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kayella wrote:

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Nekrezus wrote:

First of all, thanks for the build. This the first time i'm playing a summoner.

I've just a question about boss fight. Do I need to swap some support gem to done boss or it isn't necessary?

I've clean elder level 83 but I was unable to protect shaper. => For me it's a lack of dps which need to me enhanced. First by a 6 link (i'm on a 5), and in a second time maybe better supp gems?

If you're using 5L and you don't have endgame jewels (ie. 20% dmg), then you might want to swap phantasms with ele focus.

Once you get your 6L, you can leave phantasms in.


ps. If you want some jewels, I can give you some. They don't have 50 life, but they have minion damage and cast speed.

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kayella wrote:

Firstly, I'm in the process of re-writing parts of the levelling guide. I only play a single build each league (this build), so I have forgotten some of the difficulties that players new to summoners experience. As a result, the current guide can be very challenging around the mid-point. The updated levelling guide should make it easier to understand and do.

The major issue with spectre summoners is how GGG designed spectres, specifically the levelling process of the Raise Spectre gem & its interaction with the necromancer ascendancy. At level 1, Raise Spectre imposes a severe penalty on our spectres: 30% reduced damage, 20% reduced life, 20% reduce es, low accuracy. So, while you are levelling through the Acts, the build can weak/clunky/bad because spectre survivability is so poor, and they tend to die easily. This is why the Wraithlord unique helmet is recommended (+1000 life and 1% regen to minions).

There is a massive turnaround when you finish the second lab because the second notable (soul weaver) and gives your spectres 100% increased life and damage. Spectres no longer die at the drop of hat. So, from this point on, spectre builds feel 'easy'. You don't even need to do 3rd or 4th lab to be endgame viable.

Once you hit maps, gearing a spectre summoner is very easy (cheap) because their dps mainly comes from the skill gems/auras/curses; you only need to focus on getting life and resists on your gear. Of course, there is scope to increase spectres' damage to stupid levels with expensive gear (@Tusk_Luv got his build to 11mil shaper dps), but you can reach an 'endgame' level with very little investment (@Oxidiser killed uber elder with tabula at level 83 with level 19/0 gems). Alternatively, you can build for survivability while maintaining a baseline dps (my personal build).

I'll add this information into a 'how the build works' section at a later date.

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Nekrezus wrote:

Thanks for the proposition. It's okay btw. I've a 6 link now and I begin to buy some jewel with cast speed/life. (I can't found any jewel with %damage with minions skill) I've taken AG for boost too.

I have 6k5 life, and take a watcher's eye with phasing for survability.

Nevertheless, I have some question about AG. Do I need to unsummoned him when I done "big" boss? Or Can he survived? I don't really know which thing I can done with or not.

EDIT: I've loose my AG on rewritten distant memory boss. All of my spectre died too... I've done all of other boss, I thank which I could pee on this boss too and I loose everything. Unable to done him. << I'm pretty disappointed on this point.

I don't understand why, no boss bonus, map level 79. Nothing dangerous, it's just weird.

Second Edit: Unable to clean Minautor on a corrupted unidentified map.

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Anena wrote:

Just completed my personal Challenge "Reach 600 Depth in Delve" :D I had to use Enfeeble Curse instead of EleWeakness for the last 50 Levels (incoming damage was too much and Minions still did their job perfectly). Thank u very much for ur Build and recommendations. The Challenge was so intense for me that i need Break from Poe now.. till friday... haha :D

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Nekrezus wrote:

Thanks for answer :)
Here is the map boss where I lose my AG and Minions:

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DamnTheUnicorns wrote:

Running this build as CI / ES gear below.
I spec'd out of it for a cold DoT arctic breath so i sold lots of better gear. This is just basic i guess. And i've done uber atziri and shaper on a 5L. I still think the life version is better :)

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