ANGRYAFRICAN's Fat Quad Curse Summoner.

You're fat, you have lots of life, you quad curse and have a powerful horde of minions to crush your enemies. Introducing my Fat Quad Curse Summoner.

Video of the build in action: http://youtu.be/aJU98nLDKHE


Gem links:

4l: Arc + Curse on Hit + Vulnerability + Enfeeble
3l: Hatred + Generosity + Reduced Mana
3l: Enduring Cry + Immortal Call + Cast When Damage Taken
4l: Purity of Fire + Purity of Lightning + Flesh Offering + Reduced Mana
5l/6l: Raise Spectre + Minion Damage + Increased Area of Effect + Spell Echo + Life Leech (if 6 link) + Added Fire
4l: Raise Zombie + Multistrike + Melee Splash + Minion Life (in a +2 Minion Helm).

If you are using http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Mon%27tregul%27s_Grasp change your zombie links to Multistrike + Faster Attacks + Level 3/4 Empower (if you have the money). You don't need melee splash with mombies because of the infernal blow effect. If your mombies are dying for some reason, you can replace Faster Attacks with Minion Life. edit: On further testing, looks like melee splash is superior for map clearspeed.

In a party you have the flexibility to swap in a culling strike gem over Faster Attacks to guarantee the infernal blow effect.

We use Undying Evangelists from the Sceptre of God as spectres. They are optimal for dps and survival, and scale really well via hatred and our curses.

Passive Tree at 84: http://poeurl.com/y2CeRao . Past level 84...just get as many life nodes as possible and perhaps skittering runes for curse effectiveness. With our setup we hit 75% block at 85.

Passive Tree at 90: http://poeurl.com/y27yDse .

For Bandits, side with Oak in Normal and kill all for the skillpoint in both Cruel and Merciless.

Important Items:



With the passives, Rathpith and Anvil I have 75% physical block and 54% spell block. The +1 curse corruption is purely extra, if you don't have it run a Dodres.

For defence, I think the the best option is Belly of the Beast (for the massive life pool). For DPS, use Vis Mortis (which I am currently using at level 90).

I have dropped the 4th curse and Asaenath gloves, running triple curse in a 5L and Spectres in a 4l. I have dropped Added Fire as a support for Spectres. 4 curses is nice, but its really hard to setup unless you have corrupted gloves.

How to level a summoner and start up this build: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/996251 . As a marauder, you have options such as groundslam or dual searing bond totem. However the transition to summoner at Merciless Ledge is still the same.

As a Marauder, you can use this spec to easily level to Merciless ledge http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1029424.

You can watch me play this build every day in Beyond league at: http://www.twitch.tv/angryaa/

FAQ

Why Marauder over Witch? Maruder allows us to stack as much life as possible. This build actually hardly needs or uses mana, so the Witch start in the passive tree is useless to us. We don't need 9 zombies because we use Montregul's which halves our zombie count from 8 to 4. Additionally we gain immunity to stun and +1 max fire resist. I feel Marauder has the same power of minions as a Witch but has increased survivability.

How do I raise my spectres with Spell Echo support? I carry on summoning two spectres! . Unsocket Spell Echo and raise your spectres as normal, after you are done resocket Spell Echo. Minions don't snapshot anymore so this is an easy solution.

How do I raise my Zombies? I have hardly any mana or mana regen! Swap in a blood magic gem temporarily when you want to raise your zombies, and then take it out again after they are summoned.

My current gear for the curious:

looks fun, I'm gonna try this in beyond

Looks awesome AA; wish I had more time to watch your stream.

I'll definitely try this if/when my witch rips.

Well done.

Now try for a Duelist summoner? :P

https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgMA34rpAhslS67ZW20ZfRjsimvbTLMEB4PbVcY6WMy899esmEQEEJdNuevkXyoI9LzqwFRqQ2sXlSDB84Ie2wsRUDW5pyuboR1Pj0anCCqY2Qv6gNrdna4abBZv42o26SSq-tIXL1XWZOeApJAziECmrGaewBqQVRo4p4S4k-vugsco-vnoQYe3Pv4KNZLYvdP7qH1akWqsmuBFnVNShEhca8NtE2wGSarEhWAi9FfJDXzqurQMRnHhiB2qgwmTJxzcv5fJPfIe8kX-jw==

What do u think about this tree. I would be using montegruls and belly with only double cursing,high mana regen,AA,few auras?

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Vulgar_Display_Of_Power wrote:

https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgMA34rpAhslS67ZW20ZfRjsimvbTLMEB4PbVcY6WMy899esmEQEEJdNuevkXyoI9LzqwFRqQ2sXlSDB84Ie2wsRUDW5pyuboR1Pj0anCCqY2Qv6gNrdna4abBZv42o26SSq-tIXL1XWZOeApJAziECmrGaewBqQVRo4p4S4k-vugsco-vnoQYe3Pv4KNZLYvdP7qH1akWqsmuBFnVNShEhca8NtE2wGSarEhWAi9FfJDXzqurQMRnHhiB2qgwmTJxzcv5fJPfIe8kX-jw==

What do u think about this tree. I would be using montegruls and belly with only double cursing,high mana regen,AA,few auras?

You would miss out on the +1 zombie from the node to the right with montreguls, it rounds down (9/2 = 4 zombies) so it's a bit of a waste. You're essentially mirroring his marauder tree without all the goody hp and instead taking some mana reg / es which really, is not needed.

I leveled this build up and at 73 now, I rarely need mana because the 3 abilities I do cast (arc, convocation, flesh offering) cost like 10-25 mana each. Zombies are immortal, even vs beyond bosses, so far.

How many chromes you spend on your Armour?
I have already spend around 120 but no BBBRR.

spend another 100 only got RRRBB but not BBBRR.

Heya AA, my first attempt at a summoner and kinda interested to know what your tree looks like when you make the initial switch at Merciless Ledge. Really liking how it looks when times collide and can watch twitch stream :)

use spell echo how to catch Undying Evangelists ?
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zxcvb2939 wrote:

use spell echo how to catch Undying Evangelists ?
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remove spell echo when you summon them