14k+ Dps Fire Witch, 1 Hit Merciless Brutus With Crit Youtube Vid Included

Hello everyone, I can't promise how well this build will work for maps in the endgame as I haven't done any yet

This build will only cover some of the basics since it wont be fully published as i'm half asleep typing this. If you want something explained in specific detail please leave a comment below or head to my stream to ask me personaly




1 Shotting Brutus Merciless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZxoWOWAfAY

Just as a note, i'm currently running 5 Endurance charges on the defensive tab to get myself to 79% Reduction

Molten shell is tripple linked with "Concentrated Effect" & "Iron Will"

Summary: Pop molten shell, walk into a group of mobs. Use double enduring cry to obtain max resistance/reduction. When it goes Pop collect your loot and move on. While waiting for molten shell to pop you can either run in circles, or spam firestorm on top of yourself/ranged mobs If you run concentrated Effect and crit a boss with Flammability you WILL 1 hit him :D. ( Assuming you have half decent gear )

Below is a little rundown of where you should be around what level, Just know it isn't the " Exact " Level to skills ratio simply a guide for you to follow.

Level: 1-19
Level: 20-39
Level: 40-59
Level: 60-79
Level: 80-99
Level: 100+


Weapon Type: You have 2 choices here, Wand or Mace

Wand: High spell damage, can roll crit. Can roll projectile speed

Mace: High Elemental Damage, Can roll spell power + Elemental Damage ( ? )



The reason for the 3 link in the weapon and not a 5 link in armor is due to the +2 to fire level gems which scales Molten Shell by an Insane amount.

Armor Type: Pure Armor.

Your goal here is basically Highest Armor + HP possible. Resists will come secondary as you can max out so easily with your shield.


Accessories:

Rings: Hp , Casting Speed, Mana Regeneration, Fire Damage
Necklace: Same as rings




Skills

*Single Target

-Firestorm ( Concentrated Effect ) ( Iron Will )

-Molten Shell ( Concentrated Effect ) (Iron Will )


*AoE

-Firestorm
( Iron Will )

-Enduring Cry x2

-Molten Shell
( AoE Increase, Iron Will )

*Curses: No supports really needed since the AoE is huge due to the 2 AoE nodes you pickup in the passive tree along with the 4%

-Enfeeble:
-Flammability:
-Punishment ( In Testing )




Farming Areas

Act 1: Ledge
Act 2: Western Forest
Act 3: The City of Sarn

Bandit Rewards

Oak +40 Hp
Alira 4% Casting Speed
Oak +1 Endurance Charge

Flasks: My personal favorite

Bubbling: 50% Reduced Amount Recovered, 135% Increased Recovery Speed, 50% recovery Applied Instantly

Seething: 66$ Reduced Amount Recovered, ( INSTANT RECOVERY )

Sapping: 60% ( INCREASED ) Life recovered, Removed ( 10% ) of Life recovered from ( MANA )

Saturated: 50% Increased Amount Recovered. 33% Reduced Recovery Speed.

Warding: Immunity to curses during flask effect ( Also removes any curses )

Iron Skin: 60%-100% Increased Armor During Flask Effect ( 60%-100% Dependent on Flask Roll )

Ample: +10-20 Charges


Current Flask Setup


The Warding Flask is swapped out depending on what i'm up against, Vulnerability absolutely shits on this build, so make sure to cleanse Asap

Mobility:
-19% Movement speed from this build. it's actually kind of nice since I don't desync

Weapon swap for dual wield fast attack weapons & use leap slam

Block Chance.
50%+ Block chance with this build unless you decide to go Spell caster shields.
5%-25% Spell block depending on uniques

Auras:

Determination: ( Mandatory ) Running this aura is mandatory with your build, essentially it will give you increased armor, and since you're running a shield unlike most of my other build it'll give you an even greater boost, Also it'll directly affect molten shell along with your granite flasks which will make an easy hard cap at 90% Phys Reduction.

