Kayella's build archive - Big DPS Summoner

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Passive Tree

Level 100

Ascendancy
1. Commander of Darkness
2. Mindless Aggression
3. Unnatural Strength
4. Plaguebringer

Pantheon
Soul of Lunaris
Soul of Shakari

Weapon, Armour & Accessories

Jewels & Flasks

The single most important craft for this build is 'Gain 10% maximum life as extra maximum energy shield'. This will add 500-700 base ES, depending on your total life.

Weapon

Body Armour

Helmet

Boots

Gloves

Unset Ring

Death Attunement

+1 to Maximum number of Spectres
Minions have 8% increased Attack Speed
Minions have 8% increased Cast Speed
+1 to Maximum number of Raised Zombies
+1 to Maximum number of Skeletons

There is a trick to summoning your spectres one by one even though you have greater spell echo built into Pledge (repeat cast 2 times).

You will need an offhand weapon with +1 to socketed gem.
You must have level 20 raise spectre in your +1 offhand.
The gem must be in the same socket as your PoH.

Example:

Raise Spectre 21 in socket 2 in PoH & Raise Spectre 20 in socket 2 in +1 offhand.

Now you can desecrate & summon with your offhand, then swap back to PoH without spectres despawning.

Demonstration video: https://youtu.be/45L0xTzSjCQ

Here's the shopping list ff you want to switch:
1. about 60-80 regret orbs
2. 6-link PoH (all blue for SDs, or 4b2w to use every spectre)
3. +1 int amulet
4. One unset ring
5. Devouring Diadem
6* Watcher's Eye with Phasing/Haste [optional, but highly recommended]

All other items are the same.







Note that amulet anointment is Death Attunement instead of Ravenous Horde.

I highly recommend using a level 21 Raise Spectre and +1 int amulet to get 5 spectres. You can get a 5th spectre with empower, but you then lose a damage support (big damage loss).

Helmet:
Crafted +1 helmet -> (Wraithlord) -> life helmet -> Crafted +3 helmet

Chest:
Any chest -> 5L rare -> Tabula Rasa or 6L rare -> (6L Vis Mortis) -> 6L crafted delve +1.
NOTE: never buy 5-link Vis Mortis!

(thanks MoistCheezIT for Vis Mortis)

Gloves:
Crafted gloves

Boots:
(Bones of Ullr) -> Fossil-crafted boots

Wand from Atzoatl or
Convoking wand with +1 minion gem or
Convoking wand with +1/+1 minion/spell gems

NOTE: must not have 'adds x lighting damage to spells'

Shield:
Any shield with high life -> Crafted Shaper shield with 'recover 5% life when block'

Belt:
Any belt -> Stygian Vise

Jewellery:
Amulet: Rare amulet or Jinxed Juju or Amulet with +1 int gems

Rings: any ring; vermillion recommended.

Jewels:
You can craft or buy ghastly eyes. Mod priorities:
#1: life
#2: increased minion attack/cast speed or increased minion damage
#3: Taunt


Highly recommend for Sirus fight
'Corrupted Blood cannot be inflicted on you'


Recommended Unique Jewels:
Anatomical Knowledge: +flat life & 8% increased maximum life
Unending Hunger: 50% chance for minion to gain Soul Eater


Recommended Flasks:
Blood of the Karui - fast life recovery + instant life recovery
Bubbling Divine Flask of Staunching - instant life flask & remove bleed
Chemist's Quicksilver of Adrenaline - 70% increased movement speed
Experimenters's Quartz Flask of Heat - 10% Dodge & remove freeze
Rumi's Concoction - 20%/10% block & 3000 armour

Look for a 5-link/6-link chest with INT base & Screaming Essence of Greed.


SSF: Farm 6 Dapper Prodigy cards.

Trigger will auto-cast any gems in your wand when you use another skill.

You will need: wand with 1 free suffix.

Bench craft 'trigger' (3c).


Note: This craft comes from syndicate encounters and is rare.

You will need:
Convoking Wand
Bound fossil
1-socket resonator


Note: +1 minion gem has a very low chance. You may need to use many bound fossils to get the mod. The craft for +2 minion wand has a higher chance to get the mod, but will cost more.

You will need:
Convoking Wand
4-socket resonator
Jagged, Shuddering, Corroded, Metallic fossils


Notes: These 4 fossils will block all mods except spell and minion.

You will need:
Any boots
2-socket resonator
Bound, Shuddering fossils

This will give your support minions more survivability.

You will need:
item level 86 Bone helmet
1-socket resonator
Bound fossil

For Slave Drivers: 6 blue sockets.


For more DPS, swap Feeding Frenzy for Conc Effect:


Please see Recommended Spectres section below for Awakened Gems and gems for other spectres.

Helmet: 1 red & 3 blue.

1. Stone Golem gives life regen.
2. Zombies + meat shield take incoming damage.
3. Elemental Army: -10% lightning res exposure.

Boots: 3 blue, 1 red.

1. Wrath + Generosity gives minions more lightning damage.
2. Skitterbots chill and shock enemies.
3. Convocation teleports your minions to you and heals them.

Gloves: 4 blue.

1. Armageddon Brand is used to apply Elemental Equilibrium (-50% lightning res).
2. Armageddon Brand applies Elemental Weakness curse (-50% elemental res).
3. Flame Dash to teleport away from danger or over terrain.

NOTE: Arma Brand is not needed for damage, so level 1 is enough.

Weapon: 1 green, 2 blue.

1. Desecrate spawns corpses.
2. Bone Offering consumes corpses to increase block chance for minions and necro.
3. Skeletons add extra minions for Bone Barrier buff and pulling agro.

