{3.2.0} Spectral Gods: [Life Based Spectre/Golem Hybrid Summoner | Clear Speed | End Game Bossing]

Hi,

Do I get energy shield when I block spells with Aegis Aurora?
And how can you traget the Bms with your Remote Mine.

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axt7effekt wrote:

Hi,

Do I get energy shield when I block spells with Aegis Aurora?
And how can you traget the Bms with your Remote Mine.

Use detonate dead to clear the corpse around the BM corpse

A few miscellaneous notes:

1 my summoner (and a friend, also a summoner but lower level) went after dominus the other day and beat him. It was close, but we did it. This is my first and only character I have that can take dominus. Thanks to Matt for this great thread and the people that contribute ! Could not have done it without you. (note: I did use CoD zombies for that encounter !)

2 I tried using detonate mine in place of increased AOE when i summon my BMs (socket limited so i can't do both). I find that increased AOE is much better for the simple, and probably obvious to most people, reason that everything starts taking damage sooner ! The difference was quite dramatic. If you have to choose, use increased AOE.

I don't even bother snapshotting the BMs when farming piety, I just use a 4L to raise them. There's no point. I just use minion life, increased burning and minion damage and i'm good. increased AOE will be important against tougher monsters like dominus.

3 I have a level 17 AA. My previously mentioned friend had a level 13 AA and the same HP and had a bit of trouble with the dying thing. Make sure that you get your mana regen high enough that you can use AA without it turning off. It's important. With 2.7k life and seething potions I'm extremely tanky even though i have very poor armor.

4 Gem levels. Another obvious thing, but again it's substantial. I now have level 18 zombie in my +2 helm and I can farm piety with NORMAL zombie summons, no CoD. It wasn't too long ago she was still giving me trouble. So all you aspiring summoners out there, be patient :-) Even the spectre gem getting to level 18 has provided a noticeable benefit.

5 Aura effect nodes. Do the math. Those nodes are extremely valuable. I have been acquiring those nodes at the expense of life and armor and have no regrets. When your summons live- you live. You will notice especially with vitality. My zombies recovery very, very quickly. Also too, the bonus to elemental resistance auras means that when using purity of X you are getting bonuses to the cap. And there are +60% effect nodes to get !

6 lightning warp + reduced duration + faster casting is really, really your friend. Pull your minions through the mob. Get out of trouble quickly. Kill things when you land on top of them !

7 vulnerability and temp chains are the most effective combination I've found. vulnerability especially so since the unrighteous fire is a DOT. I was using elemental weakness, and vulnerability is much more potent.

8 Last thing, i promise. I tried arctic breath instead of arc. arc is better. I only have 15% chance to shock and yet, especially against white and blue mobs, the shock stacking damage bonus is quite strong. mobs definitely die faster when i'm using arc vs arctic breath. However, arctic breath definitely slows everything down thanks to the chill, and helps keep piety from getting away so quickly, so maybe use arc until facing bosses (?).

That's all. Sorry for the wall of text ;-) Just trying to give people some ideas and suggestions.

Thanks again to everyone who has offered advice.

So as far as I can tell, the minion damage node does not seem to effect the output of damage from the BM's aura. I tried making it once with and once without and the damage seemed to be about the same. Are you sure the Minion Damage node adds damage to the burning aura?

What is the unique Sunblast thing you mention in the BM build and how do you use it? Also, how do you use trap with remote mine?

Thanks!

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ImAFckingDragn wrote:

So as far as I can tell, the minion damage node does not seem to effect the output of damage from the BM's aura. I tried making it once with and once without and the damage seemed to be about the same. Are you sure the Minion Damage node adds damage to the burning aura?

What is the unique Sunblast thing you mention in the BM build and how do you use it? Also, how do you use trap with remote mine?

Thanks!

Patch notes and devs confirm they work (also there is Diminishing returns on dmg)

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lukesandwalker wrote:

Quite new here, 2 questions:

1, have they REALLY fixed that Dot MF issue? I recall that BM's burning dosent count as "kill" when linked with MF gems.

2, Is there any easier way to get a high lvl BM except rolling a Demon mod map?

any1 cares to throw any opinions?

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Smodab wrote:

Tried RS+ Inc Burning + Conc Eff + Minion Damage + Remote Mine + Q20 COD

It's, well, frankly, silly.

That's like what, 900% more? Facebreaker AOE?


Also works great in nemesis on the evangelist shield guys with increased duration and faster casting instead of conc eff and burning damage.

I can use COD on nemesis/hardcore? How?:)

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Jarovb wrote:

I can use COD on nemesis/hardcore? How?:)

Remote mine/trap check their linked gems on detonation, not on cast. So for example link RS with: Incareased AoE/Remote Min/Minion Life/Inreased Burning/Item Rarity (whatever your preferences) and leave the last slot open. Get your corpses all set up then lay the mine and add CoD gem to the chain before you detonate it. Voila... no death, CoD spectres.

patch speculation time :)

- Unique item swapping/snap-shooting will be removed
- Gem snap-shooting remains
- Spectres will be persistent trough disconnection
- Spectres will have a cool-down upon death, after that they can be summoned with the previous gem and minion choice setup

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KatfishGumbo wrote:

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Jarovb wrote:

I can use COD on nemesis/hardcore? How?:)

Remote mine/trap check their linked gems on detonation, not on cast. So for example link RS with: Incareased AoE/Remote Min/Minion Life/Inreased Burning/Item Rarity (whatever your preferences) and leave the last slot open. Get your corpses all set up then lay the mine and add CoD gem to the chain before you detonate it. Voila... no death, CoD spectres.

wow it's work!:) what is the bonus from cod? beacuse i never interesting this ( iam only hardcore player). Cod gem must be leveling?
thx