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Loving this build so much, been at it for a few months on and off.

edit: solved my own problem... thanks for the great build :)

As I understand pledge of hands is for caster spectres like slave drivers, yes? And with redemption sentry it doesn't give dps :D

P.S. hypo instead ele focus seems more efficient

For bosses, Elemental Focus is definitely stronger than Hypothermia, so if you have a white socket you should use it. I only suggested Hypothermia for those that don't yet have access to white sockets and need to replace same-color gems for mapping/bossing.

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wasabexx wrote:

I assume you are talking about support gems for Redemption Sentries? Here is a setup that can work for both mapping and bosses, without white sockets:

3B 2G 1R

For mapping:
Raise Spectre
Minion Damage (awakened if you have it)
Deathmark
Pierce
Lesser Multiple Projectiles
Elemental Damage with Attacks (awakened if you have it)

For bosses replace Pierce and LMP (both green) with Hypothermia and Vicious Projectiles (also both green). So you aren't changing any colors.

And neither setup uses Elemental Focus so you don't give up freeze

I already have a 3b/3w chest ;)

I'm wondering the perfectly optimal setup of sockets and gems.

I think I'm going to chromatic the chest to 3b/2g/1r then vorici slam it until I get one of the below:

--2b/1r/1g/2w
--2b/1r/0g/3w
--2b/0r/1g/3w
--1b/1r/1g/3w


... all of which will allow me to run perfect skill gem combos for mapping and bossing.


Always (2b/1g/1r):
--Raise Spectre
--Awakened Minion Damage
--Awakened Elemental Damage w/ Attacks
--Awakened Vicious Proj

Mapping (+2g):
--Pierce
--Lesser Projectile

Bossing (+2b):
--Awakened Elemental Focus
--Deathmark

It dosent work in pob. If i will use a shield with +2 power and frenzy and aegis how much more damage will i get? Does it worth the life nodes i loose?

It works in PoB. Click on Configuation, and select "minions use power charges" and/or "minions use frenzy charges".

I just did it in-game lost about 700 life, gained a lot of damage, everything melts, so i guess it's worth it. I dont think the aegis is hardcore viable unless you dont do so come content or go for es instead of life

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arikshkol wrote:

I just did it in-game lost about 700 life, gained a lot of damage, everything melts, so i guess it's worth it. I dont think the aegis is hardcore viable unless you dont do so come content or go for es instead of life

We talked really much Today Ingame and now i checked your Char from here and like to remember that Defensewise some more Layers are possible. The Jewel in your Belt could look like

as i suggested and the Chest on your AG could be an Garb of Ephmeral as i suggested.

Another Thing i see is you do not use SkitterBots but maybe in Future you are able to do if can craft the Helmet further i gifted or simply hit one of the Enchants on your current One. Skitterbots add chill to Enemies thats another Layer of Defense for you.

I see more Ways with a bit different use of the Tree. The JewelSlot on the left Side of the Tree between Devotion and Faith of Steel could be used with an Thread of Hope Jewel with an Large Ring and an huge LifeNode could be added this Way (simply look at my Tree to see directly what i mean).

Do not give up improving your Char, each lvl up alone adds also Life and lvl 95 could be a worthy Goal going to!-)

If running out of Ideas how to improve further, just simply lurk other Players Chars. Thats what i did and how i found out how to use all Auras without need to buy an Aul´s Amu. The double Influenced One i use is selfmade on 4th attempt and all i done before i simply sold. Some of em even with an higher Payout in Currency as i used to craft em..

Please look at my Post here as an Suggestion and nothing else even if it may sound a bit rough. English is not my native Language!

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ShmooDude wrote:

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kayella wrote:

Knights have the best balance.

I'm not sure I agree with RK > RS for clearing with spiders

My setup differences:

2) Awakened GMP over LMP.
Since Spiders will converge on a single beefier target after the trash is dead, it's less necessary to keep Spectre single target high in most situations.

3) Minion Movement speed
With Redemption Sentries many of the enemies are 1 hp before I (or my spiders) even get there so the faster the spiders can get there to finish them off the better.
I also use 2x22% ring enchants so my spiders sit at 262% movement speed during Vaal Haste.

I'm just testing new ideas for 3.11 and I remember this post. I wanted to try some of your ideas with only a small change to the basic S&S build.

1. I used fear essence to craft two rings (28% and 27% ms).It gives a nice speed boost for spiders = 55% ms. Easier to use bench craft, though.


2. I changed the link for spiders. The DPS is less in POB, but they get 56% ms and 35% ias. I don't notice much difference in game. But the spiders move so quickly now. Most of the time they offscreen clear!


3. I also like to swap gems (or swap spectres) for doing endgame bosses. So I focused RS to be 'helpers' for the spiders. I changed RS links. The big thing is Ele Prolif. Now the spectres will reduce monsters to 1hp and also freeze lock them.


So now, the RS will shoot a lot of projectiles everywhere and hit many monsters (A-GMP + Pierce). If one of the RS gets 1 crit, the freeze will spread to the whole pack (Ele Prolif). They will always have 3 power charges (poison + vic's charity), so the crit chance is good. Also if they don't crit, there is extra chance to freeze and spread (Ele Prolif). RS damage is good and they can freeze lock bosses!

I think 1. and 2. works better than Vaal Haste + Generosity because the spiders will always have 100%+ ms! They completely run off the screen and kill stuff.

It also works with Frost Sentinels, but I used different gems because ice spear can pierce when it travels a distance. Ice spear spell effect is big and blocks view though. Also the base damage is low, so I didn't see freeze locking on bosses.




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I also tested EVF with minion speed rings:


And minion speed support:


The mapping clear speed was not bad. Similar to RK, I think.


So the minion speed craft is a big improvement for the build! It helps melee spectres and spiders. I'll add it to the build guide.

THIS IS EXCELLENT INFO KAY!!!

Thank you for the build, I'm having a ton of fun with this build and tinkering with it to make it better.

Totally agree with the minion speed - I put it as a craft on my rings since I was res capped and I found it to be a huge help. Swapping out minion damage for speed for spiders makes a ton of sense after your RS are powerful. I think I'll keep minion damage when I'm just starting to map but transition to speed over time.

The only issue I'm having with this build is getting frozen/stun-locked for multiple seconds and dying on high delirium maps. I absolutely need to change the flasks around to get immunity to freeze. Not sure what I'm going to give up, maybe the evasion flask.