There is always more than one valid way to build things in Path of Exile
I always show all possible options in terms of Passive Tree, so you can choose what to pick first depending on your Gear and personal preferences, but I gave my personal skillorder in the video.
With Xoph's Blood you can drop 4 points on Avatar of Fire, pick the jewel slots last, as long as you don´t have GG jewels ready to equip, and also pick the duelists 4% life cluster last. Or simply check out the linked Forum guide where you will find lower level trees...
The synergie is there, with the Path of Exile: Ascendency and the Gearoptions adding Frenzy, you reach dodge cap with minimal investment. It´s impossible to reach the same level of mitigation with armor on a similar amount of passives spend.
If you dislike Blood Magic, feel free to run auras, but I value the mana-independence + 35% life higher. Especially as you curse defensive Enfeeble already (Cast when Damage Taken)
Blood Magic is not dumb it´s a very viable option. If you wanna play without it and go Auras, just do so.
I value the mana-indepence and 35% life with Enfeebe higher than running Grace + Flamability. When I was suggesting a Cyclone build running on mana, like 60% of the viewers could not handle it. So especially for leveling this is the superior option for the majority of players. But as already said, just do your thing.

Nov
New Path of Exile league starts Friday
New league starts Friday. Hope you have a great time playing Path of Exile, but beware, you might get addicted.

Oct
Chaos Damage doesn't bypass Energy Shield
The way I see it, unique items are bad design. They put build-enablers into a terrible binary: not enabled, or best-in-slot. There's no room for gear progression in that gear slot under such itemization.

Nov
POE gets enough player growth from the new expansion
There will likely be a loath bane replacement, and it's going to be the product of eternals.

Dec
In Path of Exile you have two different resources that keep you from dying
In Path of Exile you have two different resources that keep you from dying. Feels free to compare to other classes if you're not feeling raider is up to par, or if swords isnt your thing.

Jan
Diablo III really has nothing on Path of Exile at this point other than graphics
As someone who loves Path of Exile. I would 100% agree Path Of Exile superior to Diablo 3 especially at the level you can play games like Starcraft and stuff.