Pure Caster vs Pure Summoner vs Hybrid Build

Just joined this game a week ago, made a witch that's half cold spell caster and half summoner.

I'd like to hear everyone's experience with pure caster vs pure summoner vs hybrid builds. Which one is the best end game build?
Last edited by SSS1#0614 on Feb 4, 2013, 4:23:21 AM
There is no best.. why do people think there is lol, it's all about play style, I have two three witches in total and I'm just starting a summoner witch, so far I kinda like a hybrid Summoner/Frost, you slow down all the enemies so that your summons can kill them very fast, it's very low level but I seem to live alot better with Summoner/Frost over Pure fire or Pure Frost or the other combinations, only once so far have I lost my shield, I didn't even lose my shield in the first boss fight when I was lvl 12 (Brutus)
Last edited by Tauorca#7751 on Feb 4, 2013, 4:41:33 AM
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There is no best.. why do people think there is lol, it's all about play style, I have two three witches in total and I'm just starting a summoner witch, so far I kinda like a hybrid Summoner/Frost, you slow down all the enemies so that your summons can kill them very fast, it's very low level but I seem to live alot better with Summoner/Frost over Pure fire or Pure Frost or the other combinations, only once so far have I lost my shield, I didn't even lose my shield in the first boss fight when I was lvl 12 (Brutus)


When I say best I mean most efficient farming and levelling endgame. Sure, styles matter, but since no game is completely balanced some builds will be more efficient than others.

Personally I think the hybrid build is quite strong, but I loath finding corpses on ground all day to stay at max minion numbers.
I never run out of corpse, and when you get skeletons you don't need bodies as they're on a 30 second timer and basic you have I think 5 not sure as I buff the count of minions so I can have more of them and increase mana, mana reg and shield, out of the three witches I have this is the most fun to play with

Edit: I didn't finish :D stupid enter key

Well I have a pure fire build, now she does the best damage so far, can one hit alot of things she's a real glass cannon but if she's over whelmed you're in trouble, I've almost died on that one, I wouldn't recommend lightning spec ones, I've died loads, had to re roll it 4 times and I've given up on lightning for now
Last edited by Tauorca#7751 on Feb 4, 2013, 5:00:04 AM
I rarely run out of corpse too. But you need to slow down every now and then to raise them. They are a lot slower than you when you have boost movement speed items. They are less effective against bosses too.
I see it like this:

Want to do massive sick damage but get killed more often?
Pure caster

Want to have major survivibility and in my opinion verry well damage
Pure summoner/ Hybrid build

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