[2.2] Lasgo's Tanky Crit Spectral Summoner Atziri viable

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+Versatile
+High clearspeed
+Kinda tanky
+Party support (5 curses, 4 auras)
+sometimes 1-2 shoting map bosses (78 aca boss with 73lev spectre)

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-Cooldown of convocation
-Curse Immune is problem (your damage and defence are curses) or anything unaffected by curses
-Ground effects (unnoticed bearers, ) can be problem
-Blood magic map mod is annoying but doable
-Spectre movement speed is capped - kinda feel it can be higher
-Physical degen you are evasion based can be issue
-Physical spells and worstly with physical enchantment (bleed poison on hit)
-additional projectiles with skill chaining mods on maps is your nemesis
-Vickas Giantbone in high level maps!

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i did quick sheet putting in kinda ideal values what i remember
assuming they crit and already shock
curse effects are at base values (bosses have 60% reduced curse effect wich we break)
this is for information purposes to see what scales with what and how

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4x fireballish Spectres + Criticals + Curses + Auras

5 curses with max curse effect
power charges on spectres have much higher effect than on players (+200 % chance per charge? )
curses are alfa and omega of this build, it boosts defenses and damage to the skies!
Note: imho its now much more efficient to invest into curses than into auras.

double dip on ignite from critical damage you (need to land initial critical for +-40% on boss and he will die of ignite/shock)

Why flame sentinels?
i spent lot of theory crafting on how to min max flame sentinels, to combine as much curses as possible and to avoid those revenant builds.
they have high reaction speed don't move around much, stand and fire, lmp/fork native/ fire damage, 120% base dmg, 180% base health (energy shield same values)

why there are no zombies?
it is waste of gemslot, your meatshield is actually you. also they tend to distrupt firing sequence for your spectres forcing them to move around. decreasing clearspeed overall.

why not stygian revenants anymore?
i hate their reverasal pointblank (if you convo them near boss the either autoattack or do almost 30% less damage) and they AI overall - shoot barrage and run around wasting time, or even trying to melee attack
during boss fight. also you can still boost sentinels damage further than with physical/lightning/cold damage. fire+lightning damage also leaves corpses for further usage.

why there is no penetration gem:
we negate enemy resists already by almost -200%, penetration is not so effective

why there is no haste aura:
almost perma vaal haste and flesh offering on. haste is not so effective.

why no spell echo:
usually no need to cast twice and waste time.

why no chain gem:
projectile weakness forces projectiles to pierce a lot so they cant chain much.

why or from where i am getting power charges in my videos:
its caused by assassin mark. fact is if enemy dies in cause of degeneration (in our case of ignite) - even caused by minion. kill will be attributed to player not the minion with all associated on kill benefits - in our case power charges. - this might open some new interesting builds

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if you ever played realtime strategies (former zerg player :) )
spectres/zombies/guardian tend to move where you leftclick and attack/move where you rightclick or cast spell (on cursor position)
convocation resets their position and focus/target to nearest enemy to your cursor
as well as running away from them around 1 screen - this will "convocate" them to your current position
so overall playstyle is moving very fast between and in mob groups and "convocate" them either way to shoot in direction you want for this reason i chosed more tanky build (well - evasion) to be able to "dive" enemy front line and navigate their barrage of fireballs ) and debuff enemies with curses / EE proc etc in progress

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-- usually fireball projectiles pure casters (please no auto-attacks) with decent AI and possible critical chance

Flame Sentinels (Eternal Laboratory 68, Colonade 73, Temple 73, Necropolis 77, Crematorium 78, overgrown ruin 79)

Incinerators (found in : Promenade, Colonade, Temple, Necropolis, Crematorium, Bazaar, Elreon missions)
--have higher dmg than sentinels and are much more aggressive in casting ( their huge disadvantage is "warm up" they always throw trap first before starting fireball casting, which is in our build waste of time)

fire Goatmen version (goatmen roll on map, jungle valley)
- i don't use those much just alternative for above
--no lmp/fork alternative of sentinels

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-we have something like +68% curse effect, this scales exponentialy with your overall stats

Blasphemed AKA permanent curse:

Assassin mark:

MORE crit dmg, base crit chance, powercharges! (excelent in clearing trash)

Enfeeble:

less chance to be hit, less overall damage from enemies.
this! this and grace will make you nearly invincible breezing through hordes of mobs. grace gives you already like 45% chance to evade
with enfeeble its nearly 80%!
less damage taken from secondary effect is bonus :)

Projectile weakness:

more damage for your spectre hits and double more damage for ignite after crit(double dip).


