Help With Staff Build

I'm sure there's some big problems with this build. I'm brand new to PoE so I have no idea what I'm doing with the skill planner so I'd like some opinions on what's wrong with it and what can make it better.

What I Want(If I can get it): Basically I'd like a staff build that does good physical damage but also has decent defense/resistances.

Questions I have:
1.Armor vs Evasion. Should I focus more on one than the other or do a hybrid? This build has some of both but I think went quite a bit heavier on the evasion side.

2.Does faster attack speed benefit staffs? I went into a lot of evasion and dex and some faster attack speed with that kinda in mind but if it's of no benefit I can do something else.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Here's the build:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUBAF4BvALQBVsILg9UFE0VIBmGGY4aOB0UIJwkpSkHKU8qTSzpMZ4zQDQxNdY62DrhPC0_J0N5RHJFCkWORZZKyEz_UUxUkVb6WK5bPVtZXp9jC2ZPZp5moHLDfLt89X1bgUmC5ITEiiKKdIqvj0aQEZBVks2S85MHlwGbjZuhn7SiAKZXp4SpaKsLrEevbK9zr6eyOLUEtz63crfiud29Ob68wBrALsCmwPPE9sWKxq7JZ8wGzqjQ0NE11I_Vi9mi21XdDeKA5CLrLOwZ7Djtg-8O73rwH_Iv8kX0xvaj99f60vuL_MX-Cg==

I would build more like this.

If you want a staff crit build it is not really worth it to go to the south of the tree. I built a more defensive setup that still takes a good chunk of damage nodes.

Auras would be grace and hatred, alonside your choice of melee skills.

As for your questions:

1. Both mitigate physical damage, but armor is more consistent. If you want to use both, you can maintain very high armour while still being able to evade attacks by using enfeeble and/or a blind gem for difficult fights.

2. It effects all attacks regardless of weapon type. In poe attacks are strictly weapon damage based abilities, not spell or traps or anything else.

Thanks for the response. So if I wanted to go for high crit I should stay more to the north side of the tree? I thought I might be trying to hit too many damage nodes with my build but wasn't really sure how much was too much. I guess what I kinda had in mind was fast attack and high crit with lot of evasion for defense but wasn't sure if that was viable for a staff build.

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/711693
^^Crit-Staff Build that can clear maps.


All the random gear and passives from my Resolute Technique Flicker Staff Templar...

Gear

(Use Tabula in 2 different characters...)Gems for Flicker are...
-Flicker Strike
-Multi
-Melee Splash
-Melee Phys
-Added Fire
-Blood Magic

DPS is 17k+ and like 14.6k+ without Abyssus

Passives(Lvl 69)

This Is my Templar Staff Build That relies Mainly on lightning strike and Infernal Blow

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUABVsUTRZvFvkZhRo4GmwkqilPNuk3RzrYPAVFR0WOTdhVxliuW1lmT2aea6xxTYFJgziIOIuMjHaPRpBVkweboZ2Kna6ftJ_fogCnCKeEr3OyOLUEt3K9OcAaxYrPZdDQ42rkIuw473zwH_fX

I will be investing in alot of burn duration/dmg as the build progresses. So far I have 15k health and clear entire mobs with one hit (if it crits)