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

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GoatEatingToilet wrote:

Hey there, Rathik.
Long time no post from me (been taking a small break from summoner builds, but I do miss them), but I thought I would help you clean up the first post a bit so it is crystal clear to those who may wonder why they can't find X or do Y anymore.

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-Under "CI build gems and gear", subsection "Chest"
--(old info) A level 20 raise zombie gem has 32% fire 64% cold 32% lightning resistance.
Level 19 and below seems to not provide any resistance. Wiki has all the rest levels marked with ??.
--(new info) (1.2.4) Minion and totem resistances have been standardised. Raised Zombies now have 35% and all other minions and player-summoned totems have 25% Fire, Cold and Lightning resistance in all difficulties.
-Under "CI build gems and gear", subsection "Shield"
--(old info) Archon shield is pretty much the best because it has base 24 all res and can get decent to high ES.
--(new info) Archon shield is pretty much the best because it has base 12 all res and can get decent to high ES.
(24 all res was legacied a while ago)
-Under "CI build gems and gear", subsection "Weapon"
--(old info) Keep in mind that after you cast your auras, you can remove the reduced mana gem and stick there a Enduring Cry gem or level another red gem.
(you can simply remove the above. snapshotting like that was removed entirely)
-Under "CI build gems and gear", subsection "Head, gloves, boots"
--Burning Miscreation
(IMO you can remove this bit. No one uses BM anymore since the overnerf. Afterall they are a pain to babysit as you have already said)
--Undying Evangelist (Personal favorite)
---(old info) You can also use minion damage, concentrated effect, remote mine but they most likely die from physical reflect because there damage is to high. Minion damage is not so bad but they do take more damage than added fire damage.
(As of 1.2.1, remote mine no longer works with minions, but perhaps spell echo would be a good replacement)
-Under "CI build gems and gear", subsection "Jewelery"
--(old info) Perandus for the 20-30 all attributes, 9-12 IIQ, fire res. Excellent belt.
--(new info) Perandus for the 20-30 all attributes, 6-8 IIQ, fire res. Excellent belt.
-Under "Life build gems and gear", subsection "Weapon"
--You can also combine them if you don't mind the hustle, use Mon'tregul's Grasp first then switch to Midnight Bargain to summon the rest.
This will probably get fixed soon. GGG doesn't like this type of item abuse. They did fix the blood magic auras after all.
(I believe that, as you speculated, this has been fixed)

-Random Note:
--poe.xyz.is changed to poe.trade, so while the primary link will simply redirect to the site, anything that leads to a specific search will not anymore- it too will only lead to the main site now (example: the link in the "chest" subsection under "life build gems and gear").

Also, this is an alternate path for the 110 skill points Life EB DPS build (really simple change, you switch out two INT nodes for two DEX nodes just cause you always need the extra dexterity and the small loss of mana should not be hurtful. Noticed it in the end game Matriarch build and thought "Why not?")

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMABAcEswZJBx4I9A2NEJcRlhNsFVAWbxcvGjgc3B0UIvQkqicvKPoqmC9vMtE26TlSOlhEBEVHRZ1I50lRSbFMs025Tm1TUlXGVdZXK1gHWpFfKmTnZp5o8mpDaqxr22wLbRlwu3gvfRh-WX_GgKSCHoLHg9uFYIhAiEKPRpAzkFWTJ5UumuCboZwyogClxKaspwiofarErJi4k7w3vOq9gr-XwBrAVMBmwcXJPcy80_vXz9kL2RPa3dsL34rjaukC6-Tr7uwY7IrviPAf8NXyHvfX-Tf56PqA-tL-sw==

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Rathik2 wrote:

+1
Excellent post.
Updated them all (hopefully).

Thanks Goat.

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EvilAbadayos wrote:

So I have not played for possibly 5-6 months now and am wondering something after reading your updated guide.

You say the Witch is the 'best' or 'optimal' build for your thread, however when I was playing the Scion was due to (I THINK?) the potion buff you could get with teh magic find flask or was it the witch that got that and the scion had some other bonus.

Now you only list the witch build, how much of a loss both to MF and damage/survivability is it to go with say Scion? Personally I prefer the look of the Scion over the Witch and am not too fussed about absolute min/maxing but the Pro's/Con's would be nice to have hashed out in the original post (you also say Templar is an option, however how much loss is involved with that one?)

Thanks and I hope this has not been answered already, I just don't want to go through 200+ pages of posts as it would be kind of crazy

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LakaiScorten wrote:

"Rathik's NEWBIE FRIENDLY FUN&CHEAP FARMER, DPS Summoner. High AOE DMG, SURVIVAL."The Matriarch" v1.3"

Is it viable for Bloodlines? I mean I guess it is, since the word "survival" is included in the title, but you never know... Also would you recommend CI or Life for Bloodlines?

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LakaiScorten wrote:

Thank you for your quick answer. I'm level 13 now. And confused. I'm leveling with EK and I'm pretty sure I'm doing it wrong. I summon zombies and then use EK. I deal almost no damage and have to kite quite often. Almost died a few times against the Warden. Am I meant to use a generic levelling skill like Flameblast and just level Zombies, SRS and EK along?