[3.10] Herald of Agony Mana Guardian | 2.5 Minute Sirus 8 | Deathless T19 100% Delirium

Lvling was actually not that hard. Tabula with 6L HoAg. I used ball lightning/stormbrand with poison/lesser poison. I hate TR for poison stacking. A decent placed BL stacks poison so much quicker. Storm brand is used on bosses to sustain stacks while you dodge stuff. As soon as i had Radiant faith (merciless lab) and a circle of nastalgia...it went super smooth. Its not the easiest to lvl, but its by far not that hard.

@OT: Thanks for the build. Just downed my first Sirus 5...it was a breeze. I still got so much to upgrade...can't wait to fully awaken the atlas.

Yeah i might need to switch to ball lignint since rain of arrows can't stack enough poison against bosses.

  TL;DR in color
  So I feel as though I have gotten to a point in this build to where I can comment about it. I do not suggest this as a league starter or a first-time playthrough build. There are too many little nuances about the mechanics of the game with bosses, mapping, and map mod stats that you should know before this build feels fluid. With that said, this is the best all around build I have ever played.
  It is not the fastest to get through maps, but not because it can't kill things. It kills things very quickly but your movement speed hinders you. (Its no Pathfinder) It is a fantastic build to sit back and relax to get through the game. It can take out any boss at any Awakener level without fail. I have just recently began timing my Sirus kills and it takes me 3 minutes including his immunity phases. I can tank his "Die!!!" beam without fail. I can tank any of the Conquerers or Shaper/Elder Guardians and easily get through the league challenges.
  This is not a budget friendly build at this level. As far as 'budget' goes though, I would suggest my current setup prior to a Skin of the Loyal with +2 to Socketed Skills with the proper color sockets since those are currently 150+ Exalts. This setup still gets you a level 31 HoA and Level 27 Spectre. (Only level 25 Spectre is required though) The level 31 comes from my wand, shield, body armor, level 4 Empower, and amulet.
  I had issues figuring out what worked and what I should upgrade before other items.
Example: The issue with upgrading this build is that once you have certain items, you can't upgrade just one item. Prior to my +2 wand, I had a +1 wand with T1 Lightning resistance which helped but I had to upgrade that at some point. I made enough currency to buy the amulet linked (to upgrade my Astraments) as well as the wand listed above but once those were upgraded, I needed new resists and more Dexterity. I then had to upgrade my ring, boots, and belt. As you can see, upgrading becomes expensive quickly when upgrading once piece means swapping out 5 items.
  Playtime: 8 days, 15 hours with 144 deaths The deaths were from learning the build and what I can and cannot do with it as well as getting it up and running. Starting this build was the most difficult because it was so slow at everything. I walked too slowly, I killed things too slowly, died often (having never played a CI build before), it was rough.
Startup Price
This seems to get asked frequently so I will add this as well. To get started with a standard setup, it will cost about 3-6 Exalts. The most expensive items that make up this cost are: Properly colored chest, Circle of Nostalgia, +1 wand. This will get you to endgame. You won't be efficient, but you be able to do it.
My Items Price
I do not have exact prices for what I paid for my items but I will give roughly what I remember them costing.
Wand: 8 Ex
Helm: 20 Chaos
Shield: 3 Ex
Amulet: 11 Ex
Circle of Nostalgia: 2 Ex, 6 Divine Orbs (Divined myself. Results may vary.)
Rare ring: 1 Ex
Chest: 3 Ex
Gloves: 6 Ex
Belt: 4 Ex
Boots: Crafted myself. I spammed alteration orbs until I had T1 Dexterity OR T1 resist then used a Regal Orb to try and get the opposing mod.
Watcher's Eye: 37 Ex
Lethal Pride: 200 Chaos
Tempered Spirit with Corrupted Blood: (Corrupted myself. Results may vary.) 22 Jewels at 5c each with 22 Vaal orbs.
Total: 75 Ex, 330 Chaos, 22 Vaal
Not a budget friendly build, but definitely not bad for an "I can do all content and kill Sirus AL8 in 3 minutes" build.

Finally did 600 depth and now I am selling my managuard equipment.
So if anyone want to buy my lethal pride, PM me in game or that site:

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10% chance to intimidate on Death Attunement
1% life regen on Might
20% armor on Unnatural Calm

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Patrolek87 wrote:

What about going facebreaker cyclone with poison suport and hoag on geofri?

I’m not OP nor am I good at making builds but this build is relies on increasing HoAg levels for dps. I think you loose to much dps with no +2 wand and +1-2 skin of the loyal. That’s potentially +4 HoAg level you cannot get going that route. Not to mention the defensive layer 100% increased global defenses gives. You should put it together in PoB and see what you come up with. They’re are plenty of people looking to play this build without ball lightening. I mean if I could do it with charged dash I would..

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Cyange wrote:

After doing all content i wanted to give it a try, got the build in my stash, but damn i needed to warn everyone on how hard the lvling is.

Even with the quill arrow setup it's a pure nightmare compared to other characters that can blaze through lvling.

I'd really appreciate if some of you found ways to ease it up since i'd like to make it my 2nd character for next league.

I didn't have any difficulty leveling myself. I just leveled it as a normal summoner with a summoner tree, getting my damage from zombies and specters as usual. Just used the regrets to respec to HOA at about level 85.

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mardukthewolf wrote:

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Cyange wrote:

After doing all content i wanted to give it a try, got the build in my stash, but damn i needed to warn everyone on how hard the lvling is.

Even with the quill arrow setup it's a pure nightmare compared to other characters that can blaze through lvling.

I'd really appreciate if some of you found ways to ease it up since i'd like to make it my 2nd character for next league.

I didn't have any difficulty leveling myself. I just leveled it as a normal summoner with a summoner tree, getting my damage from zombies and specters as usual. Just used the regrets to respec to HOA at about level 85.

I thnk i was stupid enough to follow the lvl 68 pob, when i should have just go with some totem/summoner build until total respect at 68.

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Cyange wrote:

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mardukthewolf wrote:

I didn't have any difficulty leveling myself. I just leveled it as a normal summoner with a summoner tree, getting my damage from zombies and specters as usual. Just used the regrets to respec to HOA at about level 85.

I thnk i was stupid enough to follow the lvl 68 pob, when i should have just go with some totem/summoner build until total respect at 68.

First time I tried a CI and I made the same mistake leveling as the guide suggested. It was really annoying.
A PoB link to to a pre-68/CI leveling would be really helpful and a step-up for this guide. (I really like it otherwise. This is a great build and I am grateful for this guide!)

Wanted to share a raise zombie build variant.
it's pretty much the same as my skeleton variant except that I use raise zombie and no splash, multistrike instead. So you can reuse the 1g2b3r skin of the loyal. I did not change any items, just gems.

https://pastebin.com/zECj1n5Z

Why play this version?

Well, it's if you only want to have one button to press
Yeah OK the HOA version has ball lightning, but you still have to move, so that's two buttons
This raise zombie build only has one button, shield charge. You can hit your flasks if you want, but I don't, I only use it on bosses. Spam shield charge now and then to trigger offering / convocation

The damage is lower than skeletons or hoag BY OBSERVATION and by POB, but it's not bad, good enough to clear maps quickly. A little slower on bosses, but still good. and you pretty much just stand there. no casting ball lightning or summon skeletons, etc.

quick question: i have found primeval chamber and gotten the flayers. can i continue to delve and still have the flayers on desecrate? (or would i need to go back to the primeval chamber again to pickup the flayers again if swap gems)
thanks