[3.0] Skeleton Mage build. 7 aura necromancer can both solo endgame maps and support party play

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wizerder wrote:

So I have everything for this build but I can't use all the auras socketed into vitarios influence. Are the auras just used situationally? Because all of them can't be used at the same time for me. Sorry I'm kind of a noob

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wizerder wrote:

sorry haha I unblocked it and yeah ill take a look at my passives

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MrPew wrote:

Why can't I run the 7 auras?
This is my profile:
https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/MrPew/characters

Is everything fine?

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KTMetis wrote:

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taychuur wrote:

Hi,

i am playing your build and compared yours (with all the equipment) to mine. Its all fine except ONE thing: Path of building shows in Calcs: under attack/cast rate 4.02/s with MH base at 1.24378
my skellie mages have an base of 0.5128

i included 6 to dust jewels too but have no idea how u got a much higer base attack rate with your mages.

Second:

I am not so sure if the gem links with summon skeleltons yor aur using are the maybe best. How about using "Damage on full life support" and "Elemental focus" or "controlled destruction" ?
According to POB that could be higher damge, what u think of it ?

Thanks in advance

Regarding the To Dust jewels, someone mentioned that to me as well. My character is like yours where the cast rate is different in path of building than in game. Please send a support ticket to inform GGG about it. I sent one but it helps if more people do so. I am not sure if it is just a visual tooltip error and the cast speed is added or if the cast speed is just bugged. I hope they fix it either way.


And I talked about gem links in the gem section in the build. My gem links are

Skeleton - spell echo - minion damage - lmp - Pierce - Elemental focus

You can see this in both Path of Building and in the current Item section.

I said in the gem and links section that Elemental focus would be better. I just used added cold because of socket coloring issues. What did you want to replace in my gem links? Please elaborate more because you did not say what you think should be replaced and I am assuming you mean replacing added cold. Since Spell echo effects your cast speed and the skeletons it makes your 10 skeleton uptime faster while increasing damage. LMP and Pierce Makes sure you actually hit the entire pack. And minion damage gives similar DPS with no drawbacks or situational bonuses.

I don't understand why people keep bringing this up when I already explained that yes there are better options but you are limited by socket colors if you don't have enough currency.I am not talking about you specifically but I get a lot of in game messages and whispers on the forum asking about these things when I put it in the guide already. I feel like people just glance at the links suggestion and don't actually look at my explanation or actual gear.

I apologise for being rude, I just felt the need to say this due to how often it is brought up to me.

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MrPew wrote:

I can only summon up to 9 skeletons, where can I find the last one?