{3.10} Speaker for the Dead | The Mass Minion Summoner | League Starter, Leveling Guide 💀

Ok so thought i'd try farming some Syndicate and give this new mechanic an earnest attempt, i am a noob, but i modified the build with small changes and exchangeable gear to speed it up and farm at act 10 Ossuary (or other fast location). So only using Zombies, Spectres + phantasms and it's enough. Switch out Agony Crawler to have Haste and just boost your speed as much as you can without hurting too much and making it too difficult to switch back. I just swap out these two items:



Then when you do the actual Syndicate Hideout boss you switch back

Note: All mana is reserved on my setup, but it's ok, we don't need it. You just speed run everywhere and it's low level area, so don't need charged dash. But if you wanted to, you could find a lower level Haste or just use the helmet sockets for it instead, i just found it easier and faster with Amulet. But Hercanic might actually have better advice and solution to improve upon this change over.

With this method you can then farm the Syndicate.

And then when you unlock the Top Syndicate Boss, you need Chaos resistances. So I swap out to this gear.



This has made the boss fight so much easier. Because it does a lot of chaos damage. I did this, because I haven't learned that boss mechanics yet, so I rather have insurance. But you might be able to do it without this gear I don't know.

Anyway, just thought I would share.

Maybe this will help someone interested in farming the Syndicate Mechanic, I know it would have helped me, but was able to figure it out after watching a video of a guy farming Syndicate with a bow build. It made me wonder if we could do it with this build.

So this was the result.

You can make good currency doing it, which was what I was looking for.

Also this is my highest rank guy ever in POE level 95. And i might go for higher and try to really go for 100.

Thanks again and hope some this info may help someone.

Edit/PS: With the help of farming Syndicate was able to make a white socket in my Armor which solved that issue i was having with colors Hercanic So that is also valuable knowledge to share and good reason for doing syndicate or paying someone to do it for you, just another way to get around socket color problems.

Maybe this post could help and be a subsection for the guide, if you touch it up a bit, because i'm not knowledgeable enough for guide making.

pps: with this build, it's been the most currency i've ever made, but then again that could just be this league being more profitable than previous leagues, but the build has been fun enough that it's kept me playing longer too.

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Viktorious1 wrote:

Hey there! I think it's definitely time I switch weapons, but unfortunately haven't seen a +1, added fire, maim weapon listed all league. Only ones that added fire or cold which would mess up EE. Have even had auto search going almost 24/7.

This is what I've been using all this time.

So I think I'll give crafting one a try, but have never really done it, so was looking for some tips.

First, would you suggest the fossil method or metacraft method?

And second if I went the metacrafting method which it sounds like you prefer - is this how I would do it?

I have this claw for crafting (shaper ilvl 86)-

First, I scour it.

Next I transmute and use alterations until I get maim.

Next I craft cannot roll attack mods.

Next I use exalted orb on it which will give guarenteed +1 socketed gems.

Next I craft can have multiple crafted mods.. then put on +2 to support gems, minion damage/life, and minion atk/cast speed.

Does that seem right? I know I didn't mention a regal orb anywhere, but not sure when or how to use it since any mod it added would be one I don't want since I only get the ones I want from exalted orb +1 to gems and crafting mods.

Sry this is so long, but I'm so lost as a noob crafter. Thanks so much for your help in advance!

Well I've asked in global (got 50 flames like stfu noob kys to every 1 person tryin to help) and spent days researching and it seems the only way is to alteration until you get +1 socketed gems (Ive used 400 alterations and seen +1 socketed gems 0 times. lol).. then regal praying for maim. Then craft the rest on.
OP says we can follow the linked method to get +1 but that method says you need to roll 2 suffixes you want first, but we only want 1 suffix rolled. (Maim) So everyone saying that's not possible.
So I'm completely lost. Look's like I'll just have to use The Scourge all league, rip. lol ><

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Viktorious1 wrote:

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Gravity8595 wrote:

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Viktorious1 wrote:

I have this claw for crafting (shaper ilvl 86)-

First, I scour it.

Next I transmute and use alterations until I get maim.

Next I craft cannot roll attack mods.

