[3.X?] ALL Content! Lv100 Huy's OG Summon Raging Spirits Necromancer Guide - .:The Druid:.

Hi Folks!

Hope everyone is enjoying the league so far! The guide is about 50% updated for 3.2. When I added to the original guide, I tried to be very thorough, but that means outdated information has a few different places to hide!

I'll go ahead and clear up the ascendancy questions:

New Order:

• 1.) Commander of Darkness - This will help even out capping resists and ease leveling.
• 2.) Mistress of Sacrifice - Pick up the extra speed early, but you can grab Puppet Master Second if you prefer.
• 3.) Puppet Master - Minion damage!
• 4.) Invoker - Round everything out in uber lab with this one!

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As far as some of the questions being asked about the new league items, calculations and experimentation will have to be done.

Stay tuned!

Hey Guys!

First of all i just wanted to say that i love the guide and i am having a blast with SRS!
ATM I am using zombies/srs because i don't have any of the uniques yet and i'm just using them as a filler which brings me to my question.

I hate to bother all of you, but would someone tell me what I should start looking for or what my first piece of gear should be?

As I mentioned above, I dont have any of the uniques yet, and I'm not having a hard time killing anything but I want to start gearing for maps/bosses and I am unsure of what I should start replacing.

Thank you! Good luck to everyone!

@DesantPL For me, I focused on grabbing a Tabula Rasa asap. It is cheap at 10-12chaos and gets you a 6 link to start leveling your SRS gem set. As for the rest of your gear. Focus on grabbing your flasks asap. A Chemists silver flask and chemists quicksilver flask are the big things that will help you out immensely. Blood of the Karui and Lavianga's Spirit are dirt cheap this league at 1-2c each. And a seething divine life flask of staunching is huge, arguably more important than blood of the karui. For everything else I recommend stacking life/resists/mana/mana regen and attributes where needed. Above all else, get the gem links together asap.

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imperiialm wrote:

Hi, you can click on my account name here and view my characters everything is there

Hi. Were you able to run all 3 auras? I can currently only run 1 or else I run out of mana too fast. Even using only 2 leaves me with so little mana that I can't do much.

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Painzord wrote:

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imperiialm wrote:

Hi, you can click on my account name here and view my characters everything is there

Hi. Were you able to run all 3 auras? I can currently only run 1 or else I run out of mana too fast. Even using only 2 leaves me with so little mana that I can't do much.

I think you need to buy Lavianga's Spirit Sanctified Mana Flask ((30-50)% increased Amount Recovered, 100% increased Recovery rate, Your Skills have no Mana Cost during Flask effect)

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Hey, thanks for the guide, its amazing.

So I got watcher's eye with damage penetrates cold res while affected by hatred and I'm wondering if it works on minions and if so if it's worth using that over an abyss jewel?

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Painzord wrote:

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imperiialm wrote:

Hi, you can click on my account name here and view my characters everything is there

Hi. Were you able to run all 3 auras? I can currently only run 1 or else I run out of mana too fast. Even using only 2 leaves me with so little mana that I can't do much.

Im running all 3 Auras. I can spam about 12 spirits before i need to use a mana pot. In the beginning I just used a mana pot with a long duration, that worked pretty good, now I use the Unique flask

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Naktibalda wrote:

I think you need to buy Lavianga's Spirit Sanctified Mana Flask ((30-50)% increased Amount Recovered, 100% increased Recovery rate, Your Skills have no Mana Cost during Flask effect)

:)

I know this has been discussed in some pages of the guide but i would really like some explanation about how this can be usefull...
If i get it right, the flask effect of this one stays from the moment you use it untill you reach full mana.
When you run 3 auras, you mana pool is like 150 mana so how can this be any usefull? the unique ability of the flash fades in a second..

Did i miss something?

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deadst4r wrote:

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Naktibalda wrote:

I think you need to buy Lavianga's Spirit Sanctified Mana Flask ((30-50)% increased Amount Recovered, 100% increased Recovery rate, Your Skills have no Mana Cost during Flask effect)

:)

I know this has been discussed in some pages of the guide but i would really like some explanation about how this can be usefull...
If i get it right, the flask effect of this one stays from the moment you use it untill you reach full mana.
When you run 3 auras, you mana pool is like 150 mana so how can this be any usefull? the unique ability of the flash fades in a second..

Did i miss something?

No, you're not wrong in questioning it. Before 3.1 and the nerfs to Mind over Matter, it was pretty common to have 800-1200 mana off of reserve, whereas these days, you're lucky if you start off with 300 as you begin gearing and before picking up mana nodes.

