Wanting to be a Spellsword / Magic Knight character

Hi, I think this might be the right place for this, considering I'm using a Templar as my starting point. I'm still new to this game and new to this forum.

This is a passive skill build I made in the offline builder. I would appreciate some advice and/or corrections to it.

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwUA-d1PBIuMQ8hKmHFNzGaaz5RcQ2PAZmjyr2xr2cWKNI7_03y7hjs6nTrYPQ935RT27DgyiScvAZEGOa-nV-IpT4KbkFUt0vuqgFbE9u0g5CJrtxo48wZPfXKpaf6FfVFg9zITzPH-kn3qGE_zYGXcIz0-Uebsy5hv5c-0L3dTITQ7O0E_nsXfspSHRUcy0evumuBFnVNSpwgVUMQV4XOaO5_fPAXvfA==

I just went up to 83 points. I'm not *quite* familiar with the passive skill tree yet, but I did go for a few things, philosophically speaking:

1. Grab damage for maces and elemental damage. (When I say "spellsword", I don't quite literally mean "use a sword" - maybe Magic Knight would be more appropriate)
2. Grab critical chance and multiplier when available
3. Grab some survivability skills

I don't have a specific skill in mind - mostly the elemental red gems.

I probably didn't choose the most effective path through the skill tree, and I may have missed something obvious or taken something that wasn't as good as it looked. I would appreciate any input I can get on this. Thank you in advance!
Last edited by Zachski on Oct 14, 2015, 2:17:59 AM
Few things to keep in mind when making a build.

-Your skill choices should be the first thing you consider when making a build, as your tree and gear will be fine-tuned to optimize them.

-If you don't know what you should be getting on the tree number-wise then read guides and look at other peoples characters. Eg) You have 39% life in the tree when you want closer to 200%, not enough crit to make it really worthwhile over resolute technique, etc.

Good luck.
My builds: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1629242

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