[3.14] Odif's Old Obsolete Skel Mage Guide, New one is in a new thread

First of all, thanks Odif for such a great build. Having a good time playing it and plan to continue on to higher greatness.

But I am now thinking about what to do next. Does anyone have any good ideas on what to do for my second build? Defiantly looking for something that will act just like this build in dealing with the ritual.

is there any type of media for this build? I would love to see some videos to check the gameplay and actual performance. It looks very promising!

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Yan_n wrote:

is there any type of media for this build? I would love to see some videos to check the gameplay and actual performance. It looks very promising!

No videos.

But look at the testimonials, check out the absurdly bad gear people are using to clear t16s.

I have jumped on the Breathstealer hype train.

It's amazing on it's own, and you can annoint it

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Odif wrote:

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Yan_n wrote:

is there any type of media for this build? I would love to see some videos to check the gameplay and actual performance. It looks very promising!

No videos.

But look at the testimonials, check out the absurdly bad gear people are using to clear t16s.

I have no doubt that the build can achieve what it promises! I was just interested in seeing how it plays. From my experience, necro builds dont involve ressummoning in every pack, so that's why i'm curious about the playstyle, as it seems that this one does need recasting of the skeletons.

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Yan_n wrote:

I have no doubt that the build can achieve what it promises! I was just interested in seeing how it plays. From my experience, necro builds dont involve ressummoning in every pack, so that's why i'm curious about the playstyle, as it seems that this one does need recasting of the skeletons.

Playstyle is more like a totem build.

You run around, casting your totems...er I mean your skeletons... ahead of you.

The beauty of the build is in fixed location encounters like blight, breach and RITUAL, because Vaal Summon Skeleton is like summoning 15 extra totems that last 37 seconds.

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Yan_n wrote:

is there any type of media for this build? I would love to see some videos to check the gameplay and actual performance. It looks very promising!

I just recorded one T16 map for you. It is mostly relaxed running around, collecting loot, watching skelemages to kill everything! :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwE3D8syh2I

As a long time summoner I can confirm skelli mages are strong this league.

They are very good on rituals, blights, delve and breaches, t16, metamorphs etc and have overall been doing a better job so far than any other minions I tried b4 on SSF.

They can run ANY map mod (I carry enduring mana flask for no regen and Sibyl's Lament for elemental reflect)

and there is still plenty of room for improvements on my current setup especially if you play on trade league.

Main downsides are slower mapping and lots of clutter on the screen

Mittens approves!

im having trouble with survival at t15+. Everthing can 1 shot me even with flask effects. I did a bit different tree build to build up more minion damage but survival nodes stayed roughly the same. What am i missing? 4700 hp + 300 ES

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snowmittens wrote:

Main downsides are slower mapping and lots of clutter on the screen

Honestly, with the GMP setup I feel like the clear-speed is more than fine for a build like this.