Curse on hit AKA you are tougher than i thought:
Flammability + elemental Weakness + Elemental equilibrium + Freezing Pulse
-this is your "right click"
when you hit with your AOE cold spell and this setup enemies in front of you will have aprox -200% fire resist and -120% lightning resist.
well this almost triples your spectre damage .. so why not

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Helm:

i use common +1 gems helm Vertex
Blasphemy + Assasin mark + Proj Weaknes + enfeelbe
this curses i have always on. it provides power charge generation and excelent defences enfeeble + knock back
also good wave clear thanks to pierce.

Gloves:

high ES rare gloves
more offensive curses and mine main rightclick
Freezing Pulse + Curse on Hit + Flammability + Elemental Weaknes

Shield:
Prism Guardian

Grace Wrath Discipline
-trying to get corrupted prism with native grace on so i can put one more aura in my setup

Body:
6L Shav's

Pro: its actualy pretty easy to roll (just one green and 5 blue)
Spectre - obviously this is a spectre build. so

Critical Damage - this gives your spectres probably something like 2.5x-2.7x multiplier on crit
- i am still not sure if power charges gives multiplier on spectres as well as crit chance
Inc Critical strikes - now higher base crit chance. does wonders and some increased crit chance
- i actualy swapped to this gem from echo - if you oneshot smtn u dont need second cast and can focus on other things
- also the echo mechanics : both casts crits or none of them was not suitable
Added Lightning Damage- this gem slot. gave me nightmares i did some calculations and figured out that on level 20 and Wrath on
- it is like 30-40% more damage for 68l sentinels
- also the possible shock further increases damage and is more increased with ele weakness and EE proc
- downside is it has low minimal damage. well RNGesus .
Minion damage - its more damage!
comparsion to cocentrated effect: 49% more vs 69% more
ignite double dips from both
but with mine setup you pierce enemies a lot so conc effect is only 50% usefull?
also if you manage to pin enemies on wall with your projectile knock back they get dmg from projectile
and after from fireball explosion on wall ( yes fireballs can shotgun still )
GMP/Slower Projectiles/Pierce
- this is mine utility / focus green slot
- for fast xp and clearing hordes use gmp
- for single target focus boss fight use slower projectiles or in ascendancy pierce gem (more projectile damage)


Boots:

Increased duration - Vaal Disci - Flesh/bone offering - Vaal Haste
with ascendancy you can actualy have vaal haste / flesh offering nonstop so no need to futher increasing movement cast speed for you or
your spectres
Vaal Disci - this skill is a MUST and life saver for you or your party members its 9 seconds of almost immortality when your energy shield regens like 3000 per sec
- saved me and few pty members countless times.
- be carefull when to pop this it tends and can be interupted and your vaal soul will be lost
- for example when u get into rapid stunlock (merveil geiser, piety stormcall, crematory fire rain) wich is common for low hp low life ES builds

Wand:

Convocation-Animate Guardian-Vitality/Golem/End Cry/Rejuv Totem ( this gemslot is kinda free still figuring out what to put there)

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your perma companion
core: leer cast, dying breath AG
rest of items defensive %res / % hp preferable:
this is ok :
chest: belly of beast(+%hp)/ambu charge(regen res)/death oath (%res, stylish!)
gloves: southbound are ok (%hp)
Boots: rainbowstrides are ok(block / res)

didnt find another use for this guy yet except +% dmg and +%curse effect
but as i lurk into charges on summons more there might be some viable and fun crit AG build

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-i havent found very good enchantements for this variation of summoner yet. so havent invest in this yet.
-what i would go for or look for would be:

Gloves:
xxx of Reflection - extra minion
xxx of Light - hp regen

Boots:
1.dodge spell damage on spell hit
2.life regen on hit
3.movement speed

Helm:
increased spectre damage - (like 10% more damage)
increased projectile weakness curse effect - (like 10% more damage)
increased assassin mark curse effect
increased enfeeble curse effect - this can be huge against bosses depends when the 75% enfeeble cap hits - need to test or get info on this

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jewels are core for this build.
if you ask me if i spend 3 skill points on +6%ES nodes or to get another jewel ill definitely get jewel slot
jewels offers lot of things to play with
but what we are seeking for is this:

keep in mind that jewels can have maximum of 4 stats (2 prefixes, 2 suffixes) and 4 stat perfect jewel can cost about 4-8 exalt

prefixes:

+%energy shield
+%minion damage
- you can also get +%energy shield recharge rate (usefull only on vaal disci)

suffixes:
+%minion resist - get us much of those jewels as possible to cap your minion res at 75%
- i am currently sitting on about 50% total spectre resist and if they are hit by some curse you will notice it.

