Build of the Week Season 2 Episode 10: Snapshotting

my summoner will be rest in peace :(

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Splift wrote:

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andrehbg wrote:

why dont you guys from GGG works on new content instead of removing a oviously required mechanic (minions snapshot)? Aura snapshot, not needed, removal is ok, RF snapshot, will hurt much people, but its contornable, but removing minion snapshot will kill the build, unless you guys really buff minions bcz summoners are simply unplayable without snapshot

Not true. Summoners are still hella strong without snapshot. On the last ladder I facerolled my way right to 78 maps with terrible gear and no snapshotting even killing bosses that most other builds would run in fear from fully geared.

bs is called.

i barely snapshotted at all (just kept montegral on switch to run 9 or 10 zombies total). didn't use trap or mine...

and the minions die to aoe bosses or being over-run by spiders in the uberweaver's lair... what, a level 72 map?

and i used a +2 helm and 20/20 minion life and rz.

As a summoner that is currently snapshotting, I can understand why it is going away and will be glad that it is IF there is at least a decent buff to all the builds that currently use snapshotting. I know summoners at the very least can do without it at the moment. Reddit seems to have a good number of people asking how to summon without snapshotting but the common theme I saw when I skimmed through them was that they were trying to get the most powerful and survivable combo they could without snaps. So I feel that a slight buff needs to be given again. Just my opinion after seeing burning miscreation spectres come and go. I personally want to be able to play a minion build that has its hands busy with spectres, zombies, raging spirits, animate weapons, animate guardian, convocation, desecrate, offerings and anything else I missed rather than the snapshot spectres and zombies and 4 auras I run at the moment. But how things currently are it would either be my minions or myself dying way too quickly with the current state of minion survivability in late game.

tl;dr:

Snapshot removal is fine if it becomes possible for a summoner to run all actual minions skills and uniques without worrying about army collapsing or user dying at the even mildly hardest of mobs.

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robmafia wrote:

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Splift wrote:

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andrehbg wrote:

why dont you guys from GGG works on new content instead of removing a oviously required mechanic (minions snapshot)? Aura snapshot, not needed, removal is ok, RF snapshot, will hurt much people, but its contornable, but removing minion snapshot will kill the build, unless you guys really buff minions bcz summoners are simply unplayable without snapshot

Not true. Summoners are still hella strong without snapshot. On the last ladder I facerolled my way right to 78 maps with terrible gear and no snapshotting even killing bosses that most other builds would run in fear from fully geared.

bs is called.

i barely snapshotted at all (just kept montegral on switch to run 9 or 10 zombies total). didn't use trap or mine...

and the minions die to aoe bosses or being over-run by spiders in the uberweaver's lair... what, a level 72 map?

and i used a +2 helm and 20/20 minion life and rz.

I took on jungle valley boss at about lvl 75 if i remember right in a +2 minion helm and a lvl 18 zombie gem with 0 quality. that is actually the exact fight that I realized just how insanely powerful summoners are with no snapshotting.

just hilarious

Question: will the pseudo-snapshotting with additional curses items be removed as well? that one actually seems legit.

EDIT: though it seems bothersome, I would use if I had the items and at Endboss only.

I have to say tho, I've played summoner pretty much my whole time playing path of exile and I've almost perfected my summoner gear in ambush yet I still can't do most endgame bosses that almost any other character with the amount of currency I spent on my gear could have



I've spent a good 60ex+ on all my gear and I still do mediocare comapared to 99% other builds with this much effort and currency put into them, I dread to think how summoner will be able to keep up with endgame content with snapshotting removed :/

Wow, I had no idea you could do that with Sunblast before it triggered... o_0 Mind = Blown!

One can hear Chris choking up with long suppressed rage as the process is described...

Looks like we'll be needing 3 specialist characters for the Alluring Abyss in hardcore once 1.2.0 hits.

My Molten Strike Scion does high damage with no snapshot required.
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/945675