New 0.9.12 Cold crit witch build?

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CheckM8 wrote:

A little question.
Do you guys use other cold spell then Freezing Pulse?
Or is it better to use the sockets for other stuff?

Personally, I tend to use ice spear more than freezing pulse. I find fp misses a lot due to desync, wall and corridor/door issues.

Petrov.

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mrpetrov wrote:

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CheckM8 wrote:

A little question.
Do you guys use other cold spell then Freezing Pulse?
Or is it better to use the sockets for other stuff?

Personally, I tend to use ice spear more than freezing pulse. I find fp misses a lot due to desync, wall and corridor/door issues.

Petrov.

So you basicly only use 1/2 spells?

In terms of active spells, yeah. I very rarely use Ice Nova - I'd use it more but I'd need to link it to faster cast, which I haven't done yet. Of course I run a couple of auras - Grace and Clarity.

I also use Elemental Weakness debuff a fair bit, and an Ice Spear/LMP linked Totem. So most battles I'm casting 3-4 spells.

Petrov.

New witch here as well. Great information in here on how to traverse the intimidating web of passives. I was wondering if someone could go into more detail on the skill and support gems used with this. I've browsed all the cold witch threads I could find and I still feel like I'm missing some information on gems and maybe gear.

Edit: Nevermind, decided to go summoner. Sounds more fun =)

hers my little build



passive



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2k es is enouph for me.

After Patch this build does 9.2k dps freezing pulse.

Bump for people looking for an ice crit witch build. There are some good ones on this thread. Feel free to check out mine on a previous page in this thread:

Petrov's 0.9.12 Ice Crit Witch Build

Petrov.

Pardon my noob, but which side do you go first, left or right?

I go a bit right first for mana regen, then left a bit, then right.

But really, the early levels all fly by so fast it doesn't matter which branch you pick first.

Petrov.

Question for you ice witches. once your done and running maps, what give a better increase to damage; adding 30%crit chance or say 20% spell damage?

Just wondering because im leveling an ice/crit build except i started at shadow since i already have other witches, but at round lvl 24 i did some item swapping with spell damage and crit chance and it looks like spell damage is giving me more dps. I had a wand with 19% spell damage, and swapped it out for a dagger with 40% crit chance and my dps dropped.

Is this different at higher levels? Also what curses do you usually use? Ive been leveling a crit weakness, and elemental weakness. The elemental weakness seems to be working better with more freezing and more damage. By the time im back to doing maps will one be better than the other ?