NOTE: You can use Vaal Skeletons.
NOTE: Keep Desecrate at level 1.

Shield: 2 red, 1 green

1. Cast When Damage Taken + Immortal Call will reduced damage taken by 28%.
2. Phase Run gives +40% movement speed, phasing (run through monsters) and reduced visibility (monsters won't attack you).

NOTE: The green socket must be unlinked.

NOTE: Cast When Damage Taken should be level 15.
NOTE: Immortal Call should be level 16.

Sell to town vendor: white boots + augmentation orb + quicksilver flask. Socket links and colours do not change.

Keep your minions alive in Acts 1 - 5.


Sell to vendor: Orb of Transmutation + Any life flask + Bone Spirit Shield.

Increase minion damage in Acts 3+.
Only do this craft if you find a 4-link helmet.


Sell to vendor: Orb of Alteration + Flask of Animation + blue helmet.

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Unlinked:

Buy amber amulet from Nessa if you need strength to level up Holy Flame Totem.

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Offhand/Levelling:

starting zone: pick up wand. pick up 'fire ball'. open chest. pick up 'arcane surge'.

link: fireball + arcane surge. kill hillock. enter the town.

town: talk to tarkleigh. take raise zombie. buy freezing pulse. sell fireball.

link: freezing pulse + arcane surge

the coast: get waypoint. go to tidal island.
tidal island: kill hailrake. take medicine chest. portal to town.
town: talk to nessa. take quicksilver flask. take summon phantasms. waypoint to coast.
the coast: go to entrance to mud flats.
mud flats: break eggs. find entrance to submerged passage.
submerged passage: portal to town.
town: talk to nessa. buy holy flame totem. waypoint to submerged passage.

link: holy flame totem + phantasms.

submerged passage: find flooded depths and kill deep dweller. portal to town.
town: talk to tarkleigh. take skill book.
submerged passage: find entrance to the ledge.
the ledge: find entrance to the climb.
the climb: find entrance to lower prison.
lower prison: find waypoint, head back to town.
town: talk to nessa. take minion damage support. buy infernal legion. waypoint to lower prison.

link: zombies + minion damage

lower prison: labyrith trial, find entrance to upper prison.
upper prison: find entrance to boss. kill boss. exit to prisoner's gate.
prisoner's gate: waypoint to town
town: talk to tarkleigh. take summon skeleton. talk to nessa. buy flame dash & minion damage. waypoint to prisoner's gate.

link: skeletons + infernal legion + minion damage

prisoner's gate: find entrance to ship graveyard.
ship graveyard: find entrance to cave.
cave: find the dead slave. get the allflame. exit to ship graveyard. find entrance to canvern of wrath.
cavern of wrath: get waypoint. waypoint to ship graveyard.
ship graveyard: find fairgraves, kill. portal to town.
town: talk to bestel. take skill book. talk to nessa. take flesh offering. buy bone offering. waypoint to cavern of wrath.
cavern of wrath: find entrance to cavern of anger.
cavern of anger: find merveil's lair & kill boss.

southern forest: find entrance to forest encampment.
forest encampment: go to old fields.
old fields: find entrance to the den.
the den: kill old beast. find exit.
old fields: find entrance to crossroads.
crossroads: follow path to find waypoint. continue following path to find broken bridge.
broken bridge: find & kill kraitlyn. portal to town.
town: talk to yeena. take quicksilver. go to riverways.
riverways: follow path to find waypoint (use flame dash to jump over the streams). head to the left of the map to find entrance to wetlands.
wetlands: find & kill oak. find waypoint. waypoint to riverways.
riverways: follow path to find entrance to western forest.
western forest: follow path to find waypoint. continue following path to the bottom of the map. kill blackguard. pick up thaumetic emblem, open path. find & kill alira. find weaver's chamber.
weaver's chamber: kill weaver and get maligaro's spike. portal to town.
town: talk to eramir to get 2 passive pts. talk to silk. take death mark. talk to yeena. buy concentrateed effect, elemental focus.

link: zombies + minino damage + deathmark

waypoint to act 1 town.
act 1 town: talk to bestel. take skill book. waypoint to crossroads.
crossroads: go to the right to find entrance to felshrine ruins.
felshrine ruins: follow path to find the crypt.
crypt level 1: complete labyrith trial
crypt level 2: get golden hand. portal to town.
town: talk to yeena. take survival instincts. and book of regrets. waypoint to crossroads.
crossroads: head left. find extrance to chamber of sins
chamber of sins: go to level 2, kill fidelis. grab baleful gem. find labyrinth trial. portal back to town.
town: talk to helena. talk to greust. take desecrate. talk to yeena. buy skitterbots. portal to wetlands.

link: skitterbots + infernal legion
link: skeletons + minino damage (link change)

wetlands: poison the tree roots.
vaal ruins: just run as fast as possible to exit.
northern forest: find waypoint, don't go to town. find entrance to caverns.
caverns: find waypoint. find entrance to ancient pyramid.
ancient pryamid: kill boss

city of sarn: save clarissa. find entrance to town.
town: head straight to entrance to slums.
slums: find the crematorium.
crematorium: take the waypoint. complete labyrinth trial. find piety. take tolman's bracelet. portal to town.
town: talk to clarissa. get sewer keys. buy wrath, elemental weakness. talk to maramoa. take convocation. go to the slums.
the slums: find the sewer grating. unlock.
the sewers: find waypoint. find 3 quest items. find entrance to marketplace.
marketplace: find waypoint. find the entrance to catacombs.
catacombs: complete labyrinth trial. portal to town.
town: talk to hargan. take skill book. waypoint to marketplace.
marketplace: find entrance to 'the battlefront'
battlefront: find waypoint. find Blackguard chest. take ribbon spoon. find entrance to solaris temple level 1.
solaris temple level 1: find waypoint. find entrance to level 2
solaris temple level 2: find waypoint. talk to dialla. take jade amulet (need dex). waypoint to the battlefront.
battlefront: find the entrance to the docks.
docks: find supple container. pick up thaumatic sulphite. find waypoint. waypoint to to solaris temple level 2.
solaris temple level 2: talk to dialla. take infernal talc. waypoint to the sewers.
sewers: clear the undying blockage. find entrance to ebony barracks
ebony barracks: find waypoint. kill gravicius. find entrance to lunaris temple.
lunaris temple: find waypoint. go to town
town: talk to maramoa. take raise spectre. talk to clarissa. buy animate guardian.

