New 0.9.12 Cold crit witch build?

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Balron wrote:

@Petrov: Why you use Pain Attunement in CI build?

Moving to left side for more crits looks good. I actually missed those nodes. I think I could use them instead some deeper ranger ones (that are more defense-oriented). I don't seem to be dying with 4k+ ES anyway and actually don't care about dying since I hit lvl70.

I didn't think I was using PA - but I repasted the link just to double check!! Also, realised I could make the build slightly more efficient - so repasted above.

Petrov.

That is indeed a viable option now. I changed my 300 ES gloves to these:

And I got a new wand finaly:

So I get some more crit chance and damage. Crit damage is so hard to get that I think it's viable to sacrifice some chance/spell dmg for those passives in the Templar area.

When I built my new skill-tree today I just glanced over it and was happy how easy it was to re-create my old build. I'm not going to use regrets and change my build now since I love those 2x 3% ms nodes more than little damage, since I already one-shot most mobs.

Would love to see some calculations for what in reality is better to get, and maybe doing them myself later when I got time.

I'll rebuild using the new build I posted and take notes on DPS impact as I go.

Nice gloves and wand - very jealous! That wand was the one that just sold on the forums, no?

Also, thinknig about respeccing into lightning just for giggles...

Petrov.

Yeah got it for cheap, 2 exalted. Just had to wait so damn long for the bidding to stop. 5 gcp for the gloves, not so bad either. I have seen them going for 10+.

Why would you go lighting? I think it should give much more damage for you but im not really sure about lighting skills. I feel that cold is just very dominant in the skills and in the effect it gives (perma frost).

I just realized I have three spare nodes, maybe ill respec some of my projectile dmg nodes and get to those juicy crits afterall.

Made the calculations and it indeed seems that it's good to go atleast to that farthest cluster in templar side that gives the most crit damage.

Going to take off few projectile/elemental passives and use them to achieve this.

Still not sure should I go up and grab that another cluster wich is mainly crit chance (got 40% in my freezing pulse already, without increased crit strikes gem).

Also, notice the three (yes, three!) 30% gain to ES from shield nodes just south of Elemental Equilbrium! Mmm, tempting.

Here's a slightly expanded build grabbing that juicy 90% ES from shields gain... Means this build isn't really complete until close to level 80, but heck!

Petrov's 0.9.12 Crit Ice Witch Build (with Shield)

Petrov.

Do you know how much ES those shield nodes would actually give you? I remember being sort of disappointed with one of those in the past, probably because they're additive with all your other ES increases.

Agree with what people are saying, not a lot of changes, and the ones that happened make the build stronger. The crit passives in the templar area are pretty intriguing, dunno if it's worth it vs. picking the low hanging fruit that take no attribute nodes to hit though (5% spelldmg nodes in witch start zone, 5% ele dmg and 6% projectile dmg nodes in shadow start zone).

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mrpetrov wrote:

Also, thinknig about respeccing into lightning just for giggles...

Petrov.

If you have the gear to support its insane mana costs, Shock Nova should put out some pretty serious DPS after the buffs, and at point blank range the Spark shotgun will absolutely melt bosses.

Problem is that LMP/GMP is just so absurdly good with Freezing Pulse that it puts frost so far ahead...NOTHING compares to the no downside, easy to use 2.1/2.5 damage multiplier from a single gem that LMP/GMP gives FP.

The big damage gem that Shock Nova gets which frost doesn't is Concentrated Effect, but that's only like a 1.75x (i think?) multiplier with a very hefty downside.

aimless, thanks for the thoughts - really interesting.

I was thinking of using shock nova or something else with this:

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Concentrated Effect with no mana cost multipler?

Petrov.

Ooh nice hat. Amusing that it's a cold damage hat...does Conc Effect work with that new cold spell?

But yeah CE on Shock Nova without the mana cost sounds pretty awesome. But does it actually work that way?

aimless - dunno, will find out in 2 levels as my new witch is only 63. Just bought a pair of maligaro's gloves (66% crit dmg) for 1 exalt - probably paid too much!

Petrov.

EDIT: Maybe the new Arctic Breath spell will work well with that unique...

EDIT 2: So with the new build I posted above (at least, as much as I could get at level 63) my DPS went up 1.5k compared to pre patch. Freezing pulse went from 3.3k to 4.85k - nice. Crit chance around 50%. Crit dmg multiplier around 600%.

Petrov.