Staff Witch, hehe.

Yeah i just wanted to try out a funny build, so i made a witch with elemental attacks on her staff.

Basically, i wanted a staffing char but i don't like the Templar skin, so here goes.

A 100 points build would look like this :

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMB37CSwY6-ES18g2KsoW3Wnc36uJMR2zN2kjgy0UVHtQRjC5cBM0ApB8lnXcZG1-0g4XOLjOQiGmwZhSSqNunjavrSZp5xTZrPQ2O3MVj1ncTAGlSRZqD7i5BVp4QaOOw4V-J35TKJBLOBb548TdiMdvAfogDFipMHRY69Obdy1YsUTaloWfOsqnKpfNnG5yIbuUNKLsQVp6XtRMT2d2KEY-TxKU-Cm16ffEvsGTQxwC7ZotE1

But it's the first time i play a close range character in PoE so i'm pretty sure it's not viable.

As skills, i currently use Infernal Blow and Lightning strike for AOE and Glacial Hammer for singles. Molten Shell is a nice addition, and Leap Slam to avoid running around ranged mobs.

So, what do you think ? Should i leave the idea and get a templar ?

Can't say for certain whether a physical damage based staff melee witch would be viable or not, but I can tell you that you'll definitely get one-shotted without at least making your way down to Iron Reflexes and running both Grace and Determination. Using only the armor/es nodes on the top left of the tree alone won't provide nearly enough damage mitigation as a melee build. Looks interesting though. Good luck.

I also take the armour/ES nodes close to the Templar start.

The damages are not physical, but elemental, since i make a lot of use of all the elemental staff attacks. To a point where i'm actually thinking about picking up Elemental Equilibrium.

I could also pick some more staff block nodes, though i doubt it would really make a difference. Would it ?

I also could leave the 4 staff nodes and reduduced mana cost at the bottom - i don't think mana would truly be an issue and half the staff nodes are about accuracy i don't really care about since i run Resolute Technique (and i don't see myself playing without, right now i'm 2 points away from it and the misses drive me crazy)

Thanks for your opinion though. I'll try to up those defenses.