unlink: summon skeletons
link: raise spectre + minion damage + elemental focus + concentrated effect

way point to battlefront.
battlefront:use desecrate to create corpses. look for 'flame sentinel'. raise two spectres. take waypoint to lunaris temple.
lunaris temple: find portal. kill piety. take the tower key. portal to town.
town: talk to grigor. take skill book. waypoint to ebony barracks.
ebony barracks: find entrance to imperial gardens.
imperial gardens: head to top of map to find waypoint. find the library.
the library: find siosa and waypoint. find 'loose candle'.
archives: find golden pages. return to siosa.
library: talk to siosa. take feeding frenzy.

link: raise zombies + minion damage + feeding frenzy

waypoint to town.
town: talk to clarissa. buy elemental army, generosity. waypoint to imperial gardens.
imperial gardens: heard to top-left to find the labyrinth trial. complete trial. find 'locked door'.
scepter of god: find waypoint. find entrance to upper scepter of god

recommend: be level 32 before boss fight

upper scepter: find entrance to tower roof top. kill dominus. enter act 4.

recommend: get fire resistance before killing kaom boss.

aqueduct: find the entrance to the town.
town: go to dried lake entrance.
dried lake: head to the bottom-right of map to find boss. kill boss. get deshret's banner. portal to town.
town: open mines entrance. don't enter. talk to oyun. take stone golem.
mines level 1: find entrance to level 2.
mines level 2: find deshret's spirit. find entrance to crystal veins.
crystal veins: find waypoint. talk to dialla. waypoint to town.
town: talk to tasuni. take skill book. waypoint to crystal veins.
crystal veins: enter daresso's dream.
daresso's dream: find entrance to the grand arena. kill daresso. take 'eye of desire'. portal to town.
town: waypoint to crystal veins.
crystal veins: talk to dialla. enter kaom's dream.
kaom's dream: find entrance to kaom's stronghold. kill kaom. take 'eye of fury'. portal to town.
town: waypoint to crystal veins.
crystal veins: talk to dialla. take waypoint to town.
town: talk to dialla. take spell echo. talk to petarus and vanja. buy curse on hit.

When you reach level 38:
replace: concentrated effect with spell echo
link: raise spectre + minion damage + spell echo + elemental focus

crystal vein: enter belly of the beast.
belly of the beast level 1 & 2: find entrance to bowels of the beast.
bowels of the beast: defeat piety. enter the harvest.
the harvest: find waypoint. find & kill doedre, maligaro & shavronne. talk to piety. enter the black core.
the black core: fight malachai + piety. go into second boss room. defeat malachai. portal to town.
town: exit town.
the ascent: head top-left of map to find portal to oriath.

the slave pens: find entrance to overseer's tower (town).
town: talk to lani. take whichever ring helps you balance your resists. go to act 3 town
act 3 town:talk to clarissa. buy armageddon brand. return to act 5 town.

Start using Slave Driver Spectres.
control blocks: desecrate corpses. look for 'Slave Driver'. raise 2 spectres.

gem removal: holy flame totem, summon phantasms, infernal army
unlinked: skitterbot
link: wrath + generosity
link: armageddon brand + curse on hit + elemental weakness + flame dash
link: raise zombie + minion damage + stone golem + feeding frenzy

You can do Labyrinth after getting Slave Drivers -> Ascend to Necromancer -> Mindless Aggression

control blocks: find miasmeter. find entrance to oriath square.
oriath square: get waypoint. waytpoint to town.
town: talk to vilenta. take skill book. waypoint to oriath square.
oriath square: head to top-right to find entrance to templar courts.
templar courts: get waypoint. find entrance to chamber of innocence.
chamber of innocence: find boss room. defeat avarius. talk to sin. exit boss room. enter torched courts.
torched courts: find entrance to ruined square.
ruined square: find the ossuary. get waypoint.
ossuary: find sign of purity. exit to ruined square.
ruined square: find reliquary. ignore utula.
reliquary: get waypoint. find the 3 quest items. portal to town.
town: talk to lani. take skill book. waypoint to ruined square.
ruined square: find cathedral rooftop.
cathedral rooftop: find and kill kitava. talk to sin. talk to lily roth.

