said you need to keep in mind that you should make your passive tree to where it will make your character not so item reliant. Mine is that way and I do save currency because I do not need Godly items to reach my maximum potential.

On that note I would also like to say the market is not forgiving. Sadly the prices have not gone down much since beta. People like me who don't have a lot of time to farm due to work or things of that nature end up being stuck because everyone else has a million exalts and I have none. There is nothing I can do about that. This is the down side to a barter reliant system when you allow the people to make their own choices as to what they want for an item.

Does this give you some ideas? If not send me a tell in game as Zygiz (standard league). I rarely pay attention to the forums so you won't get my attention like you would in game

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