Bonestorm seems good, but has problems

The skill functions well. It feels nice to paly with. The damage does not seem bad. The detonation of the shards takes getting used to, and it would be nice to have a bone attack to help with this.

A major downside to me is that the skill seems gated behind Power Charge generation and Power Charge dumping. While there may be methods to do so in late game/maps, I have not seen any outside of Profane Ritual. This also feels awkward as the skill is gain so early, and there doesn't appear to be other skills and synergize with Physical Spells for the remainder of the Witch's skill selection.

Any additional Physical spells or skills that interact well with Bonestorm and other Bone skills would be a great addition. Maybe pushing Bonestorm to a higher tier and gaining a new Bone spell in its place would also make for better progression.

I know it is Early Access and there is much more to come, but I wanted to test out Bone Spell Sanguimancy, and In feel quite let down in that regard. I still hold out hope that it will be a good to great build in the future as changes are made, skills are added, and interactions are discovered.

Only lvl 30 myself, but my issue with bonestorm is the act 2 beetles. The projectiles will go right over their heads. have to aim directly at my characters feet to have a chance to hit. Didn't have that issue in PoE 1 with small monsters.

Currently running Pierce, Brutality, & Arcane tempo.

I've been using wands with Power Siphon to generate charges. Essence Drain to weaken, Power siphon to insta-kill once they hit the threshold. I'm able to kill enemies instantly at a distance, through cover. It's a really great way to generate charges

Otherwise agree; a physical attack feels out of place on a Witch, doesn't mesh well with her kit, and could use some other things to help round it out. More bone spells + things that work well with physical attacks, please

Also, Bone Storm continues eating into my life as Blood Mage after reaching full power, even though it's not draining any mana, all the way down to 1hp if I hold it long enough. This should be fixed

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RobJobLockdown#7593 wrote:

Only lvl 30 myself, but my issue with bonestorm is the act 2 beetles. The projectiles will go right over their heads. have to aim directly at my characters feet to have a chance to hit. Didn't have that issue in PoE 1 with small monsters.

Currently running Pierce, Brutality, & Arcane tempo.

I love the spell but yes it misses the beetles and i need to rely on other stuff. It's also my only properly offensive spell that feels like it does a level appropriate amount of damage. Minions are not great and the other offensive occult spells are hit and miss. Gravetide thing is really good only for the skeleton scorpions as a buffer if your main minions go down mid wave.

The chaos bolt is not that strong either