Slow Mo Zombies! (No Uniques Needed|Relaxed Playstyle|Easy to Gear|Anyone Can Play|All Content)[3.5]

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Wrecker_of_Days wrote:

But if you take a look at my video against the Shaper, and then at the gear I have, it didn't take that next level of gear to beat him easily.

I know this isn't what you're looking for, but that's what I have for you. Sorry. Minion builds are unique this way, unless you're planning your minions around The Baron helmet, the Necromantic Aegis node, or something that specific, there aren't any insanely good uniques besides the weapon you already have.

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Wrecker_of_Days wrote:

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AnExile_onthePath wrote:

Hi WoD (can I say "WoD's up?"?)

I noticed from your posts that your play style seems to be shifting a little more towards using the skellies for offence. Have you put any thought into making the skeletons the 6-link on the one-handed build? I have made the switch to skeletons and I find it much better than a few spectres, particularly using Vaal Skeleton with my Queen's Escape equipped. (I don't have the currency or Delve Depth to craft a six link on a unique, nor the intestinal fortitude to free style it with fuses - thus I am playing a 6z/4s rather than a 6z/6s. But I am wondering if I might try switching up to 6s/4z.) This build has so many great possibilities; thanks again for your guide.

Ha ha ha. Ya, you can call me WoD :). Funny. WoD up.

That thought crosses my mind often. But, let's say I make this build a Skeleton only build. I'd lose a lot of the ease of play. I'd lose the defensive aspect of the game too. Zombies will always follow me once I've Charged Dashed into enemies, and the damage is always right behind me. And the Zombie Slam clear speed is superior to Skeletons' single target hits. So, this build can do 98% of the Atlas without Skeletons. So, since I have to consider my symptoms, Zombies are still the best bet to 5/6 link on the one-handed build. If I 6 linked skeletons, I'd feel like I need to use them often and it'd take away from how relaxing and helpful the current setup is for my symptoms and such.


So, to paraphrase, I don't see ME making the switch, but it's not a bad idea for anyone else to do! It's a good idea! I'd be curious to see if the Zombie 4 link would be just as efficient with Zombies-Minion Damage-Minion Speed-Melee Physical.

Good post and thanks so much for your kind words.

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z3mcneil wrote:

...My atlas completion reached 150% today, and I did the 3 shaper guardians (-minotaur ofc), died once to the phoenix, and the 4 elder guardians in t12-14 maps deathless, inc. Eradicator this time. Overall T15-16 clear speed is also pretty good so overall I'm happy :D The guardians also dropped a few nice items, such as the phoenix sword, so that's more currency in my bag.

I'm only delving at 170 but it was more due to the time gate, so now with better sulphite acquisition from higher maps the situation will obviously improve.

On high end crafting, I think Standard is gimped pretty bad in this regard with a lot of good craft recipes missing. I did find this elder item today though which looks interesting, since our Fortify gem happens to be in the boots, and 20% quality on the Fortify gem only improves duration by 10%, so this opens up another gem slot for experimenting. It looks like Enfeeble will also receive extra 60% duration from the lv15 IDS. I'm not wearing this at the moment though, since losing 30% movement speed from my current boots is pretty bad on harder high mobility boss fights such as Hydra. I guess it could be useful in delve because of the level/encounter design there...Thanks for the comments!

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GrunkleBob wrote:

Been loving the build and glad I choose level 92 as my cap, because I am exploring completely new content and doubt I will ever see 93. But I don't mind dying, and I need to explore endgame. Had 2 gaurdian fights, finally beat Chimera on a Vaal'd map! Fought the phoenix poorly lol. maps seem to rain down, I have quite a few 11s that I run to get things going again when it gets slow, usually hit a Niko and then go delve a bit so things keep me busy. I picked up that United in Dream because honestly my weapon was trash and I LOVE IT! but it cost me 1ex 50c and 20Vaals, but I got the 40% minion damage so I am happy and really Why collect loot if you ain't gonna spend it!
One last thing my buddy noticed in Delve, if you let skeletons die off BEFORE hitting Vaal skeletons, you get 40, then you can redrop skeletons, gets me to 51 for boss fights!
Sorry I clipped the whole thing, wasn't sure what to cut out or leave in:)

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GrunkleBob wrote:

WoD... I am having a GREAT time!
Your build is excellent and has made me want to pursue your RF build.
Maybe next league...You're mission is well accomplished here my friend, you have me thinking and learning and this is the first real guide that has actually "Guided" me.

Thank you sooo much!

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z3mcneil wrote:

I did what others in this thread have discussed, namely, swapping the skeleton and zombie gems, in content that's trivial to my current power level where the zombies are unlikely to die. So basically everything below T14, or T12-13 with really bad mods. With my triple-ES protection on minions the zombies are still pretty tanky, and with the Bone Master ascendancy the skellies already did more dmg on the 4link helmet than my zombies. After the swap I can confirm that boss dps shot up by a large margin.

I love how relaxing running uber lab is with this build :) I don't even have to target anything, just run Lola run to save time. Basically one shotting everything, each Izaro phase lasts 1 second then it's over. Just do the annoying traps and run through the areas asap. Although since nothing other than the lab enchant is remotely worthy it does get a bit tedious in my rush to find the exit to the next area.

On the other hand, I ran a T11 today with elemental weakness, monster always ignites, and 94% extra cold dmg mods. What happened there was, I had Alva spawn on the map, went in an incursion, and got one shotted instantly with reduced ele resist /facepalm.

So I guess I'll be running the normal 6 link zombie setup only in T13-15 maps. T16 map clearing should also be ok with 4L zombies, and then I'll switch before the guardians since the zombies will die to anyone sans Chimera very fast anyway.

Did a red map elder today, got the Impresence amulet (the fire version). I love my elder/guardian drops so far! The fire version seemed to be much more sought after than the rest and I just sold it for 3ex, biggest sale yet :D