GhazzyTV - Beginner's Build: Lich Queen Skeleton Summoner [AWAKENER FARMABLE]

Hello Ghazzy I am looking into a non SRS summoner build for Hardcore, prefereably Necromancer, Do you think this build will be able to do all content in the game? such as shaper, uber Atziri and stuff?

Hey, I really love this build, thanks for sharing :) But I wanted to know if you think that the melee skeleton version of this build will stay viable for 3.0 given the changes?

They forgot their promise about spectres ? My theory is that Chris wife cheated him with summoner developer of poe so that's why Chris is ignoring their problems )

Hey ghazzy, wonderful guide! I think im gonna give it a go. I only missed the pro's and con's. Or did i miss them? What im more intrested in are the con's, does it have any? And the changes dont affect this build?

Kind regards crowfax

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Zenevieva wrote:

Hello Ghazzy I am looking into a non SRS summoner build for Hardcore, prefereably Necromancer, Do you think this build will be able to do all content in the game? such as shaper, uber Atziri and stuff?

Hey,

I doub't it'll do Uber Atziri, Uber Izaro is fine but Uber Atziri should be fine as well however, the trio-boss should destroy this build ten times over I'm afraid :/

I would rather bet on the Zombie build I have since they got even more damage buffs now, however, that is a rather rippy build in Uber Atziri but should be doable so in softcore it should be fine :)

Best choice for a summoner build that can do "all-content" is SRS as usual.

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Morthevin wrote:

Hey, I really love this build, thanks for sharing :) But I wanted to know if you think that the melee skeleton version of this build will stay viable for 3.0 given the changes?

Hey,
Glad you like it bro!
Melee skellies is optimal for single target boss kills, however, 90% of the gameplay is in clearing trash in maps so I decided to opt out of melee as they have turned so much worse in terms of clearing due to the massive drop in quantity skellies in your army.

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governv wrote:

They forgot their promise about spectres ? My theory is that Chris wife cheated him with summoner developer of poe so that's why Chris is ignoring their problems )

Hey,

We've been waiting for summoner QoL for a long time, spectre QoL I've been having conversations with GGG about for the past 4-5 years now and it's always "been on the table". I expect we have things changed before 2020.

Thing is, it's a free-to-play game which means anything they do will cost them money and they have to decide if that money is worth the investment.
Another problem to this is that if there are enough people complaining (reddit is a great example of this with the charge change) demanding a change it will happen for the most part. However, the summoner playerbase using spectres is a very small part of the community MAINLY because the QoL stuffs are not implemented, tons of people refuse to play most summoner builds because of all the issues surrounding them. This leads to it not looking "worth-it" for GGG to do anything about.

On the other hand, the continued whining on reddit which is generally a post every 2-6 week from different people hitting front-page complaining about different QoL stuffs for summoners has made GGG aware of the issues they need to work with, though it has not reached high enough priority to be implemented by 3.0.

We'll simply see when things change :)

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Crowfax wrote:

Hey ghazzy, wonderful guide! I think im gonna give it a go. I only missed the pro's and con's. Or did i miss them? What im more intrested in are the con's, does it have any? And the changes dont affect this build?

Kind regards crowfax

Hey;

Cheers! :D
I decided to opt out on Pros/Cons as we haven't seen act 9 or 10 which might affect certain stuffs in the build.

But to answer your question:
Cons is lack of damage for higher red tier maps, t14+ (melee skellies would solve this but would significantly drop general clear speed)
Skellies have a rather slow projectile which can feel a bit so-so, but then again a pro on the projectiles is that they travels farther than Frodo walked in LOTR...
This also allows you to Curse on Hit with Projectile weakness for the piercing :)

Sad to see the melee version disappear, I was gonna try it in 3.0. Maybe I can still make it work but prob need the uber enchant to get over the 1 skele at a time summoning.

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MrPing1000 wrote:

Sad to see the melee version disappear, I was gonna try it in 3.0. Maybe I can still make it work but prob need the uber enchant to get over the 1 skele at a time summoning.

Hey,

Yeah it was really nice, sadly won't be optimal anymore :(
You'll need the enchant and then again, Vics charity might still be better than the Queen's at that point.

Hey man, great guide, will definitely try it out when 3.0 releases later today.
I just have three quick questions:

Are the skill trees updated for mage skellies and 3.0?

How do you increase the damage of the mage skellies exactly? Is it only support gems and gem levels, or do they scale off some stat you have on the character, or on the skill tree (except for the obvious +1 minion and +minion damage nodes) as well?

Will I be able to take this character into the later endgame maps?

Thanks in advance!

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Dudinkalv wrote:

Hey man, great guide, will definitely try it out when 3.0 releases later today.
I just have three quick questions:

Are the skill trees updated for mage skellies and 3.0?

How do you increase the damage of the mage skellies exactly? Is it only support gems and gem levels, or do they scale off some stat you have on the character, or on the skill tree (except for the obvious +1 minion and +minion damage nodes) as well?

Will I be able to take this character into the later endgame maps?

Thanks in advance!

Hey,

Cheers!
They are updated indeed.
Check out the "Generic Summoner Mechanic Guide" to learn everything about what scales minions or not.
The answer however, is yes you can only scale them with support gems & gem lvls, auras.

Should be viable yes :)

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Sad to see the melee version disappear, I was gonna try it in 3.0. Maybe I can still make it work but prob need the uber enchant to get over the 1 skele at a time summoning.

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Hey,

Yeah it was really nice, sadly won't be optimal anymore :(
You'll need the enchant and then again, Vics charity might still be better than the Queen's at that point.

If you can make the melee skeleton build work for 3.0, I'd love to see what you did :) Watching a tide of skeletons smash into the enemy was so epic :((