[2.1] Tri Totem – Summon Raging Spirits + Some Zombies, Spectres and Skeletons

Introduction:

Hi there, I'm bringing this guide to you cause I find it fun to watch how horde of minions demolish everything in their path! Build is inspired by MaddBomber83 guide so big thanks to him!

This build is not by any mean end game or Atziri viable (perhaps it can be done but I haven't tried it. It is just for fun and some map farming (successfully done maps up to lvl 76, I haven't got any higher level maps). I haven't leveled as summoner since beta so I don't know if it is viable for leveling.

Pros:
- high damage output of yours minions
- high mobility, you don't have to stand in place to cast raging spirits
- relatively cheap, only requires Soul Mantle unique and 4 links, 5 are optimal

Cons:
- high aoe damaging bosses can wipe your minions
- must have flask or two for removing curses
- can't do blood magic map mods
- can be hard to see what is happening on screen because of sheer number of minions and effects

Changes from 2.0:
+ Zombies now attack faster. They also now have an area of effect slam skill and 30% greater stun threshold.
+/- Summon Raging Spirits duration has been increased from 3.5 seconds to 5 seconds. The mana cost has been reduced from 6 to 5 at level one and reduced from 15 to 12 at level 20. The cast speed has been reduced to 500ms from 800ms. The damage dealt by Raging Spirits has been substantially reworked and is lower at high levels. Raging Spirits are now more likely to target enemies who are attacked by fewer Raging Spirits, except when enemies are close to the caster
+The penalties to the life and energy shield of Summoned Spectres have been halved at all levels.

Changes from 1.3:
- Reduced totem duration from ~45 sec to ~15sec
- mobs now will more likely attack you instead your minions
- reduced mana regeneration
+ totem life buffed
+ minion damage buffed
+ minion life buffed

Gear:


Spectres:

My Gear:
Bandits:
Oak (Kill 'em all!) / Kill 'em all! / Kill 'em all! \m/

Passive skill tree
At this point build is complete at level ~84, rest of points you can put in life, faster casting, elemental resistances, jewel sokets or something else you need.

Videos:

Conclusion:
That would be all folks, if you have questions, suggestions or comments, feel free to post!


Cheers!


Edit: Added Culling Strike for fifth socket as it is better than multistrike.

Why investing 4 points for Sovereignty when you are only running clarity and discipline?

I have low mana pool, and haven't upgraded my reduced mana gem to 20 quality. Others can skip it if they don't have low mana like me.

Cheers!

Added 1.2 Colonnade map run, but for some reason my post at end (conclusion) got messed up!

Cheers!

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egavas wrote:

I have low mana pool, and haven't upgraded my reduced mana gem to 20 quality. Others can skip it if they don't have low mana like me.

Cheers!

BTW The quality on the reduced mana support doesn't apply to RESERVED mana (from auras etc) only to the mana cost of skills used (for example SRS when linked to it).

Maybe you could try a skill tree reduced mana cost of skills.

Something like:
https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgMA34rpAv6zVyu9gm0ZfRjsimvbpys1uRFQLL_BxX_GHNwNjWwLIvRWYxXXhq70cUNUHdmIQk25zLz318NtXGuESIVgqsRI549Gm6GApFXWZOcXL_rSHRSj8lorWOVmnioT-oAqmNkLpwiQM6asiEBFRzLRuJPyHr-XyT356ILHKPrr7gPuM4cdvjwtxq63PkGHzzJZbV-Ybqq18jWS2L3-ClfJDXzqurQMaqxakah90_sGSRNsFVAnqZMnHU-WdHxLaPKvbEz_98EabJ2up1V8Dlug

P.s. pick zealot's oath :) it can make your life much easier

@Bada_Bing

Oh, I didn't know that.


@Galax201

I was playing around with Zealot's Oath in the past, but didn't had any life regen so it was useless for me. I will give it a try again when 1.3 goes live. Perhaps I will change Bone Offering in cast when stunned setup with Rejuvenation totem.

Cheers!

I think play life/es is better for this build.

Skill tree


Kill all bandits

3L (shield) Sum Ske + Min life + Blind
4L (+2Helm) Sum Zom + Min Dmg + Faster Attack + Multi Strike
4L (Gloves) Red Mana + Blood Magic + Discipline + Clarity
4L (Boots) Red Mana + Hatred + Genocity + Haste
3L (weapon) Vaal Haste + Inc Dur + Flesh Offering
5L (Chest) Srs + Fast Cast + Mele Phsy Dmg + Multi + Mele Splash İf 6L + Min Dmg or Empower

We sacrife spec, +1 zombie but gain 2 more aura, Vaal Haste + Flesh Of. We can use artic armour (dont know maybe mana regen isnt enough ) in ring or curse.

I personaly have big problems with chaos dmg on all my chars, so on this one I preffer CI build. In your build there are not enough STR nodes to support gems, so you would need it on gear or to invest additional skill ponints in it, which can be tricky to get all resist (we will lose lots of resist from skills, around 36% in 1.3 :/) + life/mana/es + STR. And it requires ~lvl95 char. Additional auras would be great, but then you would need better gear too.

I wouldn't go whith your build, but people are free to do what they think is better for them. Nontheless, thanks for input.

Cheers!

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I personaly have big problems with chaos dmg on all my chars, so on this one I preffer CI build. In your build there are not enough STR nodes to support gems, so you would need it on gear or to invest additional skill ponints in it, which can be tricky to get all resist (we will lose lots of resist from skills, around 36% in 1.3 :/) + life/mana/es + STR. And it requires ~lvl95 char. Additional auras would be great, but then you would need better gear too.

I wouldn't go whith your build, but people are free to do what they think is better for them. Nontheless, thanks for input.

Cheers!

You got lots of tank in front you and mobs will hit them lots of time. I think chaos dmg will not be problem in this situation. Difference str between 2 tree is 40. Str can be achive easily from gear its not a big problem to. I will change your shield with es+res shield (maybe corrupt it for +1gem). I can take some mana regen and life nodes later at lvl 87 this can be passive three



Tnx for your idea.