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Hi,kayella! Just killed Uberelder,but can't do it deathless. 1 or 2 spec are dying from shaper slam or elder kicks. So what should I do? Regen upgrade or max life?

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kayella wrote:

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AlextazY wrote:

@Kayella I would like to thank you for this amazing&detailed guide! So far it brings me a lot of fun and much DPS. The only thing I struggle at this moment is blight maps cannot clear even T3 my spectres are not fast enough to kill all enemies and at around 1 minute left i just get overwhelmed and die... If someone could make a video of this build how to clear it would be great!
Gear:

Spoiler

Anatomical knowledge and Unending hunger Level 88 5001 HP and 380ES

Lets try a different gem layout:

6-link body: Raise Spectre + Spell Echo + Minion Damage + Elemental Focus + Conc Effect + Feeding Frenzy

4-link helmet: Raise Zombie + Elemental Army + Physical to Lightning + Animate Guardian

I just get the 6l pledge.

How are you feel about the feeding frenzy? is this 6 link gem better than before?

Are we still using animate guardian?

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TheChosenOne_ wrote:

Are we still using animate guardian?

i think yes .. at least later on and i'm also using one. Just not with perfect setup (Kingmaker is ridiculously around ~85c currently ...) i just wait until it drops and give him random mediocre/bad Uniques and it does fine. ~51k life. He doesn't do much by himself, but is +1 more minion and i don't mind him

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zenrom wrote:

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kayella wrote:

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AlextazY wrote:

@Kayella I would like to thank you for this amazing&detailed guide! So far it brings me a lot of fun and much DPS. The only thing I struggle at this moment is blight maps cannot clear even T3 my spectres are not fast enough to kill all enemies and at around 1 minute left i just get overwhelmed and die... If someone could make a video of this build how to clear it would be great!
Gear:

Spoiler

Anatomical knowledge and Unending hunger Level 88 5001 HP and 380ES

Lets try a different gem layout:

6-link body: Raise Spectre + Spell Echo + Minion Damage + Elemental Focus + Conc Effect + Feeding Frenzy

4-link helmet: Raise Zombie + Elemental Army + Physical to Lightning + Animate Guardian

I just get the 6l pledge.

How are you feel about the feeding frenzy? is this 6 link gem better than before?

So i did a few Blight maps now and it was totally ok. I have the setup which he suggested on first page i think ...

Spec - SpellEcho - MinDmg - IncAoE - EleFocus - DeathMark

And for Zombies + AG group i have:

AG - Zombies - MinLife - FeedingFrenzy

... and it works quite well. I have perma-uptime on the Feeding Frenzy buff (because of Zombies + AG) and Spectres do maximum damage, with potential for focus fire with ArmaBrand + DeathMark on bosses/Uniques/tough guys.

I think it is also due to strategy to some extent: try to put Freeze/Minion/Stun towers on "choke points" and upgrade them as you can to max (use the Freeze wave or what its called and for minions the flying guys, for stun the sand "hourglass").

After setting up, i just place myself directly at the pump and look at the minimap on the top-right, to see from where the most mobs are coming. Then i throw an ArmaBrand where they come from -> all minions go there and kill them all, rinse and repeat ...

The only problem i have / had until now is the graphics: blight maps just melt my resolution and i at some point i can't see shit. But other than that, Slave Drivers absolutely melt everything.

You can check my Necro as i forgot how to link items in threads

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Terranbeast wrote:

Hey, ele reflect maps are not working for me. Should I just dodge them or is there any way to improve my spectres, so they can take the reflect dmg. My char is in hc blight. I play slave drivers

I was using Solar Guards in previous leagues, and they were ok in ele reflect maps. Possibly because they have energy shield.
Also possible that they are doing fire damage and have 75% res to fire damage. So reflect dmg is too low.

Playing Slave Drivers this league and they are dying very fast from ele reflect. So I skip these maps for sure.

Hey, I rebuild my build now to your POB link in the first post at the top after i got my trigger wand.

One question that is a bit confusing in there are the gem setups. (The gem setups in the normal post below that are not for trigger wands, so they weren't helpful).

The trigger wand is named "Desecrate, Flesh Offering, Blade Vortex", but instead of blade vortex you have lvl1 clarity in there and seem to proc EE with Armageddon Brand in the gloves instead. What is correct here?

What use does a lvl1 clarity has? Could't i just proc EE with blade vortex?

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shokilicious wrote:

Hey, I rebuild my build now to your POB link in the first post at the top after i got my trigger wand.

One question that is a bit confusing in there are the gem setups. (The gem setups in the normal post below that are not for trigger wands, so they weren't helpful).

The trigger wand is named "Desecrate, Flesh Offering, Blade Vortex", but instead of blade vortex you have lvl1 clarity in there and seem to proc EE with Armageddon Brand in the gloves instead. What is correct here? I don't see the use for a lvl1 clarity and could just proc EE with blade vortex or?

BladeVortex setup is old from what i know.

He changed it around a bit, so that we don't have to permanently try to apply EE with BladeVortex.

The lvl1 Clarity is just for "activating" Commander of Darkness (=requires an Aura to buff both you and your minions simultaneously, since our other Auras (Wrath) is linked with Generosity -> only minions affected). Also, Clarity reserves a flat amount of mana, instead of %, so it reserves much less than others (like Dread Banner), so you can use more of your active skills (FlameDash / Convo)

ArmaBrand in the gloves can also be used in the Wand to have it trigger passively, but it's neat to have it available when you need/want it (aka Boss / fat Unique). Also, it helps "guiding" your minions a direction -> especially in Blight encounters/Maps, you basically tell your minions where to attack because a big pack is coming maybe.

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Nergal_ wrote:

The lvl1 Clarity is just for "activating" Commander of Darkness

Ahh my old build didn't had that so i forgot about that already :)

Thanks, that was helpful!

I have 2 questions

1) why Wrath can't activate Commander of Darkness?
2) is there any way to know what type of spectres I have at the moment? (I know the question might seem stupid but I 've never played a summoner before).

Thanks

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Garfunkel wrote:

I have 2 questions
1) why Wrath can't activate Commander of Darkness?

No, because of the link with generosity.

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Garfunkel wrote:

2) is there any way to know what type of spectres I have at the moment? (I know the question might seem stupid but I 've never played a summoner before).

Sadly not. Minions could need some quaility of life. You just have to check how they look. All mob types look different in spectre form.