[New Video Added] Reizoko's Power Siphon Cast on Critical Strike Build

The potential and possibilities of this build: Click me!

Gameplay Video: Click Me! (outdated)

Let me start by summing up how this build works:



This kind of tells the whole story, right? Basically you use Power Siphon with Greater Multiple Projectiles and Cast on Critical Strike to cast spells. I have tried several different spells and there are lots of viable options.
I put tripple Ice Spear to showcase my chest here, but there are many more possible spell combinations (watch my video to get an idea of what's possible).

Basically the build aims to get a high crit chance and high attack speed.The next thing you want is a high physical dps wand, allowing you to use life leech and mana leech on gear. This first of all reduces the neccessary mana regen and also makes the gameplay a lot more smooth.













Feel free to comment, discuss or critic this build!

Well i started a char with this build in mind to see if i like it, it sounds good and i like the concept. Going level 13 atm lol

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Garr71 wrote:

Well i started a char with this build in mind to see if i like it, it sounds good and i like the concept. Going level 13 atm lol

Thanks for your response and good luck with your character!
The downside of this build is that it only really is viable at level 60+ because without a decent crit rate coupled with high attack speed (and preferably a 5-link) it's a pain in the ass. If you never crit, or only crit once every couple of seconds because your attack speed is so slow, the build doesn't feel smooth at all.

If you make it through the early levels you will be rewarded with lots of spells being cast all over your screen, though!

If you keep playing your character I would be interested in hearing your pregression and ideas on how to improve this build, if you have any.

You where right is not easy to level with it lol, i used spectral throw mostly from 1 to 34, my biggest problem is mana, power siphon is mana hungry, and i was trying NOT to go for blood magic...

Will have to see as i go higher. Too bad all my good wands in the stash are level 55+ :\

I also leveled with Spectral Throw and started using Power Siphon once I had 3+ attacks per second and 40+% crit chance.

I made a gameplay video to showcase the power of this build! There are still quite a few things I want to try, so changes to the build are bound to come!

Video: Click Me

I have not been able to play much today, it would be great to try and run this on mana tho, i love auras, but then again which would work with something like this???

Loved the video btw.

Haste seems like an obvious choice. Movement speed for a better ability to reposition yourself and attack speed for obvious reasons.
Clarity is also a must have because you have to sustain 150ish mana per second.
With Eldritch Battery you can most likely run a 3rd aura. Purity, Grace or Determination seem like the most reasonable choices to me.

I really want to respec into Eldritch Battery aswell. I don't know if my gear is ready for it yet, though. I probably won't reach 150 mana per second with my current gear. Hope I can find some upgrades soon!

Also, thank you! :)

So i managed to play a bit more and currently level 45, in act 3 cruel atm my tree looks like this.



And using this gear


My mana is stable if more than 1 target is hit, with just 1 target after a while i go oom for 1 attack. Since i didn't go for hp nodes first, like i usually do, i've had close calls now in act 3, so im probably going to work on survivalbility for a few levels.

Im in need of a 5L chest asap, how much did you pay for yours btw???

something im thinking is actually not going deeper into ranger part of tree, but that would mean sacrificing lots of health and 150% crit (which is needed) just cuz im tempted to go all the way up to get bullying, eldritch battery, elder power maybe (would help mana leaching and life leaching due to higher wand dmg)

It would be something like this Still not optimized since gear will dictate how much actual mana regen nodes i would need etc... Also conductivity is tempting to use, either that or keep using my Lochnotial caress for it.

Nice update! I'm surprised you made this build work at such a low level, good job! Although yes, a 5-link would help a lot. By the way my 5-link is selffound. Put an Alch and 2ish Chaos on at and got what you can see up there. That being said, I bought a 6-link today :)
A white 5-link doesn't cost as much I think. If you use a shield anyway, getting max resist is easy (purity aura also helps), so just get a white 5-link and use 2-3 Chaos to get some semi decent stats imo. 5-link is a must have for this build after all.

I will update the guide tomorrow. I progressed quite a bit (level 76) and improved the build by a lot. I'm basically at the point that further increasing my crit chance or attack speed would make my computer lag too much so it's not worth it. Instead I guess I will focus on suvivability (I don't lack damage anyway) or increasing my base damage and crit damage.

I also found out that you can use the same spell multiple times. Arctic Breath is a fps killer (my friends complained about it when playing with them, so I removed it), so I will absolutely get rid of it. My next plan (testing tomorrow if it works) is to use 2x Fireball and Concentrated Effect for the 6th link. It should increase the damage more than one additional spell, doesn't increase the cost of Power Siphon as it's not an AoE skill and also reduces lag (less spells cast).

That being said, I respecced into Eldritch Battery. Haste Aura is AWESOME!
Your tree also looks rather similar to what I'm at right now. I will post my tree tomorrow. It differs quite a bit from the version in the op!

Nice build. However why no elemental Equilbrium? Its so close and seems so up dps quite abit.