[3.9] Pure Phys Skeletons & Friends Necromancer — Beginner/SSF/Budget Build

Hi all - having great fun with this build, ploughing through maps really well. I'm quite clumsy though, so I manage to die quite often but my build is more or less complete at 94 so it doesn't really matter.

Could you guys take a look at my gear and setup and let me know if there are any major areas for improvement, please? I know the rings are weak but I can't quite face dropping a couple of exalts for minor improvements yet. The flasks are probably weak too. I'd prefer to keep my +1 skelly boots over extra run speed.

I've spent most of my money on gems, trying out some of the new awakened ones. Marginal gains, but I guess that's the game once you've got the basic gains.

Anyhow - please let me know what tricks I'm missing or what improvements I could make. Thanks!

Edit: I've just read the amazing summaries put together. Moving towards Animate Guardian now - and eventually the triple buff belt

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shnick0001 wrote:

Can't seem to find Merveil's Retainer to raise spectre. Went into a Map with the Sea Witches mod and full cleared the map, didn't cast any offering spell the whole map (Unequipped triple offering wand) and cast desecrate a bunch - only found Merveil's Attendant, Blessed, Daughter but no merveil retainer. Any tips?

Yeah, had the same experience. Ran another one and eventually found one (not by desecrating but on the ground).

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Undisputed22 wrote:

Recap of build changes

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Bainand wrote:

Recap of build changes

Thoroughly appreciated! Enjoyed reading through it and hope other people will do it too. Thank you, Undisputed22 and Bainand!!!

I don't really have time to switch to the triple buff thing, but I did mention it far behind the pages if anyone thought about it.

Guess someone now thought about it to make the tests.

Just curious - is it possible to see the dps increase for skeles that your animate guardian grants in POB? I can't see an option to "activate" the guardian for dps calcs.

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Parhelius wrote:

Just curious - is it possible to see the dps increase for skeles that your animate guardian grants in POB? I can't see an option to "activate" the guardian for dps calcs.

I guess you can try and activate an aura of some kind to mimic the effects.

Hi maybe the path of exile builds pastebin is wrong? sorry for bad english

Well on my way to Sirus 8. Just finished Sirus 7 with only 1 death. I'm improving :D. Still using same gear as last 2 kills.

and again a build that leaves you alone and you get no support from the build creator.
you have to fight your way through 278 pages to get good information: but every user cooks his own kitchen which doesn't help.
every leauge is different and every leauge needs different compositions: you definitely don't get this information here ...

this is the third build that lets me alone without help or suggestions ....

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koloss2000 wrote:

and again a build that leaves you alone and you get no support from the build creator.
you have to fight your way through 278 pages to get good information: but every user cooks his own kitchen which doesn't help.
every leauge is different and every leauge needs different compositions: you definitely don't get this information here ...

this is the third build that lets me alone without help or suggestions ....

The build creator said that he doesn't have time anymore to take care of the build.

Solanes took over the vast majority of questions and answers but you cannot expect everyone to just be on the clock with answers.

You have to learn to scout for answers and try some things yourself.

You can pm me your questions as I have pretty much done everything with the build and understood the core mechanics, also tried to juice up some of my personal stuff in.

Please note that I am not checking the forums on a hourly basis so it takes some time for me to reply.