Casting Class, which is better: Fire, Ice or Lightning?

[sdshadow]

I played a melee marauder long ago (before the game was even on steam), but it got boring after like 200 hours.
Now i will play again, but with the opposite. A mage like char.

What is the best or funniest to play here? Fire, Ice or Lightning?
Ice was the most challanging and annoying attack that i feared as my marauder. But is it really good, e.g. is it fun to play?

I tend to start as a witch, or is there a better starting class for reaching a mandatory skill?

What gamechanging skills should i tend to reach on the passive ability tree? e.g. Is 1 HP and immunity to chaos damage worth it?

[Incunabulum]

I'd say Ice is the most OP - slows movement/attacks and has a chance to completely stop them.

Lightning is what I prefer *aesthetically* and it has a nice (if short) stun and can amplify damage from follow-on attacks.

Fire - adds a DOT and not much else.

CI is worth it - *if* you go big on ES/ES recharge/change Life Leech/Regenerate to ES. You'll use ES as a HP replacement - instead of hitting Life nodes you'll be searching out ES nodes.

[Deltafrosti]

Suprised to see people in steam if 200 hours before steam... this item might make element choice more interesting
http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/The_Three_Dragons
Your Fire Damage can Shock but not Ignite
Your Cold Damage can Ignite but not Freeze or Chill
Your Lightning Damage can Freeze but not Shock



Fire dot.... some items give life steal and nice dmg bonus for ignited enemies and proliferation will make your screen burn.
Lightning ball wrecks enemies early game but arc is pretty nice end game spell.
ice, if you love crit builds, why not. :3

[baajimyriam]

you can also do a necromancer witch

[sdshadow]

Thx @ all.
I play cold damage now with a lot of ES to go later to CI.
It is fun to play, i hope it is fun at the endgame later also.

Necromancer is not my thing, i like to kill everything myself, to have minions to do this for me is not really fun.