[3.5] Ghoulish Overkill! Zombie+Skeleton Baron build

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Hyoji wrote:

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TokeMcBong wrote:

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Hyoji wrote:

Hello, i'm having trouble replacing the brightbeak, been looking for a mace with "minion damage" and can't find any... where do you get that mod?

It comes from the final boss of the Temple of Atzoatl in the Incursion league. If you upgrade the "Omnitect has additional minions" room you can also get one from there.

can you think of any alternative for standart players? i don't think essence crafted are good choises cuz it's capped ad 23% minion damage :(

Best option for standard version is the Severed in Sleep or United in Dream swords from Chayula.

PLEASE SOME VIDEOS I LOVE U AND O LUV UR BUILD <3

I have few questions about possible variants, whether they worth it?

1) Going CI with geofry sanctuary.
We will need our shield back for bigger ES but it's still possible to generate frenzy charges for zombos with monkey chieftain spectres, a bit socket-strained though.

2) +1 gems Shadowstitch with 3 purities - they are dirt cheap now and with full corrupted set we have like +60% increased life, though we lose MoM for purities.

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tm10067 wrote:

I have few questions about possible variants, whether they worth it?

1) Going CI with geofry sanctuary.
We will need our shield back for bigger ES but it's still possible to generate frenzy charges for zombos with monkey chieftain spectres, a bit socket-strained though.

2) +1 gems Shadowstitch with 3 purities - they are dirt cheap now and with full corrupted set we have like +60% increased life, though we lose MoM for purities.

1) That would transition this to a different build and you're probably best off to change your ascendancy points a bit with that change. If you do happen to want to try this you can, but I'm not of a mind to recommend it as you lose a fair amount of eHP to make this swap and have to change several skill points around.

2) This is an option, but again it's a heavy, heavy eHP loss with losing MoM and needing to run three purity auras to deal with the resistance loss on an already resistance tight build. I wouldn't recommend this change without a complete overhaul of the build to function around the resistance loss, as the way we have it currently setup the resistances would be a giant issue. Even with Purity of elements on the current overcap res for this build is only around 80.

Thank you for answer. I think I will stick to the build, at least until it faces any issues, and will do few experiments when league ends. Leveling and incursions are super easy until now.

This is a great build, thank you so much!!!

I really like some of your recent modification, and I have been trying out some myself... yes, I know that my final product is a weird version of yours.. and likely told its less... but your great model is where I started :)

I wanted to go over some changes just to see your reaction.

* First, my switch weapons is the dancing duo! With a weapon switch, the style of the character changes a lot. In some cases, the duo crew is a better response to some things. Most of the time, the Zombie/Skels are tougher but the dancing duo is faster. The duo can't die, so anything killing minions easy... is generally easy for the duo.

* I don't have shield charge, I am very focused on phasing run. I runs fast and its invisible most of the time. Losing fort v.s. being invisible , for me the invisible is more defensive. The extra running fast helps a lot in lab traps.

* I gave up my specters! This was a tough decision. The frenzies were important to helping run a permanent phase run. Problem was that they were not consistent. Eventually, I switched to an offense build ancient guardian and the points to help some duration increase for phase run. It doesn't have the super long duration that 3 frenzies can give, but it always has enough to stay invisible... even with no frenzies.

* Because I gave up the specters, I got my shield back. I'm trying to chose between a high energy shield one or one with some block spell. The high energy shield puts me over 6k energy shield with over 4k life and 1.6k mana (Yes... mom too). Also trying to decide what offering I would benefit by.

* Played with the tree to have enough resistance to switch from purity of elements to discipline. It took a lot of juggling and strange things, but I'm there and it is a fun place to be.

Funny thing... I'm watching your build like a TV series to see your next change so I can try that too on my character :)

Take care

I'm currently playing with a speedy version of the build, using Omeyocan Carnal boots.

Zipping around the map with 100% movement speed is awesome!!

I can handle up to T15 maps easily, then I switch back to regular mode for T16 and Elder.

Hey! Thank for your last answer and.. yeah, still dunno how I didn't see them on the first page xD

Until now I only had 4L chest and could quite easily clean T10 maps. I just upgraded it to a 5L today and boy, that's way faster x)
So now I was wondering what should I try to upgrade after that in my build ?

https://pastebin.com/SmgCQnXR

I wanna change this belt but I can't drop a single good Stygian. Also the Astramentis amulet will come, a day, maybe.

And just a question about Path of Building, when I look at my zombie slam dps, it shows nearly 60k. Is it a dps for all of my zombie? Or just for one ?

May RNG Drops Mother with you and have a good day !

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Leverdatre wrote:

Hey! Thank for your last answer and.. yeah, still dunno how I didn't see them on the first page xD

Until now I only had 4L chest and could quite easily clean T10 maps. I just upgraded it to a 5L today and boy, that's way faster x)
So now I was wondering what should I try to upgrade after that in my build ?

https://pastebin.com/SmgCQnXR

I wanna change this belt but I can't drop a single good Stygian. Also the Astramentis amulet will come, a day, maybe.

And just a question about Path of Building, when I look at my zombie slam dps, it shows nearly 60k. Is it a dps for all of my zombie? Or just for one ?

May RNG Drops Mother with you and have a good day !

You should upgrade your chest again to a 6 link next, that will be your largest upgrade. The two more important upgrades first would be Astramentis and a strong Stygian Vise as you have already mentioned.

The 60k slam dps is per zombie, yes. However looking over your gem links I noticed some things. If you put your summon skeletons into your helmet instead of your boots and linked them with Maim instead of the zombies (giving the zombies Concentrated Effected) your zombie dps jumps substantially(up to 90k per slam with all gems at 20) as well as your skeleton dps from the 2 bonus levels from the helm.

I captured a video for you guys.I have the life variant build 16 zombies, 12 skeletons, stone golem, animate guardian just got lvl 96.It is a T13 Core Malachai infused with Agent of the Void , plus temporal chains, +29% more mosnter life, +100% increased are of effect map mods. So Malachai's slams, traps, tentacles , blood swirls and other projectiles were covering the whole screen lol.
Deathless but I lost 14 zombies at the first phase with Piety, so I had to summon them again using a bloodmaginc gem before continuing.
click me to see the video
I will only post interesting fights and this one is interesting because it has a lot of phases and mechanics and things to look out for.If you ask why I dont post some higher tier boss, well there is nothing to see there no matter the map mods (except physical reflect) ... the build just enters the arena, loots, portals out, press g key, look for next shaper map to expand elder infuence.