Bewitched - A Proc Based Build dps pvp scarlet witch
Guide by HarryTasker Last update at Oct 24th 2013, 21:16

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So, I'm confident in my standing with Cable so I figured it's time to publish my guide for my 2nd favorite character, Scarlet Witch. And enough of the pleasantries:

Bewitched - A Proc Based Build

Greetings, fellow Witch players. This is my 2nd guide and this one today focuses on the great Scarlet Witch with a focus on maximizing a proc build. Why a proc build you ask? Quite simply, it's a better dps build than going straight damage boosting on Chaotic due to the amount of procs we will have going at once from 4 AoE sources and Chaotic. Procs no longer scale with damage rating however they can crit, which is a big focus of this build.

The Max Skills

Combusting Hex: Respectable enough damage and mostly used as a secondary resource for procs. Low duration means constant recasting.

Chaotix Hex: The bread and butter DPS skill to due to it being able to proc multiple bolts for full damage and being extremely easy to spam on high spirit pools. Each proc can proc procs like Mandarin, Faltine, and Maht's.

Chaos Magic: Bigger spirit pool and tons of juicy debuffs including slows and damage vulnerability for bigger DPS on our non proc abilities.

Hex Binding: Amazing CC tool and is also another source of our procs. Long duration and also brings very respectable damage.

Ravenous Binding: One of the strongest abilities in game. Period. Tons of regen on trash and great regen on bosses still. Also, more procs and good DPS.

Bewildering Hex: This skill is just straight broken for high X-Defense waves and is great for CC in reds+MM. Rhino can 3 shot squishy bosses like Laser when MCed.

The 1 Pointers

Ruinous Flux: More procs is about it.

Reality Implosion: For grouping everything together nicely inside our AoEs, bindings, and Bewildering.

Warding Veil. This power is a true 1 point wonder. Let's you facetank numerous things such as Magneto, erases flame walls, erases everything Electro does, the list is endless of what this ability can do.

Entropic Warding: Survivability to deflect projectiles. That's it.

Chaos Shift: Pretty self explanatory.

Enervating Hex: Can remove invulnerability from Juggernaut.

Artifacts to Use

Advance Flames of the Faltine: No contest here. More crit and the proc is amazing and can crit. Also multiplied by our energy stat.

Maht's Arrowhead: Also required so we can keep our DoTs+Chaotic Hex uptime. The upcoming fix will not affect this as an artifact for us.

Flames of The Faltine: If you don't have Advanced.

Tome of Zhared-Na: If you don't have a FoF period.

Cthonic Idol: If you don't have a Zhared Na.

Medallion

Mandarin Medallion: No contest. This is a proc build after all. Every proc can crit, multiplied by stats, and 1% duration grants an extra tick on each proc.

Costume Affixes

9 times out of 10 I say damage rating. This is that 1 time. We want crit rating since we are heavily proc focused. While it is true dmg rating will boost all of our skills, crit rating will boost all of our skills in addition to more procs critting which is a much bigger DPS gain. Yes, boss suppression sucks, but with 4 crit rating costume rolls and, Faltine, Cthonic breaking 40% on the paperdoll is no sweat.

Relic

I prefer Gibborim due to a higher spirit pool. Lemuria is redundant, Xandar scales horribly, and Atlantis could be a decent alternative.

Synergies

Iron Man
Jean Grey
Ms. Marvel
Cyclops
Cable
Human Torch
Emma
Thing/Black Widow (depends if solo or not)
Hawkeye
Squirrel Girl

Desirable Gear

Mark of the Nexus Being: Saves us from using an Energy Core. The huge chunk of defense is nice as is the health, spirit, and -minus costs in addition to the +all powers.

Gloves of Infinite Entropy: Self explanatory here. Proc city. +6 Decimation.

Cthonic Headdress: While some of the itemization is questionable, the crit rating, spirit, and +Disruption is insanely good. More heals, more spirit, better vulnerabilities, bosses kill each other better, etc.

Tactigon: %damage vulnerability and +5 all skills proc is juicy. Pretty much the best slot 3 for every character honestly.

Eidolon Warwear: This one is good as well. Big defense, Drone proc, more sustain, health, and damage rating.