[2.2][NEC]Femur of the Saints and Queen's Decree Armour Based Summoner

+Flask and Bone Offering

Skill Tree

Requirements:
- 194% Life
- 260% Armour
- 105% Minion Damage (without Jewels)
- 10 Skeletons
- 6 Zombies
- 2 Spectres
- 5 Jewel slots at level 87

At Level 87, Minion Damage can go up to +300% with 1 more Minion Damage stat from Jewels.

To start, get and equip Raise Zombie and Freezing Pulse. Progress a bit further into the game until you finish "Breaking Some Eggs" quest and get Summon Raging Spirits from Tarkleigh. At this point, drop Freezing Pulse and equip Summon Raging Spirits. SRS will be our main casting skill for the entire game.

Progress a bit further into the game until you defeat Brutus in "Caged Brute" quest and buy Spell Totem from Nessa, and get Summon Skeletons from Tarkleigh. SRS and Spell Totem linked with Summon Skeletons already satisfy the basic skills requirement for leveling.

I used a Reverberation Rod starting at level 24 with SRS + Minion Speed + Minion Damage,
and a Strength based shield. Alternatively, a wand or a scepter with cast speed or mana regeneration will do just fine. At around level 35, I started crafting +1 minion gem helmet and put Raise Zombie + minion Speed + Minion Life + Minion Damage. I also crafted Life flasks with Instant Recovery and/or Grants Life Recovery to Minions. Play Style:
Basically, I summon ST Skeletons within the range of enemy monsters and just repeatedly cast SRS. ST Skeletons are mainly used for distracting enemies and to provide meat shields in addition to our Zombies, and later on, Spectres and Chaos Golem. I cast Flesh Offering as soon as I see corpses to boost minion speed, or cast Bone Offering to boost minion survivability. Gear Progression:
Look for gears that are Strength based (Armour) or Strength + Intelligent based (Armour + ES). This build won't benefit from pure Dexterity or Intelligent based gears.

Mistress of Sacrifice
Flesh Binder
Spirit Eater

Fluid Motion provides most of the required Dexterity for this build. Slot it at no. 12 in the Skill Tree + Progression guide.

Jewel Stats:
Aim for Minion Damage and Resistances.

+Flask

Skill Tree

Requirements:
- 180% Life (194% Life at Level 90)
- 228% Armour (260% Armour at Level 90)
- 105% Minion Damage (without Jewels)
- 12 Skeletons
- 7 Zombies
- 3 Spectres
- 5 Jewel slots at Level 86 (6 at Level 92 and 7 at Level 95)

Since we're not using Minion Speed on our SRS, we'll need to take Potency of Will (12) to sustain our flying skulls. This will push our Skill Tree 4 more points to Level 90 to complete.

After getting Gravepack (13), Skill Tree progression will depend on how much Strength and Dexterity we have on our gears. I took 2 Strength nodes (14 and 15) and Warrior's Blood (16) before taking Constitution (17). At this point, I have enough Strength to equip a Level 51 Colosseum Plate that requires 134 Strength.

Build progression, bandits, gears and play style are basically the same with the Femur of the Saints build.

Weapon transition starts early at Level 27 with Queen's Decree and it's the only weapon that we'll be using for the rest of the game. Leveling has been a blast with Queen's Decree, having 2 more Skeletons, 1 more Spectre and a Zombie helped a lot. Leveling with this setup was quicker than leveling with a Reverberation Rod.

I summoned Undying Incinerators as my Spectres for the most part of leveling. By the time I reached Merciless Act 3 Solaris Temple - Eternal Laboratory, I switched to summoning Flame Sentinels.

At Level 24 and 31, we'll need to acquire Determination, Fortify and Poison gems from our other classes, or trade with other players to acquire the gems.

I used Vaal Summon Skeletons almost exclusively against Perenadus mobs and Bosses. There are some instances where my minions (specifically Zombies) die against Perendus mob encounters, even with Vaal Summon Skeletons. At this point, I just fall back, Convocate the rest of my minions, regroup, re-summon my Zombies, come back and finish the fight.

Mistress of Sacrifice
Flesh Binder
Soul Weaver

I used Survival Instincts to fill in some missing Dexterity while leveling. I've replaced it with a rare Minion Damage Jewel soon after I had enough Dexterity to support the build.

Survival Instincts can be acquired via Quest Reward "Through Sacred Ground" from Yeena Act 2 Normal difficulty.

Jewel Stats:
Aim for Minion Damage, Resistances and/or Attributes - Strength, Dexterity.