[3.x - Discontinued for now] Burning Spectres - Torch the Atlas - HC Shaper, Elder, Uber Atziri

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snowman41 wrote:

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CoolColJ wrote:

Scourge claw gives me all the damage I need. 4 link Dark Pact on skeles does about 80-100k DPs, it's enough
Each skele mage does about 10-15k dps each, enough for AOE clear even in Guardian maps

Spectres handle tough bosses

rippy Temple boss dies in 3-4 secs before he can open his first portal :)


5+k life, 2k ES, 2k MOM mana, and 60+ Block and spell block - feels pretty tanky

Im thinking about buying a scourge, Do you care that much about the attack speed rolls on it? Or should I just buy the cheapest one?

And how much did it help out your damage, I still feel kinda bad spending over 100c on it when it sells for like 20c in standard.

70 extra minion damage is a lot, you have to hit with a spell or attack to proc it though, but since you should be using arc/ball lightning/orb of storms for EE, so it's no build deal

Plus the burning spectre's DOT will summon the spectral wolves, so extra meat shields and DPS (they use the links on the Scourge)

The local attack speed (10-15%) on the Scourge will make you whirl/shield charge much faster.
No need for a 15% roll, 12% will feel pretty good. The actual weapon attack rate/sec makes no difference for movement skills.
I'm using a rare 17% attack speed dagger in Abyss SSF, and it's quite a difference from a weapon with no local attack speed roll when whirling, or even shield charging



Hopefully I'll get to Chimera and get my own Scourge in Abyss SSF :)


Oh, it was only a chaos in Harbinger, especially towards the mind end of the league!

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snowman41 wrote:

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CoolColJ wrote:

Scourge claw gives me all the damage I need. 4 link Dark Pact on skeles does about 80-100k DPs, it's enough
Each skele mage does about 10-15k dps each, enough for AOE clear even in Guardian maps

Spectres handle tough bosses

rippy Temple boss dies in 3-4 secs before he can open his first portal :)


5+k life, 2k ES, 2k MOM mana, and 60+ Block and spell block - feels pretty tanky

Im thinking about buying a scourge, Do you care that much about the attack speed rolls on it? Or should I just buy the cheapest one?

And how much did it help out your damage, I still feel kinda bad spending over 100c on it when it sells for like 20c in standard.

Attack speed only affects your whirling blades / shield charge... I'd buy the cheapest one available.

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snowman41 wrote:

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CoolColJ wrote:

Scourge claw gives me all the damage I need. 4 link Dark Pact on skeles does about 80-100k DPs, it's enough
Each skele mage does about 10-15k dps each, enough for AOE clear even in Guardian maps

Spectres handle tough bosses

rippy Temple boss dies in 3-4 secs before he can open his first portal :)


5+k life, 2k ES, 2k MOM mana, and 60+ Block and spell block - feels pretty tanky

Im thinking about buying a scourge, Do you care that much about the attack speed rolls on it? Or should I just buy the cheapest one?

And how much did it help out your damage, I still feel kinda bad spending over 100c on it when it sells for like 20c in standard.

The build feels sooo much better with the Scourge. Damage is almost twice as much, and with it I can practically afk during Izaro phases, whereas without it I had to actually try hard and sometimes it would get really close because it took so long for him to go down.

Bought mine for 110c and I am completely content with that purchase, considering with it I made back my currency because of it within the first few hours. It feels a little bad because it was like 2c when I bought it in Harbinger, but it's worth the money.

How are you supposed to hit death attunement at 28 if you follow the passives on the leveling guide?

I used almost exclusively SG so far mapping. Spell Echo + 7 abyssal jewel (~ +100% cast speed x2) and +40% cast speed if minions killed recently mean super fast lasers and bullets. Using a midnight bargain and tabula is enough to clear maps, silver flask + quicksilver + FO = 125% movement speed I can clear open map in 2 mins. It's a blast.

Yesterday I bought a mortis and 5L it just to mess with the new helmet. I dont like flame golems or the prices of their gears, or skelly summon so I now use a weird of combination of 2 RS link, 6L Tukohama in helmet and 5L SG in mortis for 2 Tuko and 2 SG.



Still extreme speed, SG is so powerful for clearing. Let see if I can clear Shaper Guardians with this combo.

Does Shield Charge / Whirling Blades procc the effect from the Scourge ?

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Kirby1978 wrote:

Does Shield Charge / Whirling Blades procc the effect from the Scourge ?

You betcha.

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wiwigvn wrote:

I used almost exclusively SG so far mapping. Spell Echo + 7 abyssal jewel (~ +100% cast speed x2) and +40% cast speed if minions killed recently mean super fast lasers and bullets. Using a midnight bargain and tabula is enough to clear maps, silver flask + quicksilver + FO = 125% movement speed I can clear open map in 2 mins. It's a blast.

Yesterday I bought a mortis and 5L it just to mess with the new helmet. I dont like flame golems or the prices of their gears, or skelly summon so I now use a weird of combination of 2 RS link, 6L Tukohama in helmet and 5L SG in mortis for 2 Tuko and 2 SG.

Still extreme speed, SG is so powerful for clearing. Let see if I can clear Shaper Guardians with this combo.

What do you mean by SG ?

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popje wrote:

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wiwigvn wrote:

I used almost exclusively SG so far mapping. Spell Echo + 7 abyssal jewel (~ +100% cast speed x2) and +40% cast speed if minions killed recently mean super fast lasers and bullets. Using a midnight bargain and tabula is enough to clear maps, silver flask + quicksilver + FO = 125% movement speed I can clear open map in 2 mins. It's a blast.

Yesterday I bought a mortis and 5L it just to mess with the new helmet. I dont like flame golems or the prices of their gears, or skelly summon so I now use a weird of combination of 2 RS link, 6L Tukohama in helmet and 5L SG in mortis for 2 Tuko and 2 SG.

Still extreme speed, SG is so powerful for clearing. Let see if I can clear Shaper Guardians with this combo.

What do you mean by SG ?

SG = Solar Guard Spectres.

Had to pipe in this thread a bit. Started using this build for the turmoil and mayhem leagues, loved it there. Abyss league has been crazy fun so far. This build has just about everything I could ever love about a character in PoE, all at the same time. I'm super tanky (climbing to 7k life with gear upgrades), max block, I don't even see my minions taking damage, and everything burns away faster than I can keep track.

Love that you're keeping it updated and making changes every day I check back to reference something!

Thanks for all the work and inspiration!