2.0~ Alf's True summoner

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Elsien wrote:

Hello, this guide has been amazing to follow for my first summoner build. Currently playing in Warbands and this character has been a blast. Thank you for the time and dedication in sharing it with us, and helping everyone who has questions!

That being said I do have a question,
Why use MoM if you are going to run 2 auras and have 100% mana reserved? MoM has no effect if it has no mana to sacrifice, right?

TY!. Mom sacrifices Energy shield, if u take eldritch battery too. Thats why Eb+Mom is such a great combo.

OH! So it DOES sac energy shield. That make sense then. Just the way that EB was worded made me think that the MoM combo would not work properly. Thanks for the info and reply :D

What is a good amount of ES to start using the EB, MOM, ZO nodes?

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Elsien wrote:

OH! So it DOES sac energy shield. That make sense then. Just the way that EB was worded made me think that the MoM combo would not work properly. Thanks for the info and reply :D

What is a good amount of ES to start using the EB, MOM, ZO nodes?

I would say 1200 is fine, since u really dont need vis mortis, u can go with a rare chest with good es and problem solved, if u manage to get some good items like hybrid helms and gloves (around 100 ES+life gloves and 100-200 ES + life helm), u will easily reach 1500 with vis mortis. With 1500, wich is what i have, i can sustain a lot of SRS and pretty much have all day ES up.
U can even go with vis mortis from start, since u will have like 800 only with vis mortis, with some other gear u wont have a big problem, at most, u wont be able to cast standing srs a lot, but u will still be able to cast enough to kill bosses.

What about the haste aura? I'm thinking of running it instead of wrath/anger, everything about it seems awesome. Cast speed for you, attack speed for minions and move speed for everyone.

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JuicedG wrote:

What about the haste aura? I'm thinking of running it instead of wrath/anger, everything about it seems awesome. Cast speed for you, attack speed for minions and move speed for everyone.

Haste is bad, it got nerfed in 2.0, so now its just gives u increased aps, cast and mov (instead of more). With the amount of speed buffs that summoners have, flesh offering and vaal haste, its practically no damage, only allows to cast more SRS, around 4 or 5 more SRS.
In the other hand, the damage that spectres have is a lot, and u put a lot of damage in tree, so the wrath 20% more, even if only benefits spectres, its huuuuuuge.

New video of necropolis 77 added, with revenants and headhunter. https://youtu.be/y40GE_VEszE

I've seen a lot of other people go for increased aura effect nodes. What is your view on this? And do you ever run out of ES with mom and casting SRS? How much ES do you need?

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JuicedG wrote:

I've seen a lot of other people go for increased aura effect nodes. What is your view on this? And do you ever run out of ES with mom and casting SRS? How much ES do you need?

Since we only have 2 good auras right now, EB suits perfect. Investing in aura nodes will take a lot of passives points and the aura effectivenes u get is not really powerfull compared to how many points you expend (even with generosity).
I have 1500 ES, and for me to run out of ES i have to cast a lot of SRS nonstopping, in the video that i kill all atziri bosses u can see in some parts i run out of ES, but thats cuz i start to cast a long time before needed. In a practical way, you will never go out of ES only casting SRS in a map.
If you facetank a big pack of monsters you will go out of ES (cuz of MOM), but the idea of the build is to make zombies tank for you, and use mom only to avoid ocasional hits, so this would be a missplay situation and should be avoided.
And all of this with really low investment, not only in points, also in gear. For a mana build you have to get mana reg in rings, you wont have mana reg on ammy since sidebreath is too powerful, you will probably need to fit clarity in too, and maybe pledge, wich is weaker than a +3. I really do not recommend going for aura nodes in this patch.
Using ES for mana also allows you to run no mana reg maps.

If you try to make a ES build (Ci or low life) for summoner, investing in aura nodes will be the only way since you wont have EB. Its weaker than a life build in many ways.
-You will have to take care of stuns and freeze chill etc
-You will spend a lot more passives in tree (less jewels, wich is a lot of less damage).
-You will lose the HeadHunter, wich is EXTREMELY powerfull if you can afford it.
-Also vis mortis and ullrs will be lost (you cant lose so many ES on gear), so you will be losing 2 spectres.
-Cant run no mana reg map.

I have changed skill tree. I found a way to get more life and life reg using a BM staff. This makes the build more solid, since not only increases survivality, it also solves the spam of SRS, making it possible now to spam SRS infinitely.

Edit: Nevermind. I just saw your latest post about switching over to casting using a blood magic modded staff. I think I get it now. I was confused by the video showing you casting using EB for mana and not having Vaal Pact on the tree. I like the change!