Why doesn't Cast while Channeling work with Wither???

As the title asks, Why? Why is Wither a near-worthless skill? Bad enough that Blight is worthless, but to have Wither, a Channeling skill, not make use of Cast while Channeling seems rather broken.

I had a vision in my head of Spell Totem/Wither/Cast while Channeling/Contagion.... but, no.
Doesn't work.

Tried swapping out Contagion for Frostbomb.... but, no,

How about Summon Skeleton... no.

Firestorm?.... no.

Vulnerability?.... no.

Elemental Weakness?... no.

Temporal Chains... no.

Anything at all????.... you guessed it. NO!!!
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Wither isn't considered channeling neither is uh Lightning tendrils lol
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Wither works with cast while channeling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBmrY5kTN1U
Last edited by MANGUERA#1183 on Dec 29, 2016, 9:55:09 PM
Isn't the issue there Spell Totem? Totems tend to have trouble with multiple links, because they use the support gem to check their own gems, find none, and fail. This is also why you can't Curse on Hit with Totems.

If you're interested in precise statements of fact (i.e. addressing your thread title very technically), try again, with Spell Totem removed.
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Wither does work with Cast while Channeling if you're manually casting Wither; a spell totem cannot be supported by Cast while Channeling.

http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Cast_while_Channelling_Support
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I_NO wrote:
Wither isn't considered channeling neither is uh Lightning tendrils lol


I guess it's funny because Wither IS a channeling skill? Or maybe I just don't get your attempt at humor. :/
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adghar wrote:
Isn't the issue there Spell Totem? Totems tend to have trouble with multiple links, because they use the support gem to check their own gems, find none, and fail. This is also why you can't Curse on Hit with Totems.

If you're interested in precise statements of fact (i.e. addressing your thread title very technically), try again, with Spell Totem removed.


Thank you!! You are the first person to explain the Totem issue to me.
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Last edited by adghar#1824 on Dec 29, 2016, 10:00:18 PM
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RulerofAsgard wrote:
Wither does work with Cast while Channeling if you're manually casting Wither; a spell totem cannot be supported by Cast while Channeling.

http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Cast_while_Channelling_Support


Thank you for the link.
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adghar wrote:
Edit: my original post here was needlessly salty. Consider it deleted!


Should have left it. I thought it funny :)
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