Cold ANIMATE WEAPON Summoner | League-Start & Leveling Guide

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Philuca wrote:

hey guys, can someone take a look on my characters gear and what to improve next ?

Hanging on a 1ex budget and it seems a little difficult for me what should I invest for.My progress state is I am now reaching the tier 15/16 maps and facing sirius for the first time.

I would like to go for a 6L belly of the beast because on t13/14+ maps I am dying quite often when the mobs are very clustered. But for now it is too expensive. And my aw's started to die a lot too in higher red maps. And the last thing is how important is the animated guardian ? I only taked a little care, I get him some resistance gear and some melee weapon or 1h/shield not more. I personally don't like the guardian but might be important.

here are my first thoughts about gear my upgrade:

I know that I can improve a bit in my jewels. According to poe ninja it seems cold-aw characters are splitted in two groups. Some are stacking %minion dmg in jewels (and rings)and others added cold/phys dmg for minion. What should I go for ? And have I to decide for one consistent way to max things out ?

My helmet is another fairly easy to change item I guess. I will look for a bone helmet with minion life and okayish resi/life stats if possible.

My amulet is probably the worst on my gear together with some jewels. Budgetwise I might look for a +1 to all dex skill gems with decent rolled life and resi ?

My belt has a little less life. I should spend some time to find a better one with more life and needed resistances.

The flasks are also a thing I believe to underestimate a lot. I picked more or less randomly a few defensive ones and checked for curse/blood immunity.

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I know when I improve all the little things I have listed it will push my character. But I can't see any big milestones and may you guys can help me to see them.

here is my pastebin: https://pastebin.com/EySHSdBE
my Character Absynthe should be open to view via forum

thx a lot!

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i wondering should I switch to double wand for easier access to trigger socketed spell for QOL and DPS or keeping the shield for 500+ hps. Im still dying to T16 maps which is unfortunate for an 20-25ex build :(

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jagiellonia wrote:

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i wondering should I switch to double wand for easier access to trigger socketed spell for QOL and DPS or keeping the shield for 500+ hps. Im still dying to T16 maps which is unfortunate for an 20-25ex build :(

Try switching to block version of this build. I am still improving mine but it looks really nice. I can facetank deep delirium in T16 maps. Plus you dont care about elemental reflect on maps - just turn off hatred and your minions are immortal again.