town: talk to lilly. go to twilight strand.
twilight strand: kill all monsters.
town: talk to lilly. take book of regrets. go to the coast.
the coast: find the entrance to mud flats. get the waypoint. enter mud flats.
the mud flats: find & kill boss. take quest item. find & talk to nessa. find entrance to karui fotress.
karui fortress: find & kill boss. find entrance to the ridge.
the ridge: waypoint to town.
town: talk to tarkleigh. take skill book. talk to lilly. buy cast when damage taken, immortal call, phase run.
the ridge: find entrance to lower prison.
lower prison: grab waypoint. portal to town.
town: talk to tarkleigh. take skill book. portal to lower prison
lower prison: find labyrinth trial. find entrance to shavronne's tower.
shavronne's tower: find entrance to prison rooftop.
prison rooftop. kill shavronne and brutus. talk to sin.
warden's chambers: find entrance to prisoner's gate.
prisoner's gate: find entrance to valley of the fire drinker (top-right).
valley of the fire drinker: kill abberath. talk to sin. return to prisoner's gate.
prisoner's gate: find entrance to western forest
western forest: follow path to top to find waypoint. grab waypoint. continue to find entrance to riverways.
riverways: follow path upwards to find waypoint. grab waypoint. go left to find entrance to wetlands.
wetlands: find entrance to spawning ground.
spawning ground: kill rysratha. talk to sin. portal to town
town: talk to bestel. take book of skill. talk to tarkleigh. take book of skill. waypoint to riverways
riverways: find the entrance to southern forest.
southern forest: find the entrance to caverns of anger. grab the waypoint.
caverns of anger: open flag chest. take black flag.
passage: find entrance to beacon.
beacon: grab waypoint. complete 'refuel the beacon' escort puzzle. light the beacon. click on beacon. talk to weylam.
brine king's reef: find the brine king's throne.
brine king's throne: kill boss. talk to sin. talk to weylam to go to act 7.

broken bridge: follow path to entrance to crossroads
crossroads: follow path to the waypoint. grab waypoint. head to the right of the map. find entrance to fellshrine ruins.
fellshrine ruins: follow the path to the crypt entrance.
the crypt: grab waypoint. find labyrinth trial. find sarcophagus (entrance to next area). enter stairs. search map for 'container of sins'. take maligaro's map. portal to town.
town: take waypoint to crossroads
crossroads: find entrance to chamber of sins level 1.
chamber of sins level 1: find silk. grab the waypoint. use 'maligaro's map' in the map device. enter portal to maligaro's sanctum
maligaro's sanctum: find maligaro's workshop.
kill maligaro. take black venom. portal to chamber of sins level 1
chamber of sins level 1: talk to silk. take obsidian key. find entrance to level 2.
chamber of sins level 2: complete labyrinth trial. find entrance to the den.

Can do labyrinth 2 now -> Unnatural Strength

the den: grab the waypoint. find entrance to the ashen fields.
the ashen fields: grab waypoint. follow path to find entrance to fortress encampment (boss room).
boss room: kill greust. talk to sin.
northern forest: find entrance to dread thicket.
dread thicket: collect fireflies. find entrance to den of despair.
den of despair: kill gruthkul. portal to town.
town: talk to eramir. take skill books. waypoint to northern forest.
northern forest: find the entrance to the causeway.
the causeway: find waypoint. find kishara's star (close to vaal city entrance).
vaal city: find waypoint. portal to town.
town: talk to weylam. take book of skill.
vaal city: talk to yeena. enter temple of decay level 1.
temple of decay level 1 & 2: find entrance to arakaali's web.
boss fight: kill arakaali. talk to sin. talk to yeena. enter sarn ramparts.

sarn ramparts: grab waypoint. find entrance to town.
town: enter toxic conduits.
toxic conduits: find doedre's cesspool.
doedre's cesspool: find boss room ('loose grate').
the cauldron: kill doedre. enter 'sewer outlet'.
doedre's cesspool: find entrance to the quay.
quay: find 'sealed casket'. open and take 'ankh of eternity'. find ressurection site. talk to clarissa. kill tolman. find grain gate.
grain gate: grab waypoint. find & kill gemling legion. find the imperial fields.
imperial fields: follow path. grab waypoint. find solaris temple.
solaris temple level 1: find waypoint. waypoint to town.
town: talk to maramoa. take skill book. talk to clarissa. take skill book). waypoint to solaris temple level 1.
solaris temple level 1 & 2: find & kill boss. take sun orb. portal to town.
town: waypoint to toxic conduits.
toxic conduits: find the grand promenade.
grand promenade: find the bath house.
bath house: complete labyrinth trial. kill hector. take wings of vastiri. find high garden.
high garden: kill yugul. portal to town.
town: talk to hargan. take skill book. waypoint to bath house.
bath house: find entrance to lunaris concourse.
lunaris concourse: grab waypoint. find lunaris temple.
lunaris temple level 1 & 2: find & kill boss. take moon orb. portal to town.
town: waypoint to lunaris concourse.
lunaris concourse: find the harbour bridge.
harbour bridge: find the sky shrine. kill both bosses. talk to sin.

blood aqueducts: find entrance to town.
town: find the entrance to 'the descent'
descent: find exits.
vastiri desert: find the waypoint. find storm-weathered chest (yellow !). take storm blade. continue towards top of map. go to the right. find blocked entrance to 'the oasis'. find the entrance to the foothills.
foothills:find the waypoint. near waypoint is the entrance to the boiling lake.
boiling lake: find and kill boss. take basilisk acid. portal to town.
town: talk to petarus and vanja. ignore items. talk to sin. talk to petarus and vanja again. take bottled storm. waypoint to vastiri desert.
vastiri desert: go to entrance to the oasis.
oasis: find and kill boss. portal to town.
town: talk to irasha. take skill book. waypoint to foothills.
foothills: find entrance to the tunnel.
tunnel: complete labyrinth trial. find waypoint. find entrance to the quarry.
quarry:find waypoint. find entrance to shrine of the winds. kill boss. talk to sin. return to quarry.
quarry: find entrance to the refinery.
refinery: find and kill boss. open theurgic precipitate machine. take trarthan powder. portal to town.
town: talk to irasha. take skill book. talk to sin. waypoint to quarry.
quarry: enter belly of the beast.
belly of the beast: -> rotting core -> black core.
black core: talk to sin. kill shavronne, maligaro and doedre. talk to sin. enter the black heart.
black heart: kill depraved trinity. talk to lilly. sail to oriath.

