Funky CI Posion Arrow/Physical Witch bow build

So my friend said he was going for poison arrow witch. I know thats prolly not the best choice skillswise, but i tried to make it work out. Though im not sure about some skills/ pathways that i made for this build.



So first of all CI. I took it mainly becouse being a witch u get some quite nice benefit to it from some int points along the pathway, and u have easier time managing your mana pool, so those free points could be spent for getting vaal pact and ghost reaver, which are must have i believe for CI build to work nowadays.

Ive got iron grip also, becouse of the benifit of dex points and leather and steel combo, that benefit you really good in armor.

Now im not sure weather u should get pure energy shield, evasion or both from armor? Meybe its beter to skip CI and go straight for the health since +int wont benefit you that much?

From damage perspective ive got all frenzy charges, also 1 power charge which was in my pathway anyway, got as much +physical damage as i could, also getting some good +crit multiplayer and + crit chance nodes. Though posion arrows dont benifit that much from them, so im not sure weather its better to do that, or make something more like this, having abit more +% physical damage and abit more +% in resistances:



Also im not sure weather its worth getting pearcing shot, though u get +20% physical damage and +15% critical chance along with 35% to pearce for 4 skill points, so not to shabby.

And does poison arrow cloads bennefit from increased area of affect radius and/ or increased area damage? And if yes is it worth it to invest in them.


Im new to this game, havent yet gone to late content, so not sure what exact items u would need to use for this, so i hope someone will have some suggestions.

Though i believe lifesteal will be inportant in this, and meybe u will still have to help your mana pool abit.


Feel free to comment on what do you think of it, is it reasonable enough build in hardcore, is it solo'able or would you have to have yourself carried by a group till it works.
Leave your opinion and suggestions:)


Rethinkng this, meybe vaal packt with CI is not that good?