[3.2]Blink & Mirror Arrow Necromancer * Shaper down * Build of the Week * Deadeye version added*

Great build, tried it in HC with a few tweaks (minion instability and summon skeletons mainly, both are great for this league). Very tanky, can blink around leaving damage dealing clone, it definitely handles the crazy content that we get this week end.
Until you get a crit rain of spikes (can't find the monster that does this, it was in solaris 2 merciless) on your face, which prevents your blink from going off (although the cooldown is activated). then the stuns kept on coming, until I ran out of flask and died the most undramatic way. Boss had 5%hp left, didn't really hurt me before that point. And still, RIP.

Still a great build, but oh god am I salty ^^

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dariidar wrote:

@Sammun,

You only have to hit an enemy once with Split Arrow to debuff them with -Fire and -Lightning for 5 seconds. Your clones' attacks will not override this debuff, because only your player character can apply elemental equilibrium.

If you don't have any cold damage on gear, you can use Ice Shot to get some cold damage onto enemies. Just make sure you don't have any fire or lightning damage on your gear.

Oh neat, thanks for clearing that up, guess I Will avoid bows with any ele damage then

Also another thing i'm having doubts about, on the links image, on 4l+Deerstalkers and 5l+deerstalkers: means both blink and mirror should be linked on the same item (for example, multitraps-blink arrow-mirror arrow-chain) or only either of them?

In the Deerstalker, put both Blink arrow and Mirror arrow + Multiple Traps + Chain. That will give the most pack-clearing dps possible. You will have 4 skills to cast: 2 blink/mirror arrow traps (for pack clearing), and 2 self-cast skills. (for single target)

If you dislike having to use 2 traps, you can substitute one of the blink/ mirror arrow for Minion Damage gem in the Deerstalker. There are a number of ways to play this build, find one that you enjoy. For this current league, I got rid of traps entirely and used Blink/Mirror arrow self-cast in 2x 4-links.

Oh thanks for clearing that up, and last question for now, what DEX support gem is good for the single target setup while leveling?
Right now my 5l has
Blink arrow-Mirror arrow-Physical Projectile Attack Damage-Weapon elemental Damage-Minion Damage, but i find kinda silly to have 4 B/M arrows in my bar.

what do you think about



so i can squeeze in some purity of elements or something...(zombies keep getting toasted)...
iam 66 right now

@Sammun Yeah it feels kinda awkward. Some people like the 4-button playstyle, but it's tiring for me so I decided to ditch Deerstalker and use 2x 4-links this league instead. Other green gem options for DPS are Hypothermia (if you use Ice Shot to curse), Slower Projectiles. Someone in this thread mentioned Culling Strike but I have my doubts about it.. try to get a blue socket so you can put Added Lightning , way stronger than PPAD.

@evilch3n Herd The Flock notable on passive tree, +2 minion gem helm, minion life+fortify, level 18+ zombies gem, and Bone Offering are the best ways to boost zombie survivability. Victario's is ok but eventually you will want a 5L chest for your mirror/blink arrows.

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dariidar wrote:

@Sammun Yeah it feels kinda awkward. Some people like the 4-button playstyle, but it's tiring for me so I decided to ditch Deerstalker and use 2x 4-links this league instead. Other green gem options for DPS are Hypothermia (if you use Ice Shot to curse), Slower Projectiles. Someone in this thread mentioned Culling Strike but I have my doubts about it.. try to get a blue socket so you can put Added Lightning , way stronger than PPAD.

that's my problem, I dont have a ton of chroms in the 1m league and I'm not confident about being able to roll an off red with 2 blue slots in this armor.
Oh yeah, I found a doedre's damning, since i'm not going tricurse, would it be wise to skip on the "whispers of doom" cluster, or are the curse pasives too good to pass on?.
Using Temporal chains and elemental weakness at the moment, will most likely change to projectile weakness and temp chains since running wrath and hatred right now leaves me in a bad spot.
By the way, how much "reduced mana reserved" do I need before conqueror's efficiency does anything?

Edit: I managed to get 212 dex needed to equip lioneye's glare with gear, and I must say, it's quite annoying, If I remove an item, the rest will fall apart. Guess I will be sticking to careful planing

You need 20% reduced mana reserved in order to use Empower or Arctic Armour alongside your two auras. Don't use Conqueror's efficiency till you hit 18% reduced mana reserved, and need that last 2%.

You should be using Wrath and Anger, not Hatred. You will experience a fair dps increase after switching.

I dont recommend using projectile weakness curse with chain gem. Your minions shots can chain OR pierce but not both.

Ele weakness + temp chains or enfeeble is the best combo imo.

^^ thanks for this insight- i have been running both and found it to be lackluster but didnt know why.
switching to ele weakness temp chains until i save those chromes ;/