Hellcat5's Guide to Meat Slappin' Muppet Master (Summoner) for 1.3.1

Hello!

I'm hellcat5. I make game videos, game programming videos, music and I do voice overs. I've created a scion summoner I want to share with you. This summoner runs 6 auras, and minions explode. minions also cause explosions. I enjoy the build. It's very tanky, and works very well at end game maps. here's the link to the video -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUwWXS-1JIo&list=PLA7erk0oNe2pec8aJEI-sMzXEmL13K8WN

notes - this build allows you to support your team mates with the ability to stop dps cold. hue hue. very high durability due to energy shield and chaos innoculation, along with a very short es regeneration start time. about 1.5 seconds without getting hit. You can freeze Dominus as long as you have other mobs around him. Works with all bosses. They just need to chill while your team mates chop, blast, whatever.

essential gear -
nothing is essential!! xD

suggested gear -
mon'tregul's grasp - http://poe.trade/search/giukunahimeuom - pay attention to the zombie hp increase 2000 is the new edition. the old edition is 500 hp. the new edition is better.

the vertex - http://poe.trade/search/hitariyusohano - wonderful energy shield hat with other great stats.

prism guardian - http://poe.trade/search/teowionimomaik - gives ability to run 3 auras on blood. wonderful for low life builds.

vis mortis - http://poe.trade/search/aremabanagerit - the minion damage increase from this armor makes it well worth it.

sidhebreath - http://poe.trade/search/tobohiwaunasik - a great summoner amulet


gems -

desecrate+vulnerability+decoy totem in one item - desecrate to create minions when there's nothing around to do this. Vulnerability to give minions more damage. decoy totem to keep the heat off you...or me in the map I show you...

reduced mana+purity of lightning+purity of ice+discipline - gives increase to maximum res and a deeper damage pool through energy shield.

clarity+vitality+purity of fire - mana regen, hp regen, and fire res with increase to max res.

minion and totem elemental resistence+minion damage+ minion speed+raise spectre - lets make those spectres beefy and fast moving with damage.

summon skeletons+spell echo+faster casting+minion damage - this makes my skeletons explode for more damage, and gives me the ability to make them quickly.

raise zombie+minion damage+minion life+multistrike - zombies that slap faster.


build -
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgAABkkNfA2NEJcRUBNsFVAXLxmKGo8bJRzcHRQdTx2qH8ci9CSwJ6ko-iqYK3gtiy9vMtE1uUKjRARFR0ZxSOdLrk25VdZXyVqRXGtk52h0aqxr22wLbRlvnnC7fRh_xoCkgseDCYRIhWCIQI9GkDOTJ5Sgm6GbtaaspwinK6h9qsS0DLiTv5fBxcM6w23JPcpKzLzT-9hN2QvZE9lb2mLfiuGI6QLquuvu7BjsivIe9tr31_no-oD60vsJ_kk=

Wait... you actually raise whatever pops up when using desecrate as spectre? Seriously, skeleton spectres?

Don't use auras in the vertex. You put your zombies there (unless you have a 6L). +1 to zombies gives a flat rise in life and damage which is much much more important than a slightly better aura.

Minion speed is probably the least useful support for spectres. You raise casters or ranged attackers what good is increased movement speed to them?

Speaking of: Even if you want to keep the spectres support as generic as possible so you can raise whatever you want inside a map, you should nevertheless start with some "good" spectres. You have pretty low ES and life. Get some evangelists before starting a map to get the protective bubbles. Plus they profit from the same auras as zombies.

Well, they would if you'ld run them: No hatred, haste or any damage improving aura? The clearing speed is really bad because of that. Probably due to your gear choices you are forced to run all those defensive auras.
And as for protecting your minions: You have seen that they get killed by a boss aoe despite all those auras.

BTW Running all the purity of xxx instead of purity of elements makes sense only if your resistances a capped so you can benefit from the increased max. The way i see it your resistances are not maxed. Running PoE instead of Purity of ice would at least cap fire and lightning.