[2.0]Rathik's NEWBIE FRIENDLY FUN&CHEAP FARMER, DPS Summoner. High AOE DMG, SURVIVAL."The Matriarch"

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Rathik2 wrote:

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Mc_Coy wrote:

Just wanted to post and say that I was inspired to try Summoner after reading this guide. I'm level 34 now and loving it. I decided to level as summoner so it's still quite difficult and slow, but I've read that things just get better the higher level you get.

Notables so far : 14Q Zombies, 29/10 Perandus Belt

At 40 I'll be using my 5-link ES chest that I had on another character. What do you suggest I put in there? I was thinking Zombies- Multistrike - Melee Splash - Minion Life - Rarity

But didnt know if something else would be better than minion life

Thanks!

Zombies- Multistrike - Melee Splash - Minion damage - IIR/IIQ

More damage = faster clears = more items.
If a zombie dies just re summon it.


And yes, as I said before minions are weak early levels.
You should be focusing on ES and res when leaving.
Farming gear goes with the end build.
Some uniques that i have listed in the leveling section are cheap and extremely effective.
Get them.

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Mc_Coy wrote:

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Rathik2 wrote:

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Mc_Coy wrote:

Just wanted to post and say that I was inspired to try Summoner after reading this guide. I'm level 34 now and loving it. I decided to level as summoner so it's still quite difficult and slow, but I've read that things just get better the higher level you get.

Notables so far : 14Q Zombies, 29/10 Perandus Belt

At 40 I'll be using my 5-link ES chest that I had on another character. What do you suggest I put in there? I was thinking Zombies- Multistrike - Melee Splash - Minion Life - Rarity

But didnt know if something else would be better than minion life

Thanks!

Zombies- Multistrike - Melee Splash - Minion damage - IIR/IIQ

More damage = faster clears = more items.
If a zombie dies just re summon it.


And yes, as I said before minions are weak early levels.
You should be focusing on ES and res when leaving.
Farming gear goes with the end build.
Some uniques that i have listed in the leveling section are cheap and extremely effective.
Get them.

Thanks for the reply. I missed the minion damage gem, thats helpful. I did use the leveling uniques you posted but found that I was always out of mana and really doing little damage so decided to just switch to summoner around 25. Right now this is what im using

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RedRover57 wrote:

I am still really enjoying this build and am doing ok even though my gear is complete crap compared with the previous poster. I also don't have many of the gems I want yet. Basically getting by with self-found 2-link rares for now (zombies-life on hit, skellies-minion damage, spectres-minion life, freezing pulse-lesser multiple projectiles). I'm just over-leveling the zones to make it easier. Level 30 and about ready to try normal Vaal.

I also decided to take the top path to MI first since there are other good nodes up there (perma curse, extra spectre, 16% health, mana/mana regen, etc.). It will just mean that I will need to respec a few Int nodes after eventually completing the lower path to all of the minion nodes. MI has really helped to compensate for poor gear. The only health nodes I have grabbed so far are the ones around Fitness as the extra strength is needed for leveling the red gems. So far hit points have not been an issue as I have supplemental ES as well.

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abbarnes wrote:

Thanks for pointing me to this thread Rathik. I agree 100% about spectres. I'm at a point now where I can pretty much keep them alive, but sometimes you get ambushed by a pack of elite archers or you fight a boss and they get taken out. Having to change zones to summon them is a huge pain. So a viable build where the core is zombie/skellie is ideal IMO.

Here's my planned build.

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMBAP0HYwx9EHsQfxCXEVAUsBXXF1AaMhpsHNwdFCj6KpgrCiy_OVI6MDvhQ2NEBEcGTC1NuU5tT31RYFZjVytYB1j1WpFfamaeaqxr220ZcH1xTXNTfRh_xoBWgh6Cx4Vghq6IQIt6j0aP-pAzkyeaz5uhna6dxKKjpqynCKcrqH2plarErJi0xbcxuJO71rw3vjq_l8EAwcXB88Lsw23Gnsk9zLzQ0NP714bZC9rd2xrb5-L35oHr7uwY7IryHvVL99f60g==

Pretty similar to yours with a few exceptions. I'm planning on taking the shield block nodes next to body & soul. Just 6 points gives you an additional 20% resistances, 8% block, 12% spell block, and 30% more shield defenses. With a nice ES shield, that's not too shabby. Seems like a better deal than going for Mind & Matter (22% ES 8% resistance).


Another difference is I plan on taking Ghost Reaver. This will let me life leech to regen ES. But that requires doing damage. As a summoner (practically) all your damage comes from minions. Luckily there is a spell that doesn't require using passives, has practically 0 mana requirements, and should (I think) still do enough damage to be useful for leeching purposes...

Level 1 Detonate Dead. Cost is 6 mana. It does damage proportional to the HP of the mob. Also, if you can find a quality gem, each % of quality adds 3% cast speed. I happen to have a 10% which lets me splode those corpses pretty quickly. Ghost Reaver isn't exactly a cornerstone of the build, but it's my hope that it will add a nice chunk of survivability in some situations. You could do a couple of things with the gemming of DD. Culling + IIR + IIQ. If you wanted to try to get the most dmg out of it, add chance to burn and ele prolif.


Finally I wanted to ask about dps gemming for skeletons (maybe zombies?). Over in the Minion Guide / Summoner Map Guide http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/292391 it was suggested that chaos dmg + multistrike was a great dmg combo. I think I read that chaos dmg isn't affected by the -50% elemental damage mod.

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ripslyme00 wrote:

hey this is a great build, I am currently level 75 and have followed this build completely, but how come my zombies are so fragile? they die sooooo fast in the spider lair map against the fire incinerator! what am I doing wrong? All my links of my items have followed exactly, I sit around 6k+ es with max res, I dont die, but my minions die really quickly. I dont have Q20 raise zombie though, does it make it that much of a difference?

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Rathik2 wrote:

Some people argue that Zombies- Multistrike - Melee Splash - Faster attacks does more DPS.
I tested it, I didn't notice any difference BUT faster attacks does not boost the damage from minion instability were minion damage does increase the explosion damage.