3.8 New Queens Escape + Baron - super fast physical skeletons + zombies

Rocking this build at the moment.
It is one of the easiest leveling experiences I have ever had!

Absolutely love it.

I used to play Necromancer in Diablo 2 and this build is the closest thing I have ever come to that in any other game. Well done!

Hey folks,

Until grim does an official update, here is a PoB tree I mocked up with the new tree structure. It requires a few more points (level 95), so if feel free to modify accordingly to trim down to a level 90 tree.

In my PoB's I do multi-steps (fewer copy and pastes, imports, etc), so you can change it from step 8 to step 1 to step through leveling.

https://pastebin.com/EpExXi5x

Yeah. Looks like a slightly modified tree that results in very similar numbers. The big changes is really that it looks like we should be able to get going a little faster as all the +zombie/skellie/specter nodes are in the witch starting area now.

I was a little bummed at the Templar minion node changes as those accuracy buffs are useless to us and we lose 1.5% minion regen. Still worth taking OFC, but those nodes are overall weaker and clearly intended for Guardians. Everything else seems the same.

Played this build in the Incursion flashback and loved it. Was very smooth with little effort to get going and really nice for a league starter. Getting stats out of the gate is the toughest task. If you can manage that early, things only get better.

Grimlock - fantastic looking build! I'm going to try it with Delve tonight!
I'm curious about the new minion nodes on the Templar side and why you wouldn't go for some of those?

Thanks for the great guide!

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Aevaris wrote:

Hey folks,

Until grim does an official update, here is a PoB tree I mocked up with the new tree structure. It requires a few more points (level 95), so if feel free to modify accordingly to trim down to a level 90 tree.

In my PoB's I do multi-steps (fewer copy and pastes, imports, etc), so you can change it from step 8 to step 1 to step through leveling.

https://pastebin.com/EpExXi5x

Thanks, I'll check this one out when I get home before launch. I played around in PoB a bunch last night (I'm a novice with it) and pretty much the standard build slightly modified was best for early game. I was able to come up with a late game version that is able to get the 1st 6 nodes in the new minion ring, but it requires much better gear to supplement res/str/hp that will be lost. DPS came out around 30k higher per skeleton and Necro life was roughly 500 less.

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I'm curious about the new minion nodes on the Templar side and why you wouldn't go for some of those?

Not Grim obviously, but those nodes are attainable ... at a cost. The issue is trying to get to them efficiently. This build is already spread pretty thin and it will cost at least 3 more points just to get to those nodes and then another 6 to get the 2 useful keystones there. To get that you will be giving up something else useful like life, resistances, or jewel slots.

They are super tempting, but only if you feel you are sufficiently tanky for the content you are running. I personally will be skipping this cluster as I think the cost is too great.

On a side note, it really looks like they made an effort to keep Guardian and Necro summoning separate in the tree. The minion clusters here all have accuracy atttached, which is completely useless to us. Likewise, necro keystones have additional minions attached to them which will be useless to a guardian.

How does this compare to Ghazzy's Lich Queen Skeleton Summoner i.e the melee skelly version? Sitting here trying to compare the trees.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1704143/page/1

The leveling trees seem to be borked past the first two...

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Aevaris wrote:

Hey folks,

Until grim does an official update, here is a PoB tree I mocked up with the new tree structure. It requires a few more points (level 95), so if feel free to modify accordingly to trim down to a level 90 tree.

In my PoB's I do multi-steps (fewer copy and pastes, imports, etc), so you can change it from step 8 to step 1 to step through leveling.

https://pastebin.com/EpExXi5x

Did you check out the PoB link that Mbrazzoli put up a page back? I think it will work out pretty well... https://pastebin.com/ZzdyBcN5

It seems the Poe skill tree site is broken at the moment. Here is a level 94 tree with 117 points allocated - mostly to life, so you will have to get more resists from the tree if you don't find/buy good resists on gear:

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/3.4.0/AAAABAMDAAHcBAcEswUtCPQLYQ3iES0UIBUnGFYaOBzcJy8snC5TMtE1kjkLOlg62DrhPC09_EGHRUdFnUd-R4VIjkyzTblN41NSVbVVxlcNWGNakV8_YPhhIWSjZU1mVGhlaHRo8mpDaqxr2287dO12rHfjeA15aHrvfIN8u4IHgseDX4PMg9uE2YTvhWCFe4yxjM-Ovo8akFWSwZrgns2iAKZXpqyofaluqqmqxKyYrY2vbLXytz686r02wBrAZsEExFjFisauzLzPftAf0iHTb9OP0_vYvdlh2XzaYtrB37Dr7uw47IPsiu8O7-vwH_JB8kXzm_ZI99f56P4K_o8=