Adapting to this change has become a bit of a work in progress/player's preference. In Abyss League, I tried really hard to make MoM work, picking up extra Mana % Nodes, crafting the 'ol trusty Loathing Helmet, and no matter what I did, it did not have the comfort as it did pre-nerf. I ended up just taking all my points out of MoM, out of additional mana, in lieu of an additional jewel slot and more life.

Lavianga's shines when there's a larger mana pool, as it behaves like a little Vaal Clarity. These days its extremely difficult to have the pool necessary to really fully utilize it. If you play with an Aurabot, and don't have to run all 3 auras, it can still be a fantastic flask.

Last league I ended up using a Saturated Sanctified Mana flask. I found that it replenished my mana at about an even rate as I cast it with Flesh Offering up, and would give me windows of nearly 20 seconds at a time when used properly. I found it to be a nice alternative to Lavi's for those of use who do not go MoM.

Cheers!


Edit: Remember to buy Lavi's that have the lowest amount of mana recovery if you do decide to go that route, and do not add quality to it via Baubles!

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brittleknee wrote:

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deadst4r wrote:

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Naktibalda wrote:

I think you need to buy Lavianga's Spirit Sanctified Mana Flask ((30-50)% increased Amount Recovered, 100% increased Recovery rate, Your Skills have no Mana Cost during Flask effect)

:)

I know this has been discussed in some pages of the guide but i would really like some explanation about how this can be usefull...
If i get it right, the flask effect of this one stays from the moment you use it untill you reach full mana.
When you run 3 auras, you mana pool is like 150 mana so how can this be any usefull? the unique ability of the flash fades in a second..

Did i miss something?

No, you're not wrong in questioning it. Before 3.1 and the nerfs to Mind over Matter, it was pretty common to have 800-1200 mana off of reserve, whereas these days, you're lucky if you start off with 300 as you begin gearing and before picking up mana nodes.

Adapting to this change has become a bit of a work in progress/player's preference. In Abyss League, I tried really hard to make MoM work, picking up extra Mana % Nodes, crafting the 'ol trusty Loathing Helmet, and no matter what I did, it did not have the comfort as it did pre-nerf. I ended up just taking all my points out of MoM, out of additional mana, in lieu of an additional jewel slot and more life.

Lavianga's shines when there's a larger mana pool, as it behaves like a little Vaal Clarity. These days its extremely difficult to have the pool necessary to really fully utilize it. If you play with an Aurabot, and don't have to run all 3 auras, it can still be a fantastic flask.

Last league I ended up using a Saturated Sanctified Mana flask. I found that it replenished my mana at about an even rate as I cast it with Flesh Offering up, and would give me windows of nearly 20 seconds at a time when used properly. I found it to be a nice alternative to Lavi's for those of use who do not go MoM.

Cheers!


Edit: Remember to buy Lavi's that have the lowest amount of mana recovery if you do decide to go that route, and do not add quality to it via Baubles!

My view of the mana problem (MoM issue) is that this is giving us at least 300+ extra eHP, useful for taking high incoming dmg. Like brittleknee mentions we won't reach 1000 mana off reserve but then again at lvl 90 there isnt that much else gving us 500 eHP for 3 skill points. Lav's potion also has multiple uses (especially with all the reduced flask uses we spec). So far I have not once had the issue of the pot being depleted before killing a boss.

On a side note swapping Vaal Lightning Trap for Vaal Clarity/Zombies when lvling/early mapping seems for me like a no-brainer. Vaal Clarity really shines in this build due to all the inc. duration nodes and inc duration gem on shield and can easily be swapped back and forth in your shield. Zombies also stay alive a bit longer now with the extra 2% regen from Uber Lab (crazy bosses and encounters still kill them every now and then) and they protect your HP in many ways as well as dealing some extra dmg and can be very useful before going from Tabula --> 5 or 6L Belly.

As for gearing in new league this build is great since we have no requirements from expensive unique apart from Belly. Lycosidae and Grip of the Council can be considered luxury items, as Victario's works great and you likely do not have an Empower L3 yet allowing you to run Added Accuracy. Focus on +life, cap resist, +mana, +30% move-speed on boots and some dex to cope with haste/vaal haste req.

Edit: I see many ppl who did not spec into the 5% life and 8% mana node right of "Heart and Soul" even though they have completed the life circle and taken other 5% hp nodes. Make sure to grab that free 8% mana instead/also!