Tuko_II Top25 Onslaught Summoner Build + Demonstration

**Updated, 24/6/2013**

ENDGAME EDITION for those who understood the guide and willing to take it to the next level:

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/434882

http://goo.gl/VAZZd

Without further ado, let me start with the TL;DR:

Random 66 map clear

http://www.twitch.tv/absurditylol/c/2419137

MOARR MAPPING

Sewers:
http://www.twitch.tv/absurditylol/c/2442490

Thicket:
http://www.twitch.tv/absurditylol/c/2442499

Cemetery:
http://www.twitch.tv/absurditylol/c/2442511

Ghetto:
http://www.twitch.tv/absurditylol/c/2442481

Ghetto II starring Fire Golems:
http://www.twitch.tv/absurditylol/c/2442485

Mud Geyser:
http://www.twitch.tv/absurditylol/c/2442514
(lmp explosive arrows ouch)

Vaal Pyramid
http://www.twitch.tv/absurditylol/c/2442504
(chaos alchemists, fire alchemists, void bearers<3)

Current Build

http://goo.gl/gBSz8 *LINK FIXED* *AGAIN* *IMSOBADATTHIS* (big ups to @MeisenSummons <3)

Backstory:
Greetings! As Onslaught was closing in, I've been experimenting with a couple of builds, but i couldn't really make up my mind on what to do. Around lvl 40 RNG smiled at me, found a GMP and Bones of Ullr, here are the results, I'm rank #19 during the making of the vid, the build is pretty much 95% compelete by now (read below).
Gatling Gun summoners rely on Tentacle Miscreations from Lunaris 2 / 3 (aka. 'Tittie Bitches'), three of these ladies can make quick work of any mob with any map mods, with a couple of nifty tricks.

5 curses (double curse passive, no Deodre's Damning terribad stats for now), Elemental Weakness + Projectile Weakness for nuking, Temporal Chains + Enfeeble for nasty scary bosses, and Warlords Mark so i can keep up my Spectres on reflect maps and agains Lightning Thorns.
Proper use of Hallowed Flasks of Animation and Warlords Mark generally means you never need to go to Lunaris lvl 2 / 3 for replacements.

Leveling:
Deal with it, you don't just take raise zombie from the first quest and destroy the game, the build doesn't really start off before you can have 3 spectres (Bones of Ullr + Death Attunement passive), at around lvl 25 you can start it off WITH ASSISTANCE from a friend who helps you get Flame Sentinels from Lunaris Temple 2 / 3, if you are not lucky enough to have such assistance, just use LMP + Freezing Pulse until ~lvl 40 and just keep working towards the minion LIFE nodes, since damage doesn't really matter, rather have your Zombies tank then die in 3 hits.

Gearing:

The build can work quite cheap, starting low-ish levels (lvl25+). A pair of Bones of Ullr (+1extra spectre) is quite mandatory (2 Chaos Orbs on $ channel), you can perfectly play it with a:

4-Link (CHEST) (Spectre + Lmp (/GMP) + Minion DMG + Added Chaos(/Chain/Pierce)) but to really make it work my best results came from;

5-Linking (CHEST) Spectre + LMP + Minion DMG + Chain + Chaos. Replacing LMP with GMP and replacing Chain with Pierce works just as good (the vid is made with this combo), i found chain more versatile in crowded small rooms.

Auras

4-Link (BOOTS) Hatred + Purity + Discipline + Reduced Mana, replace Reduced Mana with Anger after the other 3 is up.

4-Link zombies (GLOVES/HELM) with Raise Zombie Minion Life + Minion Speed + Minion Resistance, Spelltotem + Raise Skeleton + (Hatred and Wrath)(VERY underrated supportgem).

3-Linked curses are in my Mainhand and Shield, 2-2 all 4 bloodmagic, Warlord's Mark is my 4th socket in my helm, since i rarely ever use it.

Aura Cheesing:

Recently i got myself 'The Coventant'

Equiping it gives you Blood Magic, letting you 'cheese' auras, by reserving them from your hp.
Put on Covenant, got to a neutral area, replace your Spelltotem with Reduced Mana, activate Wrath and Anger, remove covenant, put back in Spell Totem, move Reduced Mana to your other 4-Link, activate Purity, Discipline and Hatred, tada, 5 auras still having mana to Raise Zombie, spam Skeleton Totem, even Raise Spectre.

