General Discussion - Soo...uhh, is anyone going to actually use Meat Shield?... - Forum

" The Meat Shield support gem makes supported minions defensive, causing them to only attack enemies that get very close to you. It also gives the minions a chance to taunt on hit, reduces the damage they take, and causes them to deal more damage to enemies close to you. If minions are both Aggressive and Defensive, those effects cancel out, returning the minions to their original behaviour. All other bonuses from the support gems still apply. Last bumped on Aug 25, 2019, 4:24:44 AM	Posted by Exile009#1139 on Aug 22, 2019, 6:40:04 AM On Probation Quote this Post
Why not? Focus your DPS on Spectres / Phantasms / Golems / Skeletons, and keep some Zombies bodyguards close to you who can take the projectiles for you or finish enemies who escaped from your other minions. It allows to have an actual "strategy" while playing summoner builds.	Posted by Serakiel#2453 on Aug 22, 2019, 6:45:14 AM Quote this Post
Proximity Shield Spectres when you're not specializing on your Spectres for dealing damage. Free immunity to Projectiles. "Into the Labyrinth! left step, right step, step step, left left. Into the Labyrinth!"	Posted by Mythabril#4961 on Aug 22, 2019, 6:50:21 AM Quote this Post
Meat shield will probably will have more damage buff than other minion support skills introduced, if enemies are very close to you. It can be good with convocation.	Posted by pphnx#3691 on Aug 22, 2019, 7:33:38 AM Quote this Post
meat shield? you must've misspelled no more porcupine or random bullshit deaths from offscreen. Second-class poe gamer	Posted by pr13st#1040 on Aug 22, 2019, 7:34:13 AM Quote this Post
Considering I'm already in melee range of bosses etc when playing a summoner, sure, depending on the damage bonus.	Posted by Asmosis#7365 on Aug 22, 2019, 5:59:37 PM Quote this Post
Meat shield sounds GREAT for doing Blight. Let the Golem and Skellys go HAM AGGRO everywhere, keep your zombies to escort you while you go activate turrets, and stand at the Home Tower as a last line of defense.	Posted by Thror2k5#7154 on Aug 22, 2019, 6:17:22 PM Quote this Post
Can some zombies be raise as meat shields while others are raised aggressive?	Posted by Shagsbeard#3964 on Aug 22, 2019, 6:19:38 PM Quote this Post
" Shagsbeard wrote: Can some zombies be raise as meat shields while others are raised aggressive? if you have 2 different zombie links, yes	Posted by Thror2k5#7154 on Aug 22, 2019, 6:21:30 PM Quote this Post
" Thror2k5 wrote: " Shagsbeard wrote: Can some zombies be raise as meat shields while others are raised aggressive? if you have 2 different zombie links, yes What happens if I summon 4 with Meatshield socketed, and swap it for the aggressive one and then summon 8 more? Are the first four "snapshotted" with the defensive AI and the 8 others aggressive?	Posted by Shagsbeard#3964 on Aug 22, 2019, 6:27:07 PM Quote this Post