3rd times a charm. Where can i improve?

So this is my 3rd witch. I died at 56 to rubber banding then again at 48 to evil snakes going to vaal. I am now 61 and don't want to die again. here is my gear...



http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMAAP0C4wdjB6UI9BFQFLAWbxdQHRQkPCepLJwspzGIOVI6MDvhQ2NJUUmyTC1ObU99VcZXK1gHWPVZ81orWm1mnme9bRlwfXFNdhF5A35Zf8aAVoIQgh6IQot6j0aaz5uhncSj8qcIpyunXKmVrJi3Mbw3wBrBtMHFwfPDbc9l0NDa3d-w4vfk7OaB7Bjub_fX-tI=

Where can I improve the most? IS 188 dps on spark normal or am i missing something major? Just want to make sure im on the right path. Any info is appreciated. I bought a 75 vaal regalia which i managed to 6 socket on the 12th try but no luck with chaosing high es.

passive tree is not ideal. you waste points for nothing, and you waste points for useless nodes

items are bad - no synergy with one anoter and no synergy with the build

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/96297/page/1



I have been following this guide/thread so what im doing makes some sense. I had to pick up the dex and str nodes to use some gems/gear. When i have better gear i can spec out of them. I am looking for more specifics as to what is wrong so sadly your post did not help me at all.

i am sorry i didnt have much time.

my suggestion is this passive tree

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMBAuMHYwelCPQRUBSwFm8dFB8CJDwnqSycLKctHzGINsU5UjowO-FDY0lRSbJObVXGVytYB1j1WfNaK1ptZp5nvW0ZcU12EXkDfll-r3_GghCLeo0Zj0aaz5uhncSio6PypwinK6dcrJi3Mbw3wBrBtMHzw23PZdDQ2CTa3d2M37DgEuL35OzmgewY7m_31_rS



Your right finger, Sol Knuckle, what does that ACTUALLY give you? a big bunch of nothing. The ring is bad for whatever build you're running. Your gear doesn't have a lot of resistances in general and that is why you need the elemental resistance with shields nodes on the left side.
instead, you could get resistances on your gear and get damage on your passive tree, see my suggestion.

Also: you seem to be running no real auras that i could find: no clarity, no purity, no determination, no grace, no discipline, no grace AND, most importantly, no reduced mana gem.

But you should run auras. Will greatly improve your survivability: reduced mana -> clarity -> discipline -> determination on 4-l boots, gloves or helm.

You seem to be running NO CI at the moment. That means, chaos damage will kill you sooner or later. To counteract that, you need a TON of HP and chaos resist on your gear. Currently, only half of your items have HP rolls, and shitty ones at that, and you have no chaos resist at all on any item. That means, in Act 3 merciless sewers, you will get 1-shotted by every poison bomb thrower because you just can't tank it.

Even a white vaal regalia with no stats at all still has more ES than your chest piece. I would suggest replacing it asap.


So, in short:

Your items are bad because you have not enough resistances, HP or energy shield on your gear.

Because your gear doesn't offer much survivability, you need it elsewhere.

Because you need resistances from your passive tree, you have no damage on your passive tree.
(Don't get me wrong, you should go mostly defensive on your passive tree, but +10 elemental resistances when carrying a shield, come on, every prismatic ring can do better than that shitty node)

Because damage comes from skill gems, you still have no damage: higher level skill gems with a 6-l will solve that.

And because you can't kill fast enough atm, and can't tank, and have nothing to tank for you -
you die.


Solutions:
Try the skelly brotem.

Get auras that increase your survivability, with reduced mana.

Get items with USEFUL stats, drop magic find and physical damage and such like and focus on HP, ES, chaos resist, all resist, armor, all attributes.

Buy items on poe.xyz.is - yes, chaosing a vaal regalia is interesting and all, but if you don't get lucky, you have nothing. Use the currency for a ring or 2, a good amulet with the above stats and maybe spell damage. AND GET GLOVES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE ENERGY SHIELD! :-) Your gloves are worth about 1 transmutation, every vendor has better gloves for 1 transmutation than yours.

Try to use alterations and fusings on the vaal regalia. Aim for ES only with the alterations. if you have, like, 400 ES on your chest, and have a decent 4-l, it is okay for the moment. And alterations are cheap, chaos are better used for safe trading (that means money to buy things) until you hit level 80. Until you reach level 64, I believe, for the Vaal Regalia, invest into proper items so you don't die before that

Better? :-)

I managed to 5 link my vaal regalia but still havn't been able to get higher than 400 es.



Will work on getting a new ring and amulet.

I am going to stick it out in act 2 until i manage to get some better gear. I have currency but no chaos atm.

I run discipline and clarity but no reduced mana attached so i will work on that as well. I got a couple new pieces last night which brought my ES to almost 2k so im going in the right direction.

when you use blacksmiths whetstone on it, it will have 450 energy shield. that is quite a lot. In A3 merci, you should have max resists and chaos resist and a lot of hp. Not get some tank on your gear and stick it out till level 68 :> then you can still worry about damage. Also, as i said: damage comes automatically when levelling up gems and getting more links.


Next on your list should be the helm. 4link is nice and all, but you don't actually NEED the gems OR the sockets, I guess. You should have a lot more ES on your head. what you can do: go to the vendor in A3 and buy jewellers for alterations and fusings for jewellers. Then sell all the fusings for chaos orbs (I guess you don't have any) and use them to buy a helm with 150 ES or more, just like your boots. That should push you well over 2K ES. Still need to work on chaos resist, though - try to get 150 ES, Life and chaos resist on the helm or avoid the areas that have chaos damage.A2 crossroads ->fellshrine is mostly pretty safe, or ledge, ofc.

you also URGENTLY need a belt with life roll in the explicit stats, like 46 HP + 60HP. on top of the resists, ofc. chaos resist still missing.

edit: or spec out of the HP nodes and go for CI when you reach level 68. That is what I did. U ca ignore chaos resist on gear then. Worked well. just the no - potions - thingy was difficult.

just rolled i am going to lose a lot of resists though =-(

your gloves, chest and jewellery don't have resists either.
But at least now the helm has a decent ES roll.

Target (in order of importance):
HP as high as possible.
Chaos res.
ES as high as possible.
maxed resists.
auras.
damage.


And when I said you should buy these items, and you roll a helm with a ton of ES, fur no resists, then I guess you DIDNT buy but chaosed it yourself? I wouldnt do that before level 75+. But that is up to you.

use poe.xyz.is

I'll leave you to it now, and I hope you will manage to get maxed resists with your other items, purity (reduced mana) find other ways to not die. As long as you dont die, your gems level and give you damage automatically.
Good Luck!

looks like your copied build doesnt use temp chains (which would have saved you against the snakes)