[3.6] Zombiemancer - High Survivability - End Game Viable

lol just lost my animated guardian to t15 syndicate fortification.. guess I should just dodge most of those at t15-t16.

anyways, i'm pretty new to the game, reached like level 91 and I was wondering if anyone could look at my character and tell me what I could upgrade or buy to make my life easier :)

thanks!

Unless you really love that enchant, getting a 40 Str helmet will give you some additional life/ES and regen.

I haven't calculated your resist but I assume they're capped even unbuffed!? Because the +20 res bonus from commander of the darkness does not seem to apply to you as you have put generosity on both your auras, so you need 20 more @res than anyone else since both your auras are under generosity.

I think you could also easily get 10/15 more Str from your Astramentis for not too many chaos.

The goal would be to have enough str that you can get two violent dead, cause I might be looking at your screen wrong but I don't even see one.

If you're short on points, I'd advise to take the short vertical path with 1 int and 1 dex nodes instead of the long 4*10 strength parallel vertical path and to compensate with the strength upgrades I suggested. That will give you 2 more points to spend that will allow you to reach an additional socket just below that and get at least your first violent dead in there.

You'd lose 40 str though, even with helmet/astra upgrade you'd only get back between 30 to 37 str at most so it depends how much strength you currently have. You might have to get a 6% str to replace one of your 5% if you're coming short and need around 8 str points or fewer.

You can go back to the 4*10 strength path once your build is completed, you're high enough level and you're certain you have enough dex/int for the gems requirement.

Wow, I should have used a flask with the 3% life per sec enchant earlier. With Zealoth's Oath this is bonkers. Definately worth to mention it in the guide!

What I must place in shield with 15% redused reserv? Hatred-Generosity(-\ )Haste, or Hatred-Haste-War banner? Or smthg else? Help! And thanks))

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Aesahethr wrote:

I haven't calculated your resist but I assume they're capped even unbuffed!? Because the +20 res bonus from commander of the darkness does not seem to apply to you as you have put generosity on both your auras, so you need 20 more @res than anyone else since both your auras are under generosity.

Thanks for the help, going to look into most of what you wrote. The thing that confuses me rn is that no matter if my auras are turned on or off, even now that haste is unlinked from generosity, my resistances don't seem to change at all. I don't know why commander of darkness isn't working for me anymore, maybe I missed something completely.

I am overcapped yes, and i've been thinking about reducing some of it on my rings for better stats, but CoD doesn't seem to trigger at all!

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A1denSss wrote:

What I must place in shield with 15% redused reserv? Hatred-Generosity(-\ )Haste, or Hatred-Haste-War banner? Or smthg else? Help! And thanks))

Hatred-Generosity and unconnected Haste. Then you have 15% mana left and you can use War Banner on some other slot and have 5% left for Shield Charging.

Sidenote: You can get white socket on your shield for Discipline/Haste swapping if you want. Transform shield's sockets to 1, use any tier Vorici on it on safehouse. Then start putting second socket on it, if it fails, go back to 1 socket (stays white). If color is correct, put third socket on it. If that fails, go back to two, if it succeeds, start linking until you get the two correct sockets linked.

I see several people are using War Banner. I can't seem to get beyond stage 1 or 2. If there a certain way to place this gem? I wail into mobs but don't progress. Tried generosity but didn't help. Thoughts?

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Frenchornsdad wrote:

I see several people are using War Banner. I can't seem to get beyond stage 1 or 2. If there a certain way to place this gem? I wail into mobs but don't progress. Tried generosity but didn't help. Thoughts?

You don't place it. Just keep it on your back, it gives hefty damage boost that way also.

Thanks for the quick reply, but not sure I understand. Have it in my shield w/generosity. When I get in the map I cast it (as an aura). Go kill stuff with Shield Charge; of course Zombies do most of the killing. Icons at the top show I'm carrying the banner and after a while I'll only get a stage or 2 but max is 50? I've gotta be doing something really wrong.

Just read more on WIKI, and I guess my mistake is that I don't understand the difference between how to PLACE and how to HOLD. I thought it was just another aura.