Path of Exile Witch Guide- DPS & Good Survivability Build [Freeze Pulse Witch]

Hello fellow Exiles! I just want to share to you a build that I am currently using on my Witch on Path of Exile. It's not my own build and only followed it from a fellow player who's IGN is Knackete.

As the title suggest, I will be sharing Knackete's DPS and Tank build for a Witch on Path of Exile, which focuses more on the Freeze Pulse skill. For those who are having second thoughts following this build, I will tell you this early that this build is really superb. This build is a really good pulser and even at solo mode, you can clear Dominus Palace Imp without any hassle. 

So now, let's check out the build.

First, let's check the suggested passive skill tree for a DPS witch, as suggested by Knackete...

If you want a detailed view on the DPS passive skill tree, you can check it out here later> http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMA37DfioIQB6UC40myLJwFQkGWrrPQ9UyzLR9QMAQHlSDbXuvkg9sfAmsXwfNfKlXGNsW86qKjgh7YJMBUf8YPxNsLpwgI9GpDEZYvnTt8uJOdrtrdj0YOSAceFvO4yuvuGmwdFF3yY0OVLiY8KPqa4OQiNumOZHDVQsPw1YLHRZ3VpilPJKr3ponT34RJUY_6-egMfVNShX3sOBZvtvpwUgL-6_VBhxB_Jy_jaow2ZJ23PsaekFUHY1VL8h3-Cho4y71h4ti9wBomlTWScYUWv7XyVynzEQMeqW5G17FCH0EqOA==.

Now let's proceed to seeing the tanky version of this build.

Again, if you want a detailed view of this passive skill tree, go here later>http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMA37CCEAelAuNJsiycBUJBlq6z0PVMsy0fUDAEB5Ug217r5IPbHwJrF8HzXypVxjbFvOqio4Ie2CTAVH_GD8TbC6cICPRqQxGWL507fLiTna7a3Y9GDkgHHhbzuMrr7hpsHRRd8mNDlS4mPCj6muDkIjbpjmRw1ULD8NWCx0Wd1aYpTySq96aJ09-ESVGP-vnoDH1TUoV97DgWb7b6cFIC_uv1QYcQfycv42qMNmSdtz7GnpBVB2NVS_Id_goaOMu9YeLyRdi9JpU64TWSFr-18gMeqW4fQSo4pldN4_6PEFivm9-K

Note from Knackete: If you want more dmg and less life just remove some hp nod in the scion hp wheel and take some cast speed nod, if you want more hp remove some cast speed or the cold dmg in the witch start and take more hp in the scion life wheel (or even the templar hp nod if u want really high hp like 6K).

Now that we're done with the passive skill tree, let's go to gears, flasks and alternate gears for this build.

GEARS
Demon Branch Opal Wand
Sockets: Empower, Arctic Armour & Assassin's Mark

Rapture Duty Thorium Spirit Shield
Sockets: Vaal Haste, Lightning Warp & Reduced Duration

Demon Ward Praetor Crown
Sockets: Cast When Damage Taken, Enduring Cry, Immortal Call & Increased Duration

Cloak of Defiance Lacquered Garb
Sockets: Cold Penetration, Greater Multiple Projectiles, Life Leech, Increased Critical Damage, Spell Echo & Freezing Pulse

Invasion Road Sorcerer Boots
Sockets: Ice Spear, Power Charge on Critical, Faster Casting & Greater Multiple Projectiles

Doryani's Invitation Heavy Belt

Vortex Grasp Diamond Ring

Phoenix Grasp Diamond Ring

Loath Talisman Paua Amulet

Maligaro's Virtuosity Deerskin Gloves
Sockets: Clarity, Herald of Ice, Reduced Mana & Herald of Thunder

FLASK







Seethering Divine Life Flask of Staunching

Seethering Divine Life Flask of Grounding

Rumi's Concoction Granite Flask

Surgeon's Topaz Flask of Warding

Atziri's Promise Amethyst Flask

Alternate Gears









Saffell's Frame Branded Shield
Sockets: Increased Duration, Added Lightning Damage & Added Chaos Damage

Possible Alternate Sockets: Purity of Elements & Enfeeble

Possible Alternate Flasks: Surgeon's Ruby Flask of Dousing & Surgeon's

Vaal Molten Shell

Suggested Offensive and Defensive Stats

Offensive

Defensive

Freezing pulse+gmp+life leech+crit multi+spell echo+cold pen

Power charge generator

Ice spear+faster casting+gmp+power charge on crit

Clarity, Herald of ice, discipline.

Ligthning warp+reduce duration

Curse : Assassin mark good dps boost+power charge generator.

Artic armor with empower if you can substain the mana cost.

Vaal haste is a huge dps boost even if u have one low lvl like mine, its still insane lvl0=38% cast speed, lvl20=41% cast speed .

Defensiv setup Cwdt+enduring cry+immortal call+increase duration

You can also try to add chaos or add lightnind instead of cold pen or even faster casting(pretty fun), they give me +30k dps , but cold pen is better its give me more dmg i believe and better freeze for party play.