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gooseq wrote:

a lot of people actually take summon skitterbots due to them being very good for league starter builds for the extra damage if they don't already go for lightning elemental dmg

however with minion builds it's hard to put anything else tbh
you could go for vitality, or go for impale dmg on minions with dread banner if you have decent impale but that depends on what minions you go for as well i think and your build overall + impale chance

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also the minion-boosting passives are not for summon skitterbots only they impact all of your minions, that's why we take them.

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sanaba_s wrote:

That makes sense, thanks.

But also raises a related question. Again, I may be missing something, but it looks to me like the minion-boosting passives don't do much for the skitterbots, other than make them run a bit faster and do a bit more token damage, the main benefit of those auras isn't impacted. If enemies taking a flat 18% increased damage is a big enough benefit on its own to make it into this build, shouldn't skitterbots be a part of almost every build, since it seems every build can get that flat 18% increase out of a single blue gem?

Apologies for the new player questions, and apologies if I'm missing something obvious. I start a new game and a new character, I immediately want to start theorycrafting, so just trying to figure out why some of the non-obvious or less intuitive choices are being made.

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however with minion builds it's hard to put anything else tbh
you could go for vitality, or go for impale dmg on minions with dread banner if you have decent impale but that depends on what minions you go for as well i think and your build overall + impale chance

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Thanks. So if I'm reading you correctly, the shock aura of skitterbots is essentially a quite useful utility tool, but most builds will eventually replace it with something more specialised? Whereas a minion build is likely to end up with spare gem sockets and doesn't have anything else better to use?

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sanaba_s wrote:

Apologies for the new player questions, and apologies if I'm missing something obvious. I start a new game and a new character, I immediately want to start theorycrafting, so just trying to figure out why some of the non-obvious or less intuitive choices are being made.

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oLaudix wrote:

Hello there! New PoE player here so itll probably be dumb question. I am trying to ditch Raging Spirit both during leveling and minion army phase (not gonna lie i dont like the spell at all) and replace them with skeletons. I wanted to go Skele + Impale + Melee Splash. As 4 gem im considering Multistrike or Minion Damage but I am not sure which of those will give me more dps. I found topic about this on the forum but its from 2014 so I assume a lot changed since then. Unless i should ditch Impale as well and use both of them?

PS. Thank you for the great guide. Tried couple of them and this one is very easy to follow and gave me best results.

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kingfoxii wrote:

Hi, i am struggeling to find a chest for my Kingsmakter Animate Guardian. Can you explain how i can craft one? Atm i dont have the energyshield enchant. Is there any good alternativ for me?