💀3.15💀 iLL3aT’s Cold Skeleton Warriors/Archers/Mages ❆ League Starter ❆ All Content ❆

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passiontrix wrote:

Hello all, I'm currently playing the melee skelly variant with some starter gear. My damage is great around 12m Sirus but how can I increase my defences?

Current POB: https://pastebin.com/nxstgAFE

I am working towards getting Corrupted Soul which will give me another 1.2k+ ES, but what else can I do? I can tell once I get to higher awaken things are gonna hurt.

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Devant wrote:

Currently at 5200 life, and my skeleton dps is great, but like a few other people in this thread, I am just getting deleted in T14+.

Is respec'ing to mistress of sacrifice, and going bone offering with a life on block shield the way?

My damage is fine and I don't feel like I need two wands right now (just completed A5 sirus).

Glorious vanity is still too pricey for me right now, and i'm not sure if that extra 1k ES would make that much of a difference.

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Raszianin wrote:

Yo, am enjoying the build so far since it's my first minion build, just been wondering if switching to skele mages helps surviving ultimatums and generally tougher maps? I can't complain about my damage most of the time
(Pob calculates it about ~3.5 mil, but I'm not sure if it's that high, still need a few levels to polish my tree and clusters)

Also curious about giving up on my offhand wand for a shield, should we craft the trigger mod on our main hand for the offering then? Casting it manually is really clumsy.

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iLL3aT wrote:

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passiontrix wrote:

Hello all, I'm currently playing the melee skelly variant with some starter gear. My damage is great around 12m Sirus but how can I increase my defences?

Current POB: https://pastebin.com/nxstgAFE

I am working towards getting Corrupted Soul which will give me another 1.2k+ ES, but what else can I do? I can tell once I get to higher awaken things are gonna hurt.

Check out 14(4) for shield options perhaps - I always liked more damage but I know other players have had success early on with a shield.

Other than that, change out spiritual command and sacrifice just for more life - 4.8 is not enough for higher tier maps.

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KoldPT wrote:

Is there a good way to get some chaos resist for the minions? I can see it's an affix on ghastlies, but dunno if there are any other sources.

I was doing al-hezmin on a t12 map yesterday and "alch and go"'d it. Well, he had +2 projectiles and crit mult, so every time the snakes spit, all my minions except the AG died :(

I also died a bunch of times but that's because my gear isn't great - i was focusing on getting the +2 amulet ASAP. Will have to look into the bone offering alternative.

POB if anyone wants it: https://pastebin.com/mmwz8DXv

Next goals are getting the betrayal crafts for the trigger wand and +1 skeletons, then either setting up the AG or farming up a glorious vanity.

Second question: is it worth it to go to archers before having an alt quality vaal summon skeletons? especially with ultimatum, having that panic button is really essential!

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alpha0meqa wrote:

May I ask how well this build does complete ultimatums in red maps? Super squish or?

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passiontrix wrote:

Few follow up Q's:
1) Would you say going Skelly archer's is more defensive since they pew pew from a range?

2) When I'm doing my initial swap over to Archers, is it better to go Pierce over Chain? I'm thinking Pierce would be better for Ultimatums and general clear speed.

3) Is there a reason you and others drop Zombies? I'm currently running Zombies, Spectres, Carrion & AG...and ofc Skellys :P

4) I know you mentioned this in the guide, but I'm too stupid to understand. If I apply a curse (self cast or on hit) & my AG has curse on hit gloves + Windscreams, does this mean the boss will have 2 curses?

Otherwise great guide, I'm nuking things on A6 right now, did A5 sirus with such ease. Did a friends A7 sirus fairly easily too.