So apparently I get higher dmg with awakened minion damage + dread banner than I do with Impale + dread banner? Anyone else tried this?
In my case is worst for 56k comparing a lvl5 awakaner minion damage and impale 20/20. Also I use the double curse set up, but with vulnerability in AG and Assassin's Mark in a 6 link cyclone.
So apparently I get higher dmg with awakened minion damage + dread banner than I do with Impale + dread banner? Anyone else tried this?
In my case is worst for 56k comparing a lvl5 awakaner minion damage and impale 20/20. Also I use the double curse set up, but with vulnerability in AG and Assassin's Mark in a 6 link cyclone.
Ok I get 1 046 000 dps with awakened minion dmg 5 and impale 21/20 1 030 000.
One thing im not seeing though is summon holy relic, you guys should really try one out.
It doesnt matter if your full CI like us or hybrid based, the regen it provides is just insane. I get constant ES regen and my minions get a huge amount of life regen constantly. The minions recieve a larger amount, it was so much that I was able to drop grave intentions and use those points elsewhere.
I know Brunowa likes to stack his with dps supports and empower, I just have mine linked with empower along with my carrion golem but either way id check it out. Its light years better then convocation imo.
I know Brunowa likes to stack his with dps supports and empower, I just have mine linked with empower along with my carrion golem but either way id check it out. Its light years better then convocation imo.
Maybe because my build is so much weaker than the good builds here but I don't think I could live with out convocation.
I cyclone into a pack and do little damage and hit convocation to pull everyone to me to destroy the pack.
How do you control the zombies from spreading out too much if you don't have convocation?
One thing im not seeing though is summon holy relic, you guys should really try one out.
It doesnt matter if your full CI like us or hybrid based, the regen it provides is just insane. I get constant ES regen and my minions get a huge amount of life regen constantly. The minions recieve a larger amount, it was so much that I was able to drop grave intentions and use those points elsewhere.
I know Brunowa likes to stack his with dps supports and empower, I just have mine linked with empower along with my carrion golem but either way id check it out. Its light years better then convocation imo.
No need to use holy relic with grave intentions and nonstop spirit offering. Minions are always on 100% hp with insane amount of ES.
Can anyone help me with getting more dmg? Since I can't afford enlighten and empower lvl 4 gems, I am running skeletons + Zombies, but the damage is still not what's expected. Any Advice?
By trying to run a full set up of both Zombies and Skellies you've left yourself short of sockets for other useful things.
Recolour your chest to 3 blue, 2 red and 1 green. Insert Zombies - Feeding Frenzy - Vaal Summon Skeletons - Melee Phys - Multistrike - Impale.
Yes, you're not taking advantage of the +2 Minions from your staff, it doesn't matter. If your staff was 6 linked you'd move everyone across to there instead.
Now you have 5 free sockets to play with. To take advantage of Impale you should at least be running Dread Banner. Also run Blasphemy and Vulnerability. You can't run another major aura yet due to mana reservation issues, but you could probably squeeze in Flesh and Stone too. That's 4 sockets so you may as well throw Enlighten in your weapon too seeing as that's where all your mana reserve items are going to be.
You should only be using Vaal Haste so no mana reservation issues there.
You now have two spare sockets in your gloves. I would move Carrion Golem there and link with Maim, it's a very effective combo.
One spare slot in your helm. I'd use either Meat Shield or Minion Life to keep your AG and Spectres alive, or Flame Dash for the extra mobility to get you out of danger.
Last thing - do some work on your Flasks. Atziri's is doing bugger all for you, or more correctly it doesn't help your minions so replace that with a rolled Amethyst flask. Your Quicksilver and Basalt also have nothing useful on them so either buy new ones (likely to be cheaper) or Alt spam to roll better affixes. Where's your Freeze immunity? You could add extra movement speed as an affix and either increased duration or reduced charges used on a lot of these.
If you are going to Alt spam some, then use a white flask first so you can cheaply add 20 quality to them. It all adds up!
Thank You for that, appreciate it. I got enough currency to buy 6L Femurs, so I should move all the dmg gems to weapon but what would the best setup be for auras in chest?
Maybe because my build is so much weaker than the good builds here but I don't think I could live with out convocation.
I cyclone into a pack and do little damage and hit convocation to pull everyone to me to destroy the pack.
How do you control the zombies from spreading out too much if you don't have convocation?
its not that your build is weak. convocation is literally only used to reposition minions. minions life shouldn't be a problem at all with some leech or regen from righteous army. the only minion that has trouble to stay alive is carrion golem as he doesn't do enough dmg or have a big enough health pool to sustain himself
Got my 2nd mana reserved corruption jewel today, it worked.
Now I can run Pride, Discipline, War Banner, and Flesh and Stone at increased cost linked with Maim all without needing the 4 points in Soverignty Wheel.
Annointing charisma, and 2 jewels with -1% mana reserved leaves me with 23 mana.
Can anyone help me with getting more dmg? Since I can't afford enlighten and empower lvl 4 gems, I am running skeletons + Zombies, but the damage is still not what's expected. Any Advice?
By trying to run a full set up of both Zombies and Skellies you've left yourself short of sockets for other useful things.
Recolour your chest to 3 blue, 2 red and 1 green. Insert Zombies - Feeding Frenzy - Vaal Summon Skeletons - Melee Phys - Multistrike - Impale.
Yes, you're not taking advantage of the +2 Minions from your staff, it doesn't matter. If your staff was 6 linked you'd move everyone across to there instead.
Now you have 5 free sockets to play with. To take advantage of Impale you should at least be running Dread Banner. Also run Blasphemy and Vulnerability. You can't run another major aura yet due to mana reservation issues, but you could probably squeeze in Flesh and Stone too. That's 4 sockets so you may as well throw Enlighten in your weapon too seeing as that's where all your mana reserve items are going to be.
You should only be using Vaal Haste so no mana reservation issues there.
You now have two spare sockets in your gloves. I would move Carrion Golem there and link with Maim, it's a very effective combo.
One spare slot in your helm. I'd use either Meat Shield or Minion Life to keep your AG and Spectres alive, or Flame Dash for the extra mobility to get you out of danger.
Last thing - do some work on your Flasks. Atziri's is doing bugger all for you, or more correctly it doesn't help your minions so replace that with a rolled Amethyst flask. Your Quicksilver and Basalt also have nothing useful on them so either buy new ones (likely to be cheaper) or Alt spam to roll better affixes. Where's your Freeze immunity? You could add extra movement speed as an affix and either increased duration or reduced charges used on a lot of these.
If you are going to Alt spam some, then use a white flask first so you can cheaply add 20 quality to them. It all adds up!
Thank You for that, appreciate it. I got enough currency to buy 6L Femurs, so I should move all the dmg gems to weapon but what would the best setup be for auras in chest?
The 6 link femurs is a solid set up. Definitely move your zombie setup to Femurs.
if you want to move to the aura set up, do the following in your chest.
