Withering Touch is all touch and no Wither.

With the new skill tree changes players were given the ability to invest skill points into Wither effect which is great and all, but applying the Wither debuff with sources other than Wither Totems just doesn't feel viable.
The support gem Withering Touch's ability to fully stack Wither against bosses is extremely lacking and takes far more investment than Wither Totems. When I asked my friend who was using Withering Touch how he managed to stack his Wither with the support gem he told me he had it in a 6 link Ballista Totem setup which isn't exactly viable for the majority of builds and is still technically totems.
Furthermore, Withering Touch minions can't even benefit from the new increased Wither effect or duration passives, putting them even further behind Wither Totems.
Withering Touch seems like it could be viable if the chance to inflict Wither on hit wasn't an abysmal 25% and was raised to 50% or even 100%. I can't see a change like this being overpowered in any way since it only buffs the weaker of the two utility options for applying the Withered debuff.
Thanks for reading and please consider.

combine it with withering step :)

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arknath wrote:

combine it with withering step :)

this
for sc withering step is king
with a lvl 21 gem you can easy sustain max stacks on bosses and it is very nice for clearing as well with phasing