+%elemental resist
+str/int/dex

play with those two abowe as you want to fit your need and gear requirements
i always keep like 40% resist overcap to keep my capped resist when cursed

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-Grace and Enfeeble:
As i mentioned above i utilize Enfeeble and Grace as mine main defense mechanism
this gives enemies very low chance to actually hit me

-Overcapped resist
you will get hit by elemental curses a lot sometimes even by 2, so overcapping is required
got hit by charging group curse immune with +100% lightning and fire damage and have 40% elemental resists after elmental weakness is not for everyone

Regeneration and Zealot Oath
just for the comfort of not dieing of degeneration effects
i used to invest into regeneration a lot but with enfeeble grace mine ES actualy is able to recharge during fights
i will probably drop even zealot oath soon and rely on The Sorrow of the Divine and Vaal disciple

Vaal Discipline
with this turned on you can tank probably anything and 9 sec is enough time for your spectres to clean all stuff around
helps when u get hit by heavy poison/bleed and are out of flask charges or have no time to get out of bearer field

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this is passive ES summoner cant utilise flasks much
so what we use is 2x instant hp recovery for minions (to heal occasionally)
and 3 utility flasks
mostly i just run around and debuff so 2 quicksilvers and quartz are good option
one bleed immunity and one with freeze immunity are must to not get stuck in position
Quartz flask helps to get into position for your convocation or to get out of trouble
vs troublesome bosses just equip utility flasks according to their damage to increase max res

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Prism Guardian
-to put your 3 auras here

Shavronnes Wrappings
-this is low life ES build so shavs is must

2x doedre damning
-5 curses build

Midnight Bargain
-one more spectre

Bones of Ullr
-one more spectre


what to focus on in rest of your gear
ammy: corrupted +1 curse
basicaly what u need is
-As much ES as possible
-str/dex stats to get near 160 both
-capped/prefferably overcapped ele resist in merci 110% should be ok
-life. yes life there is a fine line when u will be getting stun-locked sometimes by map bosses
i solved this issue by getting life on my gear as extra stat. i went from 1200 hp to 1600 hp and there was huge difference
(also "free" belt stat stun recovery helps)

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LvL98

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAMDAADuA-4HHg0fDXwRUBGWFy8YVhhqGYoabBqPGyUc3B0UHaodviL0JLAo-ipNLOkvbzOHNbk5CzwoPydBh0QERnFHhUlRSshLrkyzTblObVFMUilV4FfJWAdYWlltXGtfmF-wZlRmnmh0a9tsC20Zb55wu3IPeC97w3zlfRh9W3_GgKSCx4MJhEiExYVghrOKr4x2jxqPRpARkyeUb5UumK2bipuhm7WcMpy-na6hL6XEpwinK6rErEe0DLcxuJO-T76KwcXDOsNtykrK08y8zzLQH9P72RPZW9le2mLfiuGI6QLquuvu7Bjsiu_r8NX22vfB99f56PrS-wn-Sf6B

tip during leveling/progress:
just get your enfeeble/grace/purity of elements on and your def for rest of game is basicaly solved

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33 Points:

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62 Points:

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95 Points:

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Current Def with Vaal Disci + rumi


Current Tree:

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similar to trees above - just picked more regen nodes
and flask effect nodes (just for rumi block armour effect, i considered that more efficient than picking block nodes)


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Gear i changed:

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-changed boots and ammu for spell block
-added rummi flask to mine setup

-there is always option to go for Aegis Aurora but it allows us to run only 1 aura on HP instead of 3 with prism

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-uber atziri
-found new interesting mechanic for templar guardian :D (currently building max mana guardian for lolz)
so afk tank bosses - Gellig style

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16 / 03 / 10
-So i did atziri today. as mine first attempts ever i learned lot of things (i did not mine howmework enough). there needs to be done few adjustements to this build. dps is good even with l68 spectres. problem is curse reflect, very low (28% atm)fire/lightning spectre res and damage reflect in split phase. will update build when i solve those problems.
-dual vaal boss and trio videos added

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16 / 03 / 14
-added some more atziri info from point of mine view
-added rough dps sheet calculation (everyone loves dps numbers)
-added playstyle
-added some suggestion about skill tree progress
-how to level/progression - still have some work to do

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16 / 03 / 17
-added some thoughts on ascendancy enchantments
-bit of cleaning

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16 / 04 / 01
-updates for mine current build (V2 Section)
-going more def ( +10% regen, +72% spellbock, +7k armor) , less dps -1 spectre
-few adjustmnets to gear, skilltree,