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

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aggrophobik wrote:

I see some builds running Victario's Charity but I also see some builds running Lioneye's Remorse. I have both and am wondering which one I should be running and what determines this.

Charity is used with Necromantic Aegis keystone for higher clear speed.
Remorse or any other high life/res providing rare is used without NA for better defence :)

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UnseenSpectacle wrote:

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SaintLucifer wrote:

Small question, on the guide is says to take "Mistress" as the last node but on your character you took "Commander" instead, so i was curious which one would actually be better overall for melee skellies?

Mistress looks to be better for clear speed oriented builds whereas Commander is going to give you more damage and survivability.

^^^

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Corlegan wrote:

So I am basically following the skellie mage build guide the best I know how. Leveled super easy and VERY fun.

https://pastebin.com/FKgjWV4a

I would LOVE to get the 1000str boost and keep my spammy casters. I am new and the part of the game I am digging is map clearing.

My questions right now are probably very obvious...but here goes.
What circumstances do the weapon recommended proc? Can it be replaced by a "better" item for my build?

Does mistress of sacrifice buff affect my minions? The tooltip is not clear to me.

I also was wondering if dropping aegis, putting on a better shield and using those points elsewhere would be a crushing loss? I think with a better shield, the 6 points I think I refund I could reach at least one to two extra gemslots in passive.

Thanks!

Hey,

Glad you're enjoying it!

1000 strength won't really do much for you tbh it's more of a waste to get it for this build imo.

Scourge procs on any hits, this includes Ball Lightning (or Orb of Storms for EE) as well as Shield Charge.

Mistress only affects you but is only used for enhancing the clear speed. I went for CoD to get more resistances instead since I'm playing in hardcore.

NA vs not using NA is a matter of taste, without it you get more life and/or jewels which means more life & better defence since you can use a high life/res providing rare shield.
Using NA grants you increased clear speed thanks to the Frenzy charges.

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SeeD_MR wrote:

Just wanted to pop in and say: THANK YOU for the build!
I followed the higher budget version with specters and meele skeletons (with only some slight variations), and managed to do uber Elder and all other content in the game (uber Atziri, all breach lords, etc.)
Clearspeed is great with solar guards and only switched to TV's for the uber bosses.

Edit:
A thought I had (but didn't try it out), was to use hungry Loop (5L flame golem) ring with Clayshaper. Switching my jewels (exept 1 from dust) for primordial ones. Since the animate guardians dies a lot in the harder fights, I ended up replacing him for a golem (flame or stone depending on content) anyway.
What are your guys thoughts on it?

Not needed but could be really fun!
I personally feel the need for a rare ring in hardcore but in softcore I can imagine that being pretty damn nice.

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SaintLucifer wrote:

Having a small issue with this build, while the damage is great, the lack of any real defense is really making hard to do things that have heavy physical damage. Like for example red tier elder guardians. So i'm curious if this is normal for the build and if there is a way to fix it please?

Drop NA and use a high life/res providing rare shield, it should make that feeling go away pretty fast :)

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Kranor42 wrote:

Hi,

i dont know if i wanna play your Spectre/Skeleton Hybrid or a LL Spectre build with defensive auras (puritys etc). Do you have experiences for both build and could helb me with my decision? I dont have much currency so i have to grow with the char. So ll could be difficult but safer?! Dont know...


Could it be possible to farm uber lab with a summoner Build? :D

Greetings,
Kranor42

Hey,

I'd rather do Spectre/Skellies over LL spectres since Skellies are so brokenly good atm.

It's also MUCH cheaper!

Uber lab is doable but the same as all other summoner builds, it's fine but don't run full key runs, it's too risky.

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GladiatorUA wrote:

Today I finished all the guardians, Shaper and Uber Atziri. Without guardian or switching from CWDT+Ball lightning(for ee while clearing). Nice build.

The only prep I did do, was adding minion regen. I've seen people complaining about their spectres dying, and I've seen in other spectre threads here and on reddit an advice to add minion regen, because of their high hp pool. So I did. No spectres died. Will try to run guardian now. The sources of minion life regen are:
- 1.5% already taken on the tree
- 1% in the top spectre wheel
- 0.4-0.8(all one tier) from abyssal jewels

Regen should make your guys nearly immortal(except for skellies).

First(ever, on any build) attempt at Shaper went quite smoothly and would've been deathless if I didn't start to stupidly mess up in third phase. Next one should be deathless.

Uber atziri had one or two deaths on her, one on trio and one on stupidly popped abyss.

CWDT+Ball lightning is nice for clearing, some glove lightning enchantmets should work too. One Unending Hunger jewel should boost clearing speed too.

Awesome to hear bro, good job!

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Goose70 wrote:

Hi Ghazzy,

Once again, great guide. I have some questions I hope you haven't answered already. I haven't had time to read the 60+ pages yet, but I did watch the video.

For your Mage Skeleton build, which set of gems are you putting in the Baron Helm?

In your PoB link for mage Skeletons, you didn't take Commander of Darkness, so what is the point of a low level Clarity aura here? Would something like Purity of Elements not be more beneficial?

In this build, you're not using Immortal Call+CWDT like in your solar guard build. Do you find this makes you more 'squishy'?

you touch on the difference between melee skeletons, and mages, and the spectre pairs each uses (Solar Guard and TV respectively). In your opinion, which do you prefer, and why? From the surface, I think I'm leaning more towards Mages/TV since I'm coming from your Solar Guard build and want to mix it up a bit.

Compared to your other Solar guard build, what do you like about this build, and what do you dislike about it?

Thanks in advance.

