[0.9.11] Ice Witch CI crit build

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xXkoverasXx wrote:

I'm at lvl 50, and must chose betwen the shield pasives and more critical chance, the shield pasives are really relevant? is enought bonus to make a difference in the survavility?

No one knows? *____* i need to know

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xXkoverasXx wrote:

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xXkoverasXx wrote:

I'm at lvl 50, and must chose betwen the shield pasives and more critical chance, the shield pasives are really relevant? is enought bonus to make a difference in the survavility?

No one knows? *____* i need to know

Depends on if you're comfortable with your survivability or not. If you are, go with critchance, if you aren't, go with shields.

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Yozod wrote:

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xXkoverasXx wrote:

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xXkoverasXx wrote:

I'm at lvl 50, and must chose betwen the shield pasives and more critical chance, the shield pasives are really relevant? is enought bonus to make a difference in the survavility?

No one knows? *____* i need to know

Depends on if you're comfortable with your survivability or not. If you are, go with critchance, if you aren't, go with shields.

I'm confortable, but i'm at end of merciless, maybe in the maps i need more survavility, so the question is, shield pasives worth it? is usefull?

I dont know if there is no animation for block in this game, or block dont work like diablo2, but i didnt see my whitch blocking in all the game, so... i thinking if a 3% chance to block and block recovery would be usefull.

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xXkoverasXx wrote:

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darkwish98 wrote:

Currently level 30, no extra crit dmg pasives yet.
I wanted to ask, my freezing pulse +lesser seems better then ice spear+lesser. The ice spear is rather slow in speed and cast speed aswell(i will add cast speed gem as soon as i get socket setup) is this happening because i have close to no extra crit dmg at all?
In comparison to the cast speed and damage of freezing pulse right now, ice spear only advantage is probably more crits and the fact that its long range, do you people stick with this slow casting or maximize it somehow? how?

Put it in a totem mate.

The ice spear? o.o

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darkwish98 wrote:

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xXkoverasXx wrote:

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darkwish98 wrote:

Currently level 30, no extra crit dmg pasives yet.
I wanted to ask, my freezing pulse +lesser seems better then ice spear+lesser. The ice spear is rather slow in speed and cast speed aswell(i will add cast speed gem as soon as i get socket setup) is this happening because i have close to no extra crit dmg at all?
In comparison to the cast speed and damage of freezing pulse right now, ice spear only advantage is probably more crits and the fact that its long range, do you people stick with this slow casting or maximize it somehow? how?

Put it in a totem mate.

The ice spear? o.o

Yes, whith lesser mp.

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aimlessgun wrote:

Left. The mana regen and energy shield bonuses on the right are very minor in the beginning when your gear is just a hodgepodge of random stuff youve found and you're not running Clarity aura.

Thank you for the reply!

Level 28 now, still death-free. Really having a lot of fun with this build.

I agree, its high time this thread goes into high lvl 50 and above discussion. Don't be shy people. I'm also at this stage and very curious, excited and hesitant.

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xXkoverasXx wrote:

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xXkoverasXx wrote:

I'm at lvl 50, and must chose betwen the shield pasives and more critical chance, the shield pasives are really relevant? is enought bonus to make a difference in the survavility?

No one knows? *____* i need to know

I think it's worth it. I spent 6 points for 12% more block, 30% defenses from shield, and 40% block recovery. I originally didn't have the block recovery one, but I was blocking constantly and eventaully got it because I was getting locked in block animations (48% block).

More defense allows you to play more recklessly, and means less time running away trying to get your ES to regen, so your effective DPS goes up. This is more important if your main DPS is Freezing Pulse (as opposed to Ice Spear) since you want to get up close and personal to maximize your damage.

Oh man - this is crazy - I've been doing a build almost exactly like this one!

I actually just posted a youtube video about this build, and the different aspects on it.

I'm lvl 31 now, and I'm really interested in some high level discussion about this build. I think it has a ton of viability right now - Especially with the Chaos damage I saw at the end of Act II - I know what's coming for me at the end of Cruelty Act II...

Question - When do you recommend hitting Chaos Innoculation?? Also - how do you guys feel about the general damage of this build in cold - I presume most of you guys are using ice pulse? (believe that's the correct spell)...

Glad to finally be posting on these forums, I look forward to being here a lot - I love Theory Crafting!!!

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There are different schools of thought on when to take CI and some of it is personal preference. I know a lot of people hold off til level 40 or 50 or wait to hit a threshold of 2k ES first or some such. Personally I prefer taking CI as soon as I gain more ES than HP lost by the switch. This is mainly due to the annoying chaos damage things I would get to ignore earlier on.