town: enter cathedral rooftop.
cathedra rooftop: enter cathedral apex. kill monsters. talk to bannon. return to town.
town: talk to bannon. talk to lani. take quartz flask. go to cathedral rooftop.
cathedra rooftop: find entrance to the ravaged square
ravaged square: find entrance to the control blocks.
control blocks: find waypoint. find arena. kill boss. portal to town.
town: talk to lani. talk skill book. waypoint to control blocks.
control blocks: enter ravaged square
ravaged square: ignore reliquary entrance. find entrance to the ossuary. take waypoint. enter ossuary.
ossuary: complete labyrinth trial. find sealed chest (yellow !). take elixir of aullure. portal to town.
town: talk to weylam. waypoint to ravaged square.
ravaged square: find entrance to the torched courts.
torched courts: find entrance to desecrated chamber.
desecrated chamber: take waypoint. find sanctum of innoncence. kill avarius. take staff of purity. portal to town.

Can do labyrinth 3 now -> Bone Barrier

town: talk to bannon. talk to innocence. waypoint to ravaged square.
ravaged square: find and talk to innocence. enter the canals
the canals & feeding trough: find and kill kitava. go to oriath.
oriath: talk to lani. talk skill book. talk to kirac. do epilogue quests.

Helmet:
Devouring Diadem (required item)
Sockets: 2-link: 1 red, 1 blue. Unlinked: 1 blue, 1 green.

Devouring Diadem has reduced mana reserve to run 2 auras + skitters. It also has feast of flesh which consumes corpses to recover life and ES. 400life/400 ES per corpse. This is why spell cascade is in the trigger wand.

Chest:
Crafted delve body armour with +1 spectre number
Sockets: 6-link: 6 blue.

Delve chest with high life. Hunter's orb to get the offering mod. Bench craft is 10% life as ES.

Gloves:
Crafted gloves
Sockets: 4-link: 3 blue, 1 green


Boots:
Fossil-crafted boots with +1 spectre gem level
Sockets: 4-link: 3 blue, 1 red

This build uses two sets of wand & shield.
Weapon set 1 is for all mapping. It sockets Bone Offering and uses a life and ES recovery shield. This is the same from the W&S Life (league starter) build.
Weapon set 2 is for boss killing. It sockets Flesh Offering and uses Victario's Charity to generate frenzy charges. This will double the spectre's DPS at the cost of survivability. Use this if you know boss mechanics well.

Wand & Shield (weapon set 1)
Wand:
Crafted Convoking wand or Temple wand with Trigger craft
Sockets: 3-link: 2 blue, 1 green


Shield:
Crafted Shaper shield with 5%/5% life & ES recovery on block
Sockets: unlinked: 2 blue, 1 red



Wand & Shield (weapon set 2)
Wand:
Crafted Convoking wand or Temple wand with Trigger craft
Sockets: 3-link: 2 blue, 1 green


Shield:
Victario's Charity
Sockets: unlinked: 2 blue, 1 red

Belt:
Stygian Vise


Amulet:
Citrine amulet with +1 to all intelligence gems with Death Attunement anointment (required item)


Rings:
2x Vermillion rings with 15% life quality

*15% quality will increase the implicit from 7% to 8%

Jewels:
Unique Jewels:
Thread of Hope with medium ring
Anatomical Knowledge with 8% increased maximum life
Unending Hunger
Watcher's Eyes with Phasing/Haste gives permanent phasing
2x Ghastly Eyes


Thread of Hope will let you take Cruel Preparation and Ravenous Horde without travel passives!

Recommended Flasks:
Blood of the Karui - fast life recovery + instant life recovery
Bubbling Divine Flask of Staunching - instant life flask & remove bleed
Chemist's Quicksilver of Adrenaline - 70% increased movement speed
Experimenters's Quartz Flask of Heat - 10% Dodge & remove freeze
Rumi's Concoction - 20%/10% block & 3000 armour

This gem set up is for Slave Drivers. See Recommended Spectres section for more options.

See Animate Guardian section for equipment options.

2-link aura:

Unlinked:


Note: Haste must not be linked to Generosity as this build uses the Watcher's Eye and Haste aura to give permanent phasing.

Note: Phase Run is used for a quick speed boost. It can be replaced.

Wand:


Note: Spell Cascade is used to create 10 corpses - 5 for Bone Offering and 5 for Feast of Flesh (from helmet).

Shield:


Note: Decoy Totem will pull agro from all monsters except Endgame bosses.

Wand:


Note: Spell Cascade is used to create 10 corpses - 5 for Flesh Offering and 5 for Feast of Flesh (from helmet).

Shield:


Note: Holy Flame Totem has a rapid hit rate and work with Victario's Charity to general frenzy charges quickly.

League Starter / SSF

This build is designed as a league starter and SSF build.

It will take you from a fresh league start all the way to endgame bossing on cheap or self-crafted gear.

It is focused on having high survivability while still having good DPS.

Required Uniques: none.

Path of Building Pastebin
https://pastebin.com/JJ1VEGjn
(includes levelling trees)

Passive Skill Tree

Level 100

Bandits
Kill all

Note: Always look for highest total life and any resists you need.
See: Crafting section below for how to craft your gear.

Armour

Weapons

Accessories

Jewels & Flasks

Death Attunement

+1 to Maximum number of Spectres
Minions have 8% increased Attack Speed
Minions have 8% increased Cast Speed
+1 to Maximum number of Raised Zombies
+1 to Maximum number of Skeletons

For mapping, the standand gem and equipment set up has enough DPS. But you might want a DPS boost for boss fights. You can do this when the boss's attacks are easy to dodge and it's safe enough that you don't need max block.

