[3.12 build idea] BEXSAYSBOOM, Maw of Mischief theory crafting

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commonjunks wrote:

How did you guys level?

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Smerte wrote:

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commonjunks wrote:

How did you guys level?

Thanks to Gavve's suggestion I used burning arrow to level all the way to lvl 73 when you can equip Maw of Mischief. Burning arrow works really well with our ascendancy and you can just buy cheap unique bows, most of them work really well for leveling.

If you are going with necromancer, I would probably level with SRS + Mark of the Red Covenant

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Gavve wrote:

Like Smerte says, the Chieftain I leveled with burning arrow and had 0 issues. My Necromancer version I leveled as exploding skeletons (minion instability, infernal legion and Earendel's Embrace) since that build also benefits from minion life and damage.

And for all Chieftains out there doing this build, if you get a Flammability on hit ring consider getting a Replica Atziri's Foible amulet. 120+ life 2%+ regen and 30% life recovery rate (with 20% Life catalyst). For me it's a regen increase by about 900/s. The catalyst are absolutely not needed if you can't afford them, I just wanted to minmax that part to see how much I gained.

I'm currently level 91 so just remove some life nodes if you want to see my exact build. Other than that this is probably my final (lvl 95) version of the Chieftain build. Going to do Sirus A8 as soon as I spawn it (A7 was a joke)
https://pastebin.com/WKEf4Pqg

It is crazy tanky
9.3k life
3.4k regen
4k leech
Flesh and stone (Sand stance = blind and less damage taken)
Arctic armour
Enduring cry with Second wind

And as you can see I've dropped the 240% minion life +160 minion damage jewel (for sale now) for a 240% Minion damage one in a better location. Lost about a million damage doing that but gained a lot more tankiness.

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commonjunks wrote:

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Gavve wrote:

Like Smerte says, the Chieftain I leveled with burning arrow and had 0 issues. My Necromancer version I leveled as exploding skeletons (minion instability, infernal legion and Earendel's Embrace) since that build also benefits from minion life and damage.

And for all Chieftains out there doing this build, if you get a Flammability on hit ring consider getting a Replica Atziri's Foible amulet. 120+ life 2%+ regen and 30% life recovery rate (with 20% Life catalyst). For me it's a regen increase by about 900/s. The catalyst are absolutely not needed if you can't afford them, I just wanted to minmax that part to see how much I gained.

I'm currently level 91 so just remove some life nodes if you want to see my exact build. Other than that this is probably my final (lvl 95) version of the Chieftain build. Going to do Sirus A8 as soon as I spawn it (A7 was a joke)
https://pastebin.com/WKEf4Pqg

It is crazy tanky
9.3k life
3.4k regen
4k leech
Flesh and stone (Sand stance = blind and less damage taken)
Arctic armour
Enduring cry with Second wind

And as you can see I've dropped the 240% minion life +160 minion damage jewel (for sale now) for a 240% Minion damage one in a better location. Lost about a million damage doing that but gained a lot more tankiness.

Just wanted to check what your Elegant Hubris giving to your tree? Not sure what to look for, thank you.

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Mikror wrote:

Hello to all fellow minion haters!
I play necros for over a year but i love to explode my minions :)

I am currently level 80 with my version of this build. Trying to use anger+elemental army in the skellies.

Does anyone know if minion instability booms stacks with the Death Wishs?

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Gavve wrote:

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Mikror wrote:

Hello to all fellow minion haters!
I play necros for over a year but i love to explode my minions :)

I am currently level 80 with my version of this build. Trying to use anger+elemental army in the skellies.

Does anyone know if minion instability booms stacks with the Death Wishs?

Minion instability triggers when the minion reaches 33% hp. Our minions never do that since they go from 100 -> Explode.

And Anger is pretty much a bad Aura choice for this build since the Minion Explosion part isn't a spell and therefore doesn't add damage to that. Sure, you add damage to spell damage part but that part is neglectable compared to the minion explosion. It's also a very expensive aura at 50% reservation.

It's much better to go for defensive auras and/or Skitterbots (Chill+shock).
It's the same with Herald of ash (no extra damage) but the difference is that Herald of ash helps with clearing.

Herald of Purity itself is close to 50% reservation (minion life + empower). Only use empower if you have a +2 shield though (which you should get btw)

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Hello, what do you think about grabbing golem?