Next I use exalted orb on it which will give guarenteed +1 socketed gems.

Next I craft can have multiple crafted mods.. then put on +2 to support gems, minion damage/life, and minion atk/cast speed.

Does that seem right? I know I didn't mention a regal orb anywhere, but not sure when or how to use it since any mod it added would be one I don't want since I only get the ones I want from exalted orb +1 to gems and crafting mods.

Looking at doing this myself, but wouldn't you have to block the non-attack mods (mana, dex, int, str) before you exalt it to guarantee the +1 gems? If you don't, then wouldn't it be a 20% to get the mod you want?

Haven't done any high level crafting myself, so I'm trying to learn it before I blow through my exalts.

I honestly have no clue. haha. Hopefully we will hear from OP soon and maybe he will walk us through it. I'd hate to blow exalts on something I mess up and make unusable!

I am also very curious on the detailed steps needed to craft a claw.


But until that happens I am using a sword that I found on poe.trade using the search (just make sure it does not do any fire or cold damage)

http://poe.trade/search/ametahinamenim

I was very lucky and found this one for 2 fuse :)




Just keep running the search until you find one in your price range (does not have to be a claw)

Wait, Ok I think I've made at least a little progress in my research for mastercrafting the claw, but there's still conflict it seems.

In the link you mentioned for method to mastercraft at https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Crafting#.2B3_to_Level_Weapon_Crafting
it seems you are referring to the regal version?

Ok so you scour a shaper claw. No Affixes.
1. You craft a prefix on it. Doesn't matter which since crafts will be removed.
2. You regal until you get maim. If you don't scour and start over.
3. When you get maim, you craft can have multiple crafted mods, maximum mana, cannot roll attack mods. (Don't need no caster mods because it doesn't have any possible)
4. This seems to be the issue. This is where you would exalt it to get a "guaranteed" +1 socketed gems. However according to PoEDB, a shaper's claw has "gain #% of physical damage as extra cold/lightning damage" as potential prefix mods other than + to socketed gems since they do not have the "attack" tag.
That means you would have to spend 4 ex for a 1/3 chance at getting +1 to socketed gems. Plus all the regals and scours.

I must have something wrong somewhere.. but nothing I've come up with seems like it can guarantee the mods you want after spending multiple ex. Am I mistaken?
Plz help! I feel like I'm so close to understanding. lol

Ok just hit level 86 and starting red maps. How much reservation over capping should I have? I currently average around 110, but looking at doing some equipment upgrades to improve life and it would help out if I dropped that value down some.

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Skua99 wrote:

Ok just hit level 86 and starting red maps. How much reservation over capping should I have? I currently average around 110, but looking at doing some equipment upgrades to improve life and it would help out if I dropped that value down some.

Reservation? Do you mean Elemental Resist? If so, 105 would make maps with Elemental Weakness curse not effect you. But since we use:
and clear fast enough to spam the flask we only need 75 resist since that flask will keep all curses off you.

so i made the tree and everything but when i got to the belly i spend more than 1000 chromatic trying to get the 4 blue and it didnt work so i eventually gave up trying to do the build :(

Lots of work, I appreciate it.

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RENZIXS wrote:

so i made the tree and everything but when i got to the belly i spend more than 1000 chromatic trying to get the 4 blue and it didnt work so i eventually gave up trying to do the build :(

Yeah, you did it the wrong way. Will probably never happen with chromes. Do it with this version: https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Crafting#.2B3_to_Level_Weapon_Crafting
at the bottom under "Cheap Off-Color Crafting". Worked like a charm for me.

Is there any alternate recommendations for Spectres when running in parties? The Frost Sentinels are obnoxious with the amount they obfuscate the screen and my guildies and breach stone run friends complain non-stop.

I also read somewhere it might be possible to do Flame Golem in the chest in place of Spectre. What I would appreciate about that would be less management downtime if/when a Spectre dies, as getting level 84 Spectres requires an Obas map or Shaper realm or a Chauyla Breach Stone and is generally a pain.

Switching to Golems would allow one to drop Soul Weaver and pick up Puppet Master for additional skeleton uptime and better bossing.