The easiest way to do this is to have a second weapon set using Victario's Charity with Holy Flame Totem, and Flesh Offering instead of Bone Offering in a second trigger wand.

Your mapping weapon set will be the same as in the guide.


Your DPS weapon set will look like this:


Note that you need Holy Flame Totem to generate frenzy charges. Arma Brand doesn't hit quickly enough.

This combination can give double your DPS.

EB & MoM

This build option is the easiest upgrade option to the base build and will give your necro more survivability, and also give your spectres about 30% more DPS.

The build uses Devouring Diadem unique helmet, which gives Eldritch Battery and Feast of Flesh.

Eldritch Battery uses ES instead of Mana which allows you to reserve 100% mana for Skitters and TWO damage auras (Wrath and Zealotry).

Feast of Flesh consumes up to 10 corpses every 5 seconds. Each corpse gives 400 life and ES. So, this will give up to 4000 life and ES every time it procs.

I’ve also including cluster jewels to give a balance of DPS and survivability.

PoE 3.10 - EB & MoM - mini build guide

PoE 3.10 - Redemption Sentry in EB & MoM

Path of Building Pastebin
https://pastebin.com/bG2uhnBn

Passive Tree

Level 100

Note: Required items are marked in yellow.
Changes to base build marked in white.

See spectre section for Redemption Sentries configuration.


Armour

Weapons

Accessories

Jewels & Flasks

Cluster Jewels

Note: Changes to base build marked in white.

Body Armour - Spectres

Boots - Support minions

Helmet - Auras

Gloves - EE & Curse

Wand & Shield - Weapon Set 1 (mapping)

Wand & Shield - Weapon Set 2 (DPS)

Pledge of Hands

This build is focused on having massive DPS. It uses Devouring Diadem and Pledge of Hands to boost spectre DPS, aoe range and clear speed. It does, however, have less survivability compared to the base build and EB & MoM build.

Required Uniques: Pledge of Hands, Devouring Diadem.

PoE 3.8 - Pledge of Hands EB/MoM - Video Build Guide

Path of Building Pastebin
https://pastebin.com/mkEh23nU

Passive Tree

Level 100

Ascendancy
1. Commander of Darkness
2. Mindless Aggression
3. Unnatural Strength
4. Plaguebringer

Pantheon
Soul of Lunaris
Soul of Shakari

Weapon, Armour & Accessories

Jewels & Flasks

Weapon

Body Armour

Helmet

Boots

Gloves

Unset Ring

Spectres & Spiders

This build combines big DPS and fast clear speed. It uses the Enhanced Vaal Fallen to delete bosses and super agressive spiders.

It can also be played with a mapping focus by using Redemption Sentries.

It has a slightly more complicated playstyle compared to the other build options, so please read the 'how this build works' section.

Required Uniques: Arakaali's Dagger, Speaker's Wreath, Victario's Charity

PoE 3.10 - Delirium League - Spectre Summoner - Spectres & Spiders - mini build guide[/b]

PoE 3.10 - Delirium League - Redemption Sentry + Spectres & Spiders build update

HOW THIS BUILD IS DIFERENT TO OTHER SPIDER BUILDS

No Writhing Jar!




HOW THE BUILD WORKS

This build option uses Arakaali’s Fang, Speaker’s Wreath and Victario’s Charity.
Arakaali’s Fang raises spiders, which have high movement speed and are extremely aggressive. They hit with physical and chaos damage, and proc poison. They are also immune to damage.

Speaker’s Wreath stops our minion’s hits from killing monsters when they are not ignited from fire damage.
So, most of the time, monsters will only die from the spider’s poison. This counts as a player kill. So, spiders poison can proc any ‘on kill’ effects, such as: raising spiders, life and ES recovery, charges or even explosions!

For bossing, we can use the hard-hitting, tanky spectres that are a bit slow for fast mapping. I recommend Enhanced Vaal Fallen, but Baranite Thaumaturges also work well with spiders. You can even be the spider queen by using Scale of Esh!




HOW TO PLAY

Mapping

To start mapping, you just need to cast desecrate on the nearest pack of monsters. The spectres won’t be able to kill them because of speaker’s wreath, so desecrate will get the kill and spawn spiders. From here, the spiders can spawn more spiders on their own and self-sustain.

Don’t forget legion and delirium monsters don’t leave corpses, so remember to occasionally cast desecrate to create corpses for the spiders to spawn from.


Boss killing

For endgame bosses, I like to use a second weapon set that boosts spectre DPS by about 25% , as well as provide culling strike. This will de-spawn your spiders, though. So, you might want to experiment and see if you like that.

Path of Building Pastebin
https://pastebin.com/Vj4fxaRK

Passive Tree

Level 100

Kill all bandits for the 2 passive points.


Ascendancy
1. Mindless Aggression
2. Unnatural Strength
3. Mistress of Sacrifice
4. Commander of Darkness


Pantheon
Soul of Arakaali
Soul of Shakari

Note: There are some required equipment for this build.

