Stress-Free PoE! BONE ZOMBIES: No Required Items! 1-Button Play! SSF League Start-End! 3.12

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Jaggedrain wrote:

I decided on a Carrion Golem for even more phys damage but it's still just a wee baby so I'll have to wait a while before I'll know if it's worth it.

EDIT: Totally worth it, even if it is a bit squish and needs recasting occasionally.

Also I decided not to go with the Phantasms because I don't have the energy to try for another blue socket on my Queen's Escape.

Ok, so after a little reading, I did the same thing and swapped out the Summon Phantasm for the Summon Chaos Golem. I think the overall DPS has improved actually. Also, I found a recommendation to use Enhanced Vaal Fallen (delve Vaal temple, city, etc) for phys dmg spectre, and I'm trying that out now. So far, I'm pretty pleased with the updates.

Using Predator for targeting is a huge perk, and I use it for bossing a lot. Meanwhile, the zombies, golems and spectres pretty much melt everything in the maps...many thanks to WoD for the PoB updates, huge help getting this build advanced this far.

Cheers!

I'm glad you're having fun! Thanks again for you kindness :).

So I'm almost at the point where it's time to look at cluster jewels - I'm just finishing the Health Wheel and then it's cluster jewel time!

What kind of passives should I be looking for there? There are an awful lot of tempting passive notables and I'm kind of lost as to which to get. So, suggestions?

Renewal seems like it would be helpful, adding DPS and also making my minions less squish (which isn't a concern with the zombies, but since I'm not using CWDT on the golems, it is a concern there, and also I would like my guardian to not die)

Vicious Claws adds an impale chance for the minions, which with the phys damage seems like it should be a good thing in this build?

Bodyguards, Hulking Corpses, and Dread March also all look extremely nifty as well, so I'm undecided.

What cluster jewels have you guys been using, and what notables did you aim for?

Died at 91 in HC SSF Standard, ended up #9 on the board. Nothing to complain about, had a ton of fun, will probably make another go at it soon. Character deleted, on to the next. Thanks again for a great build!

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Smallville0608 wrote:

Died at 91 in HC SSF Standard, ended up #9 on the board. Nothing to complain about, had a ton of fun, will probably make another go at it soon. Character deleted, on to the next. Thanks again for a great build!

RIP. I hope your death was glorious in battle. Congrats on your success.

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Jaggedrain wrote:

So I'm almost at the point where it's time to look at cluster jewels - I'm just finishing the Health Wheel and then it's cluster jewel time!

What kind of passives should I be looking for there? There are an awful lot of tempting passive notables and I'm kind of lost as to which to get. So, suggestions?

Renewal seems like it would be helpful, adding DPS and also making my minions less squish (which isn't a concern with the zombies, but since I'm not using CWDT on the golems, it is a concern there, and also I would like my guardian to not die)

Vicious Claws adds an impale chance for the minions, which with the phys damage seems like it should be a good thing in this build?

Bodyguards, Hulking Corpses, and Dread March also all look extremely nifty as well, so I'm undecided.

What cluster jewels have you guys been using, and what notables did you aim for?

Last league in the slo mo version of this build, I used Renewal, Rotten Claws and Call to Slaughter. I crafted a few dozen triple Notable clusters for sale. Those with Renewal and Rotten claws sold for the most and as such were most desirable. Of course this was LAST league. Things were so much easier to craft. #RIPHarvest

For clusters jewels, Renewal seems really good, 10% chance to deal double damage, its on Medium and Large clusters.

The "invisible buff effect" MTX will remove the war banner visually, if you want to pay $5 for it.

W_o_D thanks as always for reply. I see now that the banner is just used to apply the aura and provide a modest dps boost. Thanks for clearing that up.

I'll have to do some research on Spectres. I do enjoy min/max in my games and PoE is no different. So, if there is a difference, I want the best - even if they arent easy to find.

Happy Gaming

Another note on physical reflect mods - if you get it on a map and have some watchstone sextants handy, you may be able roll the watchstone mod that prevents reflected damage. I've been saving maps with physical reflect, and then when that mod happens to show up on a watchstone, I move it around the atlas to the appropriate region for each map.

All helpful replies and ideas (from anyone) welcomed as well as constructive criticism.


As I am wrapping up Act X and about to enter end game, I find myself wanting to tweak this already exceptional build to cater to my play style. Call it a preemptive "measure twice - cut once" philosophy. I could use some guidance and direction from those who know the mechanics of PoE better than I do.

1. I need a clickable on demand movement skill. I am not the best at avoiding "stuff" and when I need to move, I need to move FAST. While I love the idea of Shield Charge linked to Fortify, two things come to mind. One is that I would need 2 skill gem slots. The second is that SC is a movement and not a blink. There are times when gaps are needed to be crossed - or different height terrain needs to be gotten. For these reasons, my go to skill has been Flame Dash in other leagues. There is one thing that is concerning however in that the CWDT/Withering Step would share a cooldown with FD. So, in theory, if I needed to move asap, I might not be able to because of cooldown sharing conflict ... RIGHT?

FWIW, I would be using a +3 to level of socketed gem in an unset ring instead of the recommended Vermillion ring. I would place Pride in this unset ring and then the FD would go in the shield.

While I haven't read the previous 14 pages of replies here, I have skimmed a bit. I saw the idea of anointing Golem Commander and I think I am on board with that. If course it will be a while before I have an Amulet good enough to annoint, but when the time comes, unless something else speaks my interest, I will incorporate a second golem into the build. At this time, Carrion Golem is the frontrunner choice due to its physical damage nature. I honestly dont know if CWDT is needed in the helm and so I think I would swap out CWDT and replace with the second golem.

I'd like to keep this build as a Zombie dps build. With that in mind, my Spectre choices should enhance my Zombie dps and/or aid my play style. Currently I am using two Stygian Apes and a Kivitika (sic) Herald. Those that use the apes for Frenzy buffing, do you find 2 is efficient to keep maximum uptime on the frenzy buff? Or do I need 3 Apes? Or is 1 enough? Is there another kind of buff that will aid the Zombies from a different type of Spectre? I grabbed the KH due to its ability to cast range dps as well as leap (and not get stuck behind fences or uneven terrain like the Apes and Zombies do).

With the addition of a button push movement skill, I am leaning towards replacing 2x Quartz flasks with the +Armour ones (and using 3x life per the guide).

Lastly (for now - LOL), the boots I am using have a Lab enchant that triggers Decree if the Grave when my minions kill. Do any of you have this in end game? Those little suckers do massive damage and the proc seems to be always up. I wonder if they scale with my minion gear and/or passives.

I'm sure I will have more later >< Thanks for reading and replying.

Edit: I found a nice post on Reddit. It was old so perhaps outdated ... but, the suggestion was 2x Carnage Chieftain and 2x Host Chieftain (Ape Spectres) so that is what I will go with unless I hear differently.