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

Thanks for that crem vid Matt, I decided to visit again after seeing your clever portal trick. I jumped her and ported out with zero losses(prism guard NA).


Pretty nice for lazy arc spam, 100% on hit for 50% debuff duration(shock). Very effective for trash, can always switch to vuln for bosses. Let's you have more links in your arc, Arc-prof-fastcast-xxx. Since you aren't NA you can even pump things up with rathpith.

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Thanks for that crem vid Matt, I decided to visit again after seeing your clever portal trick. I jumped her and ported out with zero losses(prism guard NA).

Yeah that is basically the best way to handle her on a summoner. Decrease the amount of time your minions are exposed to the fire rain as much as possible, portal-ing out once she is confirmed dead. Same tactic with the book boss and torture chamber boss.

Evolution, it's wicked fun.

Does anyone know if ggg will nerf or remove minion snapshotting at any point and time?

Go back 13 pages, it's all there.

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kompaniet wrote:

Does anyone know if ggg will nerf or remove minion snapshotting at any point and time?

As mentioned, it is discussed a few pages back, but the short, quick answer is yes.

@Matt:
If you are focusing on life in your 120 build, are you skipping Oak's 40 flat HP for a skill point since you spent all 120 points?

You've taken EE in your 120 build as well, but what spell would you use to proc the effect?

It's funny that you post your superheavy IR summoner build just after I try speccing out of IR. =oP While I do notice I take more physical damage, between minion distraction, Evangelist bubbles, Convocation wall, Arctic Armor, Cloak of Defiance, block chance, evasion, and a higher life pool I just don't take damage that often, and when I do it's been (mostly) manageable. I want to work in Cast on Damage Taken + Enduring Cry + Immortal Call to counter physical spike damage, but gem space, man, gem space...

I went from ~1900hp+430mp to 2550hp+700mp for a net gain of 900+ eHP, lost 17k armor (could've reached 23k with Inner Force and Sentinel) but gained +12% block (changed eva shield to Crest of Perandus) and ~20% evasion (Alpha Howl/Cloak of Defiance), gained ~70hp regen per sec from Vitality over Determination, and nearly doubled my minion damage with Hatred over Grace. What made me want to spend 15 regrets for this was Hatred, after calculating how much damage it would give.

Currently, I'm trying Elemental Weakness with a quality Arc @ 38% total chance to shock. The idea is EW will buff Hatred (taking an enemy from 75% cold resist to 25% triples its damage) and Added Fire damage (on my Evangelists because of an unavoidable red socket), and allow Arc to shock more readily. One proliferated shock surpasses even 20/20 Vulnerability (since it multiplies both the physical and cold portion of a Zombie's attack), and makes further shocking more likely. This also helps to spread the shocks beyond my initial curse targets.

I want to improve my clear speed, so I've been thinking on different ways. I don't have a Brightbeak yet, but I want to try Leap Slam -> Convocation. I'd love to work in Vaal Cyclone, Vaal Skeletons, and Vaal Haste when I find them, but I really am packed with gems.

Some other ideas include an 11-point investment into 350% crit chance and trying Spectral Throw + GMP + Cast on Crit + Raging Spirits. I like the idea of maximizing those minion and aura nodes with up to 50 flaming skulls.

Desecrate with Detonate Death + Chance to Ignite + Elemental Proliferation looks fun, too. As a sidenote, you can use Desecrate on a totem or trap to get infinite corpses.

Random thought: Avatar of Fire passive and Cold to Fire support for 100% fire damage from cold spells. The Three Dragons to give fire damage the ability to shock. Static Blows passive for 20% chance to shock. Ice Nova + Trap + Multitrap + Elemental Proliferation to triple-shock entire packs. Ice Spear for bosses.

Half-thoughts: Avatar of Fire and Elemental Equilibrium with Ice Nova + Curse on Hit + Elemental Weakness + Vulnerability or other curse (ring for second curse). Leap Slam -> Convocation -> Ice Nova. Convocation with Cast on Damage Taken to further automate routine?

Alternative approach: EE with Lightning Warp + Increased Area + Curse on Hit + preferred curse(s). AOE probably wouldn't be nearly enough, though.



EDIT:
I decided to do some math on Vulnerability vs. Elemental Weakness, and was surprised by how close they come out. If a Zombie deals 1000 physical damage in a hit, he'll do an additional 610 cold damage (612 depending on rounding). Level 20 Vulnerability increases the physical portion by 34%, and 44% with 20 quality. Level 20 Elemental Weakness lowers resists by 49%, and 59% with 20 quality. I'm not rich, so I'm going to ignore quality.

vs. 75% Cold Resist
1492 Vulnerability damage (1340 physical, 152 cold)
1451 EW damage (1000 physical, 451 cold)

vs. 0% Cold Resist
1950 Vulnerability damage (1340 physical, 610 cold)
1908 EW damage (1000 physical, 908 cold)

In either case, it comes out to a ~2% difference in Vulnerability's favor. However, this is not accounting for the small role enemy armor plays.

For me, who is also using Arc and Added Fire on his Evangelists, Elemental Weakness is by far the better curse.


EDIT2: 20% quality pulls Vulnerability ahead by another ~2% vs 0 resist, and ~3% vs 75 resist.


EDIT3: Factoring EE, quality Vulnerability wins by:

5% vs 75 resist
4% vs 0 resist
3% vs -50 (EE) resist

I would say the difference in damage is negligible. The choice therefore comes down to party composition (I'd say most builds deal some amount of elemental, but many deal no physical; in fact, anyone in a party with you is getting Hatred, so every physical player is like our Zombie here), more stuns vs more chill/freeze, and whether you want to shock stack. The energy shield debuff of Vulnerability would be good against the skittish Piety, and the DoT buff does something for Poison Arrow and Desecrate (heh).

Hm, yeah, EW wins in any party.

Im a page 378 catching up...

I dont think they will remove snapshoting, maybe fix aura snapshoting.
To test for aura use a malachai or covenant, while zoning im able to use 8 auras;:
4 purity
Vitality
Discipline
Hatred
Clarity

If I use a lower clarity ill be able to snatch in tempest shield




I also found a use for veil of the night! ! Still need to test it before coming back telling you:
Gear needed :
Tititius span
Veil of the night
Last resort
Bramble jack
Slitherpinch
For boots im still not set, lets take the faster rare boots available with life.

By level 10 you get to wear the gem (brutus reward for scion) then you get a brutal hard to kill golem, when youl be able to wear a matua it will be devastating;)

And bonus hatred is lv10. You could level first level as an archer until lv 18 then ST until end of acte 3 then wathver you want until lv 44 then flicker strike until 69. I think in 3 to 4 day with right gear thou should be around level7 72 to 74 doing piety and maybe dominus run;)

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HeisenbergBlue wrote:

Evolution, it's wicked fun.

Insane setting-->
This gear + flicker strike or dominating blow!

I want one will check the market!
Do you need a MF culler for your atziris run? (Tough im not really shhre she would drop that much, if the drops are like dominus it will dohble them)

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lk_77lk wrote:

I dont think they will remove snapshoting, maybe fix aura snapshoting.

They will remove both.