3.14 KING OF ALL SUMMONERS. Zombies & Skeletons & Spectres on STEROIDS! | League-Start to End-Game

Thanks for the info regarding 3.10 mate!

Are there any significant changes in tree building?

Are you planning in adding a 3.10 POB link before league start?

I am very excited coming back to POE from a 3 season pause.

Cheers!

This was by far the most balanced and fun build i have played in PoE. so we did take a NerfHammer to the groin but we aren't as gutted as Mana Guardian at least.
I assume SRS/AW/Skellies while levelling and Zombies/AW/Spectre support/Carrion Golem Support end-game?
Can't wait for a POB and build update. Stay strong fellow Necros :)

Levelling is SO easy. Just SRS+Skellies both in 2B+1R should do the trick while levelling up zombies gem a bit. Zombies are a pain until they get some minion life nodes and levels. I´d say until level 24-30.

Definitely found the egg!

This guide is amazing! I have always loved Necro/summoner in every game, but this is the first time I've seen summoner be the top end game build. #FeelsGoodMan Thank You <3

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ArisFuser wrote:

Levelling is SO easy. Just SRS+Skellies both in 2B+1R should do the trick while levelling up zombies gem a bit. Zombies are a pain until they get some minion life nodes and levels. I´d say until level 24-30.

Good news, but for those of us with less IQ points than challenges completed, would you care to expand on this a little ?

I heard Geofri's Sanctuary was supposed to have been nerfed, but I don't see it on the patch notes, so that's a relief. Baron got hit pretty hard though. Seems like minions in general got hit, even skeletons.

I skipped Metamorph so I have no idea what was the second strongest minion build. Based on the criteria of DPS, Tankiness, and Speed, would you speculate that this build is still going to be top dog? Was considering either this build or golem focused elementalist, which was almost untouched by the patch.

Kind of discouraging to think I would be trying your build for the first time at the weakest it's ever been, regardless if it's still viable or not. I'm holding out hope that some combination of the new cluster jewels will more than make up for this.

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Timbo Zero wrote:

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ArisFuser wrote:

Levelling is SO easy. Just SRS+Skellies both in 2B+1R should do the trick while levelling up zombies gem a bit. Zombies are a pain until they get some minion life nodes and levels. I´d say until level 24-30.

Good news, but for those of us with less IQ points than challenges completed, would you care to expand on this a little ?

Levels 4-12 Get 2B+1R Staff and 2B+1R Chest/Boots/Helmet or (preferably)Wand 1R+2B and Shield, so that you can have:

A-Minion damage, Melee splash, Summon Raging spirit

B-Minion damage, Melee splash, Summon Skeletons

If you cannot get a 2B+1R and can get a 3B item somewhere...

Minion damage, Infernal Legion, Summon Raging spirit

and...

Minion damage, Infernal Legion, Summon Skeletons

Meanwhile, level up Raise Zombie gem elsewhere.

Is it better to use bone offering now, instead of spirit offering?

Spirit offering grants Resistances and offense. Bone oFfering grants Block defense and Life Regen. Up to you really. Actually, Flesh Offering might be the best of all Offerings while levelling. Later, once you only rely on Zombies, not being able to resummon them in battle....then, pick one of the first two for their (and your) survivability.

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Aldora_the_Summoner wrote:

That's a great statement and particularly resonates with me personally. I'm not a top tier player and never will be. I plod along and play the game, but the whole speed meta just grates for me.

To my mind this is the biggest issue with PoE. The min/max gurus who play the speed game can accrue great amounts of currency and invest massively into a build to make it near god tier. This is only a relatively small group of players though.

Yes, yes, and yes, and I wish the crowds of people celebrating the "death" of Necromancers realized that. PoE is incredibly inaccessible to people with full time jobs and chores and other hobbies, and there being easier builds that work with cheaper gear mitigates that, allowing more people to play the game without preventing people who want to do non-meta builds to do so.

But tell that to people and they'll get angry, spouting elitist nonsense about how "filthy casuals" are not allowed to have fun like they do. Why would you want the game to attract more people and grow, right?

Surprisingly, though, from what I've seen, GGG tends to cater to that public in their balancing. Everyone is having fun with necromancers, so instead of buffing other builds to make them more fun, they nerf necros to try and bring them to the level of miserable everyone else has. That's... not a great way to keep a player base.

Anyway, I'm not leaving... yet. I promised myself I'd try this build this league, and only this build. I'm waiting anxiously for the updated post.