[3.8] Popcorn SRS Necro- the OmniBuild

Ok, they're not technically required, but they are what I based this guide off of. They also work very well and have pretty good stats.


Incandescent Heart


Tavukai


Aegis Aurora


Advancing Fortress

Helmet


Gloves/Boots/Rings/Belt

Granite: Extra AR greatly increases survivability. Gives a big boost to phys damage reduction, as well as increasing the amount of ES we restore on block.

Mana: Necessary unless you somehow have enough mana regen (about 90 mana/sec).

Quartz: Useful for phasing. Also dodge adds some survivability with lots of enemies

Silver: Onslaught gives a decent cast speed increase, allowing for more dps

Quicksilver: SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

Across your flasks, you should have at least one that does each of the following:

• Bleed immunity
• Ignite immunity
• Curse immunity
• Freeze immunity

Other useful mods include:

• Increased Armour
• Shock immunity
• Increased movement speed

Any jewels with relevant stats are good jewels. Extra ES, minion damage, minion life, attributes, resistances, etc.
Note: My jewels are a very bad example of good jewels. These are just the best ones I got from drops/crafts.

Importance: Left to right
Summon Raging Spirit == Infernal Legion == Unleash == Minion Damage == Minion Life

You only really need a 4 link. I personally run a 5 link with Summon Skeletons instead of Minion Life, and it was enough dps to comfortably clear red Elder.

If you want a 6th damage gem, you can play around with Deathmark and Concentrated Effect supports.

NOTE: Quality on infernal legion will cause the minions to take less fire damage, and delay the spirits explosions. This means you will need to wait longer for damage to be dealt. It is up to you of course if you want that or not, but usually a small delay is better since its means more reliable damage.

QUALITY:
Unleash quality is irrelevant, Infernal Legion quality is bad. 20% the rest.

Importance: Depends on preference
Raise Zombie == Raise Spectre == Carrion Golem == Minion Life

These are our meatshields and trash clear. Minion life means they are tanky enough to survive said trash. Not much else to say. They help, and they explode sometimes too for big damage.

QUALITY:
20% all.

Importance: All
Storm Brand == Curse On Hit == Flammability

We cast this on tankier enemies to shred their elemental resists through flammability and EE. Storm brand is a nice spell for this because it stays on the enemy for a while, so we don't need to re-cast it as often.

NOTE: Make sure you don't have added fire damage to spells anywhere, otherwise the EE proc will work against you.

QUALITY:
Storm Brand quality is kinda irrelevant. 20% the rest.

Importance: Left 3 (Increased duration kinda optional, vaal can be replaced with normal molten shell)
(Vaal) Molten Shell == Tempest Shield == Cast when Damage Taken == Increased Duration

This is our CWDT setup. It gives us a big shield if we take damage, especially when we are using our granite flask. Tempest shield is also nice for procing EE and giving us a bit of extra block chance.

NOTE: If you are using CWDT at level 1, make sure the other skills are still supportable- That means Molten Shell lvl 10 and Tempest Shield lvl 7

QUALITY:
Only Increased Duration is relevant, get it to 20%. Molten shell might be OK with the increased duration. Up to you.

Importance: Left to right
Flesh Offering == Increased Duration == Faster Casting

Flesh Offering makes our minions go faster. With the final ascendancy node Mistress of Sacrifice, it also makes us go faster! Once you have Mistress of Sacrifice, it might be worth considering replacing it with Bone Offering for bosses since it gives us a lot of extra block.
Increased duration means we don't need to re-cast it as often, faster casting just makes it safer to cast.

QUALITY:
20% all.

Desecrate is useful to create corpses to summon zombies, spectres, and cast your Offering skill. Spell cascade means we only need one cast to make enough corpses for all of that.
You can also get Desecrate to 20% quality to increase cast speed.


Discipline and Determination are not exactly necessary, but very useful. They increase our defenses massively. Determination also means we get more value from our Aegis Aurora blocks.
Their quality is not very relevant, unless you want your minions to be affected by them more often.


Flame dash is a nice mobility skill, can go up cliffs and is instant.
Quality increases cooldown recovery speed, definitely worth 20%.

My lvl 90 tree:

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NOTE: Zealot's Oath is not super mandatory. I prefer it because it gives a bit more leeway with damage over time effects and ground effects.

Ascendancy: Mindless Aggression -> Unnatural Strength -> Bone Barrier -> Mistress of Sacrifice

Explanation:

• Mindless Aggression: It's meh, pure stats and lets us reach the next one
• Unnatural Strength: The levels really pump the health of our spirits, increasing their dmg big time (About 20-30% at lvl 20 gem)
• Bone Barrier: Big health for our minions, plus additional defenses are pretty useful. Try to maintain at least 10 minions at all times after getting this node
• Mistress of Sacrifice: Cast speed with flesh sacrifice + mvmt speed is a nice clear speed boost. If you find you are lacking survivablity, you can also opt to use bone sacrifice instead, giving you about 25% additional attack/spell block (Especially useful for bosses)

Bandits: Kill all (+2 skill points) - None of their bonuses are worth the 2 skill points.

Pantheon: Brine King + Abberath

• Brine King: Stuns are annoying (if you have some other anti-stun, or don't mind it, you can swap out of Brine King)
• Abberath: Fire ground (as with most DoT agaisnt a CI build) is pretty lethal as it can prevent our energy shield from recharging forever.

Anointment: Up to preference. Some good ones are:

• Gravepact
• Deflection
• Diamond Skin
• Soul of Steel
• Arcane Guarding

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