PoE Witch, SSF builds

I am playing an Eye of Winter Occultist and I honestly really enjoy it. But I mainly struggle with defenses on this character. I have reshuffled my Passive Tree a few times now. I tried Glancing Blows with a Life on Block Shield, but i had to sacrifice alot of Life to get the Block nodes. In terms of Main Links, I tried Pinpoint with Apex Mode Jewel, which was fine. I tried Badge of Brotherhood and ice Bite, but I didnt like losing Life on my Amulet and it just didnt feel right. Also I dont know how to keep up frenzy on bosses. Right now I am playing with Unleash and the three Unleash nodes

As I was interested in starting Fire Burst I thought I'd write up what changed using the character of u/killeen22's recent post as reference. First I'll give a quick overview over what's changed Skill changes: - base damage was nerfed by about 26% - damage effectiveness was nerfed by about 26% (I will be adjusting Immolate to compensate) - cooldown is only relevant for clearspeed (especially after the blowback nerfs) Cluster changes: - shock from cold conduction is dead. (-23%

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Act 1 to 5 - Level as SrS + zombie until act 5 and try to mimic the PoB Gem Setup with what you have Act 5 to 10 - Level as Spectre + SrS + zombie until act 10 try to mimic the PoB Gem Setup with what you have Act 10 to map - Follow as much as possible the PoB (gear, gem, flasks, jewels, all) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slave driver = The Control Blocks (Act 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In case your spectres dies, disconnect an

I think I'd share my most successful build this league, which I actually started with. I had an absolute blast playing this build, so if some of you guys looking for inspiration maybe it's the one you need. I've done all content in the game including Awakener 8 The Feared and 100% Delirious maps (this one is not so comfortable, but doable). Simulacrums are cakewalks. Everything in maps dies like it's nothing. Sometimes she kills map bosses without me noticing it. In her current state she is worth around 100-120 exalts, but she can work with much much less (it's my league starter after all). S

Pob fork: Disclaimer: I only play solo/with IRL friends, so this is technically SSF. I don't give a fuck about meta, I play to have fun. I league started with this build in mind and created it as I went. So, this is honestly my very first self-made build. So far so good, both the clear and single target feel good. I stumbled upon the combination of Sniper's Mark (spellslinger) + Pierce. You never have to think about what target is marked due to the fact that Marks are no longer a namelock skill. It also works beautifully because of how Subprojectiles work now: