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" The levelling guide is written as first day league starter, so it might actually feel slow. If you have twink gear, do the fastest levelling that you know how, and then just switch to this build when you reach maps. By the way, there is a summoning trick that might help you, if you're having trouble with spectre dmg/hp. Your Raise Spectre gem and desecrate gem (in a +1 wand) can create and raise corpses higher than the level you're in until Act 9. So, raise spectres in your HO (max level 60). For example: Act 5 Kitava area is level 45. But level 7 Raise Spectre & level 9(+1) Desecrate can create level 50 spectres. That 5 extra levels is significant. 🔰🌀✨ Video guides on youtube! https://www.youtube.com/KayGaming ✨🌀🔰
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" **Update**: So i ended up asking global for some advice, which is sometimes a bad idea i know, but a guy looked me over and gave me some pointers and now im flying through now with the slave drivers. To be fair, you do have what he told me to do in your guyide, just not in the leveling part, and I totally missed, it so my bad, i was still using lifesprigs, so i put the shield on and grab the shield node on the tree, that helped a little, but **ALSO** he told me to craft a wand with fossil to get the minion damage, i was able to craft a low level bow and got 91% increased minion damage, and wow, what a boost in damage yellows are melting now, and the spectres arent dying because the fights arent long, they kill everything so fast now. and like i said to be fair, you do have that in the guide, i just did not see it. so sorry about that. i will run this until i level up to be able to use 6 link pledge of hands, and see hwo it goes from there. now the build feels fun again lol man i was having so much trouble before the wand and shield. thank you for the responses and help! :) |
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**EDIT** not low level bow, i meant low level wand lol
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I really like how detail your build is, one thing I don't understand tho is this.
It clearly state that we can use this build as a efficient league starter, but at somepoint, round lvl 34 we need some precise Unique item to actually carry on and then around level 50 we need the shield. I am looking to play this character from the 1st minute of the new league, what do I do if they arent up for trade when I reach that level ? | |
" The uniques will be up for trade, even during the first weekend of a new league. The question is whether you have found enough chaos to pay for them. Bones of Ullr boots gives you a third spectre, which increases your DPS and thus clearspeed. Wrathlord helm gives your spectres more health, and thus you spend less time stopping to resummon. So if you can't afford them, it does not break the leveling guide at level 34. Likewise Victaro's Charity at level 50 boosts spectre DPS. If you can't afford it, keep playing until the "increasing amount of chaos you find" intersects with "the declining price of uniques as the league progresses." | |
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Very nice guide. If starting from nothing (i.e., league start) would you recommend starting with the wand/shield/aegis tree and later transitioning into the PoH tree, or just sticking with wand/shield/aegis?
Which would you say is the more defensive option? I love summoners, but I always seem to top out in T16 maps as I get absolutely wrecked by endgame bosses. | |
" The goal with the new levelling guide is to have all the helpful information available. The main problem is the character limit and that I only have 2 pages on the first page for the guide, so any information I put in has to be brief and not be duplicated. 🔰🌀✨ Video guides on youtube! https://www.youtube.com/KayGaming ✨🌀🔰
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" GGG designed spectres to be extremely weak in Act 1 - 10, eg. Level 1 gem has 30% less damage, 20% less life, 20% less energy shield. So there are two ways to play it: 1. complete the Acts with some other skill and convert when you start maps or 2. use some uniques to make spectres usable. The uniques are only mandatory if you want to go 'full spectre'. Bones of Ullr and Wraitlord are extremely common uniques and the supply becomes plentiful in the first 6 hours or so. The shield is less plentiful, but you can play without it. The new levelling guide has a 'soft' transition, ie. it's designed to work without the uniques (but at some point it will be very helpful to get them). 🔰🌀✨ Video guides on youtube! https://www.youtube.com/KayGaming ✨🌀🔰
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" I think your question really is what are the pros & cons of both builds. Wand & Shield: Extremely flexible - it will work for any spectre with some gem swaps, even melee spectres. Cheap & Scalable - extremely cheap to start with and gets better with investment. Low eHP - 6-7k typical eHP. Uses Phase Acrobatics - on the pro side, this gives 40/30 dodge, but reduces any other defenses by 30%, eg. notably Energy Shield. Staff: High eHP - 10k+ is possible. Expensive - no cheap workarounds like pseudo 6L helmet, so cost of entry is high. Only good with Slave Drivers - Doesn't work well with other spell casters spectrs. Doesn't work at all with melee spectres. Extremely good with Slave Drivers - Pledge of Hands feels like it was made for Slave Drivers. It increases their aoe coverage and increases their damage output. It's actually something very special. I'm not sure whether I can recommend one over the other because both are solid builds. However, I will transition to PoH as soon as I'm able to afford it. 🔰🌀✨ Video guides on youtube! https://www.youtube.com/KayGaming ✨🌀🔰 🔶🔷🔶 Kay's Summoner build guide: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3179145 🔶🔷🔶 Last edited by kayella on Aug 14, 2019, 5:21:42 AM
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I'm doing my own variant of the PoH spectre summoners, but my question isnt about the build but rather if theres any map thats especially good to elder orb with a slave driver?
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