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

what new unique?
vis mortis? that chaos damage proc seems pretty cool.

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peterchao789 wrote:

Btw about the new summoner unique, does anyone know if it is all the minions that gain unholy might or just the specific minion that landed the killing blow?
It makes a hell of a difference in dps. I'm considering 6 linking the new unique and swapping back to my shavronne so my evanvelist gets a huge dps boost. The reduced life doesnt matter as they dont get hit often.

Evangelist is probably the only summon that this unique is feasble to be used for, the drawback is just too big.

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Fultimeo wrote:

I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for your guide. I have thoroughly enjoyed playing a summoner with this as a guide. I am starting a second one based off of it in the new league now and you have updated everything already. Really appreciate it.

No problem. I enjoy making the guide as long as people have a need for it. I find the summoner build in poe to be really fun and am glad to share it with everyone.

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if you use trap support and the trapper belt the bonus trap damage does not work on the zombies correct? only the self detonating traps is reason you get it?

The multiplier from trap will apply however the increased trap dmg from the belt and/or passives will not.

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Quick question regarding summoners.
At what point do you really need to snapshot ?

I'm kinda reluctant to playing summoners due to that :(

Summoner is still very viable even without snap shotting. 6L chest spectre with a +2minion helm zombie inside.

I like to push things further so I take advantage of snapshotting. I item snapshot and gem snapshot to gain the most stats possible.

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Tips from playing ambush and starting over again:

When your zombie is pre 20 keep your tabula rasa equip. 6-L your evangelist and replace the 5 supports with zombie gem + 4 support gems. In that way you can keep replacing the zombies as they die. Evangelist will pretty much never die.

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Build update:

- colors from the game
- Added the cloak style build. Cloak of defiance build am using in ambush. Way easier on the points and more flexible. Less tanky thou.
- Decided to go for that 6L evagelist with Conc and use 5L zombies, Damage output from evagelist is insane.

Hey Matt,

Thanks for updating the guide, I've enjoyed it. I think it might be beneficial to point out that your point progression lends itself more to ambush league than invasion league. Several invaders have the potential of 1-shotting or getting off some heavy damage before you have time to react to it. For survivabilty, I think getting all the possible life nodes as a priority first and rushing grace is pretty necessary by the time you hit cruel. I'm not the most skilled player, but this starting setup has helped me withstand a leaper that usually one shots me from outside the screen.

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMAB2MI9A5cEHQVIBmGHNwkPCepKaUqTSzpMYhFfkZxSVFOKlcrWm1br2vbbRlvnnNTeQN9GH_GgwmTJ6Kjp1ysR7QMv5fAVMHzyT3KSt0N6yzsivIe

Just a thought :)

Hello,

I have some questions

1. Why do you use Remote Mine instead of Minion Damage?
Remote Mine up to 49% dmg and Minion Damage up to 77% more dmg.


2. I d like give Burend Miscreations a chance, so wich support gems would you recommend?

By the Way, its a good and compact guide.

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Heimdal1311 wrote:

Hello,

I have some questions

1. Why do you use Remote Mine instead of Minion Damage?
Remote Mine up to 49% dmg and Minion Damage up to 77% more dmg.


2. I d like give Burend Miscreations a chance, so wich support gems would you recommend?

By the Way, its a good and compact guide.

remote mine says 49% MORE dmg, minion dmg says 77% INCREASED dmg, MORE means that the dmg is multiplicative, INCREASED is aditive.

for BM's (althou they're to weak now compared to the other mobs) you could go RS-remote mine-minion dmg-comc efect, for dps you can go with incresed aoe for more area, if a 5 or 6 link you can add remote mine (you must use sunblast unique belt for this) and minion life (it wont increase dps anymore) or both conc efect + increased aoe

So i got about 10c in ambush and i want to buy a 5 link. What colors should i go for?
Zombie+multi+splash+faster attacks+melee phys OR
Zombie+multi+splash+faster attacks+minion life

I'm thinking life because my zombies keep dieing. Or should i wait and save up for tabula rasa? Or....buy a+2 helmet and put my zombie gems in there?

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Ins0mn1ac wrote:

Hey Matt,

Thanks for updating the guide, I've enjoyed it. I think it might be beneficial to point out that your point progression lends itself more to ambush league than invasion league. Several invaders have the potential of 1-shotting or getting off some heavy damage before you have time to react to it. For survivabilty, I think getting all the possible life nodes as a priority first and rushing grace is pretty necessary by the time you hit cruel. I'm not the most skilled player, but this starting setup has helped me withstand a leaper that usually one shots me from outside the screen.

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMAB2MI9A5cEHQVIBmGHNwkPCepKaUqTSzpMYhFfkZxSVFOKlcrWm1br2vbbRlvnnNTeQN9GH_GgwmTJ6Kjp1ysR7QMv5fAVMHzyT3KSt0N6yzsivIe

Just a thought :)

Sorry I don't have any experience playing invasion. But I assume you'll want to prioritize your own survivability over the minions. I would probably agressively use summon skeleton as well behind the shield of zombies and evangelist. Anything to draw agroo away would be your best bet.

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Hello,

I have some questions

1. Why do you use Remote Mine instead of Minion Damage?
Remote Mine up to 49% dmg and Minion Damage up to 77% more dmg.

2. I d like give Burend Miscreations a chance, so wich support gems would you recommend?

By the Way, its a good and compact guide.

As mentioned above. Minion damage is increased while remote mine is more.

To demonstrate, increased is (x + x + x) * (x), more is (x + x) * (x * x). Much more damage.

2. I would not recommend burning miscreations now. By are far worst than evangelist by a very large margin.

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So i got about 10c in ambush and i want to buy a 5 link. What colors should i go for?
Zombie+multi+splash+faster attacks+melee phys OR
Zombie+multi+splash+faster attacks+minion life

I'm thinking live because my zombies keep dieing. Or should i wait and save up for tabula rasa? Or....buy a+2 helmet and put my zombie gems in there?

What made the biggest difference for me on ambush was saving up for that tabula. I didn't spend a cent anywhere else till I got that and some essential gems.

To describe BM current state is and only viable use is to remember the video of december:
Someone created a near lv 90 100 build using all the keystone and synergised them well. At that time he brought to softcore standart the merciless experience (was a visionary it was like he already saw sotv invasion coming) :
"You have decent 400 dps.. that is great for standard, you can oneshot something.."

Present BM got the same use: difficulty enhancer : very low dps clear speed and survivability.

By the way i the absence of midnight i was amazed how the clear speed increased going from 2 flames sentinel 7 zombies to 4 flames 9 zombies... still no 6L and low levels gems.. will soon switch to physical and vulnerability from ele weakness and EE

I have made 3 summoners on invasion so far on my first 2 i rushed grace as fast as I could. i was able to start using minions at around late 50s early 60s had to level up to that point with a single searing bond. on my 3rd summoner I had a tabula rasa so decided to rush all the minion nodes first and felt that was definitely the best leveling experience (also had a skull helm but those are cheap) i ditched searing bond put on my aurumvax(the resist sword) and went full minions even at level 36 when zombies have crappy health and can be nearly 1/2 shot by any white mob they still rarely died. the ability to kill things before they get hit adds a great amount to their survivability. also made the leveling grind way more fun, faster and less exhausting. although when I got to merciless fellshrine ruins bone roa's were very scary. best part of summoner on invasion when you die you keep all your snap shot gear. although it seems summoner really sucks at dealing with the majority of invasion bosses as they have crazy ass aoe especially since I do not see necro aegis as ever being an option on this league.