The Elemental Animator - Animate Weapon, Auras - Life, Hybrid, CI Variants - 1.2.0 Planning

I loved the skill when i saw it.
Can you upload some videos, just to see your army !

Great job with your guide.
I might give it a try, who knows ;)

Thank you! I don't have any videos yet, but here's a little taste of what it can be like:



As you can see, I run the game with very low settings on my own computer. Hopefully I'll be able to record something soon on my friend's high-end gaming desktop-- maybe even today.

Updated the equipment and gem sections.

My current character has been brought a few levels higher than my previous. Farming the Ledge is an absolute breeze and I get a lot of comments on how effective the animated weapons are. Honestly, these things are potentially overpowered damage-wise, but the drawbacks are pretty hard to overcome!

Soon I'll be gearing into a Lightning Coil, which should make me very tanky against physical damage. It really isn't necessary as a summoner, but with an Aurumvorax I can't help myself! Using it completely negates the drawback.

Please show us a video of this thing? I'm sure people will be a lot more interested if you record one.

Not being able to actually show my characters in action without playing with people has always been the crux of getting my builds out there. =/

I'll have a high-end computer shorty after Black Friday so I plan on making a bunch of build videos then, and maybe even streaming. But, until then, I'm going to have to rely on a friend to be able to record anything. We just talked about it and I think I'll do that either today or tomorrow.

Thanks for your interest Frees!

So... Hopefully Friday will be the day of the recording. My friend keeps- well, I won't get into it. I just want my damn computer at this point! Heh.

Anyways, a few updates here and there. My character is currently level 68 with the following gear:





Lightning Coil is seriously amazing for this build. Well, it's just amazing in general if you can get the resistances for it.

I've been testing Multistrike out for the past few hours and I love it with the animated weapons. The boosted attack speed lets them initiate attacks much quicker and the repeated attacks act as a sort of minion AI bypass.

Melee Splash is better when you only have one weapon animated but Multistrike takes the cake in every other scenario. I'm considering linking Raise Zombie or Animate Guardian to Melee Splash + Weapon Elemental Damage as a fallback for if I run out of weapons, and in the beginnings of zones. It probably isn't necessary though.

Also, I'm no longer sure that Clarity is necessary at later levels. I'm currently doing fine without it; mana regeneration and hybrid flasks have been doing the job quite well. If that's so, there are some sockets freed up. I'll have to think about what would be best to place there.

This build sounds like a lot of fun. I'm gonna try it now.

Are you getting any quantity on gear in the future, or are you just gonna stick to groups?

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civ77 wrote:

This build sounds like a lot of fun. I'm gonna try it now.

It's a little quirky at the moment but once you get the hang of it, it's very effective. Good luck! Let me know if you have any problems.

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Freeslana wrote:

Are you getting any quantity on gear in the future, or are you just gonna stick to groups?

I've been considering using Goldwyrm and/or Perandus Blazon. They would be good for runs but the lack of additional maximum life is definitely a problem. At the moment picking up magic and rare weapons to animate when convenient is working well. Increased item quantity isn't necessary but definitely helpful. I'll look into it.