Melee summoner - Minion Dominating build (Soul Taker & Shav / Solaris Lorica required)

you should totally join random parties and lag the **** out with infinite minions

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07Ghost wrote:

does the snapshot still work? i tried with tabula rasa and wear another 5L armor having the spectre gem on the same slot, then i zone in the spectre just die.

I believe this is still working.
Maybe you should try it with a 6 socket chest?

Ever tried this with Minion Instability?

Maximum life on minions = Massive Explosions~

thoughts?

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raytkh wrote:

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07Ghost wrote:

does the snapshot still work? i tried with tabula rasa and wear another 5L armor having the spectre gem on the same slot, then i zone in the spectre just die.

I believe this is still working.
Maybe you should try it with a 6 socket chest?

ya my 5L armor is 6s. don't think it works anymore unless you have a 6L chest.

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googlebee wrote:

Ever tried this with Minion Instability?

Maximum life on minions = Massive Explosions~

thoughts?

They rarely die.
Most of them expire instead of getting killed so I think MI is not a good option.

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RickyShakeNBakeBobby wrote:

ugh,,,another summoner build that using a cheap gear/gem switch tactic to actually be useful. how boring. they really need to fix this shit so it cannot be done anymore.

Yea, fix the gear/gem switch tactic that makes them actually useful to useless; good idea! Kill builds that aren't overpowered and take a lot of setup time.

ey raytkh,

seen your summoner vs shrine map vid you uploaded yesterday. Still going strong! Can we get an updated passive tree maybe? I'm thinking about trying out your build, just lacking the Aegis at the moment but would still like to know how you incorperated the new passives into your build as well as your setups for offerings and whatnot!

Cheers!

updated on 4 Feb ;)

Ty raytkh,

much appreciated. So - I'm actually going to try this out - thing is: Most people here keep asking - Does it work without a soul taker? My question would be: Does it work without Shavs? You could make due with lesser auras reserved from life to minimize the risk until you get your hands on that particular item, or? Also: you make no more mention of the Aegis Aurora, how important would you rate it for the build? Insane amount of ES and the 4% replenish on block are huge I bet, but most builds with ST & AE are somewhat face-roll-ish, don't you think? Would you suggest switching to melee before 86? What is the earliest you believe the transistion is possible?

Thanks a lot for your insight!
Cheers

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5L dominating blow - increased duration - life leech - melee splash - blood magi

For a "budget variant" without soul taker you could try

dominating blow - reduced mana %20 - melee splash - life/mana leech ...
with 3x 15% buff nodes in the scion area.