Armour

Weapons

Accessories

Jewels & Flasks

Body Armour - Spectres

Boots - Support minions

Helmet - Auras

Gloves - EE & Curse, Desecrate

Arakaali's Dagger - Spiders

Shield - Offering

Optional Wand & Shield - Weapon Set 2

Bossing:
4.5/5


Mapping:
3.5/5


Damage type:
Lightning spell


Strength:
High damage
Area of Attack spell


Weakness:
Short-range
Very low HP (dies easily)


Demo videos:
T16 map: https://youtu.be/aaD5slUdtyE
Sirus, AL8: https://youtu.be/VDL86ThQ8Wg


Where:
Act 5 - Control Blocks


6-link:



Aura:



EE trigger:

Bossing:
5/5


Mapping:
3/5


Damage type:
Lightning spells


Strength:
High damage
High HP
Mini me


Weakness:
AI is passive (must use Deathmark)
Big spider & mini spiders (not good for arachnophobia)


Demo videos:
T16 map: https://youtu.be/UivMAnAPuKM
Sirus, AL8: https://youtu.be/TWFHeoAohbs (@Crafterlynx1)


Where:
Esh's Domain
Esh Breach


6-link:



Aura:



EE trigger:

Bossing:
4/5


Mapping:
4.5/5


Damage type:
Cold and physical ranged attack (not spell)


Strength:
Good damage
Long range
High HP


Weakness:
Needs gem swap for mapping and endgame bossing
Slow base attack speed


Demo videos:
PoE 3.10 - Spectre Showcase: Redemption Sentry vs T16 Delirium, Simulacrum and Sirus | EB & MoM
PoE 3.10 - Spectre Showcase: Redemption Sentry vs Uber Elder | EB & MoM
PoE 3.10 - Delirium League - Spectres & Spiders, Simulacrum and Explosions!


Where:
Redemption influence map when Veritania talks to you. First spectre must be raised from killed monster.


PoB:
https://pastebin.com/cHNqg2bg


6-link (bossing):


6-link (mapping):



Aura:



EE trigger:



Recommended unique (replaces rare gloves):

Bossing:
5/5


Mapping:
1/5


Damage type:
Elemental melee (PoB is wrong, they do no physical damage)


Strength:
Extreme damage
High HP


Weakness:
Extremely slow movement speed (best used with Spiders)
Slow attack speed
Melee range


Demo videos:
T16 map: -
Sirus, AL8: https://youtu.be/sZuug8R_OZo?t=385 (watch the background video of the build guide)


Where:
Delve - Vaal Outpost
Temple of Atzoatl


6-link:



Aura:



EE trigger:

Bossing:
4/5


Mapping:
4/5


Damage type:
Cold melee


Strength:
High damage
High HP
High movement speed


Weakness:
Melee range


Demo videos:
T16 map: https://youtu.be/FUO7ZdqEQTw
Sirus, AL8: -


Where:
Redemption influence map when Veritania talks to you. First spectre must be raised from killed monster.


6-link (endgame bosses):



6-link (mapping):



Aura:



EE trigger:



Recommended unique (replaces rare gloves):



NOTE: RK are not in POB. See FAQ for how to add them yourself.

You can use an AG for added utility. It can be equiped with armour and a weapon to get buffs and debuffs. But note that if your AG is killed, all the equipment will be lost!

There are two main options for the AG based on the weapon:
1. Dying Breath
2. Kingmaker

Dying Breath AG is cheap. Each piece of equipment should cost 1c each. The equipment will provide some damage buffs for your spectres and debuffs on the enemy.

Kingmaker AG is expensive. It can cost around 4-5ex to equip. Kingmaker provides fortify (20% less damage taken) and culling strike (instantly kill enemies at 10% hp) for you and your spectres.

NOTE: Never use AG in Hall of Grand Masters or in Delve 500+. The damage scaling can instantly kill it.

For both Kingmaker and Dying Breath, I recommend a chest with 'nearby enemies are blinded'. This reduced enemies accuracy to 50%.



AG is in the yellow circle. Red circle shows how far the blind goes.


Dying Breath AG:



Kingmaker AG:
You must have 10% life gained as ES crafted on your AG's body armour. It combines with the Mask of the Stitched Demon and Minion Life gem to give your AG about 17% life regen. This will keep it alive for most of the game content. NOT: delve 500+ or HoGM!




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Gems:


If you want more DPS, swap Raise Zombie and Meat Shield for Feeding Frenzy and Elemental Army



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Video guide on how to summon and equip your AG:
https://youtu.be/V5MSR9bARg4

Crafting in PoE is random, so you may need to repeat the craft many times to get the required mods. Some mods have a very low chance of rolling and the crafting mats can be extremely expensive.

Keep these points in mind before you start crafting!

Look for a 5-link/6-link chest with INT base & Screaming Essence of Greed.


SSF: Farm 6 Dapper Prodigy cards.

Trigger will auto-cast any gems in your wand when you use another skill.

You will need: wand with 1 free suffix.

Bench craft 'trigger' (3c).


Note: This craft comes from syndicate encounters and is rare.

You will need:
Convoking Wand
Bound fossil
1-socket resonator


Note: +1 minion gem has a very low chance. You may need to use many bound fossils to get the mod. The craft for +2 minion wand has a higher chance to get the mod, but will cost more.

You will need:
Convoking Wand
4-socket resonator
Jagged, Shuddering, Corroded, Metallic fossils


Notes: These 4 fossils will block all many unwanted mods.

You will need:
Boots with Elder influence
3-socket resonator
Bound, Shuddering, Pristine fossils






You can save some currency by only using 2-socket resonator and bound + shuddering.

Note: you need i86 boots to get 35% ms.

This will give your support minions more survivability.

You will need:
item level 86 Bone helmet
1-socket resonator
Bound fossil

Step 1: Create Base

i86+ Elder or Shaper Bone Helmet.


Awakener Orb


Elder or Shaper 'other' helmet.


Click on Awakener Orb -> click on other helmet -> click on Bone Helmet.

This will make a Shaper/Elder Bone Helmet.


Step 2: Fossil Craft

3-socket resonator
bound fossil (minion mod: minion damage, +3 minion level)
frigid fossil (cold mod: hypothermia)
aetheric fossil (spell mod: +3% to Critical Strike Chance)





Step 3: Keep rolling until you get good mods.