Flasks

2x Seething Hallowed Life Flask of Animation
1x Perpetial Granite Flask of Iron Skin
1x Bubbling Hallowed Life Flask of Animation
1x Bubbling Hallowed Hybrid Flask of Animation

Pros:

Played right, you NEVER get hit with (some mechanics are exceptions, chaos degen auras, boss aoe, unlucky flickerstrikes) wich means:
You can (i am) wear Aurseize + 2xAndvarius, resulting in very good loot when soloing.
You do zero dmg, you don't need ANY % damage with this build you can focus on survival and wear an Aurumvorax (mine is 55% all res, very underrated item)

Cons:

Randomly losing a spectre is quite tedious, BUT having your portal up on Lunaris 3 with a bunch of corpses perfectly makes up for this.
Soloing some of the caster bosses is problematic but not very hard with some paractice.
Lightning Thorns, if you notice it late, and dont Enfeeble + Warlord's Mark, your TB's will destroy themselves, even with a Minion Resist support gem, I just tested that recently.

Random other stuff came into my mind:

Matua Tupuna (+2minion offhand), helped a lot until my Zombie gem got lvl 16+
Sidherbreath is not worth the stat loss once you hit map content
Optimally you will want your zombies in a helmet with +2 minions, they gain TREMENDOUS amounts of hp.

My current unbuffed stats (172% Rarity on gear / 227% Rarity on Spectres (Rarity Gem)):

3232 hp
635 es
66 56 39 -4 resists

Lastly, for more info, feel free to ask here, or PM me (don't be shy im a Big theory-craft-nerd), for other videos and streaming http://www.twitch.tv/absurditylol (generally from 8am til' i drop, GMT+1), finally, my brodeal thread (updated quite often) http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/416063


Current gear:


Flasks:

First of all THANK YOU. This thread really helped me out and made me want to start a summoner :P. Could you possible post a progression for your passive tree? maybe 20, 40, and 60. Also bandits, what to should we pick up there?

How does this build hold up in high level content? Also whats your armor rating, little armor makes me nervous xD.

isn't GMP + Chain too much of a negative multiplier.
its like 1.5 * 1.5 = 2.25 less damage
the level bonus gives an additive bonus not a multiplicative bonus so you'll still receive a massive drop.

@CaintheCyborg
Up until ~lvl40 i used LMP + Freezing Pulse, just gone full hp nodes (even resists, lack of gear) and picked up minion passives (the ones close and to the left of wich starter), once i got my hands on Bones of Ullr (+1extra spectre) and Matua Tupuna (+2to zombie gem, HUGE boost to their hp until they level up) i started using 3 spectres (Flame Sentinels from Solaris Temple Act3) with LMP.
At this point my zombies had a couple thousand hp, could tank well, while spectres absolutely destroyed content.
Later on when you have all the passives and proper gear (at least a 5link chest) you can swap to Tentacle Miscreations.
I killed all 3 bandits on all 3 difficulties.

@mattc3303
Right now im clearing 68maps without any trouble, starting to solo 69 tomorrow, you can see a few highlights on my twitch channel.
I am not using gmp it's unnecessary 80% of the time (not enough targets to hit really), i did run GMP with Pierce for a while, but LMP+Chain beats it any day.

Why pierce? don't u use titty bitches anyways? They are perma pierce

Hi great build! Just started this in anarchy, I'm currently level 24 and I've just killed the first two bandits. I now run with 7 zombies,2 spectres, and 8 zombies was lucky enough to snag a 14%MS bones of ullr for 1 chaos and a matua tupuna for a regal. A 58% aurumvorax dropped so I'm using that as well. It's been a lot of fun so far. :) Quick question though, wouldn't it be better if we help oak (in normal) for the 40hp bonus since this is a HP build?

@mattc3303
Yes that's what i thought, but they are not permapierce, if they were, chain would do nothing, but it works. You can see yoursel aswell, when the mobs attack your totem the projectiles don't pierce.

@Phil82
I chose to kill all bandits is to leave the option open to go CI without losing 1 passive.

updated post on request with my current gear, enjoy :)

Seriously awesome and innovative build.

I'll have to give this a go one day.

Thanks for the Aurumvorax idea. Even with the -20% rarity, it is worth it because it lets me run with 2 andvariuses, which more than make up for the loss. And it is nice to have a low cost alternative to Prism Guardian.