The Spectrel Gods ( A Summoners Guide ) [Updated 4/22][Now with video!]

Added 2 more videos and Bandit Reward

Just crafted this (ilvl 64)

This is soooo powerfull, 4 spectres is the way to go!!
Tested with the flame sentinels supported by: minion dmg, chain, gmp, faster attacks and rarity
The screen goes nuts, so much AoE I cannot see where I am xD

Btw I am selling another one good for crafting (ilvl 63) if anyone is interested

hi, i'm using a similar build, just wondering, do i have use faster casting or faster attacks with flame sentinels? Do they both affect their attack speed, or just one of them? If so, which one should i use?

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Iselore89 wrote:

hi, i'm using a similar build, just wondering, do i have use faster casting or faster attacks with flame sentinels? Do they both affect their attack speed, or just one of them? If so, which one should i use?

no idea tbh, i used faster attacks cos it is the one i have
currently i switched from gmp to concentrated effect cos of latency

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Iselore89 wrote:

hi, i'm using a similar build, just wondering, do i have use faster casting or faster attacks with flame sentinels? Do they both affect their attack speed, or just one of them? If so, which one should i use?

Faster Casting. Faster Casting is good enough. But if you really want to improve their overall damage, get a "Added Chaos Damage". With how many Spectres a true Summoner can have (4), and all that damage coming as part-Chaos, you can eat right through some bosses.

That's what I had done, I had LMP, I yanked that out, changed the socket to Blue, and added a Chaos Damage gem...With 3 Flame Sentinels, I melted The Weaver and Alyria (sp?) in Cruel so fast, it was like throwing Butter into a Lava Pool.

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Baalat wrote:

Just crafted this (ilvl 64)

Spoiler

This is soooo powerfull, 4 spectres is the way to go!!
Tested with the flame sentinels supported by: minion dmg, chain, gmp, faster attacks and rarity
The screen goes nuts, so much AoE I cannot see where I am xD

Btw I am selling another one good for crafting (ilvl 63) if anyone is interested

Spoiler

Dear god. You make me want to pick up my queens decree again and 6 link it. how many fusings did that take...?

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mattc3303 wrote:

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Baalat wrote:

Just crafted this (ilvl 64)

Spoiler

This is soooo powerfull, 4 spectres is the way to go!!
Tested with the flame sentinels supported by: minion dmg, chain, gmp, faster attacks and rarity
The screen goes nuts, so much AoE I cannot see where I am xD

Btw I am selling another one good for crafting (ilvl 63) if anyone is interested

Spoiler

Dear god. You make me want to pick up my queens decree again and 6 link it. how many fusings did that take...?

maybe 30-35
still cheaper than the MB

Hi, to all using faster attacks with flame sentinels, switch to faster casting now!I've tried with faster casting and it increases their attack speed, while faster attacks do not!

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Iselore89 wrote:

Hi, to all using faster attacks with flame sentinels, switch to faster casting now!I've tried with faster casting and it increases their attack speed, while faster attacks do not!

yep this is right
the only problem I have with the sword is that rolling blue sockets is very difficult
most I could get after ~100 chroms was BBBBGG

Hello!

First of all, thanks for the great build and the informative thread! I leveled my witch on my own until 60, but after my plans with chain-supported Arc didn't quite satisfy me (manacosts are surreal), I wanted to go full on minions.

So, I made my first experiences with the different spectres the last two days. Regarding my build, I took every minion node there is, with a little bit of mana-reg and +life. I have either Ullrs or that sick sword, but I'm working on, so I'm with two spectres at the moment.


Flame Sentinels: I LOVE them. Gemmed my 5L chest to fit the recommondations (without GMP/LMP), and the AE damage really gets me. Although, those buddies die way too fast. I'm grind Fellshrine merciless at the moment, and I really need to look out for single bone-archers in the back since Sentinels are basically a 1-hit. Same goes for the Lightning Banners.

Any ideas how I could solve this? Aura-wise I'm running Haste and Discipline right now. Should I gem Minion Life instead of Chaos Damage? Or should I switch up my playstyle in general?

Burning Miscreation: The damage is absurd, it's not even fair. Ran it with Culling Strike+Dmg+Life+ChaosDmg. But man those guys die in a heartbeat. As I said, I'm grinding 57-59 maps right now, and they get destroyed every time I face melee packs.
Does Increased Area Effect make the difference? Because I don't have that gemmed at the moment.


In general, my Spectres die way too fast. How should I solve this? Running slower through maps so they stay behind me? Any other auras? Other support gems? Run lower regions?

Thanks for answers!