Noob questions: ascendancy, Gear, witch build....
Dear all,
I am a new PoE2 player, and not that experienced in ARPG overall (mostly played D3 in the past). I am playing a witch and I am Lvl 45 in Act 3 and I have several "basic" questions:
Ascendancy: for some reasons, my understanding was that Trial of the Sekhemas was in Act 3 and now I realized that I was mistaken. I tried the Trial of chaos and I failed. Hence, I wonder whether i can still come back to Act 2 to to the Trial of Sekhemas to get my 1st 2 ascendancy points. Otherwise, what would be the best way to get those ?
Gear: I have had a rare scepter giving 140 spirit and lvl 4 Skeletal minions for quite some time and never found one giving that much spirit. Hence, I have stuck with it so far as I play a mixed build with reavers, Arsonists and Snipers (as well as Firewall + SRS) needing a lot of Spirit. However, as I find other scepters with Lvl 11 Skeletal minions now but with only 100 Spirit, I wonder whether I should stick with it for the higher spirit count or if I should switch.
Witch build: does it make sense to mix minions as I am doing ? As I think of it, I wonder whether I should not choose between the arsonists and the skeletal snipers and add another skill. As it is now I am using flame wall (that creates raging spirits) + flammability+Pain offering + Contagion + Essence Drain.
"Armor" vs Energy shield vs Evasion: as a witch, I guess I should focus on Energy shield right ? does those scale with strength, INT and DEX ?
thank you.