Cold ANIMATE WEAPON Summoner | League-Start & Leveling Guide

Hello, I’m not much confused, which way to go? For this https://pastebin.com/tvk6F0v8 or for this https://pastebin.com/XdLQb8xt

After watching Ghazzy's explanation on his stream and then testing it myself, I now agree with the people that say as long as feeding frenzy is on the Golem, you don't need to waste a socket in AW for it.

The AI and aggressiveness of the AW's looks the same to me when the Feeding Frenzy buff is up and the Golem does an excellent job keeping it proced.

This allows a 5 linked AW to be really strong.

I am also going to take the advice to skip Delerium when I see the rewards are useless at the beginning. The risk/reward is not worth it for the crapping rewards given that Delerium is overtuned.

I am still way behind you guys but I hope to get to maps today.

Thanks again to everyone for sharing their tips and hints, it really helps!

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Denirvan wrote:

Hello, I’m not much confused, which way to go? For this https://pastebin.com/tvk6F0v8 or for this https://pastebin.com/XdLQb8xt

Use the tree I marked "recommended"

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cfreyun wrote:

Right now I'm in a bit of a jam with the build. I'll be going smooth at times but I'll hits snags at times where the weapons just fall apart like cheap toys and I'll be stuck in a bad spot resummoning. This is on white maps too and in some instances outside of delirium.

Working on the 4 green triads, a +1-2 wand and better gear/jewels in general but what would you suggest? I have had quite a bit of bad luck so far this league.

I don't see anything obviously wrong with your setup. Delirium is tough on minions, they do just get wiped sometimes. Some of the cluster jewels for life/leech/damage have helped me a lot.

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AndyLovesHisBge wrote:

Thanks again to everyone for sharing their tips and hints, it really helps!

Glad you're sticking with it! Early levels can be awkward but the build really starts to feel amazing once you're into maps.

I have not yet used any cluster jewels and am not familiar enough yet to know when one is good enough to slot.

I did just pick this up. Is it good enough to slot for the time being or would my points be best spent else where?

https://imgur.com/a/86RDuEA

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AndyLovesHisBge wrote:

I have not yet used any cluster jewels and am not familiar enough yet to know when one is good enough to slot.

I did just pick this up. Is it good enough to slot for the time being or would my points be best spent else where?

https://imgur.com/a/86RDuEA

Call to the Slaughter is decent, but not amazing. Minion cluster jewels are super cheap right now - I got one with 3 good notables for 3 chaos. I'd say hold out for something better.

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MoLoK13 wrote:

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AndyLovesHisBge wrote:

I have not yet used any cluster jewels and am not familiar enough yet to know when one is good enough to slot.

I did just pick this up. Is it good enough to slot for the time being or would my points be best spent else where?

https://imgur.com/a/86RDuEA

Call to the Slaughter is decent, but not amazing. Minion cluster jewels are super cheap right now - I got one with 3 good notables for 3 chaos. I'd say hold out for something better.

ok thanks!

I see you have these nicely listed out in the build guide so this will give me something to search for now on the trade sites!

I feel going for 'Ravenous Horde' cluster is a good bargain on this build, as movement speed is a huge QOL for the AW. My 6. link right now (tabula) is 'Minion Speed' and the clear feels so much better, even tho it costs some dps.

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AndyLovesHisBge wrote:

After watching Ghazzy's explanation on his stream and then testing it myself, I now agree with the people that say as long as feeding frenzy is on the Golem, you don't need to waste a socket in AW for it. ....

Do you have a link to that clip? I couldn’t find it. Very interesting.

E:I know the speed buff applies to all minions. I’m looking to see if FF on golems still makes the AW aggressive when the buff is up.

I feel like my AW's are just always behind. Even put in a minion speed gem and they are always clearing a screen behind.

When I played my Chains of command last league they were always in front...


I just can't decide what I'm gonna do, my current tree is a little bit of a mess because I think I'm gonna go Chains of Command and respec some points.

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AndyLovesHisBge wrote:

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MoLoK13 wrote:

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AndyLovesHisBge wrote:

I have not yet used any cluster jewels and am not familiar enough yet to know when one is good enough to slot.

I did just pick this up. Is it good enough to slot for the time being or would my points be best spent else where?

https://imgur.com/a/86RDuEA

Call to the Slaughter is decent, but not amazing. Minion cluster jewels are super cheap right now - I got one with 3 good notables for 3 chaos. I'd say hold out for something better.

ok thanks!

I see you have these nicely listed out in the build guide so this will give me something to search for now on the trade sites!

Since your are playing the phys version of the build, there is a cluster node that stands out by a lot and should be your priority. The best cluster node for DPS by a huge margin: Rotten Claws. It gets our minions really close to the desired 100% chance to impale. So far it is the only node I picked up but I can see me picking up stuff like Renewal or even a third in the future, already have a jewel with three nice mods, but so far I am still filling out my life nodes, which feel a lot more important right now.

The cold version has a BiS DPS node too, the one with 30% Hatred effect. Should by far be the biggest boost. Didn't check myself, but from experience, on 100% cold builds, aura effect for Hatred is insane.