Witch - [3.9] Pure Phys Skeletons & Friends Necromancer — Beginner/SSF/Budget Build - Forum

" Windfuriouss wrote: So I'm enjoying this build, but I think I've hit a wall in terms of what it can do. I'm looking at POB and it's showing my minion dps around 100k. How can I get that a lot higher? A friend of mine has very similar gear to me, except one more +1 wand than I do and their minion dps in POB is showing 700k almost. And then I have spirit offering constantly going off, always in fear of dying. I've would of been 92 easily by now, but I just get randomly one shot by god knows what because map bosses and metamorph bosses take 1min+ to kill with my minions somehow. Any idea what I can do to get the surviving and dps up so I want to keep playing this build? Because at the moment I don't even want to play it because regular t15 maps are a slog for me and I'm always dying =/ POB: https://pastebin.com/ewGbKbYj Character: https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/Windfuriouss/characters - BryceSkelesNFriends Any help is appreciated. Minion damage on wands tier 3, minion damage on gloves, gems not 20% qual, especially summon skele as this is your main source of damage. i'd grab a cheap bone helm and craft +2 on it. These are the main things I'd focus on. Regarding squishy it def is. I have 8.6k eHP and get hit hard sometimes. Make sure you're balancing MoM correctly. If that's off it can really wreak havoc. Also, you have no way to ward off burning - I'd get a flask with that. Lastly, I can't recommend a quartz flask enough. Last edited by holtzclaw42 on Dec 24, 2019, 3:24:58 AM	Posted by holtzclaw42 on Dec 24, 2019, 3:19:15 AM Quote this Post
Ruthless or multistrike for single target damage ?	Posted by RKurozu on Dec 24, 2019, 4:35:03 AM Quote this Post
" chernushevich wrote: Hi, I am a complete noob at POE. I have started this build and ran into a problem. In the Act 1 levelling guide it says to socket Melee Splash Support. I bought it from Nessa, but it is level 2 and requires 21 strength, and I only have 14. Am I doing something wrong? Right, well I guess I'm going another build :(	Posted by chernushevich on Dec 24, 2019, 5:15:15 AM Quote this Post
" chernushevich wrote: " chernushevich wrote: Hi, I am a complete noob at POE. I have started this build and ran into a problem. In the Act 1 levelling guide it says to socket Melee Splash Support. I bought it from Nessa, but it is level 2 and requires 21 strength, and I only have 14. Am I doing something wrong? Right, well I guess I'm going another build :( You should search for jewelry with +# strength. You can also buy this from a vendor.	Posted by Neruxian on Dec 24, 2019, 5:46:04 AM Quote this Post
weapon swap for when i don't need the shield's extra defenses jewels include one with blind on hit, one with taunt on hit, and a To Dust with immunity to corrupted blood. I haven't been able to beat Sirus yet, but I only tried once (4 awakening). this build is a lot of fun and very strong! total investment so far is in the 10s of exalteds (6ex for the weapon is the highest, but 21/23 vaal SS is also expensive). my next steps are getting awakened minion damage, melee phys and perhaps awakened multi instead of melee splash/ruthless; after that maybe replacing the jewels with 4-mod ones or getting a second +2 wand, though my current second wand is already very nice.	Posted by KoldPT on Dec 24, 2019, 5:51:33 AM Quote this Post
Surprised so few ppl goes impale, probably because standard pob doesn't support it. It provides by far most damage if you go pure physical. Difference is very big. Also if you want really good dps chest, skin of the loyal with +2 duration provides total of +3 to skeletons - massive. You don't really need resists, so only real penalty is loss of hp roll. Still can get to 6k hp at level ~95, its plenty. If you really minmax this, get few awakened gems, good wands, you can break 2mil shaper dps PER skeleton. With 1.4mil all T16 conquerors (highest i tried so far was with awaken level 5) die before they perform any of their mechanics, dead in 2-3s. Same goes for metamorphs in t16 maps. Having huge dps really trivializes the content. It is pretty funny to watch some ppl who dumped insane money on baron zombie gear, and it takes them 15-20s to kill some bosses, where fraction of this budget skeletons shred same boss in literally 2s.	Posted by aerial on Dec 24, 2019, 6:52:32 AM Quote this Post
Is it worth ditching the CWDT setup and go for a decent animated guardian with kingmaker etc?	Posted by Staiig on Dec 24, 2019, 7:11:36 AM Quote this Post
" aerial wrote: Surprised so few ppl goes impale, probably because standard pob doesn't support it. It provides by far most damage if you go pure physical. Difference is very big. Also if you want really good dps chest, skin of the loyal with +2 duration provides total of +3 to skeletons - massive. You don't really need resists, so only real penalty is loss of hp roll. Still can get to 6k hp at level ~95, its plenty. If you really minmax this, get few awakened gems, good wands, you can break 2mil shaper dps PER skeleton. With 1.4mil all T16 conquerors (highest i tried so far was with awaken level 5) die before they perform any of their mechanics, dead in 2-3s. Same goes for metamorphs in t16 maps. Having huge dps really trivializes the content. It is pretty funny to watch some ppl who dumped insane money on baron zombie gear, and it takes them 15-20s to kill some bosses, where fraction of this budget skeletons shred same boss in literally 2s. Isn't your clear speed slow tho you know with impale + multistrike instead of melee splash ?	Posted by RKurozu on Dec 24, 2019, 7:20:01 AM Quote this Post
Just posting real quick to say thanks for the build guide! I've tried around 5 different builds this league, and this one is an absolute blast. So thanks for putting this together.	Posted by Beacon95 on Dec 24, 2019, 7:25:40 AM Quote this Post
any way to boost dps even further more ?	Posted by Dellith on Dec 24, 2019, 7:40:54 AM Quote this Post