Clarity: Simply put, you pickup 100% mana regen in the skill tree so using this is a must, You can ditch all form of mana potions and rely on full defensive flask setup

Tempest Shield: ( Self Buff )( Optional ) 4% block and 5% with ( Inner Force ) [ I think ?] regardless, if you're able to sustain this with your mana it'll help you alot with the reduction and single target damage for beginning game.

Sorry for the partial complete guide like all the others, I tend to make these when i'm half asleep and chilling with my viewers

I realize I haven't explained too much about it in depth, I'm just getting the guide up so you can all start using it while I edit & Work on it!

Please leave feedback below! Youtube guide coming soon!

STREAM: Twitch.tv/pohx
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/0hxP

Nvm misreading.

Didn't know you only needed that few armor to hit 89% reduction.

Might have to rethink between wearing +armor gear or going evasion/dodge.

Holy shit that is an awesome idea. I have to test this.. like.. now!

Thanks for sharing!

Seriously, the idea behind it is hilariously brilliant. And you don't even need fancy shit to make it work.

I'm psyched like I wasn't in a long time ^^ If this works like I think it should, this will be hilarious. And probably be nerfed soon, but who cares?! :P

Hum.

You are only dealing fire damage, right?

What if you pick Elemental equilibrium with ice nova somewhere. Ice nova, pop molten shell, explode it.


It's a 50% damage boost against 0% fire resist mobs, and a +300% damage boost against 75% fire resist mobs.

Sounds great for me.

Edit: And what about casters mobs? are you fine against a whole pack without physical damages?

Its possible to make it with a templar? Really loved it!

This is me atm (lv. 43): http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUAAnEEswVbFE0WbxmFGjgdFCNNJKopTzKJNsU26UA2Q2NEckbXTdhVxlfiWPVmnnFNd-WBb4KbhMSLjIx2j0aQVZrPncSePKIApwinhLT5tzHAGs9l0NDYJOFz42rsOO0g8B_60g==

Going for fire/burning nodes, armor/es nodes its for EB (7 auras)

and about the scepter, how about that:



(Ignore the gems)


Thanks,

Akraid.

I really love the idea of the build, gotta try that myself. ^^
Could you please make a short video of the playstyle? Can't find one in your youtube videos.

I'm going to go try this build right now, looks bloody delightful.

Nice guide and depth, thank you Pohx. :)

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Keyen wrote:

Hum.

You are only dealing fire damage, right?

What if you pick Elemental equilibrium with ice nova somewhere. Ice nova, pop molten shell, explode it.


It's a 50% damage boost against 0% fire resist mobs, and a +300% damage boost against 75% fire resist mobs.

Sounds great for me.

Edit: And what about casters mobs? are you fine against a whole pack without physical damages?

At the moment caster mobs kind of own you, ( in maps that is ) I think i'm going to go for 2X uniques, The shield with spell block + Spell power, & the Necklace with spell block, that should pretty much make me immune to casters

I was contemplating equil, however just for leveling purposes I can basically 1 hit most mobs aside from blues with resist fire, They seem to take 2 hits.

I was thinking of a trap with ice nova with added lightning damage, However, i've never gotten the time to test to see how equil actually works ( Duration, etc ) Thanks for the idea though & Youtube on gameplay should be up by the end of today

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Akraid wrote:

Its possible to make it with a templar? Really loved it!

This is me atm (lv. 43): http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUAAnEEswVbFE0WbxmFGjgdFCNNJKopTzKJNsU26UA2Q2NEckbXTdhVxlfiWPVmnnFNd-WBb4KbhMSLjIx2j0aQVZrPncSePKIApwinhLT5tzHAGs9l0NDYJOFz42rsOO0g8B_60g==

Going for fire/burning nodes, armor/es nodes its for EB (7 auras)

and about the scepter, how about that:

(Ignore the gems)


Thanks,

Akraid.

You can make it from a templar, you'll have an easier start. However you'll miss the +40% mana regen from witch in the end unless you want to spend extra points, As for the weapon it's definitely a good Idea up until you find something better. But it's still pretty good with the 40% Ele damage along with +1 skill lgems