Hey,

Cheers! :D

Purity is always helpful if you can sustain it. Commander also grants your minions res & dmg output. It's again a matter of personal taste tbh. The Clarity would only be beneficial if you go with CoD, correct.

It's ok to skip IC but Porcupines can be risky if they explode in your face, I have a tendancy to play overly agressive even in hardcore so having IC is rather important for my playstyle.

I honestly don't have anything with this build that I dislike, I've used this before they buffed skeletons many years ago and it's just gotten better & better and now they are just brokenly overpowered.

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dubiezus wrote:

Im going with melee skeletons/TV, I feel my skeletons are a little sub par from what I see on videos.
I can kill Shaper just fine, but couldn't kill the Uber Elder as i was oneshoted if i made any mistakes(damage seem fine, while i'm alive his HP drops fast but after first death i wasn't able to get back and stay alive).

I've got about 4 ex to expend, can anyone suggest what would be my priority to upgrade my gear? Just accessory/jewel with more life? would a 21/20 summon skeleton be a priority?

https://pastebin.com/5N6spNWA

Change your weapon for Brightbeak, it helps TONS vs end-game bosses to have proper mobility despite loosing a bit of dmg.

LvL 21 skellies are better than 20/20, and should be a high priority for Uber Elder, it will make a pretty big difference!

Sup guys!

I'm a somewhat new player (Only about 410 hours in) and I have followed this guide and reached new heights in the endgame! I always play blind HC so I usually have no idea what to expect, and die to stupid stuff.

Here's a video of me trying The Apex of Sacrifice for the first time using Ghazzy's build!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk93Ujze_Us

Here's just the Atziri fight itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fudar0CDtlI


Thanks for a fun build dude!

Actually i never had Aegis, instead i gone with a moderate life shield, the problem is that i only have 7.2k life, so things like elder tentacle seems to 1 shot me. So i was curious if that is normal?

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K4tz wrote:

Sup guys!

I'm a somewhat new player (Only about 410 hours in) and I have followed this guide and reached new heights in the endgame! I always play blind HC so I usually have no idea what to expect, and die to stupid stuff.

Here's a video of me trying The Apex of Sacrifice for the first time using Ghazzy's build!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk93Ujze_Us

Here's just the Atziri fight itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fudar0CDtlI


Thanks for a fun build dude!

Hey,

Awesome to hear, glad you're enjoying the build!
Enjoyed the video as well, cheers! :D


Though, watching you leave A'Alai as the last trio-boss alive is SUPER rippy >.<
Great music <3

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SaintLucifer wrote:

Actually i never had Aegis, instead i gone with a moderate life shield, the problem is that i only have 7.2k life, so things like elder tentacle seems to 1 shot me. So i was curious if that is normal?

Hey,

Do you have a Granite Flask?
This build is far from tanky and elder Tentacles are not really dodgable unless you're consistently moving so you gota be ready on flasks and when he spawns on the small tentacles you gota flask & shield charge fast to avoid getting hit more than once.
7.2k Life is "ok" but it should be a bit higher if possible.

Your right ring & belt has very VERY low life for example. The shield has "ok" life, you can easily get 150+ on a rare shield with good ammount of resistances as well.

Other than that your gear, jewels, tree everything looks very good. How is the build feeling in general for you?

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Ghazzy wrote:

Though, watching you leave A'Alai as the last trio-boss alive is SUPER rippy >.<

Does it help when I say "I have no fucking clue what I did"? :D

@K4tz:

Well, I did watch the videos so I know!
Lich Queen completely trivializes that entire map though :D

Still, enjoyed watching it <3

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Ghazzy wrote:

Hey,

Do you have a Granite Flask?
This build is far from tanky and elder Tentacles are not really dodgable unless you're consistently moving so you gota be ready on flasks and when he spawns on the small tentacles you gota flask & shield charge fast to avoid getting hit more than once.
7.2k Life is "ok" but it should be a bit higher if possible.

Your right ring & belt has very VERY low life for example. The shield has "ok" life, you can easily get 150+ on a rare shield with good ammount of resistances as well.

Other than that your gear, jewels, tree everything looks very good. How is the build feeling in general for you?

I'm running with Granite, Basalt, Stibnite, Blood of the Karui and a Seething Health Flask. As for the gear, sadly i can't really fix that, since "Bestiary Standard" economy is basically dead, so even crappy gear are like a fortune to get. But still even with sub par gear, this build is really strong and seems to be able to do any content i could trow at it (just need to be careful with phys enemies). Didn't really try guardians or Shaper on it yet, since my gateway is busted since 3.1 and i don't really feel like testing it on "Predictive" mode, but i have a feeling that it would probably be fine maybe?

@SaintLucifer:

You should be totally fine since it's softcore :)

Ghazzy,

This may be already answered somewhere in this guide or your others. How do you determine the optimal gem choices for spectres? At some point I deviated from your spectre choices and picked up GMP (most likely when I tried frost sentinels for a bit) and just stuck with that gem setup. It's cleared Shaper just fine but I can see that my choice is not optimal for single target and that it only works on the solar guards default attack and not their most powerful attack. This actually helps general map clearing but I have no way to quantify how much I am impacting my single target damage to pick up additional clear speed. I've checked PoB and both Tukohama's Vanguards and Solar Guards are not in there as an option to configure so I am at a loss for how to evaluate spectre gem links for my build properly. Thanks in advance!

Got to 36/40 with this build, so going to retire from bestiary. Must say it was a pretty nice, strong and smooth build to use. So good that i will probably have issues finding a new build for the next league lol. Thanks for the guide and hope to see more of your builds on the future.