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For Act 1 - 10, your necro will have a 'flame army' with many minions. This will make levelling easy and fast. When you reach maps, you will switch to spectre focus and can change to lightning or cold spectres or stay with fire.

Pro tip: Always check vendors when you are in town for 3-link items!

Act 1:
Main skills: Summon Raging Spirit, Holy Flame Totem. Totem has good dps, pull agro, give 6% heal. Don't use Zombie yet (just level up gem).

Sell unid rare and magic items to get transmute orb to buy gems.


Act 2:
Main skills: SRS, HFT. New minion: Skitterbot. Still don't use zombies.

Sell id rares to get alteration orb to buy gems.


Act 3:
Main skills: SRS, HFT, Skitters. New minion: Spectres (use Cannibal Fire-Eater). Still don't use zombies.

Pro tip: Craft flask animation to keep minions alive

Pro tip: Craft +1 minion helmet (4L only)

Act 4:
Main skills: SRS, HFT, Skitters, Spectres. Can start using zombies. New minion: Stone Golem.

Make sure you have these gems at the end of each Act.

Levelling trees are at my imgur account: https://imgur.com/a/fNsDpC1.

The level ranges are labelled below the image. The level ranges are based on my own playthrough which included doing the side quests for extra passive points. You might be slightly ahead or behind.

Note that the trees are not designed for Cluster Jewels.

POB doesn't have any info for RKs, but their default attack has the same stats as Redemption Sentries.

So you can edit POB to add them.

Step 1:
Find the spectre list file:
Path of Building\Data\3_0\Spectres.lua

Add this to the bottom of the file:



Step 2:
Find the spectre skill file:
Path of Building\Data\3_0\Skills\spectre.lua

Add this to the bottom of the file:




Note: The special attack has the same damage stats, so I didn't include it here.

Note: When you open POB, it will say 'update ready'. Do not update. It will delete the added info.

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Enemies you hit with Elemental Damage temporarily get +25% Resistance to those Elements and -50% Resistance to other Elements

The effect lasts 5 seconds or until being overwritten.

Trap, Mine, and Totem skills trigger EE ... Minions do not trigger EE.

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Elemental_Equilibrium

Any elemental spell you use will proc EE on all enemies that you hit. Your minions cannot proc EE, but they will benefit from its effects.

Example:
Slave Driver spectres use a lightning spell. So, you hit a boss with Armageddon Brand which is fire damage. It will proc EE: monsters will get +25% fire res and -50% lightning and cold res.


Elemental Equilibrium appears as pink circles under monsters.

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Spell Echo is a support gem that makes linked spell gems repeat themselves after the initial cast.

Spell Echo only works for spells cast by an actual player or minion

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Spell_Echo_Support

This means that both the player and minions will benefit from the repeated cast, as well as the increased cast speed. Spell Echo will more than double your spectres' DPS.

Note 1: Wand & Shield Build
Spell Echo will cause Raise Spectre to repeat, so you need to remove it before raising spectres. Remember to put the gem back in when you are finished.

Note 2: Pledge of Hands Build
Spell Echo stacks with Greater Spell Echo. It will give a 3rd repeat with 105% more Damage and 150% increased area. See: official wiki for more details.

1. RAISE SPECTRE GEM LEVEL
1 spectre at level 1-12
2 spectres at levels 13-24
3 spectres at level 25+

Raise Spectre can be level 20 or 21.


Unnatural Strength ascendancy passive gives +2 level to minion gems.


Hunter influence amulet can give +1 to all intelligence skill gems.


Convoking Wand can give +1 or +2 to minion gems.


Boots can give +1 spectre skill gem.



2. DEATH ATTUNEMENT PASSIVE SKILL

Death Attunement gives +1 spectre. It can be found at the top left of the passive tree.

3. +1 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SPECTRES DELVE BODY ARMOUR

Note: +1 chest is a rare delve drop; it cannot be crafted.

You need to use Midnight Bargain to get +1 spectre. But it takes away 30% of your life.
Another option is Queen's Decree, but it is a 2h sword so you can't use a shield and trigger wand for easy Bone Offering.

You cannot do reflect maps.



All useful spectres will die quickly because they do elemental damage and their DPS is much higher than their regen/leech.

The Slave Drivers will instaphase Atziri, but they will also instantly die if they hit the mirror clone. So you need to be very quick and careful with positioning your spectres.

Here's a full run from 3.7: https://youtu.be/gRaieNyJgRg?t=150

At 2:50, one spectre hit the mirror clone and died instantly.

There are 3 things you need to do:

1. Check the gear sections in the Wand & Shield and Pledge builds for suggested items.

2. Make sure your spectres are in a 6-link.

3. Stack life on all your gear. You should have a minimum of 100 life on your gloves, belt, rings. Other items will vary depending on whether you are using uniques or rares.

That's basically it.

Previous build versions can be found in the build archive.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2581892

17 APR
New video on Youtube: PoE 3.10 - Spectre Showcase: Redemption Knight vs T16 & Minotaur | EB & MoM

13 APR
New video on Youtube: PoE 3.10 - Spectre Showcase: Redemption Sentry vs T16 Delirium, Simulacrum and Sirus | EB & MoM

7 APR
Added Redemption Sentry and Scale of Esh to Recommended Spectre section with gem links (finally!)

5 APR
New video on Youtube: PoE 3.10 - Spectre Showcase: Redemption Sentry vs Uber Elder | EB & MoM

2 APR
New video on Youtube: PoE 3.10 - Delirium League - Spectres & Spiders, Simulacrum and Explosions!

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