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

Hi there, Rath!

I'm playing in Nemesis and am hitting sort of a wall. I'm still doing really well for a summoner, but that is with actual gear. I don't really see how I am going to make the transformation into a IIR/IIQ equipment setup. I am 61 now and am planning to attempt the switch at 70 into full CI / IIR / IIQ.

My main problem is gear. There really isn't anything available like the gear you have and if there is it is multiple exalts (which isn't really viable in Nemesis). Do you have any recommendations for gear here? Should I just use the uniques and change the passive tree up to allow for more resists?

I am then especially crippled by the amount of IIQ/IIR I can get just due to the fact that they are not all available in Nemesis.

What route would you go for someone looking to gear in Nemesis, Rath, or anyone successfully doing this in Nemesis =)

PS: How the hell do I get my minions to live through a Storm Herald?

Well, most important, even more then gear is to level your mion gems, there are huge differences between for example lvl 16 zombie gem and a lvl 18.

I have a luxus question:
since my mioions do now all the work (i dont even use spectors normaly, to lazy) i want a spell simply to break barrels, gold pots, cases, etc to get those shiny orbs hiding there sometimes.

But arc doesnt realy work when there are mobs around and i just want to break the furniture:P

so whats the best spell /attack whatever to break those things? Best would be an aoe, thinking of etheral knives with fork and piercing maybe?

There isnt something like a constant dmg aura or?

Does heartbraker make the zombies have culling strike? was thinking that since raise zombie is a "spell"

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Simon_Landenstad wrote:

Does heartbraker make the zombies have culling strike? was thinking that since raise zombie is a "spell"

no

Heyy, sorry for the late reply, but to the guy asking about corrupting blood, it honestly doesnt really phase my zombies at all currently. But in cruel I was sporting a rejuv totem for a while when i ran into it. Currently, as a general rule, when i see my zombies in trouble i use an animation hybrid flask and while im getting mana back i hold down the raise zombie key to cycle some new zombies into the fight. The one affix in nemesis that still gives my zombies a hard time is storm herald. Unless i can burst the champ down really quick i tend to skip it.

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Storm Herald (Requires monster level 40)
Lightning bolts constantly strike from the sky (copy of the similar Piety skill); the skill is cast continuously, and stacks with itself.

There is an easy way to counter this but at a price. This items are part of the core build anyway so you should get them eventually. Might as well keep them on your switch slot and ditch Reapers Pursuit.



and if you need more resistance use



Fairgraves should be dirt cheap, the shield I imagine should have some price I am guessing in the new leagues but not that high.

Basically you deal with this sort of monsters just like you would with map Piety.

The shield needs level 59 to use.
Fargraives eliminates the shock effect.

The typical gem combo for skeletons is Summon skeletons + Spell totem + Faster casting.
Since with those two items you can pretty much tank the monster easily, this gem combo will work.
If you want to speed things up or your totem dies fast, replace spell totem with fire penetration and manually cast the skeletons if you already have minion instability, if you don't have it yet just use another red gem that boosts melee damage, like more melee damage or added fire damage.

You can also use Purity of lightning aura (blue gem) for the max lightning resistance (3% at level 17, might be 4% at level 20, wiki doesn't say)

That will put you at 83% lightning resistance with 100-120% spell block and immunity to shock.

I don't play the new leagues but in theory it should work.

Can someone verify it?

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Valentia wrote:

Hi there, Rath!

I'm playing in Nemesis and am hitting sort of a wall. I'm still doing really well for a summoner, but that is with actual gear. I don't really see how I am going to make the transformation into a IIR/IIQ equipment setup. I am 61 now and am planning to attempt the switch at 70 into full CI / IIR / IIQ.

My main problem is gear. There really isn't anything available like the gear you have and if there is it is multiple exalts (which isn't really viable in Nemesis). Do you have any recommendations for gear here? Should I just use the uniques and change the passive tree up to allow for more resists?

I am then especially crippled by the amount of IIQ/IIR I can get just due to the fact that they are not all available in Nemesis.

What route would you go for someone looking to gear in Nemesis, Rath, or anyone successfully doing this in Nemesis =)

PS: How the hell do I get my minions to live through a Storm Herald?

How can you be crippled on IIR/IIQ when everyone else is under the same rule?

Do not compare standard/HC gear with the new leagues.

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/479976/page/91/#p5419454

It only took me less than 1 minute to read about storm herald on wiki.

Im using your build on Nemesis Rath, and it is working smooth as silk.
Sitting on 7.2k ES after I went CI. Lvl 80 now.

Went CI at lvl 76, before that I ran around with 2.3k hp 4.5k ES and +15 chaos res.

@Valentia
You're gonna have a hard time finding good IIR/IIQ gear with other good stats in nemesis. (Unless you are filthy rich on currency!)
I've just given up on beeing a high MF culler for now. I would advise focusing on surviving first and foremost :-)

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Melkebart wrote:

Im using your build on Nemesis Rath, and it is working smooth as silk.
Sitting on 7.2k ES after I went CI. Lvl 80 now.

Went CI at lvl 76, before that I ran around with 2.3k hp 4.5k ES and +15 chaos res.

@Valentia
You're gonna have a hard time finding good IIR/IIQ gear with other good stats in nemesis. (Unless you are filthy rich on currency!)
I've just given up on beeing a high MF culler for now. I would advise focusing on surviving first and foremost :-)

Can I get links of your tree, items and some screenshots of your defense/offense tabs?

Basically for reference for other people that want to use this build on nemesis.


Regards

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could tell me why to use skeletons over a spork totem or something like that, I've just made the switch from spork totem to skele totem and looking at the numbers alone skeletons just don't seem very good even with an added lightning damage gem, I've yet to test out the skeletons much but I'm not seeing their usefulness, do they get vastly stronger as you level up the gem or something?

Liking the build so far, currently level 48 in a3c with 7 zombies 3 spectres

EDIT: Did a bit of research and skeletons do gain much more health as you level the gem up, is this their selling point? I can see them being a good meatshield in the higher levels with decent damage from MI.