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

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but i am lvl 54 and i have 546 mana... how did you achieve to get over 1000+ mana?...

after my aura i dont have enought mana ot cast anything... zombi cost 141 mana to cast.

here is my gear, i have actually no fund at all xD that why im going summoner... (still managed to get a 5L and MF items)



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hmm i just thought of that since, there is no chaos damage in lunaris temple 3 do i need to get CI? (only for piety)? this way i get use auras on my life too instead?

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Smerte wrote:

Im loving the fact that now you can actually level up as a summoner (raise zombie buffs to low lvl gems, flesh offering etc.) So when the new leagues start and I remake my MF summoner, I can actually level her up as a summoner :P

Unless they put out a patch changing minions between now and new League Summoner is not only going to be a powerful MFer but also looks like it'll be a strong leveller (Maybe not as fast as certain builds, but certainly safer).

To test/get the new skills I started a new Summoner last night. Got through to Lower Prison before I got interrupted (probably about 45-50 minutes of actual play time).

Other than a Perandus Signet everything I was using was found on the run itself and I had absolutely no issues, I'm not sure I ever drank a health potion (just had 1.9 HP regen from gear), enemies were rarely hitting me enough to even get rid of my 19 EShield.

Zombies were creating more corpses than they cost from the very start, and Raging Spirits kill enemies in 2-4 hits. I probably wouldn't be able to spam them quite so continuously without the Signet, but their mana cost is so low that potions should be able to keep up with it. They probably are on par with Fireball for Mana to Damage ratio early game, particularly since they move around slightly and will hit enemies that would be outside AoE radius of a FBall.

Perhaps their [ Raging Spirits ] biggest perk at this point in the game is that although they aren't targeted by enemies, they serve as meat shields for Arrows, Sparks, etc. They cluster right up on the nearest enemy and they will be hit by the stray projectiles, keeping you from taking damage. They definitely need faster casting though.

[/quote="Smerte"]Has anyone tried alchemists as spectres? With some solid support gems?

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The damage of the bombs of the Undying Incinerators and Undying Alchemists has been increased.

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I summoned a few to try them out, their damage is nice however I just cant get away from the survivability that Spectres give. I found I was summoning the alchemists more frequently. Viable if you are in a map that can spawn more.


Can anyone tell me areas that I can improve in my gear. Im not sure where to build next. I just got an Andvarius, and I am finding my resistances have taken a bit of a beating. Any idea as to where I can improve the resist? Im assuming gloves, however I feel losing that 17% Quality to gain 10-20% rarity and 15 all res(auresize) would be good but is having under 50 Quality bad? 6L my armor would be nice but i feel i cant afford it to add the IQ Gem to my zombies.


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What support gems would you use for tentacle miscreations on 6L?

I just started playing summoner witch. This is what dropped by start of Cruel Act 1:



A good sign of things to come, I hope. Right now my minions are fairly tanky.

i have a 4L for culling gem setup:
BBBG
and im not sur what to use as support and skill:
G=cullingstrike
B=iir gem
B=skill? =firestorm/icenova/shocknova/spark/arc/powersiphon any other?
B or G(if i try to chromatic it)=chain or GMP? as support skill? any other?

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xenochaos1 wrote:

i have a 4L for culling gem setup:
BBBG
and im not sur what to use as support and skill:
G=cullingstrike
B=iir gem
B=skill? =firestorm/icenova/shocknova/spark/arc/powersiphon any other?
B or G(if i try to chromatic it)=chain or GMP? as support skill? any other?

For a skill I use arc, it already has a small built in chain. Seems to work well for me.

Your last slot I would use faster casting or even throw a IIQ support gem on that.

This is a fantastic guide. I'm leveling as a summoner as opposed to swapping to summon damage later on, complimenting it by Summon Raging Spirit, and am completely facerolling everything.

It's sure to get harder as it always does, but I simply wanted to say thanks for the very well written, in-depth guide. Not many people go to that length to explain the technicalities of their builds, so props to you my good man!

I run Arc+culling+IIR+IIQ (faster casting also an option)

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Adritch wrote:

This is a decent build, but it does not have good survivability, simply because it has no armor. Even if you have alot of ES and CI youre armor is still shit and you will take ALOT of dmg if you get hit

You are not tank/melee, you are not supposed to get hit.
Only 1-2 bosses can one shot you with enfeeble on.

If you don't know how to play a summoner please do not post crap in here.

Regards